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Music Venue Trust reveal #SaveOurVenues campaign has raised over £3.8 million this year
The Music Venue Trust has announced that their #SaveOurVenues campaign has raised over £3.8 million this year for crisis-hit grassroots music venues across the UK. Launched back in April after music venues up and down the country were forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing campaign is aiming to offer both financial and human support to venues during the health crisis. Read more: Music Venue Trust say that all venues can be saved with continued “people power” In an end-of-year statement, the MVT said they wanted “to acknowledge all the remarkable work that has...
Caroline Polachek shares ‘So Cold You’re Hurting My Feelings’ winter remix
Caroline Polachek and A.G. Cook have shared a new winter remix of Polachek’s single ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings’. The aptly-titled ‘So Cold You’re Hurting My Feelings’ repurposes the original track’s lyrics to suit the winter months. READ MORE: Caroline Polachek – ‘Pang’ review: years of experiments pay off Shared as part of PC Music‘s ‘Pop Carol Christmas’ livestream fundraiser on Saturday (19 December), Polachek sings of mistletoe, Santa Claus and tinsel. Advertisement Explaining the idea behind the track on Instagram, Cook wrote: “I remember sitting by the fireplace one eventide, listening to the waxen clicks of the Pang...
Neil Young plays ‘Comes A Time’ from an empty theatre in his hometown
Neil Young has returned to his hometown for a new performance of ‘Comes A Time’ – watch it below. The video sees Young playing an empty Coronation Hall in Omemee, Ontario. READ MORE: Neil Young – ‘The Times’ EP review: classic protest songs reworked to reflect the current chaos “Coronation Hall in Omemee, Ontario, is a wonderful old theater,” Young wrote on his Archives website. “It holds memories of my family, all together in that little town. My dad played Coronation Hall once in a local show as my mother, my brother, and I sat in the audience.” Advertisement He...
Steel Panther play three packed Florida gigs with no social distancing
Footage has emerged of Steel Panther playing three gigs in Florida over the last week to packed crowds with no social distancing in place. Despite COVID-19 cases continuing to surge across the United States, the rock band played in Orlando (December 17), St Petersburg (18) and Fort Myers (19) along with Black Stone Cherry. READ MORE: Why do people keep risking their lives to see shit bands? As MetalSucks reports and videos on social media show, fans seemingly ignored the venues’ calls for mask wearing and social distancing, with very few masks seen in the videos and crowd members standing shoulder...
US Congress passes COVID-19 stimulus bill that would make illegal streaming a felony
The US Congress has passed a COVID-19 stimulus bill that includes an anti-piracy proposal that would punish for-profit, illegal streaming services with felony penalties of up to 10 years in jail. Passed by Congress on Monday night (December 21), the US$900billion stimulus package will revive unemployment benefits and launch a round of $600 stimulus payments to many Americans, among other provisions. The 5,000-page bill also includes a proposal by Republican senator Thom Tillis, introduced less than two weeks ago, that aims to increase the penalty for operating a for-profit illegal streaming service, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Advertisement The bill...
Darkside reunite to announce new album ‘Spiral’, share single ‘Liberty Bell’
Darkside – the collaborative project of Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington – have reunited to announce the release of a new album ‘Spiral’. The duo took to Twitter to announce their return today, ending the indefinite hiatus they announced in 2014. In a statement, Darkside said they met in 2018 for the first time in five years for the purpose of making new music, a goal they achieved in December 2019 when they completed ‘Spiral’. ‘Spiral’ was mixed by Rashad Becker and mastered by Heba Kadry, and is set for release in Spring 2021 on Matador Records. In 2018...
Radiohead share apocalyptic-themed digital greeting cards
Radiohead have shared a series of customisable digital greeting cards via their online “public library”. Fans can personalise their own card to send to their friends, with drop-down menus allowing the card to be modified. As per the band’s MO, both text and art options are appropriately cryptic and apocalyptic-themed. “Outside text” options include “FA LA LA”, “LA-LA” and more (which correspond to different Radiohead-themed card artwork), while interior text options include “EVERYTHING IS ROSY”, “IN LIEU OF EMPTINESS”, “SUNLIT UPLANDS STILL AWAIT” among more selections. Advertisement Radiohead also noted no data whatsoever will be stored when using their...
Wolfgang Van Halen says Van Halen will never return without his father
Wolfgang Van Halen has ruled out the prospect of Van Halen ever returning without his father, Eddie. READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework display Wolfgang had played bass in the band since their 2007 reunion until Eddie’s death in October at the age of 65, following a long battle with cancer. Replying to a since-deleted Tweet from one of many people asking whether he would reform the band, Wolfgang said: “I can confidently say I will NEVER replace my father in Van Halen and tour around the world disrespecting...
Idlewild announce retrospective book marking their 25th anniversary
Idlewild have announced a new book, released next year to mark the band’s 25th birthday. READ MORE: Idlewild – ‘Interview Music’ review In The Beginning There Were Answers – 25 years of Idlewild will be published next February, and is written by the band’s frontman Roddy Woomble. The band shared images of the book, which they say they’ve been working on for “the past few years”, in social media posts announcing its publication. Advertisement “The 225 page book charts the story of the band from its formation in the autumn of 1995 in Edinburgh, through the early years of local...Recent Posts
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