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Lil Wayne, Birdman and Roddy Ricch team up for ‘Stunnaman’ single
Birdman has shared a new collaboration with Lil Wayne and Roddy Ricch, ‘Stunnaman’. READ MORE: Roddy Ricch – ‘Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial’ review: Atlanta rapper exists in his own lane After a longstanding beef – including 2016 footage of Weezy leading the crowd in shouting “fuck the Birdman”, and later “fuck Cash Money”, while on stage in Phoenix – Lil Wayne and Birdman called a truce onstage at Lil Weezyana Fest in 2018. The following year, they recorded together for a joint single, ‘Ride Dat’, with Juvenile. “i peep game from the greatest to ever do this...
Waxahatchee, Thundercat and more to play Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky festival
Wilco have announced the lineup for the second edition of their own festival, Sky Blue Sky. The destination festival will come to the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico next year, and feature Stephen Malkmus, Waxahatchee, Thundercat and more. Also playing the festival, which is set to take place over the weekend of January 17-22, 2022, are Spoon, Kurt Vile & The Violators and Wilco themselves, who will play three shows over the course of the event. Advertisement See the full lineup for Sky Blue Sky below, and get tickets here from May 27. View this post on...
Lloyd Banks shares new trailer for forthcoming album ‘COTI’
Lloyd Banks has shared a second teaser trailer for his upcoming album ‘COTI’. READ MORE: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feuds The G-Unit rapper previously released an instrumental trailer for the project on his 39th birthday last month (April 30). On Friday (May 21) he released another, this time with a monologue recorded over the same piano backing. “We have been simply faded in our own existence,” Banks says in the black-and-white clip. “But what do we say to the people who fear the choices they’ll have to make without any bit...
Watch the ‘Play Jaja Ding Dong’ guy from ‘The Story Of Fire Saga’ present Iceland’s points at Eurovision 2021
The ‘Play Jaja Ding Dong’ guy and unlikely star of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga read out Iceland’s results at last night’s (May 22) 2021 Eurovision Song Contest – see footage below. Prior to the ceremony, which saw Italy emerge victorious and the UK fail to pick up a single point, Hannes Óli Ágústsson was confirmed to appear in character as Olaf Yohansson at the event. READ MORE: Eurovision 2021 was a giddy reminder of the joys of live music (and that no one likes us) In Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams’ 2020 Netflix film, the pair performed...
Italy win as UK gets nil points here’s all the reaction from Eurovision 2021
Italy emerged victorious at last night’s (May 22) 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, with the UK picking up the dread nil points – see all the reaction below. 3,500 fans were also in attendance for the contest as part of the Dutch government’s trial for the safe resumption of live events. READ MORE: Eurovision 2021 was a giddy reminder of the joys of live music (and that no one likes us) While Eurovision organisers hoped that all 41 competing artists would perform live and in-person this year, a number of entrants, including reigning Eurovision champion Duncan Laurence, pulled...
Bill Bailey has put himself forward for the UK’s Eurovision 2022 entry
Bill Bailey has offered to perform as the UK’s entry for Eurovision 2022, after this year’s representative finished without a single point. READ MORE: Eurovision 2021 was a giddy reminder of the joys of live music (and that no one likes us) The 56-year-old comedian, actor, musician, and Strictly-winning dancer posted on Twitter today (May 23): “I’d be happy to throw my hat in the ring for #Eurovision 2022”. James Newman’s performance of ‘Embers’ scored zero points across the board last night (May 22) – the fifth time the UK has finished last, and only the second time with...
Viral teen punk band The Linda Lindas sign record deal with Epitaph
Los Angeles viral teen punk sensations The Linda Lindas have landed themselves a record deal. The band’s anti-racism single ‘Racist Sexist Boys’ went viral earlier this week, catching the attention of Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello among other famous admirers. In the wake of the sudden success of the song, the band have now signed a deal with Epitaph Records. Advertisement As Variety report, the teen four-piece have penned a contract with the legendary punk label, who have already shared ‘Racist Sexist Boys’ on their YouTube page. Watch the band play ‘Racist Sexist Boys’ live from the Los...
BTS’ ‘Butter’ breaks record for biggest Spotify song debut ever
BTS have broken the record for the biggest song debut in Spotify history with their new single ‘Butter’. READ MORE: BTS’ ‘Butter’ is a cool, crisp summer anthem that doubles as a potent shot of self-confidence The track received over 11 million global Spotify plays on Friday (May 21), breaking the streaming service’s opening day record formerly held by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s ‘I Don’t Care’ (10.977 million on May 10, 2019). Despite the record-breaking success, ‘Butter’ landed at Number 11 on the UK Spotify chart (and Number 10 in the US), with several songs from Olivia Rodrigo‘s...
Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin share new song ‘We Win’ from ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’
Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin have shared a new song from the Space Jam: A New Legacy soundtrack – listen to ‘We Win’ below. The new film, out in July, will see basketball star LeBron James teaming up with Bugs Bunny in a sequel to the classic 1996 film. READ MORE: ‘Space Jam’: how it became a cult classic for ’90s kids On the new song, Lil Baby raps: “We will be better than ever/Made a promise we can do it together/And I ain’t breakin my word/I just wish that I could fly like a bird/Get away from this earth/Had...Recent Posts
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