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Kid Cudi to replace Kanye West as headliner of Rolling Loud Miami 2022

Kanye West will no longer headline this year’s edition of Rolling Loud in Miami, with Kid Cudi – a longtime colleague of West’s, with whom the controversial rapper shares a storied past – confirmed as his replacement. READ MORE: On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ event in Miami: “It felt like a cult convention” The line-up change was announced earlier this afternoon (July 17), with Rolling Loud’s organisers saying it came “due to circumstances outside of our control”. West is yet to address the cancellation of his set, and in a statement offered by the festival’s co-founders,...
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Watch Drake make a surprise appearance during Black Coffee’s Ibiza residency

Drake made an unannounced appearance in Ibiza last night (July 16), showing up onstage during Black Coffee’s gig at the Hï Ibiza nightclub. READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover provides long-overdue career boost The two artists have been connected since 2017, when Drake featured Black Coffee on the ‘More Life’ cut ‘Get It Together’ (which also incorporated elements of the latter’s own song ‘Superman’). For Drake’s recent seventh album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’, Black Coffee co-produced the songs ‘Currents’ and ‘Overdrive’, and also performed drums on the latter. Black Coffee has been performing at Hï Ibiza weekly...
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Billy Corgan announces virtual benefit concert for Highland Park shooting victims

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has announced ‘Together And Together Again’, a virtual concert to support victims of the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. READ MORE: 50 geeky facts about The Smashing Pumpkins The show is scheduled to take place at 8pm CST on Wednesday July 27, and will be livestreamed for free via the Pumpkins’ YouTube channel (save the link here). It’ll be hosted in person at Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park-based tea house and performance space that Corgan runs alongside his partner, Chloé Mendel.  Viewers will be able to make donations through the stream...
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Watch the first trailer for The Weeknd’s HBO Max series ‘The Idol’

HBO have shared the first teaser trailer for The Idol – the forthcoming drama series created by “the sick and twisted minds of” The Weekend (aka Abel Tesfaye) and Euphoria helmer Sam Levinson. READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsight Tesfaye will star in the series as a self-help guru, club owner and leader of a modern-day cult, who begins dating an up-and-coming pop artist played by Lily-Rose Depp. Little else is known about the story driving The Idol, but according to its trailer, the series will chronicle “the...
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again found not guilty in California weapons case

YoungBoy Never Broke Again (aka NBA YoungBoy, real name Kentrell Gaulden) has been found not guilty in his California case regarding a federal weapons possession charge, a Los Angeles jury ruled on Friday (July 15). As reported by Stereogum, the rapper was arrested in LA last March. It’s said that prosecutors in the city had a federal warrant out for Gaulden’s arrest – stemming from his September 2020 charges in Louisiana – and although he was cooperative with them at first, he eventually led the authorities on a “high-speed chase” in his Mercedes Maybach. When he was finally apprehended,...
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Matt Skiba doesn’t know if he’s still a member of Blink-182

Matt Skiba has revealed he doesn’t know if he’s still a part of Blink-182. READ MORE: Blink-182 – ‘Nine’ review: the spiritual follow-up to the classic ‘Untitled’ The Alkaline Trio vocalist joined the band in 2015 as a replacement for guitarist Tom DeLonge who left to “to change the world for my kids”. The trio of Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Skiba then recorded two albums together – 2016’s ‘California’ and 2019’s ‘Nine’ – and toured extensively. Advertisement However, one fan asked if Skiba was still a member of the pop-punk legends since there’s “no Blink content” on his...
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Watch Aitch and Bakar’s energetic video for ‘In Disguise’

Aitch and Bakar have shared an energetic video for their recent collaborative single ‘In Disguise’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Aitch: “My debut will 100,000 per cent be a proper Manchester album” The summer hit was released last month, and will appear on Aitch’s forthcoming debut album ‘Close To Home’, due out on August 19. The new video sees the pair performing the track live together as a camera swirls around them. Advertisement Check out the new ‘In Disguise’ video below. Aitch will head out on a UK and Ireland tour in October in support of ‘Close To Home’, which will...
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Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’

Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp have covered Slipknot for this week’s Sunday Lunch session – check out their performance of ‘Psychosocial’ below. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The track was originally released by Slipknot as the second single to 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’, while Willcox and Fripp’s reworking sees the pair perform in front of a banner that reads: “Every note is hope”. In recent weeks, the pair have had a run of rock classics, covering the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Can’t Stop’, The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’, Garbage’s ‘I...
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Watch Sigrid cover Neil Young’s ‘Old Man’ with an orchestra

Sigrid and the BBC Concert Orchestra have performed a cover of Neil Young’s ‘Old Man’ – check it out below. READ MORE:  Sigrid – ‘How To Let Go’ review: rocky riffs and jumbo hooks indebted to The Killers ‘Old Man’ originally featured on Young’s 1972 album ‘Harvest’ but was reworked by Sigrid for Radio 2. Taking to social media shortly after the performance, Sigrid called it an “honour”. “So today I got to sing and play piano on ‘Old Man’ just like I do at home, but together with BBC Concert Orchestra,” she added. Check out the gorgeous performance below:...
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Watch Johnny Marr join Primal Scream at huge London show

Primal Scream were joined by Johnny Marr for the encore at their huge London gig last night (July 16) – see footage below. The band were playing their classic album ‘Screamadelica’ in full for a headline show at Alexandra Palace Park, and the former Smiths guitarist joined them for three songs in the encore. After the ‘Screamadelica’ run-through was complete, Marr came out on stage to end the set with Primal Scream, playing guitar on ‘Jailbird’, ‘Country Girl’ and ‘Rocks’. Advertisement Marr has previously come out on stage with the band for performances of ‘Jailbird’ and ‘Rocks’ at Manchester’s...