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Sleaford Mods announce global live-streamed show for next month
Sleaford Mods have announced a global live-streamed performance for next month, entitled The Demise of Planet X. Read More: Sleaford Mods live in London: a rallying cry for the swelling ranks of angry pandemic jobseekers Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn will take to the stage at London’s Village Underground on Saturday, January 9 ahead of their sixth album ‘Spare Ribs’ arriving the following Friday (January 15). Fans in the UK and Europe will be able to tune in from 9pm GMT / 10 pm CET. You can book your tickets here for £13. Advertisement “After the live stream in September...
G Herbo pleads not guilty to multi-million dollar fraud
Rapper G Herbo has pleaded not guilty to using stolen credit cards to fund millions of dollars worth of luxury services including designer puppies and vacation rentals. The Chicago rapper, real name Herbert Wright III, appeared before a Massachusetts federal judge via video link, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Others charged in the case include Herbo’s manager and promoter Antonio “T-Glo” Strong, who is “alleged to be the ringleader of a $1.5 million fraud”, according to court records. The other men charged are rapper Joseph “Joe Rodeo” Williams,...
Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph apologises for controversial tweets: “I know I’m not a racist person”
Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph has offered a more in-depth apology following a tweet that poked fun at the idea of him “using his platforms“. The Big Read – Twenty One Pilots: “We want to be the best – and keep everyone else at bay” In September, the singer shared two photos of himself wearing platform shoes alongside the caption “You guys keep asking me to use my platforms. Feels good to dust these bad boys off.” Many fans found the now-deleted joke to be insensitive after a number of them had asked Joseph to use his large social...
The Vaccines confirm they’ve mixed their fifth album
The Vaccines have confirmed that they have finished mixing their fifth album, the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Combat Sports’. Posting on Twitter, they simply wrote “mixed” – alongside a picture that reveals that the record will feature 13 songs, and runs for 47 minutes. While details remain scant on when it will arrive, the band previously claimed online that their next record will be their “best x10000”. mixed pic.twitter.com/G94dh4DgPe — The Vaccines (@thevaccines) December 10, 2020 Advertisement It comes after the band confirmed in July that they had finished recording their fifth album, as well as discussing potential plans to...
Arctic Monkeys’ manager reveals band are working on new music: “The guys are beavering away”
Arctic Monkeys‘ manager has revealed that the band are currently “working on music”, and had planned to go into the studio this summer before Covid restrictions halted the sessions. During a conversation with Music Week, Ian McAndrew was asked what Alex Turner and co. had been up to aside from releasing their recent concert album, ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall’. The NME Big Read: Arctic Monkeys: “Science fiction allows you to explore the real world” “They’re working on music,” he replied. “In this rather disjointed time, the guys are beavering away and I hope that next year they’ll...
The 1975’s Matty Healy says he’s “a much better person” since quitting social media
The 1975‘s Matty Healy has explained his reasons for stepping away from social media, saying that he’s a “much better person” without it. Writing on Reddit, the frontman said: “I decided to come off social media – it was obviously in reaction to being thoughtless and getting cancelled initially, but that’s something that had become an almost weekly occurrence. The NME Big Read: The 1975: “I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent” “That’s not to trivialise it, it had. If I said anything or acted in a way that genuinely hurt somebody at any time...
Bladee And Mechatok Are Winning And Losing At The Same Time
By Eli Enis Bladee and Mechatok like to think of luck as a paradox. The 26-year-old cloud-rap icon and the 23-year-old producer are sitting in a Swedish hotel room talking about how their new album documents their simultaneous failure and success at creating perfect pop music. The eight-track project is simply titled Good Luck, but they don’t subscribe to the idiom’s optimistic connotations. “When you say ‘good luck’ to someone, you’re kind of implying that there’s a good chance that it might not work out,” Mechatok says with a smile. “You’re not saying that, if you’re confident, it’s going...
Jimmy Page joins calls for fairer payments from streaming services
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has called for fairer payments to artists from streaming services. Page joins a growing list of musicians criticising the low royalty payouts from the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. In a new Instagram post, Page wrote: “Having recently viewed the Select Committee for Music Streaming on 24 November 2020 I feel compelled to write this letter. “I fully appreciate the dilemma surrounding streaming royalties that should be rightfully paid to all musicians and writers who made the music.” Page added: “The sooner the streaming companies can make fair payments to...
Taylor Swift’s Evermore, A Folklore ‘Sister Record,’ Will Be Out Tonight
The opening lyrics of Led Zeppelin’s 1971 folk song “The Battle of Evermore” introduce a “Queen of Light” who “took her bow / And then she turned to go.” Taylor Swift, indisputably one of the queens of 2020 (in terms of album sales, acclaim, and adoration), is doing the opposite: At midnight tonight (December 11), she’ll release her second album of the year, Evermore, a “sister record” to her Folklore release, which dropped in July. “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” she wrote to announce the album on social media. “To try and put it...Recent Posts
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