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Taylor Swift stars as Cinderella in ‘Bejeweled’ video featuring Haim sisters, Laura Dern and more
Taylor Swift has shared the second music video from ‘Midnights’, reinventing the classic Cinderella story for ‘Bejeweled’. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Midnights’ review: a shimmering return to pure pop The self-directed clip stars Swift as Cinderella – or as she’s introduced in a title card, House Wench Taylor. Jurassic Park actress Laura Dern stars as her evil Stepmommy, while the Haim sisters appear as her similarly bratty daughters: Lady Este (who “wants the title”), Lady Danielle (who “wants the ring”) and Lady Alana (who “wants the d***”). Like the age-old folktale, the video for ‘Bejeweled’ revolves around a...
Florence + The Machine remixed by “one of her favourite bands” IDLES
IDLES have returned with their fourth remix for the year, putting a tense and smoky spin on Florence + The Machine’s ‘Dance Fever’ cut ‘Heaven Is Here’. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine live in London: an electrifying show of unity and dance It was helmed by the Bristol punks’ lead guitarist Mark Bowen, who said of his vision of the club-ready reimagining: “‘Dance Fever’ is quite a cathartic album for me, speaking a lot to the yearning for the release of performing but also introspecting on the need itself. It lives on the line of tension between the...
24-year-old Australian man dies after tragic fall at Barcelona nightclub
An Australian man has died after a tragic accident at Barcelona nightclub Sala Apolo. Liam Hampson, aged 24, was holidaying in the city with friends at the time of the fatal accident. According to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Hampson was in an area of the nightclub not usually accessible to the public at around 4:30am last Tuesday (October 18). Hampson – who was travelling from his home state of Queensland – climbed over a metre-high wall, before falling around 14 metres onto a patio beneath. Shortly after the fall, Hampson’s friends launched a search for the missing Hampson, which lasted...
Bono says he wants to release an AC/DC inspired album
U2‘s Bono has said he wants to release an AC/DC inspired album in the near future. READ MORE: U2’s top 10 best albums – ranked Speaking to The New York Times, Bono said the album would come before ‘Songs Of Ascent’ – a new album the band have been teasing since 2009. Bono told the publication that ‘Songs Of Ascent’ is nearly complete but on hold for now because the band want to release “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album”. Advertisement Reflecting on the songs the band had made in recent years with what they want to make in the future,...
Ozzy Osbourne to star at Metaverse music festival
Ozzy Osbourne is set feature at a forthcoming Metaverse music festival. READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic The event, which will take place in the specially created Decentraland virtual world, is set to take place from November 10-13. Over 100 artists will performing and Osbourne’s Ozzfest will be staged as part of the event with an appearance from the Black Sabbath legend himself. Advertisement It will be the first time Ozzfest has been held since 2018 and further acts will be announced in the coming weeks. Rapper Soulja Boy will also...
Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall’s The WAEVE announce 2023 UK tour and share new single
Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall‘s The WAEVE have announced a UK tour and shared new single ‘Drowning’. READ MORE: Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall on their debut album as The WAEVE: “We asked: ‘How could we forge forward through life?’” The duo will hit the road for dates in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, London and Brighton in 2023 March. Tickets for their London Lafayette show on March 27 are already on sale here while the remaining dates which you will also be able to purchase here, will be released this Friday at 10am BST. Advertisement The tour...
Gorillaz team up with Smirnoff for new ‘True Originals’ project
Gorillaz have teamed up with Smirnoff for a new project called ‘True Originals’. READ MORE: Damon Albarn: “I had to do something to lift me out of these storms” The long-running vodka brand is “handing over some of their best-known cocktails and No. 21 bottle to be reimagined” by Gorillaz this autumn, according to a press release. The collaboration, the statement continues, “begins with each of the four band members creating their own personal twist on some classic cocktails made famous by Smirnoff. Advertisement “From Murdoc’s ‘Vodka Murdini’ (a spin on the classic vodka martini) to Russel’s ‘Smirnoff Brooklyn’ (paying...
Kanye West explains why he is “jealous” of Jewish culture
Kanye West has addressed his recent anti-semitic statements in an interview with Piers Morgan. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? West has been widely condemned for his recent slew of antisemitic comments, which have resulted in him being banned from both Instagram and Twitter. Celebrities such as Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Silverman and David Schwimmer have taken to social media to speak out against him, as have politicians and other organisations such as the Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance. Now, in a new interview, West has said he wanted to “hug every Jewish person,” and...
Listen to Holly Humberstone’s emotive new track, ‘Can You Afford To Lose Me?’
Holly Humberstone has today (October 24) shared an emotive new track, ‘Can You Afford To Lose Me?’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Holly Humberstone: haunting synth-pop to soundtrack coming-of-age anxiety The song is the title track from an extended collection of songs which, according to a press release, “span her musical journey to date” and is a re-working of her two EPs to date. The collection will be released on October 28. A statement explains that the title track “is a heartbreaking ode to a relationship hurtling toward its conclusion”. You can listen to the song here:...Recent Posts
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