Carey Mulligan hosted last night’s (April 10) episode of Saturday Night Live, and her opening monologue was gatecrashed by a surprise guest. During her customary opening speech, Mulligan’s husband, Mumford & Sons vocalist Marcus Mumford, made his presence be known from the audience. “I spent the last year quarantining in the English countryside with my husband and my two small children, which is the beginning of most horror movies,” Mulligan said to open the speech. Advertisement When she went on to claim that Mumford was at home caring for their children, he stood up in the audience, revealing his...
Phoebe Bridgers joined Ziwe for a bout of ukelele-smashing in a trailer for the comedian and host’s new variety show. READ MORE: How guitar-smashing badass Phoebe Bridgers is putting the anarchy back into music Ziwe Fumudoh is best known for her Baited Instagram Live series, and is now set to bring her talents to a TV series that will feature “musical numbers, interviews and sketches that challenge America’s discomfort with race, politics, & other cultural issues.” In the trailer, Ziwe suggests that she and Bridgers break some ukeleles, to which the ‘Kyoto’ singer responds: “Yeah, I’d love that.” Advertisement The...
Kid Cudi was the musical guest on last night’s (April 10) episode of Saturday Night Live – watch his pair of performances below. READ MORE: Kid Cudi – ‘Man On The Moon III: The Chosen’ review: an art piece of epic highs and honest lows The latest episode, the 17th episode of the show’s 46th season, was hosted by Carey Mulligan. For the first of his two performances, Cudi donned a dress for a rendition of ‘Sad People’. He then performed ‘Tequila Shots’ while surrounded by lasers. Advertisement Watch the pair of SNL performances below. Elsewhere on the show, Carey...
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is the latest musical act to join TikTok, mostly just to react to his favourite videos on the platform. On the handful of clips Vernon has posted so far, most of them show him duetting the works of others, showing a portion of his head as he silently watches on. @blobtower22 #duet with @_devinnscott ♬ original sound – Chris Tubbs Advertisement On his personal Twitter account, Vernon said the app makes him feel different about social media. “TikTok is extremely worth checking out. I’ve found a lot of positivity, education, and music there. Makes me...
Slipknot‘s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has explained in more detail why the band’s unreleased album, ‘Look Outside Your Window’, is still on the shelf. The album was recorded by four members of the metal monoliths during sessions for their 2008 album ‘All Hope Is Gone’. In January 2020 Clown had said he, along with Jim Root, Corey Taylor and Sid Wilson, had intended to release the album of more “experimental, psychedelic” tunes on Christmas Day 2019. Yesterday (April 10) in an interview with Mosh Talks podcast host Terry ‘Beez’ Beezer, Clown – seemingly despairingly – addressed the issue surrounding the...
Black Veil Brides have released details of their forthcoming studio album ‘The Phantom Tomorrow’, marking the announcement with a new single, ‘Fields Of Bone’. Frontman Andy Biersack had said in an Instagram post back in February the new album was “almost complete”. His announcement followed an album preview, single ‘Scarlet Cross’, released in 2019. On Friday (April 9), the Los Angeles rock outfit revealed their sixth studio album would be released on June 4 via Sumerian. Find the full tracklist below. Advertisement The band also shared the official music video for ‘Fields Of Bone’, which is written and directed...
Dave has dropped off a pair of surprise new tracks – listen to ‘Titanium’ and ‘Mercury’ below. READ MORE: Dave at the Brits: how his searing performance of ‘Black’ took on every racist tosser in the country The artist, who released his Mercury Music Prize-winning debut ‘Psychodrama‘ in 2019, recorded the tracks in a moment of “pure inspiration”, according to a press release. ‘Titanium’ was teased by the rapper a couple of weeks ago on his Instagram. In the clip, Dave raps along to the track as he circles in front of a desktop displaying the song’s digital composition. Advertisement...
Demi Lovato performed her new single ‘Dancing With The Devil’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon yesterday (April 9) – watch it below. READ MORE: Demi Lovato – ‘Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over’ review: raw, cathartic pop The singer, who released her new album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’ earlier this month (April 2), also sat down with Fallon to discuss the album, collaborating with Ariana Grande and her revelatory YouTube docu-series. “It was very challenging because everything I went through in that storytelling journey in making the documentary was difficult, and I...
Ruff Ryders Entertainment co-founder Darrin “Dee” Dean has said that DMX‘s final album is probably one of his “best”. READ MORE: DMX, 1970 – 2021: hip-hop giant who shone brightest in the darkness The legendary rapper, whose real name was Earl Simmons, died yesterday (April 9) at the age of 50. He was first hospitalised following a heart attack as a result of a reported overdose on April 3, where he had remained in intensive care since. Speaking to Fox 5 outside of White Plains Hospital in New York, Dee, alongside DMX’s tour manager Craig Brodhead, discussed the rapper’s...
Brian May has revealed that Queen have been in the studio working on new music – although so far nothing good has come out of the sessions. READ MORE: ‘Queen days’: Brian May reflects on his rock ‘n’ roll journey The band’s remaining members, May and Roger Taylor, have been performing live with singer Adam Lambert for over a decade, but have never recorded any new material with him. Speaking in a new interview, May said that the three of them have actually tried to lay a few things down but that so far it hasn’t gone quite according to...