Bilbao BBK Live has been postponed until 2022 due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions. The Spanish event was due to return between July 8-10, 2021, with the likes of The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Supergrass and FKA Twigs appearing on this year’s line-up. READ MORE: European festivals on returning in 2021: “We are only more optimistic for the summer” Organisers have today (May 18), however, announced BBK ’21 will no longer take place, and confirmed that the festival’s 15th anniversary edition will now be held next summer. The line-up for Bilbao 2022 will arrive by July 8. Advertisement “First and foremost,...
Twenty One Pilots have shared a new track called ‘Saturday’ – you can listen to it below. The Ohio duo – comprised of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun – will release their sixth album ‘Scaled And Icy’ this Friday (May 21), having previewed the project with the singles ‘Shy Away’ and ‘Choker’. The NME Big Read: Twenty One Pilots: “We want to be the best – and keep everyone else at bay” Taking to Twitter today (May 18), the band hinted that a new song was on the horizon by a cryptic, 30-second video teaser before unveiling ‘Saturday’ alongside an accompanying...
Big Sean has given a video tour of the mansion he bought from Slash – you can watch it below. During an interview with NME last year, the Detroit rapper revealed that he had redecorated and renovated a Beverley Hills home once owned by the Guns N’ Roses guitarist. READ MORE: Big Sean – “God has taken away all these special people, there has to be a reason I’m still here” “ left a couple of skulls on the wall that I kept,” he said. “There’s also this super colourful door that I kept and a big, big painting on one...
The Prodigy have shared their first snippet of new music since the death of Keith Flint. “New Prodigy studio session beats are rollin,” they wrote on Twitter today (May 18) alongside a video which showed beaded figures of Liam Howlett and Maxim placed against a thumping speaker. As for the music that’s heard in the clip, the 15-second teaser hints that the band are set to continue with the typically beat-heavy sound that they’re best known for. Advertisement Responding to the clip, one fan wrote: “Love it, love it, love it. After all these years, I still love that...
Black Country, New Road have shared an alternate acoustic version of their song ‘Track X’ – you can hear this take on the track below. The original song recently featured on the band’s debut album ‘For The First Time’, which came out back in February. READ MORE: Black Country, New Road: sax and violins from Britain’s most prestigious new band Black Country, New Road have this afternoon (May 18) shared ‘Track X (The Guest)’, an alternate version of ‘Track X’. Advertisement The song was first performed solo by frontman Isaac Wood prior to the formation of Black Country, New...
A new beer brewed by Gan Yam Brew Co. has been launched to celebrate the recent release of Squid‘s debut album. The five-piece released their debut LP ‘Bright Green Field’ earlier this month via Warp Records. READ MORE: Squid: “I don’t think people take us seriously enough to think we’re ‘pretentious’” Gan Yam Brew Co., which is based in Kendal, officially launched their independent microbrewery yesterday (May 17) and placed a number of new beers on sale. Advertisement One of the beers is ‘Bright Green Field’, a 5.5% New England-style IPA (NEIPA) that has been brewed in collaboration with...
A new clip from Moby Doc has just been released – you can watch it exclusively below. The extract, taken from the forthcoming surrealist biographical documentary about and narrated by Moby, sees the artist reflect on his professional relationship and friendship with David Bowie. READ MORE: 12 batshit brilliant things Moby actually, genuinely said “Bowie was my favourite musician of all-time,” Moby can be heard saying in the clip. “Maybe 2000 or 2001, he moved across the street from me and I couldn’t believe it. I became friends with David Bowie. Some of the moments he and I had together, I...
Linkin Park have shared their 2007 documentary The Making of Minutes to Midnight online to mark the recent 14th anniversary of their third album ‘Minutes to Midnight’. The film was originally released in May 2007 as part of the record’s special edition bonus DVD, and features extensive footage of the band at work in the studio. READ MORE: “We wanted to make something different”: the impact of Linkin Park’s ‘Hybrid Theory’, 20 years on Linkin Park shared The Making of Minutes to Midnight on their YouTube channel on Saturday (May 15) to mark last week’s 14th anniversary of the...
R.E.M. have announced the reissue of their debut single ‘Radio Free Europe’ to mark 40 years since the track’s initial release. The 1983 version of the track is already well-known among the band’s fans, but this reissue will allow fans to experience the original 1981 recording when it arrives on July 23. READ MORE: R.E.M. tell us about 25 years of ‘Monster’: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw” One of R.E.M.’s earliest recordings, ‘Radio Free Europe’ was first recorded in the garage of influential producer Mitch Easter, who produced the bulk of the band’s formative material. Advertisement...
The DJ and podcast host Olivia Dope has accused Joe Budden of sexually harassing her. Dope was a former co-host on the See, The Thing Is podcast, which launched last year and is produced by the independent Joe Budden Network. In a 26-minute video post on Instagram yesterday (May 17), Dope explained that Budden’s alleged behaviour towards her during a recording of one episode of See, The Thing Is in January was the “final straw” that ultimately led to her departure from the show. “I sat with this for three months, anxiously debating with myself if I feel comfortable...