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Vince Staples announces new album ‘Dark Times’, shares video for ‘Shame On The Devil’
Vince Staples has announced a new album, ‘Dark Times’ – find out more about the upcoming release below. Last night (May 19), rapper Vince Staples took to social media to announce his next album, ‘Dark Times’. Per his post on X (formerly Twitter), ‘Dark Times’ is due to arrive this Friday (May 24) and is now available for pre-order. The rapper has since previewed the album with a new single, ‘Shame On The Devil’, which comes with an accompanying music video. While the video – which sees Staples rapping in a split screen – only runs for 50seconds, the...
Diddy apologises for “inexcusable” 2016 video allegedly showing him attacking ex Cassie
Diddy has apologised for his “inexcusable” behaviour in a video allegedly showing him attacking ex Cassie. The apology follows footage obtained and published by CNN on Friday (March 17) which appeared to show the rapper beating his former partner, singer Cassie, and throwing an unidentified object at her from a nearby table. The footage aligns with testimony Cassie gave in a lawsuit filed against the rap mogul, in which she claimed Diddy “became extremely intoxicated and punched in the face” at the hotel, then following her into the hallway and throwing glass vases at her after she tried...
BBC “explainer” newsreader Ros Atkins to DJ at Glastonbury 2024
Ros Atkins, the BBC newsreader known for his ‘explainer’ videos, has revealed he is “astonished” to be DJing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Glastonbury returns to Worthy Farm in Somerset from June 26 to 30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline. The final tickets for this year’s bash went on sale in the re-sale on April 21 and sold out in 20 minutes. Among countless hundreds of major names from the worlds of music, comedy and performance art, Atkins stands out as one of the more unlikely additions to the line-up. The journalist, 50, whose explainer videos on complex political matters...
Lil Yachty doesn’t think Drake either won or lost beef with Kendrick Lamar
Lil Yachty has said that he believes that neither Drake nor Kendrick Lamar “won or lost” their epic recent beef. The Atlanta rapper himself was dragged into the feud when he was namechecked on Lamar’s ‘Euphoria’ (“Yachty can’t give you no swag neither, I don’t give a fuck ‘bout who you hang with”), which he has said he “didn’t really want anything to do with”. “I knew that my name was mentioned before it came out,” he said on his podcast A Safe Place. “I didn’t hear the record but I had got word that I was mentioned. I...
Listen to Shellac’s final album ‘To All Trains’ released one week after Steve Albini’s death
Shellac have just released their final album ‘To All Trains’, nine days after the band’s lead guitarist Steve Albini passed away. The legendary record producer, or audio engineer as he preferred to be described, was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’. He died on May 8 of a heart attack while at Electronic Audio, his recording studio in Chicago. He also had a highly influential and accomplished recording career, notably as part of the bands Big Black (1981-1987) and Shellac, a noise rock and hardcore band that had been...
Kathleen Hanna on her new memoir: “I came out the other side feeling like I can move on”
Kathleen Hanna has spoken to NME about her brand new memoir Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk – tackling her life and experiences with the riot grrrl movement, Fugazi and Courtney Love.Having risen to fame fronting the legendary punk band Bikini Kill – who pioneered the riot grrrl movement with their fiery lyrics and electrifying live performances – Hanna worked to make the punk scene a safe and inclusive space for women. Upon the band’s breakup, Hanna went on to front seminal bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin. Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk...
2NE1 reunite to celebrate 15th anniversary
Iconic K-pop girl group 2NE1 have celebrated their 15th anniversary together. On May 17 at midnight KST, former 2NE1 members CL, Sandara Park, Park Bom and Minzy took to Instagram to share a series of photos from a recent shoot to commemorate their 15th anniversary. The quartet shared their love and gratitude for their fans (called Blackjack) while leader CL penned messages in Korean and English. “Today on May 17 as we celebrate our 15th birthday, we wanted to thank all of those who have loved, supported, laughed and cried with us all this time, so we’re standing in...
Ozzy Osbourne would “jump at the chance” to play final Black Sabbath show with Bill Ward: “It’s unfinished”
Ozzy Osbourne has shared that he would “jump at the chance” to play a final Black Sabbath show with co-founding drummer Bill Ward. READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne: a rock’n’roll showman like no other Originally, Ward was part of the November 2011 Black Sabbath reunion but pulled out in early 2012, attributing an “‘unreasonable contract” as his reason for departure. Drummer Tommy Clufetos stepped in and performed live on the Black Sabbath Reunion Tour and the swansong The End Tour. Appearing on the most recent episode of The Madhouse Chronicles, Ozzy opened up about his career in Black Sabbath with his...
IVE transform into angels and devils in ethereal ‘Accendio’ music video
K-pop girl group IVE have unveiled the visual for their single ‘Accendio’. On May 16 at midnight KST, the six-member act released a music video for ‘Accendio’, the second of two title tracks from their new mini-album ‘IVE Switch’. In the clip, the IVE members investigate a strange heart-shaped wand they find at a vacation house. Soon, the girls receive a mysterious message urging them to protect it until midnight to gain special powers. As they transform into angels, dark versions of themselves appear outside the house, and they begin a battle for possession of the magic wand. “Watch...Recent Posts
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