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Dolly Parton performs Jolene with Judas Priest’s Rob Halford at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony
Dolly Parton performed ‘Jolene’ with Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony last night (November 5) – see footage below. The singer was inducted into the prodigious class alongside Eminem, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie and more at the Saturday night ceremony in Los Angeles. Another act to be inducted were Judas Priest, who performed a three-song set on the night in which they reunited with former guitarist K.K. Downing and drummer and ex-member Les Binks. Frontman Halford then returned to the stage to perform ‘Jolene’ with Parton as part of her performance. Advertisement “I’m a...
Nick Carter pays tribute to late brother Aaron: “Addiction and mental illness is the real villain”
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter has paid tribute to his late brother Aaron, who passed away this week aged 34. Carter’s representatives confirmed his passing on Saturday (November 5) shortly after it spread in reports that he was found dead in his Californian home. His house sitter reportedly found him unresponsive in his bath sometime after 11am, when police received a call from them. Since news of Carter’s death broke, tributes have poured in from across the music industry and beyond, with New Kids On The Block, Diane Warren, Melissa Joan Hart and more all sharing their condolences and memories...
Gorillaz share ‘Baby Queen’, inspired by a stagediving Thai princess
Gorillaz have shared another preview of their new album – listen to the woozy ‘Baby Queen’ below. READ MORE: ‘Gorillaz’ at 20: how Damon Albarn’s virtual band shaped music history The cartoon band will release new album ‘Cracker Island’ on February 24, 2023 via Parlophone (pre-order here) and announced the record recently by sharing latest single ‘New Gold’, featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown. ‘Baby Queen’, the latest preview of the record, was inspired by a Blur gig from 1997 which was attended by a stagediving Thai princess. Advertisement Damon Albarn explained the origins of the song in a recent interview with the Los...
Low vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker has died
Mimi Parker, vocalist and drummer for acclaimed US indie duo Low, has died. Parker, who formed the slowcore band with her husband Alan Sparhawk in 1993, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in late 2020. In August, the band cancelled a string of shows due to “recent developments and changes” in Parker’s treatment, with all 2022 dates then cancelled last month. Taking to Twitter today (November 6), Sparhawk confirmed the news of Parker’s death. He wrote: “Friends, it’s hard to put the universe into language and into a short message, but She passed away last night, surrounded by family and love,...
Poppy cancels several European headline shows due to “current climate”
Poppy has announced that a majority of her upcoming European headline shows have been cancelled due to the “current climate of the world”. READ MORE: Poppy on her new EP ‘Stagger’: “I just feel like it’s a mini-chapter in my life” Originally scheduled to take place in 2020 in support of her third album ‘I Disagree’, Poppy’s UK and European headline run has been postponed several times due to COVID. Earlier this year, it was confirmed to go ahead in November before a support slot with The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction forced her to push the European headline...
Shygirl announces 2022 and 2023 ‘Nymph’ world tour dates
Shygirl has announced 2022 and 2023 world tour dates behind her debut album ‘Nymph’ – see the dates below. READ MORE: Shygirl – ‘Nymph’ review: pop rulebreaker shines with a little help from her friends The dates begin next month in the UK, with gigs in London and Manchester, before the pop star will head to mainland Europe for a handful of shows. December and January will then see her head to Australia, before playing a series of headline dates across the United States and Canada in March and April of 2023. Advertisement General sale tickets are available from...
Maggie Rogers and Phoebe Bridgers re-release Goo Goo Dolls cover for abortion rights
Maggie Rogers and Phoebe Bridgers re-released their cover of Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ to raise money for abortion rights charity, the Brigid Alliance. READ MORE: Maggie Rogers: “Choice is the greatest sense of freedom” On Friday, both Rogers and Bridgers announced that their take on Goo Goo Dolls’ 1998 breakout track would be available once more on Bandcamp for 24 hours, with all proceeds going to the Brigid Alliance. “Pay what you want,” said the artists in a joint Instagram post. “Everything goes to the Brigid Alliance – an organisation that helps provide travel, food, lodging and childcare support...
Dave Chappelle to host next week’s SNL’ with Black Star as musical guests
Dave Chapelle is set to return to hosting duties on Saturday Night Live next weekend (November 12), with the recently reunited Black Star as musical guests. The 48th season of the long-running show premiered last month, with Kendrick Lamar performing a trio of songs from latest album ‘Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers’. Willow, Megan Thee Stallion, Jack Harlow and Steve Lacy have since performed on the show. On the November 12 episode of the show, Chappelle will return as host for the first time since 2020, when he hosted a special post-General Election edition of SNL after Joe Biden‘s victory over Donald Trump....
Watch Nandi Bushell cover Eminem’s ‘Rap God’
Young drumming sensation Nandi Bushell has shared her first cover in nearly six months with her take on Eminem‘s ‘Rap God’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Drummer Nandi Bushell’s greatest cover songs The Ipswich multi-instrumentalist, who performed at the Taylor Hawkins tribute show at Wembley Stadium back in September, made her name with exuberant drum covers of tracks on YouTube in recent years. Since then, she has released a handful of original songs, the first of which is titled ‘The Children Will Rise Up!’ and was recorded with Tom Morello’s son Roman. This September, she penned new single ‘The Shadows’, written for...Recent Posts
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