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Watch Pink, Kylie Minogue and more perform for ‘Can’t Cancel Pride’ relief benefit
Pink and Kylie Minogue were among the performers who took to the stage at Friday’s (June 4) ‘Can’t Cancel Pride’ relief benefit. READ MORE: P!nk: All I Know So Far review The hour-long stream was put on to help raise visibility and funds for members of the LGBTQ+ community through organisations such as GLAAD, SAGE, National Black Justice Coalition, The Trevor Project, CenterLink and OutRight Action International. Hosted by Bebe Rexha and iHeartMedia presenter Elvis Duran, ‘Can’t Cancel Pride’ opened with a message from Dolly Parton followed by Troye Sivan kicking things off with a performance of ‘You’ along with Regard...
Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford says Brexit visa “nightmare” might halt band’s UK tour
Aerosmith‘s Brad Whitford has said he’s not sure the band’s upcoming UK and European tour will go ahead because of visa issues relating to Brexit. READ MORE: Aerosmith: The best war stories The band’s European tour was originally scheduled to take place in 2020 but was pushed back to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was later rescheduled again and is now set to take place in 2022. Speaking in a new interview, Whitford called the pending European tour “a pipe dream right now”, citing Brexit and age as two reasons it may not happen. Advertisement “The European...
Listen to Blood Red Shoes’ true crime-inspired new single ‘A Little Love’
Blood Red Shoes have released a punchy new single titled ‘A Little Love’. READ MORE: Blood Red Shoes’ Laura-Mary Carter – “We Need To Stop Seeing Women In Rock As An Oddity” Contrasting the electronica-driven dark-pop style of their recent output, the new single marks a return to the grungy, fuzz-inflicted analogue rock sound that Blood Red Shoes cut their teeth on. Listen to ‘A Little Love’ below: Advertisement In a press statement, the indie-rock duo – which consists of guitarist Laura-Mary Carter and drummer Steven Ansell, both of whom share vocal duties – explained that ‘A Little Love’...
Dave Chappelle’s poignant ‘8:46’ special is being pressed on limited-edition vinyl
A year on from its debut on YouTube, Dave Chappelle has teamed up with Jack White’s label, Third Man Records, to release a limited-edition vinyl pressing of his special 8:46. The release, which is limited to 846 numbered copies, is pressed on a tri-coloured black, red and green vinyl with a white splatter. There will also be a standard black vinyl, for which a pressing number has not been offered. Both versions are available for pre-order, and will ship on October 29. Advertisement Produced by Netflix, the 27-minute special was released on YouTube last June. It was recorded a...
Tom Morello and The Bloody Beetroots team up for blistering new single ‘Radium Girls’
Tom Morello and The Bloody Beetroots (real name Bob Rifo) have joined forces to deliver ‘Radium Girls’, the lead single from their forthcoming collaborative EP. READ MORE: The Big Read – Tom Morello: “If we can’t punch Nazis, who can we punch really?” The track fuses both artists’ idiosyncratic styles into a grimy, electro-tinged punk rager, with vocals courtesy of Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova, The Interrupters‘ Aimee Interrupter, White Lung’s Mish Way, and The Last Internationale’s Delila Paz. Check out the video for ‘Radium Girls’, which was also directed by Morello, below: Advertisement As Rifo put it in a...
Mykki Blanco shares bouncy new single ‘Summer Fling’ featuring Kari Faux
Mykki Blanco has shared a new single called ‘Summer Fling’ featuring Kari Faux – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Mykki Blanco interview: “These shows are a last hurrah to this era of my career” Produced by FaltyDL, the bouncy new track is taken from the rapper’s upcoming new mini-album ‘Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep’, due out June 18 via Transgressive Recordings. “I wanted ‘Summer Fling’ to feel like a song I could have heard at my middle school dance, maybe it’s because those were the years in which I was coming of age,” Blanco said of the...
Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass reworks Ramones classic ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ into vaccination anthem
Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass has reworked Ramones record ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ into a COVID vaccination anthem. READ MORE: Quarantunes: a daily playlist of upbeat songs to help you through self-isolation Changing the words of the punk classic to encourage people to get their vaccination jab, Gass sings: “Twenty, twenty, twenty-four hours from now/ I’m getting vaccinated/ Waited so long that I wrote down this song/ I’m getting vaccinated.” The comedic musician has accompanied the spoof with a video that features cameos from Evanescence singer Amy Lee, Danko Jones, Toto’s Steve Lukather and many others. Advertisement Gass’ Tenacious D bandmate...
Alicia Keys shares 20th anniversary edition of ‘Songs In A Minor’ with two previously unreleased songs
Alicia Keys has shared a 20th anniversary edition of her groundbreaking debut album ‘Songs In A Minor’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: Alicia Keys – ‘ALICIA’ review: an enriching blend of empathy, positivity and self-knowledge Originally released on June 5, 2001, ‘Songs In A Minor’ spawned the hit singles ‘Fallin”, ‘A Woman’s Worth’ and her cover of Prince’s ‘How Come You Don’t Call Me’. It bagged the New York singer, songwriter and producer five Grammys. To celebrate the album’s landmark date, Keys has released a special edition set that features two previously unreleased bonus tracks from the original album...
Musicians hit back at Oliver Dowden’s “utterly pathetic” boast of Brexit touring breakthrough
A number of musicians have taken to social media to criticise Oliver Dowden’s recent boast that the UK government has achieved a Brexit touring breakthrough. READ MORE: Government criticised for inaction and told “words won’t save careers” in “critical” Brexit touring fiasco The government’s failure to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew post-Brexit has long been a topic of discussion. This fiasco has sparked fears that artists will face huge costs to future live music tours of the continent which could create a glass ceiling that prevents rising and developing artists from being able to afford to do so. Advertisement...Recent Posts
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