Tom Grennan has been praised for his efforts to make tickets for his 2023 UK arena tour as low as possible. “The pinch is real, and I take it very seriously,” the singer said. Last month, Grennan announced the biggest headline dates of his career alongside details of new album ‘What Ifs & Maybes’. He’ll play 10 arena gigs around the UK next March. After tickets went on sale this morning (October 7), fans and fellow musicians have been quick to praise the low pricing for the shows. Advertisement One fan, Sinead, tweeted Grennan after buying tickets, saying: “I...
The UK host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is set to be announced this evening (October 7). Last month, it was confirmed that either Glasgow or Liverpool will be staging next year’s event on behalf of Eurovision 2022 winners Ukraine. A shortlist of seven potential cities was announced in August before organisers whittled it down to two. READ MORE: Sam Ryder on his debut album and life after Eurovision: “Who knows what will happen next?” Yesterday (October 6), BBC Eurovision commentator Graham Norton told Chris Evans on Virgin Radio that he would be “discussing where Eurovision is going...
Elton John and Prince Harry are among those who have launched legal proceedings against Daily Mail publishers Associated Newspapers for what they describe as “gross breaches of privacy”. Associated Newspapers has denied the allegations. The group also includes John’s husband – filmmaker David Furnish – along with actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence. Law firm Hamlins are representing Harry and Frost, with gunnercooke representing John, Furnish, Hurley and Lawrence. In a statement shared by the BBC, Hamlins allege that those they were representing had been victims of “abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy”....
Kanye West‘s tumultuous partnership with Adidas is reportedly “under review” according to new reports. West partnered with Adidas under the Yeezy banner in late 2013, with their first collection debuting in 2015. Under the terms of West’s contract with Adidas, the rapper retains full ownership of the Yeezy brand, and has complete creative control over the products released through the brand. Over the past year though, Kanye has accused Adidas of a number of wrongs, including allegedly creating Yeezy Day, the annual day in which the brand releases some of its most anticipated Yeezy sneaker drops, without his personal...
Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale has spoken to NME about the grunge veterans’ post pandemic album ‘The Art Of Survival’ – which shines a light on the “destruction of women’s rights, the planet and the rise of AI”. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Bush’s Gavin Rossdale Like many musicians who were aghast at the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – which ensured abortion will no longer be protected as a federal right in the US for the first time since 1973 – Rossdale also felt the denial of women’s rights to an abortion “was the fucking weirdest...
IIggy Pop has covered Leonard Cohen‘s ‘You Want It Darker’ – listen to the atmospheric rendition of the track below. READ MORE: What we learned about Leonard Cohen from making a documentary of his life The track is the latest preview ‘Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen’, a new tribute album to the late star that will be released next week (October 14). The album will feature covers from the likes of Norah Jones, James Taylor, Nathaniel Rateliff, Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples and more. It’s been produced by Larry Klein and will feature 12 tracks from across his career...
Pledis Entertainment has shared a notice outlining fan etiquette rules after what it describes as “multiple cases of violation” of SEVENTEEN’s personal information and space. READ MORE: The 15 best K-pop songs of 2022 – so far On October 6, Pledis Entertainment uploaded a notice regarding fan etiquette on the group’s official Weverse page. In it, the agency highlighted several examples and instances where SEVENTEEN’s privacy and safety had been violated by fans, followed by a list of fan etiquette rules and consequences of violating them. “Recently when SEVENTEEN leaves and enters Korea and other countries, there have been...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has shared his thoughts on the “White Lives Matter” t-shirt worn by Kanye West at his recent Yeezy show for Paris Fashion Week. West has faced significant backlash for wearing a shirt with the phrase – an appropriation of the Black Lives Matter slogan used to protest racial injustice, discrimination and police brutality – along with models who walked at the show, and conservative pundit Candace Owens. Now, Diddy has taken to Instagram in response to West’s attire, disagreeing with its message. Diddy – who collaborated with West on Ty Dolla $ign’s 2015 song ‘Guard Down’...
Japanese Breakfast (aka Michelle Zauner) has shared a cover of Brandi Carlile’s slow-burning track, ‘The Story’. Hear the song below. READ MORE: Japanese Breakfast: “This year is about enjoying myself – my number one job is to have fun” ‘The Story’ was originally released by Carlile in 2017, as part of her album by the same name. Zauner’s version was recorded as part of a new campaign for clothing brand, the North Face and was recorded at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios. “It’s a bit intimidating because there’s a lot of belting, which is typically not my wheelhouse,” Zauner told...
Dream Theater have revealed that they are planning on entering the studio to record their sixteenth studio album in late 2023. In a new interview with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, guitarist John Petrucci spoke about the band’s plans for 2023 and his solo tour with former bandmate Mike Portnoy. Petrucci released his second solo album ‘Terminal Velocity’ in August. “Dream Theater is gonna continue touring in 2023,” he said when asked about the band’s upcoming plans. “Just like everybody else, we were shut down for two years and have a lot of catching up to do. We’re supporting...
