Nightwish singer Floor Jansen, who has fronted the Finnish symphonic metal band for almost a decade, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Jansen disclosed the news in a letter to fans that was shared to Twitter yesterday (October 26), saying she was diagnosed a little over two weeks ago and will undergo surgery today to remove the tumour. “My prognosis is very good,” Jansen wrote. “It seems to be a non-aggressive cancer, which seems to not have spread. I will keep my breast. And I will be cancer free after this surgery, plus a local...
Adele has shared a new music video for ‘I Drink Wine’, a song lifted from her 2021 album ‘30’. READ MORE: Adele – ‘30’ album review: dependable pop titan finally mixes things up The seven-minute video was directed by Joe Talbot, and follows the singer-songwriter as she floats leisurely down a river with the titular beverage in-hand. Along the way, Adele meets a group of synchronised swimmers and courts a riverside fisherman, before emerging solo from the water beside a bed of floating flowers. Poet and author Olivia Gatwood and actor Jimmie Fails also make cameo appearances in the...
Drake and 21 Savage have announced that their collaborative album ‘Her Loss’ has been pushed back by a week after Drake’s longtime producer Noah “40” Shebib contracted COVID-19 while working on the album. READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover provides long-overdue career boost In a post shared to both artists Instagram stories, it was revealed that Shebib had contracted COVID while mixing and mastering the record and is “resting up”. As a result, the album – which was set to arrive tomorrow (October 28) – will now be released a week later on November 4....
A representative for ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ singer Jerry Lee Lewis has confirmed that he is alive and well after false reports of his death emerged. On Wednesday (October 26), TMZ published a story claiming that Lewis had died at his home in Memphis, following a period of illness. Earlier this month, Lewis was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame but was too ill with the flu to attend the ceremony, with Kris Kristofferson accepting the honour in Lewis’ place. A representative for the singer has since confirmed to Page Six that Lewis is “alive” and that TMZ...
Mötley Crüe have announced that guitarist Mick Mars will no longer tour with the band, citing his degenerative disease as the reason. The announcement came in the form of a statement to Variety, where the band confirmed that Mars will step down in a touring capacity – although, they noted, he will remain an official member of the group for both in-studio and legal purposes. “Due to his ongoing painful struggle with Ankylosing Spondylitis (A.S.), he will no longer be able to tour with the band,” the statement read. “Mick will continue as a member of the band, but can...
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...
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$ 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...
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 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...