As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis has been hospitalised with burns to 25% of his body following a bonfire accident. The vocalist, who reunited with the San Diego band in 2018 after he was released from prison in 2016 for plotting to kill his estranged wife, posted about his condition on Instagram yesterday (December 16). Sharing an image of himself smiling and giving a thumbs up while lying in a hospital bed wrapped in burns bandages, Lambesis said: “Keep your head up no matter what! I’m doing the best I can to make a thumbs up on my...
Today (December 17) is the last chance to enter the ‘I Love Live’ prize draw to win items from the likes of The Cure, Foals and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and help provide “life-saving” money for struggling live crew. READ MORE: Musicians and road crew see rise in depression and anxiety – but help is at hand Having repeatedly called for better government help and support to weather the storm of COVID-19 and declaring that they’re facing their “biggest crisis since the 1920s“, many within the live music sector continue to warn of potential bankruptcy and long-term industry damage unless urgent...
By Jack Irvin On the evening ahead of the release of his third EP, I Can’t Go Outside, you’d think Compton hip-house musician and producer Channel Tres would be getting ready to celebrate. Instead, he’s on his sixth hour in the studio, already working on his next project, for which he says this one is “just the precursor.” It’s that mighty work ethic and a dedication to honing his craft that have taken Tres all over the world — on tour with Robyn and Childish Gambino — as an independent artist with just a couple of EPs under his...
In three days, Billie Eilish turns 19, and yet she’s already become one of the most celebrated artists of her generation. It might be hard to remember a time before her Grammys sweep, before every new song drop was An Event, before she became a veritable auteur crafting her own visual identity. Luckily, filmmaker R.J. Cutler spent time documenting that very space in Eilish’s life. And the efforts of his time behind the scenes with her — a new doc called Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry — look to provide those intimate details, the kind you might...
Jesy Nelson, one-fourth of superstar British girl group Little Mix, announced that she’s departing the group after nearly a decade. In a touching note posted to social media today (December 14), Nelson wrote that “being in the band has really taken a toll on my mental health,” and announced she’s “ready to embark on a new chapter in my life.” “I’m not sure what it’s going to look like right now, but I hope you’ll still be there to support me,” she wrote. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIySd94HlyZ/ Nelson began her note by listing the various accomplishments Little Mix was able to achieve...
Eminem has responded to former US President Barack Obama‘s dramatic reading of the lyrics from his song ‘Lose Yourself’. Last week, Obama launched a new Instagram series looking back at his presidency to tie in with his recently published memoir A Promised Land. In a video trailing the project, Obama spoke about how he turned to hip-hop in order to focus during his 2008 campaign for the presidency. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ATTN: (@attndotcom) Advertisement “When I needed some inspiration on the presidential campaign I often turned to music,” Obama says. “It was rap that...
Snoop Dogg has responded to the backlash which greeted his recent critical comments about Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s track ‘WAP’. Speaking about the hit collaborative song in a recent interview, Snoop said in regards to its lyrical content: “Oh my god. Slow down. Like, slow down and have some imagination. Let’s have some privacy, some intimacy, where he wants to find out as opposed to you telling him. Read more: The good, the bad and the Biffy: the five most, erm, interesting ‘WAP’ covers “That should be a woman’s pride and possession,” he continued to Central Ave about the...
Some Taylor Swift fans are theorising that a third surprise album called ‘Woodvale’ could be on its way, following in the footsteps of July’s ‘Folklore‘ and last week’s ‘Evermore‘. Fans have spotted the word ‘woodvale’ hidden in the top corner of the ‘Folklore’ album cover, which could refer to an estate near the Lake District – a location Swift references on the album’s track ‘The Lakes’. Read More: Taylor Swift’s surprise new album ‘Evermore’ – the big talking points Fans have also pointed to the fact that Swift has released merchandise, including cardigans and scrunchies, in sets of three,...
Matty Healy has praised FKA Twigs after she filed a lawsuit last week against Shia LaBeouf alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress. Twigs, who was in a relationship with LaBeouf between 2018 and 2019, subsequently released a statement addressing the lawsuit. “It may be surprising to you to learn that I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship,” she wrote. “It was hard for me to process too, during and after I never thought something like this would happen to me. “Which is why I have decided it’s important for me to talk about it...
Foo Fighters will be the final performers on Amazon Music’s three-part concert series Holiday Plays, hosted by Lil Nas X. Dave Grohl and co. will perform tracks from across their career, including ‘Learn To Fly’, ‘Times Like These’ and ‘Best Of You’, as well as their latest single ‘Shame Shame’. Read More: The best (and worst) new Christmas songs of 2020 In addition to these, the Foos show will also see the first airing of the band’s new cover of Chuck Berry‘s 1958 festive track ‘Run Rudolph Run’. Advertisement You can watch a short clip from the forthcoming show...