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Tim Burgess announces special ‘Tim’s Twitter Listening Party’ tribute to SOPHIE
Tim Burgess has confirmed that his Tim’s Twitter Listening Party series will pay tribute to the late SOPHIE later this month. The artist and producer passed away over the weekend. SOPHIE’s family wrote in a statement: “Tragically our beautiful SOPHIE passed away this morning after a terrible accident. True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell. She will always be here with us.” Read more: SOPHIE, your music helped me to find a kind of sanctuary. Thank you Burgess, who has hosted his online Tim’s Twitter Listening Party series since...
Ariana Grande teases deluxe edition of ‘Positions’ with four new songs
Ariana Grande has teased a deluxe edition of her 2020 album ‘Positions’ that appears to feature four new songs in addition to her recent ’34+35′ remix with Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion. Grande took to social media earlier today (February 2) to share three images – a small television, a mirror with “34+35” and “Ari, Doja, Meg” written on it, and a back cover tracklisting with the remix and four additional song titles, which are scratched out. READ MORE: ‘Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You’ review: a close-up look at an electric performer with a whole lot...
Watch Margo Price cover John Prine’s ‘Sam Stone’ with Swamp Dogg
Margo Price has teamed up with Swamp Dogg (aka Jerry Williams Jr.) for a collaborative cover of John Prine‘s ‘Sam Stone’. The duet was recorded remotely as part of eTown’s Quarantine Sessions series, with Price performing from Cash Cabin in Tennessee and Swamp Dogg from his studio in California. Taken from Prine’s 1971 self-titled debut, ‘Sam Stone’ tells the story of a Vietnam veteran who struggles with heroin addiction after he returns from conflict overseas. Williams Jr. has actually already covered the song as Swamp Dogg – in 1972, a year after its release. Advertisement Watch Price and Swamp...
Marilyn Manson dropped by record label amid abuse allegations
Marilyn Manson has been dropped by his record label following allegations of grooming, abuse and manipulation made by Evan Rachel Wood and other women. Writing on Instagram today (February 1), Westworld actor Wood claimed that Manson had “horrifically abused” her for years. The former couple got engaged in January 2010 after beginning a relationship in 2007, but they called off their engagement in August 2010. She wrote: “I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries...
Foo Fighters share snippets of new tracks ‘Cloudspotter’ and ‘Making A Fire’
Foo Fighters have shared snippets of two new ‘Medicine At Midnight’ tracks, ‘Cloudspotter’ and ‘Making A Fire’ – listen below. Dave Grohl and co. will release their 10th studio album this coming Friday (February 5), having previewed the project with its lead single ‘Shame Shame’, ‘No Son Of Mine’ and ‘Waiting On A War’. READ MORE: Dave Grohl tells us about Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight’: “This is our Saturday night party album” Tonight (February 1), the Foos began counting down to the arrival of LP 10 by sharing brief clips of its first and third tracks.”ARE YOU READY???” the...
Du Blonde to release Ezra Furman collaboration ‘I’m Glad That We Broke Up’ this week
Du Blonde has announced a new single with Ezra Furman, which drops this Wednesday (February 3). ‘I’m Glad That We Broke Up’ is “our take on a 60s girl group/glam rock explosion”, Du Blonde wrote in a post on Instagram. The artist, whose real name is Beth Jeans Houghton, added that the song is “about breaking up, regretting it and getting back together”. “Ok we can’t keep it in anymore. Me and @ezra.furman.visions have a single coming out on WEDNESDAY,” she wrote earlier today (February 1). Advertisement “It’s called ‘I’m Glad That We Broke Up’ and it’s our take...
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford on seeing ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ for the first time: “It was like watching ourselves”
Rob Halford has revealed how much he related to the scenes depicted in classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. READ MORE: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: “I tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap” The Judas Priest frontman recalled seeing the 1984 film with his bandmate Glenn Tipton, which both musicians remarked was a mirror image of their classic rock star antics. “I love satire. Glenn loves satire,” Halford told The Horn 104.9 & AM 1260. “The thing about satire, you can only make satire from great things that...
Funko Pop! launch new Motörhead and AC/DC classic album figures
Funko Pop! has announced new Motörhead and AC/DC figures – check out the preview images below. READ MORE: AC/DC on their explosive comeback record ‘Power Up’: “This album is for Malcolm” The US collectables company has released the ‘Ace Of Spades’ and ‘Highway To Hell’ figurines are part of their ongoing ‘Albums’ series. Late Motörhead frontman Lemmy is featured on the band’s new toy, which pays homage to their classic fourth studio record (released in 1980). Angus Young, meanwhile, has been immortalised as a figure that harks back to AC/DC’s sixth LP from 1979. Advertisement “Release your inner rocker and celebrate...
Tributes paid to Glasgow venue Nice N’ Sleazy’s legendary doorman ‘Big John’
Tributes have poured in for ‘Big John’, the legendary doorman of Glasgow venue Nice N’ Sleazy, who died at the weekend. Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos said he will remember John for being “very jovial” and “compassionate”, but who was “firm” in his job guarding the iconic Scottish venue. “Very sad to hear about Big John, doorman of Nice n Sleazy and loved by many in Glasgow,” wrote Kapranos. “A lovely guy and a presence that will be greatly missed. That time he had to kick me out for misbehaviour, he was very jovial, compassionate, but firm. Rest in peace,...Recent Posts
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