Steve Mackey has announced he will not be joining Pulp for their 2023 reunion tour. Read his full statement below. Earlier today (October 28), the Sheffield band confirmed long-rumoured plans for a huge UK and Ireland tour which will take place next summer. READ MORE: Pulp’s 10 best songs – as voted by you The bassist shared the news he wouldn’t be embarking on tour via Instagram. “Pulp is a very important part of my creative life,” Mackey wrote. “I’m exceptionally proud of the body of work we’ve created together. Jarvis and I remastered Pulp’s entire Universal Records back...
Snoop Dogg’s personal blunt roller has estimated that she has rolled around half a million joints for the rapper while working for him. The rapper infamously employs someone full-time to roll his joints for him, with the star himself previously saying that he smokes approximately 81 blunts a day. In a new interview, Renegade Piranha said she’s rolled “over 450,000 joints” for Snoop since landing the job. “I do about half a pound a day, which is 75 to 150 joints,” she told The Kyle And Jackie O Show earlier this week (October 24). Advertisement Piranha added that the...
Bruce Springsteen has shared his new cover of ‘Don’t Play That Song’ – you can listen to his rendition of the song below. The track forms part of Springsteen’s 21st studio album ‘Only The Strong Survive’, billed as a collection of “15 soul music greats” which is set for release on November 11 via Columbia Records. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and present Springsteen’s take on ‘Don’t Play That Song’ – which was originally written by Ahmet Ertegun and Betty Nelson, and notably recorded by Ben E. King in 1962 and...
Taylor Swift has recalled a screen test she did with Eddie Redmayne for the 2012 musical film Les Misérables. During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show with Redmayne, set to air tonight (October 28), Swift explained that she already knew she wouldn’t land a role in director Tom Hooper’s film despite having a screen test with the actor, who played Marius. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Midnights’ review: a shimmering return to pure pop “Basically I was up for two roles – I had the look of Cosette and the range vocally of Éponine, so it was established...
Charli XCX has spoken about the book she’s currently writing in a new interview with NME. The artist sat down with NME for this week’s Big Read to discuss the success of her most recent album ‘Crash’, the end of her major label deal and her plans for the future. READ MORE: Charli XCX: “I like playing games with pop music. I enjoy poking fun at it” After previously telling NME in 2019 that fiction-writing could be one possible creative avenue she might explore as part of a future “successful 180 ” from her music career, Charli then tweeted...
BTS’ RM has performed ‘Sexy Nukim’ with Balming Tiger live for the first time today (October 28) – scroll down to see footage of the performance below. The BTS leader and rapper teamed up with the “alternative K-pop” group on their latest single, which was released in September. READ MORE: BTS live in Busan: a dizzying celebration of a once-in-a-lifetime act RM joined Balming Tiger on stage for the first time to perform the track together at an event held in Seoul tonight by W Korea, in aid of the Love Your W breast cancer awareness campaign. Footage shared on...
A new funding award named in honour of Johnny Marr is set to support the next generation of young musicians in Salford. Launched in partnership with The Salford Foundation Trust, the Johnny Marr Award will be presented to a Salford musician aged under 25 to help further their budding career. READ MORE: Johnny Marr – ‘Fever Dreams Pts 1-4’ review: a soulful record fuelled by fresh ideas “This Award will provide up to £1,000 funding to go towards musical instruments, recording equipment, or indeed anything that will help you to progress your musical journey,” a description about the award...
The Beach Boys have shared a previously unreleased track from the early 1970s – listen to ‘Carry Me Home’ below. The track was written during 1972’s ‘Holland’ sessions by Dennis Wilson about a soldier dying in the Vietnam War. ‘Carry Me Home’ will appear on The Beach Boys’ upcoming ‘Sail On Sailor – 1972’ box set, which is due out on December 2 and will contain a huge 80 unreleased tracks. The latest chapter in The Beach Boys’ archival releases, the new box set revolves around the creation of 1972’s ‘Carl and the Passions – So Tough’ and 1973’s...
Nick Cave has confirmed that he plans to begin writing a new album at the end of this year. After a busy summer of festival dates and the release of his new book Faith, Hope and Carnage, Cave and his frequent collaborator Warren Ellis will head home to Australia next month for a headline tour, which wraps up on December 17 in Sydney. At a Q&A at London’s Southbank Centre last night (October 27), where he spoke with journalist Sean O’Hagan about their new book as part of the London Literature Festival, Cave confirmed that, after the tour ends,...
Roger Daltrey has spoken in a new interview about his hope that Oasis will one day reform. The Who frontman was speaking to Yungblud in a new joint interview with Rolling Stone when he brought up Liam Gallagher. READ MORE: Liam Gallagher live in Knebworth: rock’n’roll star takes a leap of faith – and somehow pulls it off While advising Yungblud to “rehydrate yourself when you come off-stage”, Daltrey added: “When temperatures get too hot, you can cook your brain. We did a gig in Paris, and it was in the audience. Advertisement “Liam Gallagher was there at...
