BTS have been announced as the next guests to play a selection of songs as part of NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ series. NPR announced the performance with a tweet tagging BTS that simply said “It’s happening”. The performance will premiere later today (September 21) at 2pm BST on NPR Music’s YouTube. Advertisement It’s been a busy year for the K-pop superstars, who recently released their hugely successful English-language single ‘Dynamite‘. The song made the band the first-ever international and Korean group to debut at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video now holds the record for...
Pamela Hutchinson, a member of influential R&B group The Emotions, has passed away at the age of 61. The band confirmed the news on Facebook overnight (September 20), revealing that Hutchinson had passed away on Friday September 18. “In loving memory, we are saddened to announce the passing of our sister, Pamela Rose Hutchinson, on Friday, September 18, 2020,” the band wrote. Advertisement “Pam succumbed to health challenges that she’d been battling for several years. Now our beautiful sister will sing amongst the angels in heaven in perfect peace.” OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: In loving memory, we are saddened to announce...
Tomorrow X Together will release their new EP ‘Minisode1: Blue Hour’ next month, it has been announced. The record will mark the K-pop five-piece’s third EP, following 2019’s ‘The Dream Chapter: Star’ and ‘The Dream Chapter: Magic’. Read more: K-pop super rookies Tomorrow X Together are the imaginative, passionate boyband the world needs Tomorrow X Together – comprised of members Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Hueningkai – announced the EP earlier today (September 20) through a motion graphic video. Advertisement The visuals show the symbol that appeared on the cover of their first album ‘The Dream Chapter: Eternity’ coming...
Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimee has announced details of her forthcoming debut album ‘Vacare Adamare’. The album will be released under the moniker ARO and follows the recent single ‘Shared Something With The Night’. Read more: Get to know Aimée Osbourne, the media-shy sibling who makes atmospheric metal The record, whose title is Latin for “to be free and loved”, will be released on October 30 via Make Records. While a full tracklist is yet to be announced, Osbourne has shared another track from the album called ‘House Of Lies’. Advertisement Speaking to Altpress, the musician said the song was...
Posters teasing the imminent release of a new Fleet Foxes album titled ‘Shore’ have appeared on the streets of Paris. The band, who are fronted by Robin Pecknold, last released a record in 2017 with ‘Crack-Up’. Its follow-up appears to be arriving soon after a French journalist shared a photo on Twitter of posters in Paris with the band’s name, ‘Shore’ and next Tuesday’s date (September 22). Advertisement “And it’s in the streets of Paris that you learn of Fleet Foxes’ return on Tuesday,” they wrote. See the tweet below now. Et c’est dans les rues de Paris que...
Bob Dylan has previewed his first Theme Time Radio Hour episode in 11 years in three new clips. The musician began hosting the show on SiriusXM in 2006, with it running for 100 shows until April 2009. Read more: Bob Dylan – ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ review: arguably his grandest poetic statement yet “Hello friends and welcome back to Theme Time Radio Hour,” Dylan re-introduced the show in one clip. “I’m your host, Bob Dylan. To paraphrase Alexandre Dumas in The Count of Monte Cristo, I’m so delighted to see you again, it makes me forget for the moment...
Kanye West has shared some suggested new guidelines for recording and publishing deals in the future. The rapper has spent the last week discussing contracts, masters and rights issues in the music industry on Twitter and is advocating for fairer treatment for all artists. Read more: New bands: own your masters, it’s more important than you think In a new thread started earlier today (September 20), the star broke his guidelines down into sections pertaining to royalties, dependants, advances and more. Advertisement West’s first point stated that artists should own the copyright to their recordings and songs outright and...
Bruce Springsteen has spoken about the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement, calling it one of “tremendous hope” that “history is demanding”. Widespread protests have been held around the world under the movement’s banner since May when George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis. Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations beyond protests Springsteen discussed recent political events in America including BLM in a new interview. “White supremacy and white privilege have gone much deeper than I thought they did,” he told Rolling Stone. Advertisement “I think my feeling previously to the past...
Legendary London rock bar The Crobar is closing its doors due to issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced. The bar opened in Soho in 2001 and was loved by bands and music fans alike, with Dave Grohl a frequent visitor who hired out the space to host a Foo Fighters’ Wembley Stadium after-party there in 2008. The bar’s owners made the announcement on Facebook earlier today (September 20), confirming that The Crobar would be “unable to re-open at its current location”. Advertisement “If the insurance companies had paid out, we could have paid the rent...
Music producer Paul Epworth has opened up about his work with Adele over the years in a new interview. Read more: Everything we know so far about Adele’s new album Epworth, who co-wrote ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and the Oscar-winning Bond song ‘Skyfall’ with Adele, told The Times that working with Adele brings new pressures as a result of the early success the pair enjoyed. “Every time there’s a little bit more pressure,” Epworth said. “It comes from the fact the first f***ing thing we did was ‘Rolling in the Deep.’ Advertisement “There’s more expectation from her and from me. And...