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Wide Awake festival 2023: Ty Segall, Osees, A Place To Bury Strangers and more in first wave of acts
Wide Awake festival organisers have confirmed its return to London next year, with the first wave of acts including Ty Segall, Osees and A Place To Bury Strangers. READ MORE: Wide Awake in London: genre-defying sounds of the underground and a timeless headliner The event, which won the Best Small Festival award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, is again held south of Brixton in Brockwell Park. It takes place on May 27, 2023. Joining the aforementioned acts are: Erol Alkan, Arooj Aftab, Habibi Funk, Sunset Rollercoaster, Gilla Band, Lebanon Hanover, Glass Beams, Madmadmad and Σstella. Advertisement Early bird...
Steve Lacy lands first Number One with ‘Bad Habit’
Steve Lacy has secured his first Number One single on the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Bad Habit’. The Internet guitarist released the hit single, which features on his second solo album ‘Gemini Rights’, at the end of June and it debuted in the top 100 in July. ‘Bad Habits’ spent four weeks at Number Two behind Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ before knocking it off the top spot yesterday (October 3). Advertisement Celebrating the achievement on Instagram, Lacy wrote: “damn i ain’t even have to change fr. we #1 babyyyyy. july 11th was my first entry at 100 and...
South Korean defence minister says it is “desirable” that BTS carry out military service
South Korean defence minister Lee Jong-sup has expressed his reluctance toward exempting members of boyband BTS from compulsory military service. READ MORE: Inside the V&A museum’s new Korean culture exhibition, ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ On October 4 at the National Defence Committee’s interpellation session, Lee was asked for his opinion on a bill proposed by Kim Young-bae of the Democratic Party of Korea last month, which aims to allow pop celebrities like BTS, who have received merits from the government, to serve an alternative form of military service. According to KoreaJoongAngDaily, the defence minister stated that it is “desirable that...
Elton John announces final 2023 UK arena dates of ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour
Elton John has added two more dates to the final leg of his global ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” The pop legend will now play new dates at the The O2 Arena in London on May 30, 2023 and the Utilita Arena Birmingham on June 8, 2023. His tour restarts in Europe at the 3Arena in Dublin on March 28, 2023 following the completion of his stadium tour dates in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Earlier this summer he kicked off some...
SZA says she’s not in a rush to release second album: “I don’t have any deadlines”
SZA has opened up about the progress of her long-awaited second album, but made it clear that she’s in no rush to release it. READ MORE: SZA – ‘Ctrl’ review: TDE protégé makes a huge statement with her debut “I don’t even know what this album is about and what it sounds like,” the singer said during a recent interview with Complex. “Which is why I had to go to the mode of what feels good to my brain and to my energy and the songs that I think are hot, I just have to go with them.” SZA went...
Kendrick Lamar announces 10th anniversary reissue for ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’
Kendrick Lamar has announced a reissue of his acclaimed second album, ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’, celebrating its 10th anniversary with new physical version featuring a minimalistic cover and unique colourways. READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar live at Glastonbury 2022: thought-provoking rapper takes the Pyramid Stage Physical copies of the new edition will start shipping out on October 21, one day shy of the album’s initial release date in 2012. It’ll be available on CD, matte grey cassette and two-disc vinyl (in a translucent “black ice” pressing), with the lattermost option also available to buy with the original cover art. The new...
Kevin Abstract confirms new Brockhampton album coming soon
Brockhampton leader Kevin Abstract has reassured the group’s followers that a new album is indeed on the way, and will be released before the end of 2022. READ MORE: Brockhampton live in London: a fitting farewell from the trailblazing boyband As confirmed earlier this year, the group’s seventh album will be their final outing. They revealed back in January that 2022 would be their last year active as a group, with farewell shows being held at this year’s Coachella. It was there that Brockhampton announced their last album, following the news up shortly thereafter with a teaser trailer. June saw...
Artists respond after Kanye West wears ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt at Paris Fashion Week
After making his catwalk debut at Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show over the weekend, Kanye West introduced his latest Yeezy line with his Yzy Season 9 event on Monday. READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs During the live-streamed presentation, the rapper wore a longsleeve shirt with the words “White Lives Matter” emblazoned on the back. As Rolling Stone points out, the phrase – an appropriation of the Black Lives Matter slogan used to protest racial injustice, discrimination and police brutality – has been adopted by white supremacist organisations in recent years, and...
Emo supergroup L.S. Dunes announce UK tour for 2023
Emo supergroup L.S. Dunes have announced their first ever UK tour in January 2023. The band is set to play across four cities in the UK, alongside special guests which are yet to be announced. “UK Lost Souls – They said it wasn’t a good time to come visit but we say fUK the dollar and fUK the pound – let’s dance!” the band said in a statement. “We would NEVER leave our UK Lost Souls alone, so here we come. Mainland Europe – should we visit you also? If so where?” Advertisement L.S. Dunes – fronted by Circa Survive‘s...Recent Posts
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