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Hit The Lights guitarist Kyle Maite dies aged 37

Hit The Lights guitarist Kyle Maite has died at the age of 37. The Ohio pop-punk band shared the news on their social media pages on Friday (September 23), writing: “It is with the heaviest hearts we at HTL have to announce the passing of our brother, friend and guitarist Kyle Maite. “He left us on Tuesday morning , and everything is different now. Our lives have lost a glow. He is survived by his amazing wife and two beautiful children, and it’s absolutely unbearable to think about life without him here.” The statement continued: “We’re all a...
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Arctic Monkeys to perform on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ this week

Arctic Monkeys are set to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week. READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys live in Brooklyn: their next era has truly begun The band filmed the performance while in New York to play an intimate “phone-free” concert at the 3,000-capacity Kings Theatre in Brooklyn recently. It came after recent slots at Primavera Sound Los Angeles and Life Is Beautiful in Las Vegas. Davey Latter, AM’s percussionist and drum tech, confirmed the group’s Fallon appearance on his Instagram Stories feed last Tuesday (September 20). He shared a behind-the-scenes image from the set, writing: “Tomorrow night,...
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will.i.am claims he inspired Beyoncé to release ‘Break My Soul’ remix EP

Will.i.am has claimed he was the inspiration behind Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ remix EP. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joy Earlier this year, Beyoncé released a four-track EP featuring remixes of the ‘Renaissance’ track from the likes of Honey Dijon, Terry Hunter and Nita Aviance. According to will.i.am though, the whole thing would never have happened without him. Speaking to Metro, he said: “I was in France and her song (‘Break My Soul’) came out and I’m like, ‘I wish the beat did this.’ So I called my collab partner and we...
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BLACKPINK become the first female K-pop act to top the Billboard 200 with ‘Born Pink’

BLACKPINK have become the first female K-pop act to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. READ MORE: BLACKPINK – ‘Born Pink’ review: K-pop titans consolidate their identity On September 25, Billboard revealed that the quartet’s sophomore studio album ‘Born Pink’ had debuted at the top of its weekly Billboard 200 albums chart for the week ending September 22. This makes BLACKPINK the first female K-pop act ever, as well as the first all-female group since 2008, to do so. The record reportedly earned 102,000 equivalent album units in its release week, of which 75,500 comprised album...
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Primus respond to Willow’s cover of their 2022 track ‘Conspiranoia’

Primus figurehead Les Claypool has responded to Willow covering their 2022 song ‘Conspiranoia’. READ MORE: Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different” Willow posted her take on the ‘Conspiranoid’ song to Instagram earlier this week alongside the caption “I fucking love Primus. If you haven’t listened to <Conspiranoid> … that’s a big issue.” Primus’ Claypool then responded, writing: “Fine guitar pickin’ there young fiery lass”. Advertisement Willow replied, saying “I’m shitting my pants with gratitude rn” and changed her Instagram name to Fiery Young Lass. View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
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MAMAMOO to return as a full group with new mini-album ‘Mic ON’ next month

K-pop quartet MAMAMOO will be making their highly anticipated return in October. READ MORE: Hwasa: “I’m still in the phase of trying to find a balance and trying to feel alive” On September 27 at midnight KST, RBW Entertainment unveiled a teaser poster announcing the girl group’s forthcoming return. Titled ‘Mic ON’, MAMAMOO’s 12th mini-album will be released on October 11 at 6PM KST. “MAMAMOO has turned on its mics and is ready to make some noise,” the agency said of the record’s title, per Korea JoongAng Daily. Details such as the record’s tracklist are expected in the coming...
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Watch Lewis Capaldi cover Britney Spears’ ‘Everytime’ for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge

Lewis Capaldi covered Britney Spears‘ 2003 single ‘Everytime’ in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge earlier today (September 26). READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Lewis Capaldi: “I make jokes because I’m comfortable with who I am” The track featured on Spears’ fourth studio album ‘In The Zone’ which also featured her huge hit ‘Toxic’. Capadli was joined by a pianist and a string section for his take on the track, which you can view below. Advertisement The singer-songwriter also performed comeback single ‘Forget Me’, which recently went straight to Number One in the UK singles chart and came complete with a...
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Metallica announce special concert featuring only ‘Kill ‘Em All’ and ‘Ride The Lightning’ songs

Metallica have announced a special tribute concert to a late couple who originally signed the band. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Metallica’s Kirk Hammett The metal veterans will honour Jonny and Marsha Zazula, the couple that signed the quartet to their Megaforce Records label, the imprint that put out both 1983 debut ‘Kill ‘Em All’ and its 1984 follow-up, ‘Ride The Lightning’, with a show at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, on November 6. The concert will see the band only perform tracks from those two albums and will be opened by Raven, who Metallica...
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Olivia Rodrigo honours Alanis Morissette as “most incredible human being” at Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame

Olivia Rodrigo hailed Alanis Morissette as the “most incredible human being” at the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame at the weekend. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo live at Glastonbury 2022: a career and festival defining moment The 19-year-old pop star took to the stage at Massey Hall in Toronto on Saturday (September 24) to induct Morissette. Referring to how the latter’s 1995 album ‘Jagged Little Pill’ changed Rodrigo’s life at 13, the former said (via ET Canada): “My life was completely changed. Alanis’ songwriting was unlike anything I’d ever heard before and I haven’t heard anything quite like it since. And that...
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Four Tet announces two immersive light shows at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2023

Four Tet has announced two immersive shows at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2023. The producer and DJ – aka Kieran Hebden – will be performing at the venue on May 24 and 25 for a show which boasts “42,000+ immersive hanging lights and full exemplary surround sound for an experience like no other”, courtesy of Squidsoup. Limited tickets for the shows can be registered through Ticketmaster Request here now until midnight this Sunday (October 2). Advertisement Requests will be confirmed on October 4 before tickets go on general sale at 10am BST on October 6. You will be able...