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Beabadoobee shares new track ‘Last Day On Earth’ and announces ‘Our Extended Play’ EP
Beabadoobee has shared a new track called ‘Last Day On Earth’ – you can listen to it below. The song was co-written and produced by The 1975‘s Matty Healy and George Daniel, who have also worked on Bea’s forthcoming new EP, ‘Our Extended Play’ (out this spring). READ MORE: Beabadoobee: “I wear my heart on my sleeve with this album” “‘Last Day On Earth’ is about all the things I would have done had I known we were going into a lockdown and the world was going to change the way it has,” Beabadoobee explained. Advertisement “It was written shortly...
Boris Johnson says getting the performing arts sector up and running will take “a huge amount of time, preparation and expense”
Boris Johnson has responded to questions about the reopening of the UK’s performing arts sector during a 90-minute questioning from senior MPs. READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about” Speaking to the Liaison Committee today (March 24), the Prime Minister was asked by Conservative MP and chair of The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Julian Knight whether he would support government-backed insurance for festivals forced to cancel due to the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson did not say whether he would back the idea, but said: “We’ve got 1.57...
Slaves side-project LARRY PINK THE HUMAN share anthemic new single ‘ELEVEN11_GTR_SONG’
LARRY PINK THE HUMAN, the side-project of Slaves‘ Laurie Vincent, have shared a new track called ‘ELEVEN11_GTR_SONG’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Slaves’ Laurie Vincent and producer Jolyon Thomas on their soft, melancholy new project LARRY PINK THE HUMAN The duo, completed by producer Jolyon Thomas, released their debut single ‘Love You, Bye’ last April before following it up with ‘Might Delete Later’, ‘Purpose Built’ and ‘Wasted Days ’ featuring Idles‘ Joe Talbot. Premiering on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 Music show this evening (March 24), the band’s anthemic latest song deals with vulnerability while expressing...
Porridge Radio share ‘Every Bad’ expanded edition with Dream Wife remix
Dream Wife have remixed Porridge Radio‘s ‘Don’t Ask Me Twice’ – listen below. The swirling new remix, which puts a psychedelic spin on the song, is taken from a new expanded version of Porridge Radio’s 2020 album ‘Every Bad’, which also features re-workings of tracks on the album from NNAMDÏ, Clarence Clarity and more. READ MORE: The Big Read – Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world” Listen to the Dream Wife remix of ‘Don’t Ask Me Twice’ and the whole expanded edition of ‘Every Bad’ below. Advertisement Porridge Radio’s second album ‘Every Bad’,...
Government says festival insurance scheme could “pull the rug” from UK events
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has said that the Government is reluctant to introduce an insurance scheme for music festivals this summer, due to fears that the sector will be given false hope before “pulling the rug out from underneath them again”. Festival bosses have told NME in recent weeks that they are reluctant to designate huge sums of cash towards planning events this year because they face financial ruin if events are cancelled without insurance. READ MORE: Independent festivals could “sink” and face bankruptcy without government-backed Covid insurance this month Appearing at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)...
Parklife cancels man’s tickets after he tries to sell them for more than double their value
Parklife Feestival has seemingly cancelled the free tickets of one punter who attempted to resell them for over double their original price. The Manchester festival sold out its general admission tickets this morning (March 24), after unveiling a line-up that included the likes of DaBaby, Dave, Megan Thee Stallion and Skepta. But one fan called Hamish managed to avoid the ticket stress after winning tickets for himself and his friends by impressing the festival’s Twitter account with his group name, Turn The Heaton On – a play on the event’s Heaton Park location. Advertisement However, things took a turn...
Taylor Swift to release unheard re-recorded version of ‘You All Over Me’ tomorrow
Taylor Swift has announced that she will release an unheard version of a re-recorded song tomorrow (March 25). Posting on Twitter, Swift wrote: “I wanted to let you know that the first ‘From the Vault’ song I’m releasing from ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ comes out tomorrow at midnight eastern. “It’s called “You All Over Me (From The Vault). One thing I’ve been loving about these From The Vault songs is that they’ve never been heard, so I can experiment, play, and even include some of my favourite artists.” Advertisement Swift added that the new release will feature backing vocals from...
The Great Escape announce first 68 acts for virtual 2021 festival
The Great Escape has announced the first 68 artists for its virtual edition – check out the line-up so far below. The Brighton-based new music festival announced last month that it had cancelled its traditional in-person event for 2021, with a virtual festival taking its place. READ MORE: The NME 100: Essential emerging artists for 2021 The event was aiming to return this year after its 2020 edition was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but ongoing restrictions mean the 2021 festival will now be unable to take place in its usual guise. Dates of May 11-14 were also announced for the...
Radio 1’s Big Weekend to go virtual again for 2021 edition
For the second year running, Radio 1’s Big Weekend will be held virtually due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions. The annual event cancelled its in-person 2020 edition in Dundee last March, being replaced with a “remote festival” held online in May. READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021: Gig and festival bosses on what to expect Now, it’s been announced that the 2021 edition of the festival will also be held online. As the BBC report, the four-day festivities will take place on BBC Sounds and the iPlayer from May 28-31, and is designed to be enjoyed “in parks, on...Recent Posts
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