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Manchester’s Beyond The Music festival and conference announces 2026 return
Manchester’s Beyond The Music festival and conference has today (March 30) announced its return this autumn. The event will take place from October 7-9 and will this year move to a new location, taking part at Salford’s MediaCity where northern arms of media organisations including the BBC and ITV are situated. You can buy tickets for the event here. Advertisement The event will once again explore current issues facing the music industry via keynote conversations, industry showcases and networking opportunities, “bringing together artists, executives, innovators and policymakers from across the globe.” The third iteration of the event will, accord...
Benson Boone announces ‘Wanted Man’ US tour for summer 2026
Benson Boone has announced details of his new ‘Wanted Man’ tour to take place in the US this summer – see all the info below. The ‘Beautiful Things’ star released his second album ‘American Heart’ last June and now he has revealed he will be playing 33 dates around the country, kicking off in Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on July 7. Advertisement He will play throughout July and August, including two nights in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and two in the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, before closing out with shows in Omaha on September 1 and Casper, Wyoming on September 3. Tickets go on pre-sale for fans who...
Billy Bragg says London march sends message to far right: “The people of Britain will not allow themselves to be fooled by such shysters”
Billy Bragg has spoken about yesterday’s massive march in London, saying it will send a message to the “shysters” on the far right in the UK. The protest on Saturday (March 28) was organised by the Together Alliance and they claimed that half a million people took to the streets of central London to stand up for unity and to build public awareness about the growing threat of the far right in the UK and beyond. Advertisement Bragg was one of the performers to play on the ‘House Against Hate’ stage that was assembled in Trafalgar Square for the demonstration, alongside the likes of Self Esteem, Hot Chip, Jessie...
Watch Bruce Springsteen play ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ at anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protest in Minnesota
Bruce Springsteen played his anti-Trump protest song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ at a No Kings rally today – watch footage below. The Boss is preparing to kick off his ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’ US tour this week (March 31) in Minneapolis, but he made an early stop at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday (March 28) to perform at the protest event. Advertisement ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ was first performed in January and was written as a direct response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretty by ICE officers that month, and he took the chance to play the song again for a Minnesota audience. Addressing the crowd,...
Hayley Williams plays entirety of ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ at opening night of world tour
Hayley Williams played the entirety of her album ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ on the opening night of her world tour – watch footage below. The Paramore frontwoman is set to play an extensive run of shows in North America, Europe and the UK in the coming months in support of her third solo LP, which she released online in July last year. Advertisement The opening night went down at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday night (March 27), and she played every song from the new album, many of them for the first time live, as well as a cover of the Nina Simone classic ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’. Williams...
Every song in Netflix’s ‘BTS: The Return’ documentary
Netflix dives into the return of BTS, and their recent comeback show, in a feature-length documentary. Directed by Bao Nguyen, the documentary follows all seven members of the K-pop group (Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, Jung Kook) as they reunite after completing South Korea’s 18-month mandatory military service. Advertisement The film follows the creation of the group’s tenth studio album ‘Arirang’ and goes behind-the-scenes on their comeback show at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21, which was streamed on Netflix around the world. BTS: The Return was released March 27, 2026 on Netflix. What songs appear in...
Muse announce 2026 North American tour with Bloc Party, Temper Trap and more
Muse have shared details of a new North American tour taking place later this summer. The dates are announced today (Friday March 27) and come in support of the band’s forthcoming album ‘The Wow! Signal’, which is their 10th studio album and set for release on June 26. Advertisement Dubbed ‘The Wow! Signal Tour’, new shows kick off after a headline appearance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on July 2, and include slots in Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Toronto and more, before progressing into the following month. Dates in August feature shows in New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Washington...
Tyler Boy Sammy Opens Up About New Single “Old Gravel Road”
Tyler Boy Sammy drops “Old Gravel Road” straight from lived experience — a country rap record rooted in gravel roads, farming communities, and the years he spent navigating life between rural Missouri and East Texas. The track hits different knowing the weight behind it: 40+ arrests, two felonies, and a path that still led forward. Raw, unfiltered, and built on real memory. The story is just getting started. “Old Gravel Road” has an evocative title—what story or emotion were you aiming to capture with this unreleased track? When I moved up to Missouri from Texas, I ended up living...
Sam Fender raises £50,000 for charity Youth Music
Sam Fender has raised £50,000 from ticket sales on his ‘People Watching’ tour for the charity Youth Music. Fender was supported early in his career by the North East-based Youth Music-funded programme Generator and has now given back to the charity. His donation will be matched by Youth Music’s new Rescue The Roots campaign, a £2million fundraising initiative to tackle the funding crisis threatening grassroots youth music projects across the UK. Advertisement This means that in total, £100,000 will go directly to projects funded by Youth Music in the North East. “I’m proud to support Youth Music and their...Recent Posts
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