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Diet Cig announce ticketed live-streamed show for this month
Diet Cig have announced a ticketed live-streamed show for later this month. Read More: Diet Cig on their accidental lockdown album: “When we get to tour again, my soul is gonna explode” The New York duo, whose second album ‘Do You Wonder About Me?’ arrived in May, will broadcast the show via the NoonChorus platform. Fans will be able to tune in at 8pm EST on July 31 – you can purchase tickets here. Advertisement Half of the proceeds made from the virtual performance will be split between The Okra Project (a collective that seeks to address the global...
Hayley Williams shares behind-the-scenes ‘Sugar On The Rim’ video
Hayley Williams has shared a behind-the-scenes video for her track ‘Sugar On The Rim’ – you can watch it below. Read More: Hayley Williams: “Women’s rage has been such a catalyst for beautiful things” The song appears on the Paramore frontwoman’s debut solo album ‘Petals For Amor’. “Pulsing and stuttering, ‘Sugar on the Rim’ sounds like a bassy dance thumper blasting from the hefty speakers of a rapidly speeding car,” NME wrote in a four-star review. Williams has now posted an official video for the track, which finds the musician recording in the studio and lounging around her home....
Spotify launch ‘Premium Duo’ subscription deal for couples
Spotify have announced ‘Premium Duo’, a subscription service targeted at couples. The new option will be rolled in the UK, Ireland, US and over 50 other markets from today (July 1), with the service set to cost £12.99 once it officially launches in the UK. To access ‘Premium Duo’, both people must be living at the same address. Each individual in the pair will be granted their own Spotify Premium account under one plan, in addition to receiving unique benefits for couples, upon signing up. Advertisement Existing Premium subscribers can switch to ‘Premium Duo’ by visiting their ‘Account’ page...
BLACKPINK break multiple world records with ‘How You Like That’ video
BLACKPINK have broken a number of Guinness World Records with the video for their recent single ‘How You Like That’. The K-Pop outfit released the track last week (June 26), following on from their Lady Gaga collaboration ‘Sour Candy’ in May. Read More: K-Pop powerhouses Blackpink are the antidote to everyman pop stars – and they’re gonna conquer all As Billboard reports, the song’s official video registered 86.3 million views upon its release. Advertisement These figures were high enough to break records for the most-viewed YouTube clip in 24 hours, the most-viewed music video on the platform in 24 hours,...
Roger & Brian Eno announce deluxe edition of ‘Mixing Colours’ and share new track ‘Manganese’
Brian Eno and his younger brother Roger Eno have announced an extended version of their collaborative album ‘Mixing Colours’. The original edition of the record arrived back in March, serving as Brian Eno’s first record since 2017’s ‘Reflection’. On July 17 the Eno brothers will release ‘Mixing Colours Expanded’, which will contain seven new tracks including ‘Moss’, ‘Violet’, ‘Vermilion’, ‘Marble’ and ‘Malachite’. A cut titled ‘Pewter’ will also appear, having previously been available as a bonus track in Japan. Advertisement Today (July 1), Roger & Brian Eno have shared the piece ‘Manganese’ – tune in below. As well as...
Watch the animated video for 67’s LD’s new track ‘Free Smoke’
67 member LD has dropped the video for his latest solo track ‘Free Smoke’ — you can watch the animated clip below. The song, which features S Loud, was first released last week. It serves as the first preview of the drill artist’s upcoming new project ‘Who’s Watching’, which is set for release in August and will feature “some heavyweight guests”, according to a press release. Read more: The best drill songs… ever! The animated video for ‘Free Smoke’ has also been released, and features animated versions of Wiley, Headie One, Unknown T, Russ Millions and more. You can...
BBC’s Glastonbury Experience tops 10 million views
Glastonbury may have been cancelled for 2020, but the BBC’s recent tribute to the iconic festival has proven to be a ratings smash. Marking what would have been the festival’s 50th anniversary last month, the corporation celebrated the annual event across TV, radio and BBC Sounds with a mixture of archive sets and live links from the likes of Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne. Read more: The 50 greatest Glastonbury moments… ever! Select artists, including Arlo Parks and Laura Marling, even played surprise sets from Worthy Farm for viewers at home. Advertisement The BBC has now announced that there...
Peter Frampton launches new ‘Frampton Stays Inside!’ coronavirus-themed merch
Peter Frampton has launched a new coronavirus-themed t-shirt on his merch store which plays on the title of his classic 1976 live double-album ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’. The new t-shirt displays a doctored version of the live album’s original artwork — now showing the guitarist wearing a blue face mask — and bears the words “Frampton Stays Inside!”. On the back of the t-shirt the words ‘Shelter In Place House Tour 2020’ are printed in the style of a normal tour t-shirt, with a monthly schedule of rooms to visit in the home — February: Living Room, March: Kitchen, April:...
Rob Trujillo gives fans an update on Metallica recording sessions: “We’re excited about cultivating new ideas”
Metallica‘s Rob Trujillo has given fans a further update after the band confirmed they had been working on recording sessions during lockdown. In a new interview with The Vinyl Guide podcast , Trujillo said that the band were in touch on a weekly basis to share ideas and updates on what they’ve been crafting in their own home studios. “We communicate every week, which is really great, so we have our connection intact. And what we’ve started doing is basically just really concentrating on our home studios and being creative from our homes and navigating through ideas and building...Recent Posts
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