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Kurt Cobain’s ‘MTV Unplugged’ guitar sells for record-breaking $6million
Kurt Cobain‘s legendary ‘MTV Unplugged’ guitar has broken the record for most expensive guitar ever sold, selling for US$6million at auction, a rough equivalent of £4.85million. The 1959 Martin D-18E used in Nirvana‘s iconic ‘MTV Unplugged’ performance in 1993 was originally expected to sell for somewhere between $1 and 2 million as part of the ‘Music Icons’ sale at Julien’s Auctions on June 19 and 20. Bidding had reached $1 million before the auction’s official opening. The winning bid of $6,010,000 (from a total of just seven bids) was made by Peter Freedman, founder of RØDE Microphones. The previous...
Thurston Moore announces new album ‘By the Fire’, shares first single
Thurston Moore has announced he’ll release a new solo album titled ‘By the Fire’ on September 25 via his own Daydream Library Series label. To coincide, Moore has shared the first song from the record, ‘HASHISH’. According to a press release, the song is “an ode to the narcotic of love in our shared responsibility to each other during isolation”. The new single is accompanied by a music video made up of footage from a European Thurston Moore Group tour, along with clips from home during COVID lockdown. Advertisement Watch it below: The single is set to be released...
Greater Manchester police close roads in attempt to prevent more illegal raves from taking place this weekend
Greater Manchester Police are attempting to prevent more illegal raves from taking place tonight (June 20) following incidences last weekend. Read More: NME Investigates: the rise of illegal raves 6,000 people attended two illegal raves in the area last Saturday (June 13) , during which a man died of a suspected overdose, a woman was raped, and three people were stabbed. One of the stabbings left an 18-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. Greater Manchester Police’s Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes subsequently explained why the raves weren’t stopped, saying: “It’s not about what we allow, it’s about how we respond to...
Secret Machines are teasing something with cryptic social media images
Cult US band Secret Machines have posted cryptic images on Twitter and Facebook, sparking hopes that the group are teasing some sort of return. Formed by Josh Garza and brothers Brandon and Benjamin Curtis in Dallas, Texas in 2000, the group are are on record as one of David Bowie’s favourite bands. Secret Machines released three critically-acclaimed albums before going on hiatus in 2010, ‘Now Here Is Nowhere’, ‘Ten Silver Drops’ and a self-titled record. Advertisement Benjamin Curtis left the band in 2007 to work with School Of Seven Bells. He tragically died in 2013 after a battle with T-cell Lymphoblastic...
Germany extends ban on large events until November
The German government has announced that the country’s coronavirus-enforced ban on large events will be extended until November. Read More: UK festivals talk social distancing, cancellations and what the future may hold The restriction was currently due to expire on August 31, but following a meeting with the Premiers of the country’s 16 states earlier this week Chancellor Angela Merkel has extended the ban – which applies to events such as festivals and fairs – until October 31. The extension does allow for some exceptions, however, for events that are able to track infections and comply with hygiene rules....
Only 36 per cent of British gig-goers feel it’s safe to return to live concerts
A survey by the Music Venue Trust has revealed that the majority of music fans do not currently feel confident to return to live gigs. Read more: Live after lockdown — venues on the idea of gigs with social distancing The survey was launched last week as a continuation of the organisation’s ‘Save Our Venues’ campaign, which has been running since April, and saw 28,640 respondents. The results show that while 89 per cent of respondents said they were eager to return to gigs, only 36 per cent of them think it would currently be safe to attend a show....
Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson are releasing a new song together
Snoop Dogg has confirmed that he and country icon Willie Nelson are set to release a new song together. Read more: The 20 best songs about smoking weed The pair have collaborated previously in 2009 on ‘My Medicine’ and the latest, which Snoop confirmed in an interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1, is coming in “a couple of weeks.” “That’s my big brother, Willie Nelson. The reason we’re gonna make this record is because black and white matters right now. The love we have for each other,” Snoop said. Advertisement You can see the full interview here. Recently (June...
Alexandra Burke says she was told to “bleach” her skin to be more successful
Alexandra Burke has shared a stark new message about her experiences in the music industry. Taking to Instagram, Burke spoke of how she was told she was “gonna have to work ten times harder than a white artist because of the colour of your skin.” Stating that she “experienced micro-aggression so many times,” Burke said: “This isn’t a video to bash anyone, this isn’t a negative video, this isn’t that kind of thing at all. Advertisement “This is simply me speaking about what I’ve been through in the past 11 years and finally feeling like… no I’m nervous about...
Tom Meighan opens up about Kasabian’s next album in new interview: “We need a seventh baby”
Tom Meighan has opened up about Kasabian‘s next album in a new interview. Read More: Kasabian tell us about their huge homecoming show and next album: “The aim is to transcend” Speaking to Sky News, the Leicester band’s frontman said the group are hoping to make a new record as soon as they’re able to post-lockdown and that Serge Pizzorno was already writing songs for their next album. “We need a seventh baby,” Meighan told Sky News. “We’re going to try and make a new record as soon as we can but we can’t really do anything while we’re...Recent Posts
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