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Lil Wayne releases reworked ‘Free Weezy Album’ to mark project’s fifth anniversary
Lil Wayne has shared a new version of his ‘Free Weezy Album’ on streaming services, in celebration of the project’s fifth anniversary. Read more: Lil Wayne, ‘Funeral’ review: the big kid refuses to grow up on this fitfully inspired surprise release Originally released in 2015, the new version that has appeared on streaming services features 12 of the record’s original 16 tracks, as well as a new song entitled ‘We Livin’ Like That’. A number of the 2015 songs are missing from the new version, however. They are ‘I Feel Good’, ‘Thinking About You’, ‘He’s Dead’ and ‘Without You’....
Go behind the scenes on Bring Me The Horizon’s socially-distanced ‘Parasite Eve’ video shoot
Bring Me The Horizon have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video for ‘Parasite Eve’. Read more: Bring Me The Horizon tell us about their new “survival horror song” ‘Parasite Eve’ and ambitious ‘Post Human’ project The music video was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, which meant the band had to stick to social distancing regulations. In the five-minute making-of video, frontman Oli Sykes takes fans through the process of making the video. “Obviously cos we’ve all got to keep six-foot distance, that makes a music video hard,” he said. “Obviously performance element of us all...
Idris Elba teams up with The Knocks and Tiggs Da Author for new single ‘One Fine Day’
Actor, musician and DJ Idris Elba and New York producers The Knocks have shared their euphoric new single ‘One Fine Day’, which features guest vocals from South London rapper Tiggs Da Author. Read more: Friends Like These: Rising rapper Che Lingo talks life and music with his label boss Idris Elba The optimistic, house-inflected track is available to listen to below, with Elba donating 100 per cent of his royalties to the Black Cultural Archives, an organisation based in Brixton, London. Advertisement “With everything that’s going on in the world right now, this song feels very relevant. We just...
Enter Shikari release charity live album ‘The Last Spark’
Enter Shikari have released a new live album, ‘The Last Spark (Bootleg Series Vol. 11)’, to raise money for charity. Read more: Enter Shikari – ‘Nothing is True, Everything is Possible’ review: a crash course through their best tricks The profits from the latest instalment of their ‘Bootleg Series’ will be shared between the band’s road crew to make up for some of the earnings they’ve lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. ‘The Last Spark’ is available at a pay-what-you-want rate, with a minimum donation of £3 required to purchase the album. It was recorded at the band’s show at...
Mystery Jets discuss writing ‘Watching Yourself Slowly Disappear’ about death of Scott Hutchison
Mystery Jets have discussed the writing of their track ‘Watching Yourself Slowly Disappear’, and how it serves as a tribute to late Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison. The band took part in a Twitter listening party hosted by Tim Burgess for their 2020 album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’ last night (July 2). Read more: Scott Hutchison’s brother and bandmate Grant reflects on a year of their Tiny Changes mental health charity Sharing the track’s title, the band also posted a photo of Hutchison, who passed away in May 2018 after taking his own life. pic.twitter.com/d2AbY8oR4B — Mystery Jets (@mysteryjets) July 2,...
American Greed Shares New Music Video For Single “Together” & Announces Donation Of All Proceeds
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, companies, brands and artists, are donating proceeds to charities in order to support the fight against the novel virus. At a time when it is difficult enough to keep all afloat, bands like American Greed stay humble and donate incomes from their work to help out those in need. The music video that was recorded with the intention to cheer-up audiences, is a combination of the band’s live performance and shots of New York City’s empty streets during the lockdown. The single “Together” is featured on an album released earlier this year, labeled under...
Pop Smoke fans are still unhappy with his posthumous album’s artwork
Pop Smoke has released new posthumous album ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon’ today (July 3) but the debate around its artwork rages on. High-profile designer Virgil Abloh was behind the original album art that was first shared on Monday night (June 29). Read more: Pay tribute to the late, great Pop Smoke with his 10 best tracks However, Abloh’s design was heavily criticised online and derided as “lazy”, leading Pop Smoke’s manager Steven Victor to promise fans that “changes will be made” to the artwork before Friday. See Abloh’s original design below. View this post on Instagram you...
Sia stopped child actress Maddie Ziegler from flying on Harvey Weinstein’s plane
Sia has revealed that she “stepped in” when disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein invited dancer and child star Maddie Ziegler to fly with him on his private plane. Weinstein, who is now serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault and rape in the third degree, is thought to have offered the invitation to Ziegler before he was outed as a predator. Appearing on the Zach Sang Show, Sia explained how she became close to Ziegler – who is now 17 – after she starred in her ‘Chandelier’ video in 2014. Advertisement She said: “I mean, as soon as...
#LetTheMusicPlay: Fans encouraged to write to their MP to save UK live music scene
Music fans are being encouraged to write to their local MP in support of the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign, in a bid to save the UK’s music scene. The campaign launched yesterday, with the likes of Paul McCartney, The Cure, Dua Lipa, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Ed Sheeran, Dizzee Rascal, Liam Gallagher and PJ Harvey among the 1,500 artists who signed an open letter to he Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden – in a bid to “show the vital importance of the UK’s live music industry, ensure the Government cannot ignore live music and make noise...Recent Posts
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