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Ariana Grande speaks out for Mental Health Awareness Month: “Here’s to ending stigma”
Ariana Grande has encouraged fans to be open with their mental health struggles in a new post to reflect upon Mental Health Awareness Month. Sharing a series of slides about the subject on Instagram, Grande wrote: “Here’s to ending the stigma around mental health and normalizing asking for help. “Healing isn’t linear, fun, quick or at all easy but we are here and we’ve got to commit to making this time as healthy, peaceful and beautiful as possible. the work is so hard but we are capable and worth it. sending so much love and strength.” In a second slide,...
Tegan And Sara’s ‘High School’ memoir is being made into a TV series
Tegan And Sara‘s memoir High School is being adapted for a TV show. READ MORE: “We’re more traditional siblings than people imagine” – Tegan and Sara on their revealing new memoir ‘High School’ The twin music duo’s best-selling book, which documents their formative years, is being adapted as an original series for Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service IMDb TV. Variety reports that the musicians will executive produce the series with writer-director Clea DuVall (Happiest Season), with production helmed by Amazon Studios and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. Advertisement A working description of the forthcoming series reads: “High School is...
Blossoms have finished their “really special” new album
Fresh from their historic Liverpool gig, Blossoms have told NME that they have completed work on their fourth album. READ MORE On the scene at the first big gig in the new world – Blossoms at Liverpool’s Sefton Park The Stockport band spoke to NME backstage at the weekend’s COVID pilot gig at Sefton Park, where they discussed progress on the follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’. “Yeah, we’ve done it, so it’s recorded and we’re sorting all the other stuff out now, like the artwork and all that sort of stuff,” frontman Tom Ogden told NME. “We’ve...
Royal Blood are outselling the rest of the Top Five combined in UK albums chart race
Royal Blood are currently outselling the rest of the Top Five in this week’s race for the top of the Official UK Albums Chart. The Brighton duo released their third album ‘Typhoons’ last week (April 30) and are leading the pack of new releases in today’s (May 4) chart update. READ MORE: Royal Blood: “Without sobriety, this album or this band wouldn’t exist. It was all quite scary” The record has been both the most physically purchased and downloaded album over the Bank Holiday weekend, making more chart sales than new albums by the likes of The Coral and Birdy,...
BTS’ J-Hope donates ₩100million to aid victims of child violence
J-Hope of BTS has observed South Korea’s Children’s Day by making a charitable donation. READ MORE: Justin Bieber and BTS are reported to be collaborating According to Yonhap News Agency, the K-pop singer-rapper donated ₩100million (roughly £65,000) to children in Africa through ChildFund Korea, a Seoul-based charity organization that advocates for children’s rights. The monetary support will fund the operations of the newly built One Stop Center in Tanzania, East Africa. The facility was established by the charity to offer support such as legal and counseling assistance as well as treatment for victims of child violence. Advertisement “In light of...
Spice Girls reportedly set to film sequel to ‘Spice World’
The Spice Girls will reunite for a film sequel to Spice World, according to sources. READ MORE: The Spice Girls: their 10 best songs, ranked A film industry source has told The Sun that four members of the band – Geri Horner (Ginger Spice), Melanie C (Sport Spice), Mel Burton (Scary Spice), and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) – have approached a screenwriter about devising a follow-up to their 1997 film. The reported project is to help mark the group’s 25th anniversary next year. The band have reunited on several occasions, including for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony and a...
EVERGLOW reportedly to release new mini-album this month
K-pop girl group EVERGLOW are reportedly set to make their return later this month. READ MORE: AB6IX – ‘Mo’ Complete: Have A Dream’ EP review: pre-pandemic dancefloor escapism for the soul According to a report from South Korean publication Star News, the K-pop act will release a new mini-album on May 25 with a concept described as “warriors from the future”. The outlet also claims that the group are currently preparing for their comeback and have finished filming a music video for the project’s lead single. If true, it will be EVERGLOW’s first official release since their sophomore mini-album...
Watch Dominic Fike perform Paul McCartney cover ‘The Kiss Of Venus’
Dominic Fike performed his recent cover of Paul McCartney‘s ‘The Kiss Of Venus’ on US TV last night – check out the video below. The NME Big Read: Dominic Fike: “My music is crazy – it blends, it’s weird and it’s all different types of shit” The Florida artist recorded a rendition of the song for ‘McCartney III: Imagined’, a re-working of Macca’s latest studio album featuring St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien and more. Appearing via video chat on yesterday’s (May 3) edition of The Late Late Show With James Corden, Fike was asked about how he and his girlfriend first...
EDM producer Pierce Fulton dies aged 28 after “tragic struggle” with mental health
EDM producer Pierce Fulton has died at the age of 28, his family has confirmed. In a statement, Fulton’s brother Griff confirmed that that the producer died last Thursday (April 29) following a “tragic struggle with his mental health”. Griff wrote: “Pierce was so incredibly full of life, love & unimaginable creativity. He was kind, caring, thoughtful, silly & sweet. “The most magical person that we were all so blessed to know, hear & see. He was an expert at absolutely anything he set his mind to & had this incredible ability to retain knowledge unlike anyone I’ve ever...Recent Posts
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