Legendary crooner Tony Bennett has revealed that he has been privately battling Alzheimer’s Disease. The singer announced that he has been living with the neuro-generative disease via a new article published in AARP Magazine today (February 1). “Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer’s. Thank you to Susan and my family for their support, and AARP The Magazine for telling my story,” he wrote on Twitter. The 94-year-old, who has won 19 Grammy Awards in a career spanning more than 75 years, was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016. Despite battling the condition, AARP reports that the singer has...
Big Latto will be the first to tell you her success was “far from overnight.” The 22-year-old MC — who grew up rhyming at block parties, eventually rising through the local scene in Atlanta and opening for bigger rappers when she was still a teenager — is finally bubbling up globally, though it’s not because of one particular moment. The way she explains, it’s the culmination of years of hard work. “I paid my dues to be where I’m at right now,” she tells MTV. As MTV’s Push artist for January recently described, 2021 is just a continuation of...
Josh Homme has shared two new poems with fans and explained the inspiration behind his new efforts. Posting on Instagram, he shared 2015 recordings of ‘Glass Cars’ and ‘Where The Fog Begins’ – both of which are read out by Homme in a baritone voice. He said of ‘Where The Fog Begins’: “In an old piece of technology, I came across this recording. I was ill, stuck in bed & feeling restless; however, there was bright side. It had transformed my voice by lowering it. Advertisement “Making me sound like a radio performer for almost an entire day. I...
Arlo Parks has announced three more UK gigs for later this year, including her biggest headline show to date. The south London artist released her debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ last week, and had already plotted out a UK and European tour for the spring in support of the record. Read more: Arlo Parks: “I feel like I’m 10 and 100 at once” Parks has this morning (February 1) announced three more gigs for November. The trio of shows includes a date at SWX in Bristol on November 1, before Parks is then set to play her biggest headline...
Kanye West is facing two class-action lawsuits and up to $30 million in damages after allegations that he failed to pay up to 1,000 performers and backstage staff at his ambitious Sunday Service shows. The lawsuits, according to Page Six, relate to around 500 performers and 300 backstage workers who played a role in the rapper’s shows, which blend Christian worship with live performance. Read more: Sunday Service Choir – ‘Jesus Is Born’ review: Kanye West-produced album is a festive gateway into gospel According to the lawsuit, West broke employment laws at his Hollywood Bowl opera Nebuchadnezzar in November...
The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess has become the latest artist to speak out against purported inequalities in streaming payments. The singer’s comments come after a select committee of MPs were told last month that emerging artists are facing “massive competition” from bigger and classic acts on streaming services. Writing in a first-person piece for The Guardian, Burgess said: “The basic point is that the UK music industry contributed an estimated £5.8billion to the economy in 2019, but artists are maybe not seeing as much of that as they should. Almost 5m vinyl albums were sold in 2020, the most since way back when we...
Dave Grohl has spoken out on the cancellation of Glastonbury, claiming that the beleaguered festival will definitely make a return when the coronavirus pandemic subsides. It comes after Michael and Emily Eavis confirmed that the iconic event will take an enforced fallow year for the second summer in a row, after the 2020 edition of the Somerset event was also called off last March due to COVID-19 concerns. READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021: Gig and festival bosses on what to expect Grohl, who headlined Glastonbury with Foo Fighters in 2017, told The Telegraph: “I know what Foo Fighters’ plans are...
Bad Bunny has fulfilled a “childhood dream” of his, performing ‘Booker T’ at the 2021 WWE’s Royal Rumble. Bad Bunny took to the event on January 31 to perform the track from his most recent album, ‘El Último Tour Del Mundo‘, rapping and dancing around the real Booker T, wrestler-turned-commentator. This performance mirrors what happens in the music video for ‘Booker T’, where Bad Bunny similarly raps around the silent and stoic WWE personality. Advertisement Watch the performance below: Speaking to Billboard earlier this month, Bad Bunny explained what this opportunity meant to him, saying it was a “childhood dream”....
Billie Eilish has revealed her forthcoming album, which is currently untitled, is likely to contain 16 tracks. During a Q&A session through her Instagram Stories, a fan asked how many tracks approximately will feature on the next record, to which she replied with a blank image with the numbers 1-16. billie via instagram stories pic.twitter.com/uUIte4z6ra — billie eilish source (@billiesource) January 30, 2021 Advertisement Details around the follow-up to Eilish’s 2019 debut ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, including title and release date, have yet to be formally announced. In a previous interview, Eilish said that...
Smith & Burrows, the duo comprising Editors frontman Tom Smith and former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows, have dropped their new song, ‘I Want You Back In My Life’. ‘I Want You Back In My Life’ comes a few weeks ahead of the band’s forthcoming second collaborative album, ‘Only Smith And Burrows Is Good Enough’, set for release on February 19 via PIAS. The song also marks the fourth cut we’ve heard from the album so far, following ‘Parliament Hill‘, ‘Old TV Shows’ and ‘All The Best Moves’. Advertisement Listen to ‘I Want You Back In My Life’ below: Speaking...
