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Aitch shares what it means to be an England fan in FA-endorsed spoken word piece
Aitch has shared a new spoken word piece which hears him describe what it means to be an England football fan ahead of today’s Euro 2020 final. READ MORE: Aitch: “My debut will 100,000 per cent be a proper Manchester album” England take on Italy in the last match of the tournament tonight (July 11), which will be held at London’s Wembley Stadium. It’s the first time the England men’s team has reached a final since winning the World Cup in 1966. Ahead of the game, Manchester rapper Aitch has offered a few words on what it means to him to...
Sheryl Crow says surviving breast cancer “redefined who and how I am”
Sheryl Crow has opened up about her experiences with cancer in a new interview. READ MORE: Sheryl Crow: “In the ’90s, I felt unaccepted by my peer group” The singer, who successfully recovered from breast cancer in 2006, was also later diagnosed with a “benign” brain tumour in 2011. Speaking to The Guardian in a new interview, the singer said: “Surviving breast cancer redefined who and how I am, although I’m not sure I’d recommend it. Until then, I’d spent a lifetime being a caretaker for everyone around me. Advertisement “From then, I started to put myself first. I...
Watch The Wallflowers perform songs from new album on ‘CBS This Morning’
The Wallflowers stopped by CBS This Morning this weekend (July 10) to perform three songs from their newly released album, ‘Exit Wounds’. READ MORE: Bob Dylan – ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ review: arguably his grandest poetic statement yet Performing as part of the show’s ‘Saturday Sessions’ segment, Jakob Dylan and co. delivered renditions of ‘Roots And Wings’, ‘The Dive Bar In My Heart’, and ‘I’ll Let You Down (But Will Not Give You Up)’, while inside a Los Angeles garage. Released on Friday (July 9), ‘Exit Wounds’ is The Wallflowers’ long awaited follow-up to 2012’s ‘Glad All Over’. The band’s seventh...
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis share debut album featuring Usher, Mariah Carey and more
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis have released their debut album, ‘Jam & Lewis Vol.1’ – you can listen to it in full below. READ MORE: Janet Jackson at Glastonbury: a pop megamix, a stadium production and the making of a new ‘legends slot’ The iconic hitmakers, best known for working with the likes of Janet Jackson, Usher and Prince, announced last last year that they will be releasing their first ever album as artists though a new deal with BMG. Now the pair, who are also former members of The Time and are widely considered architects of the “Minneapolis Sound” popularised by...
Amy Winehouse didn’t want “any fucking strings” on ‘Back To Black’
Amy Winehouse wasn’t a fan of strings and didn’t want any on her groundbreaking 2006 album ‘Back To Black’, according to arranger Chris Elliott. READ MORE: Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ documentary is a tribute to her supreme talent Speaking in a new interview, Elliott, who was the was in charge of orchestral arrangement on the singer’s second and final album, discussed the challenges he faced when putting together the record’s accompanying instrumentation. “Mark Ronson, Darcus and Tom heard the mixes and felt there could be another colour in the tracks,” Elliott explained in...
Diplo’s baseball concert cancelled amid sexual assault allegations
The Baltimore Orioles baseball team has announced an upcoming Diplo postgame concert has been cancelled following sexual assault allegations made against the DJ/producer. Sharing news of the cancellation on social media, the team tweeted: “The Orioles will not hold the upcoming postgame performance on July 24 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Fans who purchased field passes with game tickets to the Diplo concert on July 24 will receive a refund.” There was no mention of exactly why the gig was cancelled, but it came hours after the Baltimore Sun published a letter sent to its editors questioning how the team could continue with...
Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds set to release his own video game
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds has revealed that he has been developing a multiplayer PC game – and is hoping it will be completed this year. READ MORE: Are Imagine Dragons really more hated than Nickelback? We suss it out Speaking to gaming magazine Level One in a new interview, Reynolds discussed his lifetime love of video games, as well as the game he’s been working on for the past year with his brother and manager, Mac. “He’s also like my best friend and we’ve always talked about making a video game,” the singer explained. “So I finally managed to pin...
Listen to Annie’s pop take on The Jesus And Mary Chain’s ‘Just Like Honey’
Annie has shared her unique take on The Jesus And Mary Chain‘s classic 1985 track ‘Just Like Honey’ as part of a new EP release. READ MORE: The Jesus & Mary Chain: “There’s no place in the world for us” The cover is due to appear on the Norwegian singer’s upcoming ‘Neon Nights EP’, her first release since last year’s ‘Dark Hearts’ album. The EP will also include a cover of Patrick Swayze’s ‘She’s Like The Wind’, as well as last month’s Jake Shears collaboration ‘Neon Lights’. Advertisement Listen to Annie’s version of ‘Just Like Honey’ and check out...
Benee shares lo-fi cover of Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
New Zealand indie-pop singer Benee has delivered a cover of Gotye’s global hit ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, featuring Kimbra. Recorded for Amazon Music, the lo-fi cover sees the singer slow down the track, laying hushed vocals over woozy synths. Benee’s version comes as ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ celebrated its tenth anniversary earlier this month. Listen to Benee’s cover below: Advertisement READ MORE: Benee: “I want to celebrate, but you have to ask yourself – is this wrong?” Benee released her debut album, ‘Hey u x’, in November last year. NME gave the release a four-star...Recent Posts
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