Vinyl is the UK’s second best selling physical entertainment format in 2022, according to new research. Only Nintendo Switch games are ahead of vinyl in terms of sales so far this year, despite being down 12.5 per cent year-on-year while record sales are up 12.2 per cent, figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association show. According to ERA, vinyl has generated £80.9million in sales so far in 2022, up from £72.1million this time last year. Advertisement The format is also outselling Playstation games, which saw a 6.5 per cent year-on-year rise and CDs which are down 8.1 per cent. Nintendo...
Talented young prodigy CALYN co-wrote the new song “Tricky” with her sister Dyli, which talks about something that all the young girls have gone through at some point in their lives. The singer-songwriter and musician reveals: “I feel like almost every girl I know has been in a similar situation where you know you shouldn’t want this person but you can’t keep your mind off them, that’s really what I wanted to capture with this song.” The alternative R&B artist put together different genre elements to come up with the unique sounds in “Tricky.” CALYN speaks directly to the...
Chris, aka Christine and the Queens, has delayed his new album ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’ and its accompanying live shows after suffering an injury in rehearsals. The French singer-songwriter – who is performing as the character Redcar for his current project – “injured himself on stage while dancing” last Thursday night (September 8), an official statement confirmed. READ MORE: Christine & The Queens: “My last EP was the result of emotional short punches in my face” “The doctors have forbidden him to return to the stage for at least three weeks, the time to recover. We are therefore obliged to...
Manic Street Preachers and Suede have announced a co-headline US and Canadian tour. Check out the dates and ticket details below, as Manics’ frontman James Dean Bradfield tells NME about their history with the band and other recent activity. READ MORE: Manic Street Preachers interviewed: “We talked ourselves through oblivion” Come November, the Manics and Suede (known in the US as The London Suede due to copyright reasons) will be both be hitting the road once again – recreating the line-up of a European tour they did together back in 1993. “I can’t think of a band I’d rather...
The Snuts have won the battle to release their forthcoming new album ‘Burn The Empire’ a week early. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with The Snuts It comes after the band recently called on their fans to “bombard” Parlophone Records so that they can hear the record before their UK tour kicks off at Bristol O2 Academy on October 2. They wrote on Twitter at the time: “Growing up watching bands we always wished we could hear their new album before going to the show. We asked our record label Parlophone if...
You Me At Six have released a new collaborative single with Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds – listen to ‘No Future? Yeah Right’ below. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi The joint track was premiered on Daniel P Carter’s ‘Rock Show’ on BBC Radio 1 last night (September 12). Reynolds had described the anthemic, synth-heavy song as “a belter” in a previous post on social media. The collaboration arrives with a red-filtered official video, which you can watch below. Advertisement ‘No Future? Yeah Right’ follows on from You Me At Six’s previous single ‘Deep Cuts’....
Taylor Swift has revealed a fifth edition of her forthcoming 10th studio album, ‘Midnights’, exclusive in the US to retail chain Target. READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ short film highlights the emotional power of her storytelling The album’s ‘Lavender’ edition is named for the pastel purple hue slicked over the title and tracklisting on its cover (as well as the left-side bar of the CD version’s jewel case). The CD will feature three as-yet-untitled bonus tracks, including one new song and two remixes. It’ll also come with a collectible lyric booklet that includes exclusive photos, and unique...
A judge has ruled that Taylor Swift’s request for the copyright infringement lawsuit centered on ‘Shake It Off’ to be dismissed is denied, and that the trial will go ahead. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreak US District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald issued his decision nearly nine months after Swift’s motion to have the case dropped was put forward. In last December’s defence motion, Swift’s lawyers argued that Fitzgerald had failed to consider the “extrinsic test” – the standard whereby it’s determined if copyright is breached when two works of similar nature are...
Luxury fashion designer Peter Do has teamed up with stars from K-pop label SM Entertainment for his upcoming New York Fashion Week showcase. READ MORE: NCT Dream on ‘Beatbox’: “We have this music that’s uniquely our own” Set to take place on September 13 (local time), Do’s upcoming Spring/Summer 2023 New York Fashion Week show will be opened by NCT member Jeno, who is best known for being a part of its NCT Dream subunit. This will mark the first time a K-pop star has opened a NYFW runway show. “It was a natural choice to have Jeno open the show. Jeno embodies...
Red Velvet member Seulgi will be making her official solo debut with her first mini-album ’28 Reasons’ in October. READ MORE: Every Red Velvet song ranked in order of greatness On September 13 at Midnight KST, the singer released an eerie visual for the record via Red Velvet’s official YouTube channel, revealing its title and release details. ’28 Reasons’ will be led by its title track of the same name, and is set to arrive on October 4 at 6PM KST. The trailer for ’28 Reasons’ begins with a bloodied and bruised Seulgi clipping her fingernails by an empty...