Fleetwood Mac‘s seminal 1977 album ‘Rumours’ has re-entered the top 10 of the Billboard 200 after 42 years thanks to recent surge in popularity. The album jumped from #13 to #7 this week, following its newfound popularity after Nathan Apodaca – otherwise known as 420doggface208 – posted his viral TikTok seen around the world of him longboarding while listening to ‘Dreams’ and drinking cranberry juice. This news comes the week after ‘Dreams’ re-entered the Billboard 100 at #21, with that number is likely to rise this week given this recent jump for ‘Rumours’. Advertisement ‘Rumours’ had originally spent a...
Conor Oberst joined Phoebe Bridgers during her set for #SaveOurStages virtual festival yesterday (October 17). The musician performed at the event, which benefitted the National Independent Venue Association’s Emergency Relief Fund, alongside the likes of Miley Cyrus and Foo Fighters. Read more: Phoebe Bridgers’ best cover songs… ever! Bridgers and her band played at LA’s The Troubadour, which was empty except for the crew working on the festival. Oberst joined her midway through her set, sporting the same skeleton onesie that she and her band were wearing, for two songs. Advertisement First, the Bright Eyes frontman joined her to...
Ian Brown has likened coronavirus to the “common cold” in a new tweet, only days after his previous coronavirus conspiracy tweets were deleted. Over the last two months, the former Stone Roses frontman has been vocal on social media about the ongoing pandemic, seemingly advocating for the anti-mask and anti-vaxx movements. He also suggested the crisis was “planned and designed to make us digital slaves”. Read more: Ian Brown’s conspiracy tweets are pure Covidiocy. And he’s not the only tinfoil hat-wearing rocker Earlier today (October 18), Brown returned to Twitter to post another tweet about coronavirus. “If COViD has been...
Adele has announced an appearance on next week’s episode (October 24) of SNL. The star last appeared on the US sketch show as a musical guest on November 21, 2015. It was her second time performing on the programme, following her debut appearance on October 18, 2008. Read more: What’s the best Adele single? All 11 hits, reappraised and ranked worst to best Now, it has been confirmed that she will return to the comedy series next Saturday, alongside musical guest H.E.R. The British singer will serve as the guest host for the episode. Advertisement Announcing the booking on Instagram,...
Run The Jewels gave the debut live performance of their latest album ‘RTJ4’ in its entirety last night (October 17). The hip-hop duo – comprised of Killer Mike and El-P – appeared on Adult Swim special Holy Calamavote, which encouraged viewers to use their voice in the upcoming US presidential election. Read more: Run The Jewels: “The world’s gonna reset and then we’re gonna burn that motherfucker down” During the performance, the pair were joined by the album’s various special guests, with the likes of Zack de la Rocha, Josh Homme, 2 Chainz, Mavis Staples and more appearing virtually...
Beabadoobee played ‘Fake It Flowers’ in full live for the first time in a special livestream on Friday (October 16). The musician – whose real name is Bea Kristi – was joined by her live band for the performance, which took place in a studio filled with flowers. Read more: Beabadoobee: “I wear my heart on my sleeve with this album” After playing as a full band for the first nine tracks from her debut album, Kristi gave a solo performance of ‘How Was Your Day?’ On acoustic guitar. Her band then rejoined her to finish the set with...
Megan Thee Stallion has continued to tease more new music after the release of her single ‘Don’t Stop’. The rapper was recently joined by Young Thug on the track, which is her second piece of new music to arrive since she released her EP ‘Suga’ in March. Read more: Megan Thee Stallion: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now” Megan has previously confirmed that she has been working on new material during quarantine and took to Twitter yesterday (October 17) to tease the results of that work. “My album abt to go crazy,” she wrote. My album abt...
Sam Smith has revealed they were “chucked” off dating app Hinge for using their own photos. The ‘Money On My Mind’ singer claims they were blocked by the app’s moderators, who assumed it was someone else attempting to “catfish” other users by using the famous singer’s images. Speaking to Watch What Happens Live, Smith explained: “They chucked me off of it after one night because they thought I was a catfish pretending to be me.” Advertisement Smith said they would consider trying rival dating app Tinder instead, after the interviewer suggested he could get them verified. Sam Smith. Credit:...
The Adult Swim Festival will take place as a free virtual event on YouTube next month. READ MORE: Rick and Morty season 5: trailer, release date, plot and everything we know so far The festival will run across November 13-14, and includes music, comedy, panels, and meet-and-greets with Adult Swim talent, as well exclusive merchandise and “unexpected surprises.” The weekend boasts over 20 musical performances, including Robyn (billed as ‘Robyn Presents Club Domo’) and Mastodon, plus exclusive live streams with talent from Rick and Morty and The Eric Andre Show. Advertisement A world exclusive premiere of Run The Jewels’ ‘X Cyberpunk...
Black Thought has made his new solo album ‘Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel’ available to stream – listen below. The release follows Vols. 1 and 2, which were released back in 2018, and features a lengthy list of collaborators, including PUSHA-T, Killer Mike, Portugal. The Man, and ScHoolboy Q. The Roots rapper — real name Tariq Trotter — is also joined by Sean C on production duties, known for his work with Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Big Pun and many others. Stream the new Black Thought album in full below. Advertisement Tracklist: 01. ‘I’m Not Crazy (First Contact)’ 02. ‘State...