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Watch Miley Cyrus bring out Billy Idol at Super Bowl tailgate show
Miley Cyrus performed at a special TikTok Tailgate show ahead of the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida tonight (February 7) and brought some special guests with her. The event was held at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium and saw the pop star perform in front of healthcare workers. Read more: Miley Cyrus – ‘Plastic Hearts’ review: pop superstar reborn as a freewheeling rock’n’roller During her set, Cyrus played a series of covers including Blondie’s ‘Heart Of Glass’, Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ and Bikini Kill’s ‘Rebel Girl’. Advertisement Billy Idol joined her on stage early on in her performance to perform ‘Night...
Black Country, New Road share raw cover of MGMT’s ‘Time To Pretend’
Black Country, New Road have shared a cover of MGMT’s ‘Time To Pretend’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now. The London seven-piece posted a video of them performing the track on their YouTube channel yesterday (February 6). Read more: Black Country, New Road: sax and violins from Britain’s most prestigious new band Their version of the song sees the band strip away the synth brightness of MGMT’s original 2007 hit and replace it with more raw layers and vocals. Advertisement The video itself features three square panels layered over close-up footage, each panel showing different views...
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Weeknd
Even Daniel Craig would agree: The Weeknd hardly needs an introduction. On one of the world’s biggest stages Sunday night (February 7), at the Super Bowl LV halftime show, he demonstrated why. In a career-spanning set that bounded from his early pop hits to his current smashes, Abel Tesfaye embraced his status as a global pop star via an intricate, multi-part spectacle centered around his vision. Of course, in order to pull that off, you have to have the songs. And Abel has them, as he showcased, beginning with a red blazer-adorned stop on the Las Vegas strip, complete...
Lana Del Rey shares images teasing new song ‘White Dress’
Lana Del Rey has shared two new images on her Instagram page, teasing a new song called ‘White Dress’. The track will be the first song on the musician’s forthcoming new album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, which is due to be released next month. Read more: Lana Del Rey’s new song ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’ is a swooning ode to starting anew Del Rey first shared a photo of a woman rollerskating in a white dress with the words “It made me feel… made me feel like a God” written in pink beneath. Advertisement The second...
Elton John calls for “short-term fix” in post-Brexit touring debacle
Elton John has called for a “short-term fix” to be implemented as the post-Brexit touring debacle continues. Musicians were left out of the Brexit trade deal that came into action on January 1, 2021, meaning artists may have to acquire visas for each country they wish to perform in in Europe. Read more: Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden: “It was the EU letting down music on both sides of the Channel – not us” As critics of the deal have pointed out, musicians not being allowed into the EU with a visa-free work permit – as workers in some other industries...
The Weeknd has been given his own day by Toronto mayor
The Weeknd has been honoured with his own day by the mayor of Toronto ahead of his Super Bowl performance. The musician will take to the stage during the halftime show in Tampa, Florida later today (February 7). Read more: Indiana Jones, Slash and Left Shark: The most disastrous Super Bowl Half Time Shows of all time In recognition of the moment, Toronto mayor John Tory has declared today The Weeknd Day. “Torontonians are cheering on proudly as he takes the stage at the #HalfTimeShow,” he wrote on Twitter. Advertisement Tory also posted a proclamation relating to the new day,...
Watch Miley Cyrus Bring Her Raw Power To The Super Bowl Tailgate
Over the past few years, Miley Cyrus has established herself as a queen of covers. No one else in the mainstream pop realm has done what she has, reclaiming her energy through the lens of the past and making it new. On Plastic Hearts, that meant including her takes on “Zombie” and “Heart of Glass” as well as invited Billy Idol and Joan Jett to sing with her. On Sunday (February 7) ahead of Super Bowl LV, Miley once again cemented her status, bringing out Idol for a super-charged “Night Crawling” in front of a vaccinated crowd of 7,500...
Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp cover Jimi Hendrix in latest ‘Sunday Lunch’ video
Toyah Wilcox and her husband King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp‘s lauded lockdown covers series continues today (February 7) with a version of Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Purple Haze’ – watch it below. The pair launched their virtual video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel. In the latest ‘Sunday Lunch’ cover, performed in their house as ever, the pair riff on a popular misheard lyric from the Hendrix classic. Advertisement In place of the lyric: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky,” Wilcox sings the often misheard: “Excuse me while I kiss this guy,”...
Listen to Chet Faker’s upbeat new single ‘Get High’
Nick Murphy has shared his second new single since returning to his Chet Faker moniker. The singer, who retired the name in 2015, returned to his former guise last October ahead of the release of a new single called ‘Low’. READ MORE: Nick Murphy: why I killed off the Chet Faker name He’s now followed it up with an upbeat, psychedelic new single called ‘Get High’. Advertisement “Sometimes you just need a break,” Murphy said of the new track. “I find myself wanting to escape just for a little while and the song sort of showed up on its...Recent Posts
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