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...
Miley Cyrus has performed a cover The Cranberries ‘Zombie’ for the #SaveOurStages (#SOS) festival. The raucous rendition of the Irish band’s 1993 hit was one of two covers sung by the singer for the festival, which fundraised to preserve US grassroots music venues affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement Cyrus, who played a short set with her band at LA venue Whiskey a Go Go last night (October 17), also covered The Cure‘s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. She ended the set with a performance of her recent single, ‘Midnight Sky‘. Towards the end of the performance Cyrus paid tribute to Whiskey a...
Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Vic Mensa and more will take part in a virtual Vote With Us rally in the build-up to the US presidential election next month. The rally will include a three-hour event on Vote Early Day (October 24), and is specifically seeking to encourage voter participation among young people. The event will also include appearances from Common, Mark Ruffalo, and and the cast of the award-winning documentary Us Kids, featuring Parkland school shooting survivors and ‘March For Our Lives’ activists including Emma González. Advertisement In a press statement, González said: “To vote is to harness your power,...
Foo Fighters have performed a set for the #SaveOurStages (#SOS) campaign, which aims to preserve US grassroots music venues affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The half-hour set, which was live-streamed from LA’s iconic The Troubadour venue last night (October 17) shows Dave Grohl and co. restyle a selection of their songs for an acoustic show. Advertisement It’s not the first time the band has stepped in to support the National Independent Venue Association’s #SaveOurStages campaign. Last month, the legendary rockers brought back the original designs of two of their 1995 tour t-shirts to help benefit the initiative. Proceeds from...
Justin Bieber performed his two latest songs, ‘Holy’ and ‘Lonely’, on Saturday Night Live last night (October 17). READ MORE: Justin Bieber kicks off another ‘new era’ with vaguely ‘Holy’ new song Performing on a dimly lit stage adorned with a neon cross, Bieber sang his quasi-religious comeback track ‘Holy’ alongside collaborator and former SNL host Chance The Rapper. Bieber appeared to be emotional towards the end of the song, with Chance putting his arm around the singer at the end. Watch a clip of the performance below. .@JustinBieber & @ChanceTheRapper perform their new single, #Holy on SNL. ?...
Sam Smith revealed they’ve been “hit hard” by mental health issues possibly owing to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The singer, 28, has labelled their new album ‘Love Goes’ as “safe” because “pushing myself” like they did on their second album, ‘The Thrill Of It All’ (2017), would be “probably detrimental to my health”. READ MORE: ‘Am I depressed?’ – help and advice on mental health and what to do next Smith told Zane Lowe on Apple Music: “I’ve always been sad, but for the first time I actually really had mental health issues, like panic attacks, anxiety, depression. It...
