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Milton Keynes’ “crucial” grassroots music venues to receive £40,000 council funding
Milton Keynes City Council has allocated £40,000 to support grassroots music venues in the city. Read More: The ticket levy that could save grassroots venues and artists: what happens next? The Craufurd Arms, MK11, The Stables and Unit Nine are the venues to benefit, and the money will be used to put on new DJ nights and free shows, while providing platforms for emerging talent in the area. Advertisement The Craufurd Arms intends to use the cash on a programme of live showcases for local bands, while MK11 will host a run of free gigs to make live music more...
Jazzy teams up with Bohemian FC for ’90s-inspired 2026 women’s away kit
Jazzy has teamed up with Dublin’s Bohemian FC for its 2026 women’s away kit. Find all the details below. The Dublin-based DJ and former NME Cover star – who also featured in last year’s NME 100 – unveiled the jersey for the league of Ireland’s oldest football club today (Tuesday March 24). Advertisement It boasts the iconic Jazzy logo on a two-tone orange pattern, with ’90s-inspired styling and sublimated music wave patterns. The shirt, designed in-house by Bohemian FC in collaboration with Jazzy, also features a black collar and sleeve trims. The exclusive jersey was manufactured by the Irish...
Love Music Hate Racism share statement after former Zutons guitarist Boyan Chowdhury “attacked by a gang of lads” in Liverpool
*Warning: discriminatory language ahead* Love Music Hate Racism have shared a statement after the former Zutons guitarist Boyan Chowdhury suffered a racist attack in Liverpool. On Sunday (March 22), Chowdhury posted on Instagram to reveal that he had sustained a significant blow to his head by a “gang of lads” on Saturday afternoon in the Wavertree area of the city, which split his head open “down to the skull”. Chowdhury wrote: “I was racially attacked by a gang of lads yesterday afternoon. Got called a PAKI, SAND NIGGER and DIRTY ARAB. Then one of ran at me from the side with a two foot long piece of wood....
Courtney Love shares update on her “blossoming appreciation” of Geese and running into their “gatekeeper elder millennial troll fans”: “I’m a cool old lady who likes a band get off my back”
Courtney Love has shared an update on her growing “appreciation” for Geese, and jokingly told “gatekeeper” fans of theirs to “get off my back”. The Hole icon took to Instagram last month to reveal that she was becoming a fan of the NYC indie-rockers, and decided to check them out after seeing all the hype surrounding them and their latest album ‘Getting Killed’ – saying that it made her “Geese-curious”. Advertisement After first praising the deep, soulful vocal style of frontman Cameron Winter as something “you can’t fake”, she has gone on to share another update – revealing that...
PinkPantheress reveals she produced ‘Tonight’ using only her MacBook keyboard
PinkPantheress has revealed in a TikTok post that she produced ‘Tonight’ using only her MacBook keyboard. The former NME Cover star released the song as the lead single from her second mixtape ‘Fancy That’ in April last year, with the singer producing the track alongside Aksel Arvid and Count Baldor. Advertisement In a post on TikTok earlier this month, the musician – who won the BRIT Award for Producer Of The Year this month – showed fans how she put the track together. “Everyone’s been so cute about my production, so I’m going to show you how I made my song ‘Tonight’ off of ‘Fancy That’,” she said. “The first...
Check out Bob Dylan’s first time cover of Eddie Cochran’s ‘Nervous Breakdown’
Bob Dylan covered Eddie Cochran’s ‘Nervous Breakdown’ for the first time ever at his first ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ 2026 show. The legendary singer-songwriter has been playing shows on the tour since November 2021 and the most recent leg kicked off at the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday night (March 21). Advertisement As noted by Rolling Stone, the set saw Dylan make adjustments to the familiar setlist and stage setup from previous legs of the tour, including a switch to acoustic guitars over electric and a keyboard over his usual grand piano. He also played Cochran’s 1958 rock’n’roll classic ‘Nervous Breakdown’ for the first time in his career, and while phones...
Olivia Rodrigo says “experimental” new album is full of “sad love songs”
Olivia Rodrigo has teased that her “experimental” new album will be full of “sad love songs”. Speculation has been mounting this week that the singer is gearing up to release new music, with cryptic pink album teasers having been discovered by fans in Los Angeles and London. Advertisement Rodrigo released her last album ‘Guts’ in 2023, itself the follow-up to her critically acclaimed breakthrough record ‘Sour’ two years earlier. Since then, she has played countless huge headline shows, including her Pyramid Stage headline set at Glastonbury 2025, where she brought out The Cure’s Robert Smith as a special guest. The singer has now been...
Neil Diamond announces release of third and final Rick Rubin collab album ‘Wild At Heart’
Neil Diamond has announced his third and final album collaboration with Rick Rubin, ‘Wild At Heart’, and shared the title track. The veteran songwriter has found critical and commercial success with his previous records alongside Rubin – 2005’s ‘12 Songs’ and 2008’s ‘Home Before Dark’. Advertisement The songs that now make up ‘Wild At Heart’ were initially recorded during the ‘Home Before Dark’ sessions, and now Diamond has revisited the material, fleshing out nine new songs that will now be released for the first time, as well as an alternate take of ‘Home Before Dark’ track ‘Forgotten’. The album will be released on...
Paul McCartney says he rekindled friendship with John Lennon over parenting and baking bread before he died
Paul McCartney revealed how he was able to rebuild his friendship with John Lennon before the latter’s death. READ MORE: ‘Paul McCartney: Man On The Run’ review: the endearing tale of how a Beatle found his Wings The topic came up in a new clip from the musician’s installment of the Audible series Words + Music, titled ‘The Man on the Run’. The three-hour episode features extended interviews between McCartney and Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, as well as new performances from McCartney. Advertisement McCartney reflected on how he and John Lennon became close again in the years after the Beatles’ tumultuous split. A key...Recent Posts
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