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Arctic Monkeys release new single ‘Body Paint’
Arctic Monkeys have released their new single ‘Body Paint’ today (September 29). Watch the video below. The song serves as the second preview of the band’s seventh studio album, ‘The Car’, which comes out on October 21 via Domino (pre-order here). Lead track ‘There’d Better Be A Mirrorball’ arrived last month. READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys live in Brooklyn: their next era has truly begun Alex Turner and co. debuted ‘Body Paint’ during their intimate show at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York last Thursday (September 22). The latest visuals from ‘The Car’ era were directed by Brook Linder and...
Nick Cave explains why he’s decided to start doing interviews again
Nick Cave has spoken openly on his fan Q&A website The Red Hand Files about his recent decision to resume doing interviews. The musician has used the site in the past few years as his main communication outlet, where he responds to fan questions on a number of topics. READ MORE: MEO Kalorama day three: Nick Cave holds a spiritual end of summer gathering Cave, however, recently gave a rare interview to The New York Times in which he discussed his new book Faith, Hope and Carnage. Advertisement Asked on The Red Hand Files by Jeroen from Ghent, Belgium about why...
The Go! Team announce new album ‘Get Up Sequences Part Two’
The Go! Team have announced their new album ‘Get Up Sequences Part Two’ and shared first single ‘Divebomb’. Check it out below. The Brighton band, who released their sixth album ‘Get Up Sequences Part One’ last summer, will return with ‘Part Two’ on February 3, 2023 via Memphis Industries. First single ‘Divebomb’, a psychedelic, upbeat track with retro electric guitars and siren sound effects, features Detroit rapper IndigoYaj a makes a strong pro-choice statement. Advertisement “Protest songs have always been a balancing act,” The Go! Team’s Ian Parton said in a statement. “If you’re too sledgehammer it’s cringey, like...
Muse announce ‘Will Of The People’ North American tour for 2023
Muse have announced a North American tour for spring 2023 in support of their recent album ‘Will Of The People’. The three-piece released their ninth studio album last month, while they announced a 2023 European tour – with Royal Blood supporting – earlier this month. READ MORE: Muse at Mad Cool 2022: five supermassive highlights Muse will be supported on their North American run by Evanescence, with the tour set to begin in Chicago on February 25, 2023. Advertisement The 20-date tour will then continue through March and April, before wrapping up in Salt Lake City on April 20,...
Stormzy urges music industry to “not just use diversity as a buzzword”
Stormzy urged the music industry to “not just use diversity as a buzzword” during his acceptance speech at the AIM Awards last night (September 28). The Croydon MC was named Diversity Champion at the event, owing to his efforts to “level the playing field” through his Merky Foundation and publishing imprint, #Merky Books. READ MORE: Stormzy live at Reading Festival 2021: festival return is another rockstar moment In a pre-recorded video message, Stormzy offered his thanks to the AIM Awards and said that he was “really grateful” to receive the honour. Advertisement “I think we’ve just always led with love,...
Bruce Springsteen announces new album ‘Only The Strong Survive’
Bruce Springsteen has announced his new album, ‘Only The Strong Survive’ – listen to his cover of Frank Wilson’s ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ below. After teasing the announcement yesterday (September 28), Springsteen has now confirmed that his next record, billed as a collection of “15 soul music greats”, will be released on November 11 via Columbia (pre-order here). READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and present In an announcement video shared this afternoon (September 29) that you can watch below, Springsteen told his fans that the record will celebrate...
Joe Bonamassa announces UK arena tour for 2023
Joe Bonamassa has announced a UK arena tour for May 2023. Check out full dates and ticket details below. The American blues musician and guitar legend will play five dates across the UK, opening in Bournemouth on May 9 before heading to Blackpool, Leeds and Newcastle, and rounding up in Birmingham on May 14. The singer is set to perform songs from his 2021 album ‘Time Clocks’ and 2020’s ‘Royal Tea’. Advertisement General tickets go on sale from 9am BST on Friday September 30 and can be purchased here. Find the full run of UK tour dates below. MAY...
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on Joey Jordison: “He had demons that would’ve killed normal people”
Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has spoken in a new interview about his relationship with his late former bandmate Joey Jordison. Jordison, who passed away in July 2021 at the age of 46, was one of Slipknot’s co-founding members, and served as the band’s original drummer until his departure in 2013. READ MORE: Joey Jordison, 1975 – 2021: founding Slipknot member who held the key to the band’s success Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Taylor has now reflected on how “as you get older, you just start to appreciate what you do have and you lament the losses”. Advertisement...
R. Kelly ordered to pay $309,000 in restitution to sex trafficking victims
R. Kelly has been ordered to pay at least $309,000 (£287,000) in restitution to the victims of his sex trafficking, it has been reported. The disgraced R&B singer is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in September 2021. Kelly – whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – has now been ordered to pay $309,068.18 to his victims, according to Courthouse News Service reporter Nina Pullano (via Pitchfork). It is said that $300,668.18 of that sum will go to a survivor identified as Jane, while the remaining $8,400 is...Recent Posts
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