King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared ‘Hate Dancin”, the lead single from their 23rd studio album (and third this month) ‘Changes’. The song follows on from the release of their album ‘Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava’ on October 7, and its follow-up ‘Laminated Denim’ just five days later on October 12. In a press statement about the song, frontman Stu Mackenzie offered a succinct, one-sentence description: “I started writing a song about how I hate dancing, but then I realised that I love dancing.” To Mackenzie’s point, the music video for ‘Hate Dancin” depicts him...
Nicki Minaj and Latto have gotten into an online feud following a dispute about their hit songs. Over the weekend, Nicki took to social media to voice her disapproval about her single, “Super Freaky Girl”, reportedly being considered for the 2023 GRAMMYs’ pop categories, despite submitting the song to be included in the rap categories. In making her point, she said that Latto’s “Big Energy” should also be removed from rap categories. Advertisement “I have no prob being moved out the RAP category as long as we r ALL being treated fairly,” she tweeted. “If SFG has 2B moved...
Kelly Clarkson has enlisted Dwayne Johnson for a duet, with the pair paying tribute to the late Loretta Lynn on The Kelly Clarkson Show. READ MORE: Loretta Lynn: A trailblazer for women in country music who did it her way Johnson was a guest on the show to promote his new movie Black Adam, and joined Clarkson for her popular ‘Kellyoke’ segment – where she covers a song to open the episode. Clarkson and Johnson sang ‘Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)’, Lynn’s 1967 single that was also the first of hers to top the Billboard country chart....
Phoebe Bridgers will appear at two screenings of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas with live musical accompaniment at London’s OVO Arena Wembley in December, in which she will provide the voice of Sally. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Danny Elfman In addition to Bridgers, Danny Elfman – who composed the music, lyrics and score for the 1993 film, and voiced protagonist Jack Skellington – will voice Skellington once again for the screenings. Original cast member Ken Page, who voiced Oogie Boogie in the film, will also reprise his role. Other who are set to provide vocals for...
Avenged Sevenfold have said their 2013 album ‘Hail To The King’ “cut a little too close” to Metallica. READ MORE: Avenged Sevenfold – ‘The Stage’ review The album went platinum and earned the band two number one singles, but it was often criticised for sounding too much like Metallica. Now, in a social media post, frontman M. Shadows has admitted that the album did cut “too close” to the band in response to a fan post online. Advertisement Shadows said on social media: “‘Hail to the King’ (the song) streams more than double any other tracks we have weekly. The...
Emily Eavis has spoken out about today’s (October 17) Glastonbury ticket price increase in a new post on social media. READ MORE: Glastonbury Festival 2022 – review: camping, killer tunes and catharsis on Worthy Farm Earlier today, it was revealed that tickets for next year’s event will cost £335 plus a £5 booking fee – an increase of £55. In 2022, the tickets cost £280 plus a £5 booking fee. When the tickets originally went on sale in 2020 they were priced at £265, but the cancellation of the festival plus inflation led to an increase. Now, in a statement, Eavis...
A post on Taylor Swift’s website has confirmed that a UK ‘Midnights’ tour is happening. READ MORE: Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness Fans who pre-order her new album from the official UK store will receive a pre-sale code access “for forthcoming and yet to be announced Taylor Swift show dates” according to a post on Swift’s website. The post continued: “If you have already pre-ordered via this store you are automatically eligible too receive a code for access to the pre-sale and do not need to order again.” Advertisement The post went on to say that pre-sale...
A Certain Ratio‘s Jez Kerr has opened up about his sexuality in a lengthy post on social media. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Jez Kerr, A Certain Ratio Writing that he is “bisexual and crossdressing has been a part of my life from an early age”, Kerr went on to say: “I know this isn’t exactly a big deal in 2022, but it is something that I’ve only just managed to deal with and I hope by sharing, it might help someone else. “After a long period of illness, I’ve had a lot of time to...
Kanye West has hit out at Pete Davidson in his latest controversial interview. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? Heading back to the Drink Champs podcast, which he appeared on over the weekend, West referred to his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s former boyfriend Pete Davidson as a “heroin addict”. Speaking with rapper N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, West hit out at “the 78 media outlets that called me an abuser when I was tryna get that heroin addict away from my kids that was tattooing my kids’ names on him,...
After recently being suspended by Twitter and Instagram, Kanye West now looks set to buy the ‘free speech’ platform Parler. Kanye’s agreement with Parler was announced in a press statement from the social media company today (October 17). “Parlement Technologies announced today that it has entered into an agreement in principle to sell Parler, the world’s pioneering uncancelable free speech platform, to Ye (formerly known as Kanye West),” the statement reads. Advertisement “Ye has become the richest Black man in history through music and apparel and is taking a bold stance against his recent censorship from Big Tech, using...
