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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Japanese Breakfast and The Linda Lindas join forces to cover Kim Wilde’s ‘Kids In America’
To kick off the encore at their LA show on Thursday (October 6), Yeah Yeah Yeahs welcomed out The Linda Lindas and Japanese Breakfast – both of whom opened the show – to perform a cover of Kim Wilde’s 1981 hit ‘Kids In America’. READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 10 best songs Yeah Yeah Yeahs are currently touring in support of their recent fifth album, ‘Cool It Down’. The LA gig – one of two special shows announced back in May – took place at the 17,500-capacity Hollywood Bowl, and opened with the band inviting Perfume Genius out to perform...
Kanye West makes Twitter comeback after Meta restricts Instagram account
Kanye West has reportedly been banned from Instagram, leading him to make a comeback on Twitter after two years away. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? NBC News confirmed that the rapper was barred from the social photo-sharing platform, with a representative for Meta – the company that owns Instagram – saying he was restricted from posting, and had content removed by a moderator, after violating the rules and guidelines. It was not specified exactly what posts were removed by Meta, but as NBC noted, one deleted...
Liam Gallagher shares emotive post about new video for ‘Too Good For Giving Up’ and mental health
Liam Gallagher has today (October 8) shared an emotive post about his new, upcoming video for ‘Too Good For Giving Up’ and mental health. READ MORE: ‘Am I depressed?’ – help and advice on mental health and what to do next Gallagher shared a clip of both the song – which appears on his latest album, ‘C’mon, You Know‘ – and its new video on social media today. It was accompanied by a post that explained how he’d teamed up with ‘Talk Club’ for the release. Talk Club is an organisation that works to help support male mental health....
Pulp drummer Nick Banks responds after seeing original ad that led him to join band
Pulp drummer Nick Banks has responded after a music photographer on social media shared a copy of the original advertisement Pulp shared in a local Sheffield newspaper for a drummer. READ MORE: JARV IS live at Glastonbury 2022: forward-looking set proves nostalgia doesn’t own Worthy Farm The advertisement, which appeared in the Sheffield Star in the 1980s was shared by a Kevin Wells today (October 8) who asked Banks directly if it was this advertisement that he replied to and subsequently led him to join the hit Britpop band. The ad, which featured in the paper’s ‘wanted’ section read: “Pulp are...
Watch Killer Mike perform summer hit ‘Run’ on ‘Fallon’
Killer Mike performed his summer hit ‘Run‘ on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon yesterday (October 7). Check out footage of the moment below. READ MORE: Run the Jewels – ‘Run the Jewels 4’ review: a modern protest classic and their best work yet The Run The Jewels star also sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to talk about the track and reflect on his recent cameo in Ozark. ‘Run’ was Killer Mike’s first solo song since his 2012 album, ‘R.A.P. Music’. Both Dave Chapelle and Young Thug appear as guests on the track. Advertisement Watch the moment Killer Mike performed on Fallon here:...
The Who surprise fans with rare song during Long Island gig
The Who have surprised fans in Long Island with a song that’s only been played a handful of times by the band in the last 40 years. READ MORE: Roger Daltrey on the Teenage Cancer Trust, lockdown and performing live During the gig, which took place on October 7, Roger Daltrey and co played ‘Young Man’s Blues’ as an extra encore. The band haven’t played the song since a one-off in 2014, and it’s only been played six times in the last 40 years of the band’s touring history (via Rolling Stone). Advertisement The song, which was written by jazz pianist...
Low cancel all 2022 tour dates as Mimi Parker continues cancer treatment
Low have cancelled the remainder of their 2022 tour dates as the band’s Mimi Parker continues treatment for ovarian cancer. Parker, who formed the band with her husband Alan Sparhawk in 1993, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in late 2020. She first spoke about her health condition during an appearance on the SHEROES Radio podcast this January. In August, the band cancelled a string of shows due to “recent developments and changes” in Parker’s treatment. “Our hope is that she will respond to new treatments and be able to play the shows we have scheduled for the fall,” Low...
Maya Hawke turned father Ethan into a Taylor Swift fan: “It made me feel so confident”
Stranger Things star and singer-songwriter Maya Hawke has remembered turning her actor father Ethan into a Taylor Swift fan. Hawke, who released second studio album ‘Moss’ last month, was talking to The Line Of Best Fit for their ‘Nine Songs’ feature, about formative tracks in musicians’ lives. READ MORE: Maya Hawke: “I’m enjoying becoming more myself, less afraid” Choosing Taylor Swift’s 2010 track ‘Ours’, Hawke explained: “I remember that song very distinctly. My dad was such a powerful creative influence on me musically, he showed me so many songs and artists that I still listen to, and love and...
Cat Burns shares new songs ‘People Pleaser’ and ‘Sleep At Night’
Cat Burns has returned with two brand new songs – listen to ‘People Pleaser’ and ‘Sleep At Night’ below. READ MORE: Cat Burns: uplifting songwriter that wants to “help Black queer artists” tell their story The singer and NME 100 alumni released debut EP ‘Emotionally Unavailable’ earlier this year, and followed that up with ‘Go’, a collaboration with Sam Smith. Discussing the first of the new songs, ‘People Pleaser’, Burns said: “‘People Pleaser’ is what it says on the tin, my struggles with being a people pleaser and why I am one.” Advertisement Of ‘Sleep At Night’, she added: “’Sleep...Recent Posts
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