Bono has spoken about how his voice changed after losing his father. READ MORE: U2’s top 10 best albums – ranked The U2 singer, who has been promoting his new memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story (out November 1), has said in a new interview that he believes his voice opened up after his father, Bob Hewson, died from cancer in 2000. Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson, told NPR this week that the loss of his father, whom he had a tumultuous relationship with, actually changed the way he sings. Advertisement Referring to it as an “unscientific theory… ...
Harry Styles has released the official video for his latest single ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’ – watch below. READ MORE: Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ review: grounded star finds home is where the heart is The clip was announced yesterday (October 26) via a post on the Harry Styles HQ Instagram account, which confirmed that the single’s accompanying visuals would arrive today (October 27). A still from the clip showed a topless Styles sporting a long beard in what appeared to be a restaurant kitchen. The video follows Styles as a tentacled merman-type figure who is captured by fishermen...
Green Day and Eddie Vedder have been announced as the headliners at the baseball-themed Innings Festival in Arizona next February. READ MORE: The Big Read – Green Day: “We live our lives as if we have nothing” The two-day festival is set to take place on February 25-26, 2023, where Green Day will headline on Saturday. Weezer, The Black Crowes, The Offspring, The Pretty Reckless, Paris Jackson and more also feature on the bill. Eddie Vedder will close out the Sunday, alongside Marcus Mumford, The Revivalists, Mt. Joy, and more. Advertisement This year Foo Fighters and Tame Impala led the...
Sam Fender’s older brother Liam has teased his hopeful debut single ‘Love Will Conquer’ and confirmed a headline show at Newcastle’s Riverside. Check out our interview with Fender below, alongside an exclusive snippet of the track. READ MORE: Sam Fender live in Newcastle: a euphoric homecoming for the Toon’s finest ‘Love Will Conquer’ will be released tomorrow (October 28) and is the first proper release from Liam Fender. “It’s been a long time coming,” he told NME of his debut single. Fender went on to say the dreamy indie anthem is about “that feeling of togetherness in turbulent times....
SZA has confirmed that her new single ‘Shirt’ is arriving tomorrow (October 28). During her show at Austin City Limits earlier this month, the singer revealed that an official video for the long-awaited single, which she debuted during a livestream show last year, was also ready to go and would be released soon. SZA has now confirmed on Instagram that the song will released at 9pm PST today (Friday 5am BST) while also sharing a teaser of the accompanying short film, directed by Dave Meyers and starring Sorry to Bother You and Atlanta actor LaKeith Stanfield. Advertisement In the...
BERWYN has shared his new single ‘Path To Satisfaction’ – you can listen to the track below. The song marks the Trinidad-born, Romford-raised rapper, singer, songwriter and producer’s first new material of 2022. READ MORE: BERWYN at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: rising star sheds a triumphant tear BERWYN, who won Best New Act From The UK at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 back in March, said that ‘Path To Satisfaction’ “recognises the change that comes with growth”. Advertisement “It acknowledges the path towards realising my identity and anticipates the future of BERWYN, that a man can have two...
Avril Lavigne and Yungblud have announced their new joint single, ‘I’m A Mess’. The pair teased their forthcoming collaboration earlier this week in a video that showed Yungblud giving Lavigne a hair cut in a bathroom. READ MORE: Yungblud: “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature” The two artists have now confirmed that they will release their joint single on November 3 – you can pre-order/pre-save the track here. Advertisement Lavigne shared the black-and-white single artwork for ‘I’m A Mess’, which features an image of the pair handcuffed together, on her social media accounts yesterday...
Adele has called Taylor Swift “one of the greatest songwriters of our generation”. During a recent fan event called ‘Happy Hour With Adele’, the singer was asked whether she’d listened to Swift’s tenth studio album ‘Midnights’, which came out last Friday (October 21). READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Midnights’ review: a shimmering return to pure pop “I haven’t,” Adele replied (via Billboard). “But the only reason is, is ’cause I’ve been in rehearsals for, like, 12 hours a fuckin’ day. But I think Taylor’s one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I will definitely give it a...
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...