Bruce Springsteen performed three acoustic tracks at this year’s Stand Up For Heroes benefit gig last night (November 19). READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and present The Boss performed ‘House Of A Thousand Guitars’ from his new ‘Letter To You’ album, with wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa, in an empty New Jersey bar. Springsteen also played a solo-acoustic version of ‘Long Walk Home’, from his 2007 album ‘Magic’ before teaming up with Scialfa again for a rendition of ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’ from his new album. You can...
KennyHoopla and Travis Barker have collaborated on a new track called ‘ESTELLA//’. Read more: Meet KennyHoopla, the Wisconsin shape-shifter repurposing indie bangers for the 2020s The punchy pop-punk song, featuring Barker as ever behind the kit, clocks in at under two minutes. KennyHoopla, whose real name is Kenneth La’ron, released his EP ‘how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway?’ earlier this year. Advertisement The new song is Barker’s latest collaboration in a busy 2020 for the Blink-182 drummer. Back in August, he teamed up with regular collaborator Machine Gun Kelly on new song ‘Concert For...
Nightclubs across the UK have warned that they could lose two thirds of their staff or even face permanent “extinction” unless the government provides urgent support and clarity to help them weather the storm of coronavirus. While iconic nightclubs such as Fabric in London were among those to celebrate receiving millions from the government’s £1.57billion Cultural Recovery Fund – which has helped save hundreds of venues forced to remain closed due to COVID for months ahead – many more were denied funding and left feeling “culturally insignificant” due to the Arts Council’s rejection. Night Time Industries Association CEO Michael Kill...
Future Islands have remixed The National frontman Matt Berninger‘s solo single ‘One More Second’. READ MORE: Watch Matt Berninger talk us through ‘Serpentine Prison’ track by track Samuel T. Herring’s band have put their trademark synth spin on the track, which recently featured on Berninger’s debut solo album ‘Serpentine Prison’. You can listen to the remix below. “Every time I put on Future Islands my impression of the human condition improves,” Berninger said in a statement. “Their remix of ‘One More Second’ kills me.” Advertisement The National frontman recently performed the album version of his single on The Tonight...
Fiona Apple has collaborated with the rapper, Shameika, whom she sings about on her ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ single of the same name. Read more: Fiona Apple – ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ review: an intoxicating and excoriating listen that will cut deep Apple and Shameika Stepney were childhood classmates who were reunited recently after Apple released ‘Shameika’ in April as the lead single from her fifth album. Now, the pair have joined forces for a song rapped by Shameika and sung by Apple, titled ‘Shameika Said’. You can listen to it below. Advertisement The news comes as Apple shares...
The headliners for the next installment of Glasgow’s Playground Festival have been announced. Read more: ‘Let’s Dance’ was the easiest record I’ve ever made…” – Nile Rodgers remembers David Bowie Underworld, Kraftwerk, and Nile Rodgers And Chic will top the bill on July 30, July 31 and August 1, 2021 respectively at Rouken Glen Park. The second edition of the multi-day festival that hosts a mix of established and new acts is set to take place a year on from the 2020 edition, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. No other acts for the Scottish festival have...
Royal Blood have shared their performance of ‘Trouble’s Coming’ on The Late Late Show With James Corden. READ MORE: Royal Blood tell us about ‘Trouble’s Coming’ and their new album: “We’re seeing in colour for the first time” The duo played their recent single on the show for one of their first live appearances in a while last night (November 19), tweeting: “Dusting off the cobwebs never felt so good. Check our performance of Trouble’s Coming on @latelateshow @JKCorden! #LateLateShow.” The band released ‘Trouble’s Coming’ in September, which marked their first new material since their 2017 record ‘How Did We...
AC/DC‘s new album, ‘Power Up’, has shot to Number One in the biggest first-week tally of 2020 so far. The legendary Australian rockers’ 18th record has sold 62,000 copies, overtaking Kylie Minogue who racked up 55,000 chart sales of her new album ‘DISCO’ last week. Read more: 10 Things You Might Not Know About AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ AC/DC’s Angus Young thanked fans for their support. “A very big thank you to everyone who put in their time, effort and creativity to get PWR/UP to Number 1! Also a big shoutout to all our fans, old and new. You...
Aimée Osbourne has confirmed that casting is set to begin on the forthcoming Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic. The film was confirmed earlier this summer, and is said to skip Ozzy’s original tenure in Black Sabbath to go ahead to when he left the band in the late 1970s and began dating Sharon. Read More: ARO’s Aimée Osbourne on new video ‘House Of Lies’ and stepping out of her famous family’s shadow “We have a writer,” Jack said about the progress on the film at the time. “We said to go from 1979 to 1996. I can’t say too much,...
By Emma Saletta After being forced to postpone the Map of the Soul world tour earlier this year due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, BTS forged ahead with a fire inside, all seven members coming together to write and record new songs. Enter Be (styled all-uppercase), the group’s fifth Korean-language album, which was first announced in April via the group’s YouTube account shortly after the release of February’s Map of the Soul 7. Fans clamored to social media to express their excitement, and with the drop of the Bangtan Boys’ first English-language single just a few months...