The latest round of the UK government’s Cultural Recovery Fund has been announced today (April 2). READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021: Gig and festival bosses on what to expect The £1.57bn support package, which was announced last July, provides financial support for music venues, independent cinemas, museums, galleries, theatres and heritage sites as they weather the financial impact of coronavirus. After Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden confirmed that the funding will be boosted by £300m from £1.57bn to £1.87bn in last month’s Budget (March 3), £400million in grants has now been awarded to 2,700 music, film and arts organisations struggling...
St. Vincent has shared a second preview of new album ‘Daddy’s Home’ – watch the trippy video for ‘The Melting Of The Sun’ below. READ MORE: St. Vincent: “I wanted to tell my story with humour and compassion” The new album out on May 14 via Loma Vista, was previously previewed by first single ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’. Now, ahead of her performance on Saturday Night Live tomorrow (April 3), Clark has shared a psychedelic new song, complete with a video that sees her animated as a shining sun on the horizon of an abstract ocean. Advertisement Watch...
BTS have released the music video for their latest Japanese single ‘Film Out’, which also acts as the theme song for the Japanese film adaptation of Signal. READ MORE: BTS speak out on anti-Asian racism: “We feel grief and anger” Released at Midnight KST today (April 2), the video features the members of BTS in a dream-like house in the sky as they recall fond memories together. An ominous hourglass appears in several scenes, counting down to an explosion as the song reaches its climax. “From all the memories stored in my heart / I gather up the ones...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to unveil new passport trials for venues. READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about” According to The Daily Mail, the trials could start as early as next month and would see theatres and stadiums piloting the new passports initially, followed by pubs, restaurants, nightclubs and cinemas later on. According to The Mail, the “pilot schemes will begin after work is completed on an updated version of the NHS Covid app” where users will be able to show whether or not they have been vaccinated. Advertisement...
IDLES have announced that SSD Concerts will no longer be promoting their upcoming Newcastle show following allegations of employee mistreatment. READ MORE: IDLES’ best music videos (so far!) The claims, which were posted on workplace review website Glassdoor, were shared with screenshots on the company’s Instagram account, when it was allegedly “hacked”. The accusations include “underpaying” workers, “offensive” language and people being made to feel “uncomfortable” at work. SSD Concerts, which was responsible for bringing the world’s first socially distanced gigs to Newcastle last year, currently has an overall 1.4 star rating on the website out of 21 reviews from people claiming to be...
Rapper Pa Salieu has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Fidel Glasgow in 2018. Glasgow, the grandson of The Specials’ Neville Staple, was killed outside Coventry’s Club M three-years-ago. He was 21-years-old. According to reports at the time, a mob were alleged to have gathered outside the club on September 1 2018. Following a lengthy police investigation, ten people have been charged in relation to the incident, but none with murder. Pa Salieu, 23, who has recently been nominated for a BRITs rising star award, is one of the ten who were arrested and he has...
Cattera, a metal band made up of actual cats, have released their debut singe, ‘Hunger Of The Beast’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: 100 greatest heavy metal albums The single, which features thundering guitars alongside lots of meows, is all in aid of a good cause: all the profits from the single will be donated to Whiskers-A-GoGo, a non-profit, volunteer-run cat rescue group in Brooklyn. The feline four-piece are fronted by Roope-Shakir who was once a resident at the cat rescue shelter before finding a home with Anna Mrzyglocki, a product manager with Fearless Records. Advertisement You can...
Snoop Dogg has announced his next album will be called ‘From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites’. READ MORE: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop forever Taking to social media earlier this week to share news of his next single, the legendary rapper revealed the title of his 18th studio album – the follow up to 2019’s ‘I Wanna Thank Me’. “NEW SINGLE ALERT OFF NEW ALBUM ‘From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites’,” he wrote on Instagram. “‘Roaches In My Ashtray’ new single + video dropping this Friday, April 2.” Advertisement ‘Roaches...
Radiohead have joined TikTok today (April 1) and have shared a cryptic new video. READ MORE: 10 things in the Radiohead Public Library that are getting fans very, very excited A verified account for the group appeared on the video app for the social media site earlier today. The group shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who can be seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background. Advertisement The black-and-white, low-fi video has a grainy filter and a ‘Mews’ sign can be seen...
Nas has shared a luxurious video for his new track ‘EPMD’ – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Nas on being a hip-hop legend: “I’m rapping the same way I did when I was on the block” Taken from the soundtrack to Judas And The Black Messiah, the biographical drama about the betrayal of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, the Hit-Boy-produced cut hears Nas pay homage to New York rap duo EPMD (Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith). “EPMD, we back in business,” he raps on the chorus, referencing the former Def Jam group’s 1997 comeback album. “I visualise what it...