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Liam Gallagher jokes his alternative career on government website is ‘Rock n Roll star’
Liam Gallagher has taken to social media to make light of the recently launched government website that suggests alternative careers to those whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: The Big Read – Liam Gallagher: “An Oasis reunion’s gonna happen very fucking soon” The site entitled “Discover your skills and careers” went live last week. It asks people “to think about the type of work you want to do,” before offering “a summary of job groups that might interest you based on your answers, for example creative careers or working in healthcare.” It came just hours after...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan says his lungs are “still damaged” from coronavirus
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan has revealed that he had the coronavirus earlier this year and is still suffering from lung damage because of it. Read more: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review Some people who contract the virus have complained of suffering from symptoms and after effects long after they have stopped testing positive for COVID-19. Keenan said in a new interview that he contracted the virus in February and that he is “still dealing with the residual effects”. “It was ugly,” he told Arizona Republic. “I survived it, but it wasn’t pretty. So I definitely had to deal with that.” Advertisement...
Chaka Khan reminds people she wasn’t fond of Kanye West’s ‘Through The Wire’
Chaka Khan has doubled down on her negative opinion of Kanye West‘s ‘Through The Wire’, which sampled her 1984 song ‘Through The Fire’. Read more: Chaka Khan interview: soul diva says “it’s not over for me yet” Khan, who was convinced by her son to give West permission to sample the record, has never been shy about voicing her disdain for how the rapper/producer used her song. “He said he wanted to redo the song,” she recalled in a new interview on Vlad TV. “I said, ‘Well, are you a singer?’ He said, ‘No, no. I just wanted to...
Jack White steps in as the last-minute musical guest for this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Live’
Jack White has been booked as the last-minute replacement musical guest for this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live. The weekly live variety show’s musical guest for this week had been set to be the country artist Morgan Wallen, but he was removed from the line-up earlier this week after video emerged of him not wearing a mask while attending a crowded house party. Read more: SNL heroes: stunning Saturday Night Live performances by your favourite stars Speaking to NBC’s Today show earlier today (October 9), SNL creator Lorne Michaels confirmed that White will now perform on tomorrow night’s...
Soccer Mommy’s Space-Age Synths, Junglepussy’s Salad Slams, And More Songs We Love
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include anything — it’s a snapshot of what’s on our minds and what sounds good. We’ll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open for business. Soccer...
Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco, Angel Olsen and more to play Planned Parenthood gig
Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco and Angel Olsen are among the artists set to play a virtual fundraiser for Planned Parenthood this month. The event, billed as ‘Village Of Love Planned Parenthood’, will be held online on October 25 and also feature a raffle, auction and more, all benefiting Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles and New York. Read more: Angel Olsen: “I’m just as lost as everybody else” Also playing the event will be Margo Price, Devendra Banhart, Brittany Howard, Ezra Furman, Perfume Genius, Weyes Blood, Tenacious D and lots more, all promising performances of their own songs as well as a...
How Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory Design Helped Define The Band
It’s an image of contrast: a soldier with dragonfly wings rendered in bleeding graffiti sprays, the personification of the title Hybrid Theory. On the cover artwork of Linkin Park’s masterful, ground-moving debut, the entire concept is there: loud guitars with hip-hop beats, rap verses between screaming melodic choruses, a test of duality. A hybrid theory. Supplemented with a street-art logo, the cover came to define the visual part of Linkin Park’s breakthrough era as much as it echoed the sound of the music itself. Released in October 2000, Hybrid Theory became the best-selling album of 2001, capitalizing on the freight...
Streams of mental health playlists on Spotify have doubled in 2020
Spotify have revealed that streams of mental health playlists have doubled this year. Gathered to mark World Mental Health Day, which takes place tomorrow (October 10), the data shows a dramatic rise in playlists and podcasts related to self-care during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: Pet Sounds: Spotify is making playlists for your furry friends – but do they care? As reported by The Independent, the new data collected by Spotify shows that playlists related to ‘mindfulness’, ‘calm’, and ‘self-care’ have been streamed 57 per cent more in 2020 than they were last year. Advertisement Podcasts related to self-help...
Matt Bellamy confirms that he has started writing a new Muse album
Matt Bellamy has confirmed that he has started working on a new Muse album. The frontman said that the early stages of the follow-up to the trio’s 2018 album ‘Simulation Theory’ have been inspired by “the protests and all the chaos” that have “kicked off” around the world in 2020. Read More: Matt Bellamy tells us about going solo, Muse’s next move and “embracing the simple life” of lockdown “I’ve started writing a new Muse album,” he told The Sun. “I started writing when all the protests and all the chaos were kicking off. It’s a weird thing to...Recent Posts
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