Japanese Breakfast has spoken about her experience of working with The 1975 on their new album ‘Part Of The Band‘. READ MORE: Japanese Breakfast: “There’s freedom and creative growth in not having anything to prove” The singer-songwriter, real name Michelle Zauner, told fans earlier this year that she had contributed vocals to the title track of the album. Now, she has told NME in this week’s The Big Read that the team up came about thanks to co-producer Jack Antonoff, whom Zauner met while recording at New York’s Electric Lady Studios. Advertisement “I was actually feeling kind of insecure that...
Bono has hinted that U2 will play in Las Vegas in 2023. READ MORE: U2’s top 10 best albums – ranked The band were recently reportedly set to be the first act to perform at the new MSG Sphere when the arena opens next year, with a “multi-show residency” pencilled in at the $1.8billion ($1.58billion) venue. The dates were also said to be non-consecutive and will be spread out over several months. Advertisement The residency would mark U2’s first confirmed live concerts since December 2019. Now, Bono has refused to deny that the band will be performing in Vegas in...
Måneskin have said that they are hoping to attend Eurovision 2023 if they’re “free”. READ MORE: Måneskin: “It’s stupid there has to be so much censorship over people’s bodies” The Italian band famously won the competition two years ago and returned to this year’s event to give their single ‘Supermodel’ its live debut. Speaking in a new interview, frontman Damiano David told NME as part of the In Conversation series, that they would like to return to the competition which will be held in Liverpool next year and said it will always hold a special place in their hearts. Advertisement...
Noel Gallagher‘s handwritten lyrics for Oasis classic ‘Wonderwall’ have been sold for £46,875 at an auction. READ MORE: Watch Noel Gallagher’s track-by-track guide to ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021)’ The page is believed to have been written in the mid noughties to help Gallagher during rehearsals according to a description at the Propstore auction. It was kept by a member of the band’s road crew. It was estimated to fetch between 4,000 and £6,000 but went for 10 times the estimated price. Advertisement A 1962 Epiphone Casino Guitar, which Gallagher bought after advice from Paul Weller and was...
The Cure have continued to tease their fans will live previews of their upcoming 14th album, performing a new song called ‘A Fragile Thing’ in Assago, Italy. READ MORE: The Cure give us an update on their “relentless” new album – and when to expect it The legendary goth-rockers played at the Mediolanum Forum di Assago last night (November 4), delivering a set of 27 songs that spanned seven of their 13 studio albums (as well as a handful of their standalone releases). ‘A Fragile Thing’ arrived halfway through the set, sandwiched between the four other songs from their next...
According to a new report out of South Korea, BTS member Jin is looking to revoke a previous request to postpone his enlistment into the military. READ MORE: BTS star Jin’s ‘The Astronaut’ is a galaxy-gazing Coldplay collab full of wide-eyed romanticism In South Korea, all able-bodied men over the age of 18 are required to serve for up to two years. Last month, Big Hit Music announced that all members of BTS would eventually accept their military duties, with Jin – who turns 30 later this year – being the first. At the end of the month, the...
A fan has created a remix of Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’ that features a guest appearance from Nintendo mascot Mario – check it out below. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Midnights’ review: a shimmering return to pure pop ‘Anti-Hero’ is the lead single from Taylor Swift’s most recent album ‘Midnights’ and sees the singer delve deeper into her “insecurities” than ever before. Swift later described ‘Anti-Hero’ as a guided tour through “all the things I hate about myself”. However, one fan has decided to rework the track to feature iconic plumber and Princess-rescuer Mario. Advertisement Shared on the There, I...
Fever 333 have paused their touring plans for the next five months, citing a need to “reset” after the band lost two of its three members at the start of October. READ MORE: Fever 333 on becoming pals with heroes Deftones and their “genre-defining” new album On Tuesday October 4, Aric Improta (drums) and Stephen Harrison (guitars) both made statements confirming they’d quit the political punk outfit – the sole remaining member of which is frontman Jason Aalon Butler – with Harrison alleging that “things were pretty bad internally” between the trio. In response, Butler assured fans that he’d solider...
Guns N’ Roses have shared a new ‘2022 version’ of their 1991 classic ‘November Rain’, featuring a 50-piece orchestra – listen below. The track is part of a “super deluxe” box set edition of ‘Use Your Illusion I + II’, which will be released on November 11 and features 63 previously unreleased tracks. Discussing the new version back in September, prog rocker Steven Wilson – who remixed the track – said: “My mix of a fully orchestrated version of the Guns N’ Roses evergreen ‘November Rain’ appears on the just announced 30th anniversary reissue of ‘Use Your Illusion’. Advertisement...
At their first public show since they released ‘The Car’ last month, Arctic Monkeys treated Brazilian fans to the live debut of ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes’. READ MORE: The Big Read – Arctic Monkeys: “We know more tricks now, but we’re still rolling on that same instinct” Last night (November 4), the band performed to a crowd of around 18,000 at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. They performed a total of 21 songs, with four being pulled from ‘The Car’ – in addition to ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes’ (which kicked off a three-track encore), Arctic Monkeys opened...