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Black Veil Brides announce dates for 2023 UK tour
Black Veil Brides have shared dates for their upcoming 2023 UK tour. READ MORE: Horns up! What’s driving film and TV’s metal revival? Due to kick off at the UEA in Norwich on February 14, the tour will see see the Californian metal band perform across nine locations before wrapping up at Troxy in London. Tickets will be available to purchase here from Friday (October 28). Tickets on sale this Friday Oct 28!?????Feb 14 – NorwichFeb 15 – BristolFeb 16 – Birmingham Feb 18 – Nottingham Feb 19 – Newcastle Feb 20 – Glasgow Feb 22 – Manchester Feb...
Phoebe Bridgers joins Andrew Bird on new single ‘I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain’
Andrew Bird and Phoebe Bridgers have shared a new collaborative single, ‘I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain’. The new track was inspired by an Emily Dickinson poem, according to Bird, who described the latter as “the most vivid description of an inner world I’ve ever encountered.” ‘I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain’ is the singer’s first new material since his album ‘Inside Problems’ came out in June this year, though Bird says it provided an “inspiration” for the songs on that record. Advertisement “Who better to sing it with than Phoebe Bridgers? I sent her a demo...
bbno$ announces UK and Ireland shows for 2023
bbno$ has unveiled the dates for his UK and Ireland shows taking place in spring 2023. READ MORE: bbno$: “Everyone’s too serious and there’s too much negativity in the world” The dates are part of the Canadian rapper’s BBNOEURO tour, and will see him perform in London on April 4, before heading to Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin. Tickets will be available to purchase here on Friday (November 28). WHO COMING?tickets on sale friday pic.twitter.com/xnm9mLF4pN — bbno$ ??? (@bbnomula) October 24, 2022 Advertisement The viral artist’s tour announcement comes days after he released his latest album, ‘Bag Or Die’, which dropped...
Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha teams up with Algiers for new single
Algiers have announced details of their new album, as well as sharing the record’s latest single, a collaboration with Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha. READ MORE: Algiers are the vital, indefinable rock band asking “what’s it like to be a human being at the end of the world?” The new album will feature a host of big name assists, including Future Islands singer Samuel T. Herring and Boy Harsher‘s Jae Matthews. Speaking on ‘Irreversible Damage’, the band’s new single, Algiers frontman Franklin James Fisher said: “The end of that song is the sound of joy....
Crazy Town hit out at “fucking poor excuse of a drummer” ex-bandmate
Crazy Town have posted a lengthy social media rant criticising their former drummer, Roland Banks. After joining Crazy Town in 2017, Banks left the band earlier this year following a fallout with Seth Binzer (also known as Shifty Shellshock) – who leads the group on his own alongside a revolving line-up. The split has now come to a head with Binzer taking to Instagram last night (October 25) to denounce Banks, calling him a “no chance 45 year old EMO screamo drug dealing bitch ass”. Advertisement “So this fucking poor excuse for a drummer was only ever in [Crazy...
Avril Lavigne drops out of When We Were Young Festival, Death Cab and Underoath join bill
Avril Lavigne will not be performing at this weekend’s When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas, as previously advertised. READ MORE: When We Were Young 2022 – all the action from the pop-punk festival in nostalgic photos The 2022 festival, described as “an epic line-up of emo and rock bands from the past two decades”, was announced earlier this year with My Chemical Romance and Paramore topping the bill. The event got off to a difficult start over the weekend, after the first day (October 22) was cancelled due to weather warnings and resulting safety fears. But day two of the festival went ahead without a...
Check out behind the scenes moments from MICHELLE and Sarah Kinsley’s Brooklyn Sound gig
In partnership with Brooklyn Brewery NME and Brooklyn Brewery have officially revived New York City’s live music series, Brooklyn Sound. The three-show event kicked off on October 12 at Elsewhere, with Brooklyn’s own Nation of Language and Infinite Coles taking the stage for a sold-out show. Last night (October 25) the series continued at the Bell House with sets from MICHELLE and Sarah Kinsley. Check out behind-the-scenes moments shot by Sam Keeler for NME below. Advertisement Since its inception in 2018, Brooklyn Sound has featured artists such as Ho99o9, Lightning Bolt, and former NME cover stars, Sunflower Bean throughout its events. The newest iteration of the...
Tyson Fury to release debut solo single to raise money for men’s mental health charity
Tyson Fury has announced he will be releasing his first ever single to raise money for a men’s mental health charity. The two-time world heavyweight champion is due to officially share a cover of Neil Diamond‘s classic single, ‘Sweet Caroline’, with 100 per cent of the profits going to Talk Club – a charity which offers talking groups, sports groups and other therapy for men. Fury’s cover will arrive on November 11 ahead of the Fifa World Cup in Qatar which begins on November 20. “Sweet Caroline is a record I’ve always loved and I’m excited to record and...
Watch Avril Lavigne let Yungblud give her a haircut
Avril Lavigne has shared a video on Instagram of Yungblud cutting her hair – watch below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Yungblud: “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature” Both musicians posted the video, which shows Lavigne sitting on a toilet with Yungblud behind her. “I need a beer,” Lavigne says at the start of the video as Yungblud grabs a chunk of her hair. “Are you ready? Are you nervous?” He then asks, before cutting her hair. Though it appears to be her extensions and not her actual hair that he’s cutting, Lavigne exclaims “Oh...Recent Posts
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