CBS has announced that it will air a two-hour, Christmas-themed concert special hosted by Mariah Carey next month. READ MORE: Mariah Carey: “You know what? I love Christmas!” The primetime special, titled Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All, is a filmed version of the singer’s sold-out appearance at Madison Square Garden, where she’s set to perform a repertoire of her biggest festive hits on December 13. The televised rendering of that concert will air on CBS a week later on December 20. Merry Christmas To All will also be available to stream on Paramount +. Carey’s Madison Square Garden...
The first trailer for a new documentary about Lizzo‘s life and rise to fame has been shared. READ MORE: Lizzo – ‘Special’ review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bops Love Lizzo, which was announced earlier this year by HBO, is being directed by Doug Pray, executive producer of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s 2018 documentary series The Defiant Ones. In the trailer, which you can view below, the film explores her journey from childhood to her breakthrough as an artist. Advertisement It shows footage of the singer during her formative years in which she explains that she didn’t feel confident enough to...
Sam Smith has shared full details on their new forthcoming album ‘Gloria’. READ MORE: Sam Smith – ‘Love Goes’ review: pop balladeer leans even further into heartbreak than before This evening (November 10), Smith took to Twitter to share a short video detailing the tracklisting and collaborators on their fourth studio LP. Artists confirmed on the record include Ed Sheeran, Jessie Reyez, Koffee and Kim Petras who featured on their recent single ‘Unholy’. That track recently ensured they became the first openly non-binary and transgender artists, respectively, to top the Billboard Hot 100. Advertisement Reyez is set to appear on two of...
Fleet Foxes have shared new single ‘A Sky Like I’ve Never Seen’, which has been recorded with the Brazilian musician Tim Bernardes for upcoming Amazon Prime Video documentary Wildcat. READ MORE: Fleet Foxes: “In this moment, pre-election, there can be some optimism in the air” The film, directed by Melissah Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost, follows a young veteran who goes on a journey through the Amazon and meets the head of a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre. ‘A Sky Like I’ve Never Seen’ is a gentle and expressive song, with string arrangements and frontman Robin Pecknold’s vocals creating a...
Steve Aoki has shared a new remix of Taking Back Sunday‘s 2002 single ‘Cute Without The E’. READ MORE: Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday tell us about their new single ‘Just Us Two’ His new spin on the track, the video for which you can view below, is set to feature on a remix album of his recent LP ‘HiROQUEST: Genesis’. Teasing the remix recently, Aoki wrote: “I’m remaking an iconic rock song from the 2000s… finish the lyric: ‘And will you tell all your friends…’” Advertisement Taking Back Sunday also shared the remix adding: “It’s out! Steve...
Perfume Genius has shared a cover of Radiohead’s 2007 track ‘4 Minute Warning’ – listen below. READ MORE: Perfume Genius: “I’ve been ‘Fuck you’ my whole life, but I’ve found a new way to do it” The cover, which was recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios, is part of Spotify’s ‘Live at Electric Lady’ series. Perfume Genius – real name Michael Hadreas – takes on the ‘In Rainbows’ track, with the EP also including versions of ‘Whole Life’ and ‘On The Floor’ from 2020’s ‘Set My Heart on Fire Immediately’, and ‘Photograph’ from his new album ‘Ugly Season’. Advertisement...
Drake and 21 Savage have been ordered to stop using a fake Vogue cover story to promote their collaborative album ‘Her Loss’. READ MORE: Drake and 21 Savage – ‘Her Loss’ review: exciting prospect marred by lazy songwriting A judge ruled in favour of publisher Condé Nast today (November 10), issuing a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the two rappers according to Billboard. The judge stated that the fake cover was likely violating the publisher’s trademarks because Drake and 21 were “misleading consumers” and “deceiving the public.” They added: “Issuance of the requested temporary restraining order is in the public...
Fever Ray has announced plans for a new album and shared the track ‘Carbon Dioxide’ from the forthcoming record. READ MORE: The Knife – ‘Shaken Up Versions’ – review Karin Dreijer, former member of The Knife, last released music under their Fever Ray moniker in the form of 2017 album ‘Plunge’. That record followed on from Dreijer’s 2009 self-titled debut. The new album ‘Radical Romantics’, which also features Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, was co-written/co-produced by Fever Ray alongside their brother/ex-Knife bandmate Olof Dreijer. Advertisement They have also shared new track ‘Carbon Dioxide’, which follows the first taster from...
Jamie T has shared the music video for ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ track ’90s Cars’ – watch below. READ MORE: Jamie T live at Glastonbury 2022: indie national treasure returns in a blaze of glory His fifth studio album was announced in April this year, when the artist shared a short trailer. In the clip, the South London singer-songwriter is seen filming himself reading from a brief from his management and sharing snippets from the record. In the video for ’90s Cars’, directed by Niall Trask, he is seen being driven around London, bloody and bruised. In other clips, he’s...
The lawyer in charge of the BBC‘s independent inquiry investigating the conduct of Tim Westwood during his time at the corporation, has extended the deadline for evidence. The inquiry was originally launched in August and is set to last six months. At the time the BBC acknowledged that six allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct were received against the former Radio 1 DJ, one of which was handed over to police. That was despite the corporation’s Director General Tim Davie saying in a statement made back in April that “no evidence of complaints” had been found. Four more allegations in...