The Smashing Pumpkins have announced the departure of their longtime guitarist, Jeff Schroeder. In a statement posted to the band’s social media, Schroeder wrote: “It’s easy to say now that when I joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007 I had no idea what I was getting into. The opportunity seemed to have come out of nowhere. I was at UCLA working on my doctorate in comparative literature when a close friend messaged me and said The Smashing Pumpkins were looking for a guitar player. “Being a huge fan of the band, the audition was something I threw myself into,”...
Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has spoken to NME about making his theatrical debut by penning the music for new play The Confessions, as well as his long-mooted project with the late Tony Allen. Having opened at London’s National Theatre last week before a press showing last night (October 23), The Confessions is an emotional, gut-wrenching and powerful play written and directed Alexander Zeldin – telling the story of his mother’s life across eight “tumultuous” decades across two continents and a series of complex relationships. Philippakis and Zeldin have known each other since their days at school, when they would sneak...
The Libertines have opened up about the possibility of a biopic, and shared that they have already “tried to sit down and write some screenplays”. While speaking to NME about their upcoming album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ the band’s frontmen – Carl Barât and Pete Doherty – discussed if the band would ever create a biopic of their career. “We’ve talked about it, but then we always have a row about who’s playing who,” Barât said. Doherty added: “We even tried to sit down and write some screenplays for it, but it always turns into some farcical...
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain has revealed that he is almost fully recovered after suffering a minor stroke in January that left him partially paralyzed on his right side. READ MORE: Iron Maiden – ‘Senjutsu’ review: an imaginative instant classic During an appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation Power Trip Special, as transcribed by Blabbermouth, the 70-year-old musician said he is “85 to 90 percent back to strength”, but still has some difficulty with the speed and dexterity of his fingers. McBrain also discussed the band’s ongoing ‘Future Past’ World Tour, which marks their first live shows since the release of...
P!nk has shared the story behind the drug overdose she suffered at age 16 just weeks before signing her first record deal. READ MORE: P!nk: All I Know So Far review: shallow but watchable pop star tour diary In a recent appearance on 60 Minutes, the singer opened up about her troubled home life, sharing: “I was a punk. I had a mouth. I had a chip on my shoulder.” “Basically, I grew up in a house where every day, my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things, hated each other. And then I got into drugs, I was selling...
The use of plastic in the production of K-pop albums has increased by over 14 times in the past six years, according to a Korean politician. Representative Woo Won-shik of South Korea’s Democratic Party of Korea, the country’s main opposition, said on Sunday (October 22) that K-pop companies used over 800tons of plastic in 2022 to produce albums, per The Korea Times. Woo had cited documents obtained from the Ministry of Environment, and noted that the figure is more than a 14 times increase from 2017, when 55.8tons of plastic was used. The figures include the production of CDs, photo...
The Kid Laroi has tricked BTS‘ Jungkook into trying Vegemite, a classic Australian food spread. In a new video on Twitter, The Kid Laroi introduces Vegemite to Jungkook as part of a ‘Let’s Cook’ segment, where the Australian singer shows the BTS member “something that I used to eat for breakfast”. “It’s just like toasted bread, butter Vegemite, which is basically this Australian ‘chocolate’ spread,” The Kid Laroi falsely tells Jungkook, before letting the BTS singer smell the spread. Advertisement “It’s fully chocolate,” the Aussie singer says, before taking a big scoop of Vegemite for a piece of...
Britney Spears‘ audition tape from The Notebook has leaked online – check it out below. READ MORE: The Story of Britney Spears’ ‘…Baby One More Time’ In a recently shared extract from her upcoming memoir, The Woman In Me, Spears revealed that she auditioned for Rachel McAdams’ role in the film, The Notebook. Speaking of her acting career, in which she played lead actress in the 2002 movie Crossroads, Spears said: “The experience wasn’t easy for me. My problem wasn’t with anyone involved in the production but with what acting did to my mind. Advertisement “I think I started method acting — only I...
Holly Macve has teamed up with Lana Del Rey on her first collaborative single titled ‘Suburban House’. Check it out below The Irish-born & Yorkshire-raised songwriter was able to work with Del Rey after forming a close friendship via Instagram a few years ago. The track is part of Macve’s new project due in early 2024. Speaking of the song in a press release, Macve said: “I sometimes feel my intuition wrote this song for me. I was temporarily living in a Suburban house from the 50’s, on the outskirts of West London. It was like a time capsule...
The Courteneers‘ Liam Fray has revealed a one-off Christmas acoustic gig to be held in Manchester – details and tickets are below. Fray last played at Heaton Park in June to a sold-out crowd. 50,000 fans came to celebrate the 15th anniversary reissue of the band’s debut album ‘St. Jude’, which shot to number one on the charts. This made them the third band in history to hit the top spot with a reissue, along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Now, the Courteneers’ frontman will play an intimate acoustic gig at Manchester’s Albert Hall on December 17....
