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Stevie Wonder: “Repression of black and brown people can have an ending”
Stevie Wonder has opened up on racial tensions in the US and the failings of Donald Trump in an impassioned new video. Posting on social media, he began by reflecting on Juneteenth – America’s national holiday to celebrate the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. “This past Friday many of us celebrated Juneteenth,” he said. “I did. And yet, so many others didn’t and haven’t. As a matter of fact, there are three states that still do not recognize it: North Dakota, South Dakota, and Hawaii. How did it feel to celebrate freedom that...
Hurts announce new album ‘Faith’ and share huge single ‘Suffer’
Hurts have announced details of their new album – ‘Faith’ will come out in September. Along with news of the album, the pop duo have also shared a brand new track called ‘Suffer’. Read more: Hurts tell us about dark new single ‘Voices’: “We’ve gone back to the essence of who we are” Last month, Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson returned with new single ‘Voices’, their first music since 2017, and they’ve now announced that ‘Faith’ will arrive on September 4. Advertisement Speaking of the new album, the band’s Adam Anderson says: “If you’d have told me when we...
Tulisa apologises for X Factor race row with Misha B: “I fully acknowledge the pain I caused”
Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has issued a second apology for the way she treated Misha B on The X Factor, but also denied accusations of racism once more. Contostavlos, a former judge on the show, responded after Misha said an “angry black girl” narrative was forced on her during the show’s eighth series in 2011. Misha B says she was diagnosed with PTSD after the show, and the experience left her suffering from suicidal thoughts. Advertisement “They saw an opportunity to tear down a black girl that came from a broken home and worked together to assassinate my character and to sabotage my...
Brendon Urie tells Trump to stop using Panic! At The Disco music at rallies
Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie took to Twitter today (June 24) to tell Donald Trump to stop using the band’s music for his election campaign. The tweet comes after Trump walked onto the stage at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona to the sound of P!ATD’s hit single, ‘High Hopes’. Urie was concise in his tweet, telling the Trump campaign to “stop playing my song”. Read the full tweet below. Dear Trump Campaign, Fuck you. You’re not invited. Stop playing my song. No thanks,Brendon Urie, Panic! At The Disco & company. — Brendon Urie (@brendonurie) June 24,...
50 Cent teases new Pop Smoke release featuring him and Roddy Ricch
50 Cent has teased an upcoming posthumous Pop Smoke release that will feature himself and rapper Roddy Ricch. 50 Cent announced the release in an Instagram post on June 23, tagging himself, Ricch, his liqueur line Branson Cognac and his champagne product Le Chemin Du Roi. View this post on Instagram New Pop Smoke Ft @50cent & @roddyricch soon! #bransoncognac #lecheminduroi A post shared by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Jun 22, 2020 at 7:53pm PDT Advertisement Pop Smoke, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson, was shot dead in Los Angeles in February at age 20. At the time of his...
Watch Michael Stipe and Aaron Dessner perform on ‘Fallon’
Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine’s Aaron Dessner performed their single ‘No Time For Love Like Now’ on last night’s (June 23) ‘At Home’ episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance below: Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine first shared a demo of ‘No Time For Love Like Now’ in March. It was filmed at what appears to be the former R.E.M frontman’s home. Advertisement Stipe and Big Red Machine shared the single on June 11. The release was promptly followed by an official video on June 12, directed by Michael Brown. It was the...
Raleigh Ritchie shares new single ‘Squares’
London-based R&B artist Raleigh Ritchie has shared a new single, ‘Squares’, from his upcoming sophomore album ‘Andy’. Per a press release, ‘Squares’ is an “ode to being your true self, and staying strong in the face of what the world has to offer”. Listen to it below: Advertisement The song premiered last night (June 23) on The Late Late Show with James Corden, which saw Ritchie perform the track with his band and the Wired Strings Quartet, arranged by Rosie Danvers. ‘Squares’ is the third single lifted from ‘Andy’, following ‘Party Fear’ and ‘Aristocrats’, which arrived earlier last month....
Rufus Wainwright to perform new album via livestream this Saturday
Rufus Wainwright will perform his upcoming album in its entirety at a livestream concert this Saturday (June 27). Wainwright’s performance of ‘Unfollow The Rules’ will commence at 7pm BST on All Arts’ Facebook page. Wainwright has dubbed the performance ‘The Paramour Session’, named for Los Angeles’ Paramour Ballroom where it will take place. “The Paramour Session will show a completely different side of ‘Unfollow the Rules’,” Wainwright said in a press statement. Advertisement “Acoustic, stripped back, sparser, but in a Rufus Wainwrightian sense of course.” Wainwright will be accompanied by a live string section, guitar and piano. He revealed...
Fenne Lily shares new single and music video ‘Alapathy’
Bristol singer-songwriter Fenne Lily has shared ‘Alapathy’, a brand-new single, along with an accompanying music video. The visual was directed by Benjamin Brook. Watch it below: Advertisement ‘Alapathy’ is a made-up portmanteau that merges “apathy” and “allopathic” – referring to Westernised medicine. The song chronicles how Lily “started smoking weed to switch off brain”. ‘Alapathy’ is the first single released from Lily’s sophomore album, entitled ‘BREACH’. It was recorded with producer Brian Deck at Chicago’s Narwhal Studios, with further work at Electrical Audio with Steve Albini. The record is slated for a September 18 release through Dead Oceans....Recent Posts
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