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Dionne Warwick announces Easter and Mother’s Day virtual concerts
Dionne Warwick has announced a pair of upcoming livestream shows to celebrate Easter and Mother’s Day. READ MORE: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has turned into a museum. Time for change Taking place on April 4 (Easter Sunday) and May 9 (Mother’s Day), the iconic soul singer will stage her first-ever virtual concerts via live-streaming platform Mandolin. Dubbed ‘Dionne At Home With You’, Warwick has promised to perform “all the hits” for both performances, with a matinee and evening show available to watch on each date. A 48-hour replay of the shows will also be available. Advertisement...
Listen to Litany and Oscar Scheller team up on vibrant new song ‘Playlist’
Litany and Oscar Scheller have teamed up on a new song called ‘Playlist’ – you can listen to it below. The latest track from the alt-pop star – which follows last year’s ‘Uh-huh’ – sees her collaborate with one of her favourite artists. “I just adore Oscar,” Litany (real name Beth Cornell) said in a press release. “He’s got this impalpable work ethic and artistic vision to go along with it, so to be able to collaborate let alone call him a dear friend is just rad as hell.” Advertisement Continuing, she explained how the track came to be:...
NTIA shares disappointment at lack of funding from latest round of Cultural Recovery Fund
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has shared its disappointment at some key contemporary music businesses missing out on cultural recovery funding. READ MORE: The beat goes on: how the UK dance scene’s DJs, clubs and festivals are fighting for survival Announced yesterday (April 2), the latest round of the UK government’s Cultural Recovery Fund awarded funding to Glastonbury Festival, Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club, and Camden’s Roundhouse, among others. 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. Advertisement Following...
DMX hospitalised and in critical state after suffering overdose
DMX has been rushed to hospital and is in a critical state after suffering an overdose, it is being reported. According to TMZ, the overdose happened on Friday night (April 2) around 11pm and the rapper was then taken to a hospital in White Plains, New York and is currently in the critical care unit. Sources have told the publication that the overdose triggered a heart attack. One source has reported that X has “some brain activity”, while another has said he’s in a “vegetative state” and doctors have cautioned that he might not pull through. The Ruff Ryders rapper has a...
Iggy Azalea teams up with Tyga once again on new song ‘Sip It’
Iggy Azalea and Tyga have shared their second collaboration in three years, complete with a colourful new video – watch ‘Sip It’ below. The new link-up follows the pair’s 2018 track ‘Kream’. READ MORE: A new list of the ‘top 50 worst rappers’ has gone viral and sparked debate The new video for ‘Sip It’, teased earlier this week by Azalea before being released yesterday (April 2), is a sexually charged, neon-lit affair. Advertisement Watch it below. Back in 2019, Iggy Azalea was involved in a bitter feud with former mentor T.I. In an interview, the Hustle Gang rapper...
Listen to Dinosaur Jr.’s latest single ‘Garden’ from upcoming new album ‘Sweep It Into Space’
Dinosaur Jr. have released a new single, ‘Garden’ – you can listen to it below. The song is their latest from their upcoming new album, ‘Sweep It Into Space’, their twelfth studio album, which is set for release on April 30 via Jagjaguwar. Back in February, the group shared the first single from the album, ‘I Ran Away’ featuring Kurt Vile. It was the first new music from the band in almost five years. Advertisement The latest single, ‘Garden’ was written and sung by bassist Lou Barlow. You can watch the video for the song below which was filmed in Western Massachusetts and directed by...
Bruno Mars is teaming up with Fortnite for new dance project
Bruno Mars is teaming up with Fortnite on a new dance project. READ MORE: Bruno Mars – The Full NME Cover Interview Mars’ dance skills will feature in an exclusive Icon Series Emote, which, as The Hollywood Reporter describes, “is a cosmetic item available in the game’s shop that is designed for players to further express themselves on the battle royale playing field.” The emote will also be set to ‘Leave The Door Open’ – the debut single from Silk Sonic, aka project Mars is working on with Anderson .Paak. Advertisement Sharing news about the project on Instagram, Mars...
Fucked Up share new 22-minute song featuring Matt Berninger
Fucked Up have shared a mammoth new song featuring Matt Berninger of The National – listen to ‘Year of the Horse – Act Three’ below. The 22-minute track appears on ‘Year of the Horse’, the latest edition of the band’s zodiac series of albums. The album was announced last month with the first act, an equally huge 19-minute offering. READ MORE: The National’s Matt Berninger on going solo: “These songs are about the people that made me… me” The band’s Zodiac series have been released periodically to coincide with the Chinese new year for nearly a decade now. In...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan shares short film, ‘An Easter Story’
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan has shared a short film online called An Easter Story – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review The film focusses on a missing duck called Larry from a group of ducks that he raises in Arizona’s Verde Valley. Larry, who Keenan raised from a duckling, is – spoiler alert – eventually found by Keenan sitting on an egg. As he searches for Larry, Keenan can be seen thinking about the meaning of Easter, spring, Easter egg hunts and much more. Advertisement The film is scored by Nagual del Judith’s mix of...Recent Posts
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