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David Byrne adds more UK and Ireland shows to summer 2026 ‘Who Is The Sky?’ world tour
David Byrne has added fresh UK and Ireland shows to his ‘Who Is The Sky?’ world tour – buy tickets here. READ MORE: David Byrne – “I have a little bit of hope. Not every day, but some days” The former Talking Heads frontman will now be heading to Dublin, Halifax, Edinburgh and Cardiff alongside his already announced headline slot at Latitude Festival in Suffolk in July. Tickets for the new shows go on general sale at 10am on Friday (February 6) – find tickets to those shows and the previously announced dates here. Advertisement Byrne toured Australia and New...
Photographer responds to Amyl & The Sniffers’ Amy Taylor “exploitation” lawsuit with restraining order petition
Los Angeles-based photographer Jamie Nelson has filed a civil harassment restraining order petition against Amyl & The Sniffers’ vocalist Amy Taylor. READ MORE: How Amyl and the Sniffers found their voice: “The world’s filled with junk. I don’t wanna be contributing to that” Per Blunt, the filing was made in the Los Angeles Superior Court on December 9 last year, with a temporary restraining order not being granted at the time. A hearing is scheduled for next Friday (February 13). Nelson described herself as the creator and sole copyright holder of a series of photographs of Taylor called ‘Champagne Problems’,...
Hayley Williams shares ‘The Making of ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party” mini documentary
Hayley Williams has shared a 12-minute documentary about the making of ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ – watch below. The Paramore frontwoman first shared her third solo album on her official website last July as surprise project named ‘Ego’, before releasing it onto streaming platforms the following month, with a physical release coming a few weeks later. Advertisement Yesterday (February 1), Williams shared a behind-the-scenes documentary film that shows fans the process of the making of the album. It shows Williams discussing the mixing of the songs with producers Daniel James and Jim-E Stack, laying down vocals and guitar parts in isolation, working through Chaka Khan-inspired basslines with James. It also...
Watch CMAT dance dressed as a hamster and joke about losing Mercury Prize to Sam Fender on ‘The Harry Hill Show’
CMAT has appeared as the latest guest in Harry Hill’s new podcast and Youtube show. Check out the episode below. The Harry Hill Show debuted online last month, with the first two episodes featuring fellow comedians Stewart Lee and Nish Kumar. This week, the large-collared comedy icon – a self-confessed “6 Music dad” – invited Irish singer-songwriter CMAT onto his parody talkshow. Advertisement Hill admitted that was “such a big fan” of CMAT’s latest album ‘Euro-Country’ having discovered her via her acclaimed Glastonbury 2025 performance. He even went as far as recording a tribute to her in Dublin last...
Kendrick Lamar cleans up at the Grammys 2026 see the full list of winners
Kendrick Lamar was the big winner at the 2026 Grammy Awards, picking up a total of five trophies – see the complete list of winners below. Lamar had gone into the night leading the nominations with nine, and ran out with Record Of The Year for his SZA collaboration ‘Luther’, as well as all four rap-specific categories, thanks to his sixth album ‘GNX’. Advertisement His nine nominations had put him two places ahead of Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and producer Cirkut, who all sat on seven. Other major winners were Bad Bunny, who won Album Of The Year for ‘DeBÍ...
Sprints share rocked-up cover of Le Tigre’s classic ‘Deceptacon’: “I’m not sure there’s a womxn in the world who plays guitar that hasn’t been inspired by Kathleen Hanna”
Sprints have shared a rocked-up cover of Le Tigre‘s ‘Deceptacon’ and gushed about the influence of Kathleen Hanna – check out their version below. READ MORE: Sprints – ‘All That Is Over’ review: a newly controlled version of the incendiary Dublin rockers Having risen to fame fronting the legendary punk band Bikini Kill – who spearheaded the riot grrrl movement with their incendiary lyrics and electrifying live performances – Hanna’s presence in the punk scene made it a safer and more inclusive space for women. Advertisement After their breakup, Hanna went on to front Le Tigre, whose 1999 self-titled debut...
Maynard James Keenan won’t sing certain Tool songs because “the words are just dumb” and “the lyrics don’t hold up under scrutiny”
Maynard James Keenan has said he does not want to sing some Tool songs as “the words are just dumb” and “don’t hold up to scrutiny”. The frontman appeared as a guest on Jackass star Steve-O’s podcast Wilde Ride! this week, and the host informed him that an AI search had described Tool’s music as “reverent”, causing Keenan to scoff. Advertisement “Yeah, I don’t know about that…reverence for fist fucking??” he responded, in a wry nod to the 1996 Tool classic ‘Stinkfist’. Keenan added: “There’s some old Tool songs that I don’t like playing them because I feel like I failed them. They’re popular songs, but I was trying to make a joke and it was a dumb...
Watch Tom Morello rock Minneapolis ICE protest show with Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Woody Guthrie songs
Tom Morello drew on some big hitters from Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave as he led a raucous ICE protest show in Minneapolis. The lunchtime show went down at the city’s legendary First Avenue venue on Friday (January 30), which was headlined by an unannounced appearance from Bruce Springsteen, who gave a live debut to his new anti-ICE song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’. Advertisement The show was billed as “a concert of solidarity and resistance to defend Minnesota”, in the wake of the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were both shot and killed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in recent...
Ice-T “just protesting” as he changes ‘Cop Killer’ lyrics to ‘ICE Killer’ with America “headed to some really ugly terrain”
Ice-T has elaborated on his reasons for changing the lyrics to ‘Cop Killer’ to ‘ICE Killer’ live recently. READ MORE: Body Count – ‘Carnivore’ review: as long as there’s injustice, there’ll be a need for Ice-T’s vital brand of hardcore Despite the current tensions around ICE in the US at the moment, the Body Count frontman first made the change to the lyrics of the 1992 hit during a show in Los Angeles in July. As he explained during an appearance on Entertainment Weekly’s The Breakfast Club podcast, the change was rather spontaneous. Advertisement “I have political things I think about,” Ice-T...Recent Posts
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