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Nadine Shah vows to run for PPL chair after Crispin Hunt steps down in favour of “diversity and meaningful change”

Nadine Shah has put herself forward for the role of PPL’s Performer Director after Crispin Hunt announced this week that he would be stepping down. Read more: Nadine Shah – ‘Kitchen Sink’ review: complex and thought-provoking post-punk contains multitudes The former Longpigs singer-songwriter, who has held the position for three terms, shared the news that he would be stepping down yesterday (July 1) in a statement on Twitter. “I’m standing down @PPLUK Performer Director elections this November,” Hunt wrote. “3 terms is enuff on any board. Its been an honour. I hope it’ll allow a window 4 diversity/meaningful change....
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Watch Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s stripped-back cover of Hole’s ‘Malibu’

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have shared a cover of Hole‘s ‘Malibu’ – listen to it below. Read more: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: “Lennon, McCartney, Harrison were in competition with each other. We’re not” The Melbourne jangle rockers – minus drummer Marcel Tussie – got together earlier this week for a Sirius XMU session, sharing a stripped-back rendition of the 1998 single that originally appeared on the Courtney Love-led band’s third album, ‘Celebrity Skin’. Watch the band perform it below: Advertisement The band’s Hole cover comes after sharing a studio performance of ‘She’s There’ for the baked sessions music series earlier...
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Dua Lipa speaks out about female equality and needing to “protect herself” as a woman

Dua Lipa has spoken out again about female equality and the difficult personal experiences she has experienced as a woman. Read more: Dua Lipa: “If somebody told me not to discuss issues I’m passionate about? I wouldn’t listen” The singer penned the track ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ from her recent album ‘Future Nostalgia’ which details just what it’s like being a girl and having to “avoid confrontation from men” and “avoid sexual harassment”. She previously said: “It’s about the growing pains of what it’s like to be a girl. For me, that was walking home from school and putting...
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James Dean Bradfield on his new solo album, “Tory vandals” and the Manics’ next move

Some people wait years and travel far and wide in search of inspiration. For Manic Street Preachers‘ James Dean Bradfield, his latest muse had been with him for most of his life. Today (Thursday July 2), the Manics frontman announces his second solo album. Arriving on August 14, ‘Even Is Exile’ is the follow up to his 2006 debut ‘The Great Western’ and has lyrics penned by Patrick Jones – the famous Welsh poet and playwright and brother of Manics bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire. The whole record was inspired by the life and death of Chilean musician, teacher...
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Father John Misty announces new Bandcamp EP featuring Leonard Cohen covers

Father John Misty has announced that he’s releasing a new covers EP tomorrow, featuring his take on Leonard Cohen and a selection of other artists. Read more: 10 of Father John Misty’s finest lyrics The four track release, which is titled ‘Anthem + 3’ opens with a cover of Cohen’s 1992 track ‘Anthem’. The rest of the EP is comprised by three tracks previously covered by the singer –  Link Wray’s ‘Fallin’ Rain’, Yusuf’s ‘Trouble’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘One of Us Cannot Be Wrong.’ Check out the Anthem +3 tracklist and artwork below. Advertisement 01 Anthem (Leonard Cohen cover) 02...
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Aitch and AJ Tracey to headline Malta’s Escape 2 The Island festival this summer

Aitch and AJ Tracey are among the names on the lineup for Malta’s Escape 2 The Island festival, which is due to take place this summer despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read more: Meet Aitch – the Stormzy-approved rising star putting Manchester rap on the map Taking place August 28-30, other names on the bill include Fredo, Charlie Sloth, Headie One, Yxng Bane, Mist, Ms. Banks, Unknown T, and Dutchavelli. According to the festival’s website, “Malta will reopen to all flight destinations from July 15. The low rate of infections on the island (second lowest in Europe) means that...
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Check out these unseen photos of Joe Strummer running the 1983 London Marathon

Newly discovered photos have captured the moment that The Clash‘s Joe Strummer completed the London Marathon in 1983. The new snaps were captured by photographer Steve Rapport, who rediscovered them after four boxes of old photo transparencies were sent to his home in California. Rapport’s photos offer a candid look at Strummer tackling the gruelling 26-mile course, while occasionally stopping to grin at the camera. Advertisement Other photos from the set show Strummer limbering up at Blackheath Common, before the start of the race. This was at Blackheath Common before the race. I was sent by Rolling Stone (one...
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Nick Cave to stream new ‘Idiot Prayer’ solo show from Alexandra Palace

Nick Cave has announced details of a new livestreamed solo show, filmed in an empty Alexandra Palace. Idiot Prayer sees the Bad Seeds frontman deliver a unique performance of tracks from throughout his career, including early rarities and songs from Grinderman, right up to his latest acclaimed album ‘Ghosteen‘. The show was filmed in the West Hall of the iconic London venue by award-winning cinematographer Robbie Ryan (The Favourite, Marriage Story, American Honey) and was edited by Nick Emerson (Lady Macbeth, Emma, Greta). Advertisement This will be a one-off ticketed event, and will not be available to stream after...
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DaBaby to play live 4th of July show for fans this weekend

DaBaby has announced plans for an Independence Day concert in Georgia despite spiralling cases of coronavirus in the US. The event, titled ‘4th of July Bash‘, is taking place as part of a “weekend concert series” at Cosmopolitan, a newly renovated venue in the city. Billing itself as “the only concert in the city”, the event takes place at a time when the virus continues its hold on the US, with 43,644 new cases and 560 new deaths reported in the country since Tuesday (June 30). Advertisement DaBaby (Picture: Getty) However, organisers claim they are enforcing safety precautions and...
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Scott Aukerman and ‘Parks And Recreation’ star Adam Scott launch new Red Hot Chili Peppers’ podcast

Scott Aukerman and Parks And Recreation star Adam Scott have launched a new podcast chronicling the history of Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair have previously released podcasts on the music of U2 and R.E.M. Read more: Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #20 – the final recommender R U Talkin’ RHCP RE: ME is, in Aukerman’s words, “the comprehensive and encyclopaedic compendium of all things Red Hot Chili Peppers,” and it follows their previous podcasts, U Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: ME? and U Talkin’ U2 To Me?. Advertisement Listen to the first edition of the new podcast, which dissects Red...
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