Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley spoke to NME backstage at Reading Festival 2022 about the “unbelievable” experience of working on Florence + The Machine‘s fifth album, ‘Dance Fever’. Watch our full video interview above. READ MORE: The story of Reading & Leeds 2022 – in glorious photos In April the pair released an electronica-inspired remix of Welch’s recent single, ‘My Love’. Bayley co-wrote and co-produced the original track and worked on the ensuing ‘Dance Fever’ along with Jack Antonoff. For Bayley, collaborating with Welch was “a real honour”, as he explained: “I learned so much from . We did a...
Stranger Things star Joe Keery has shared a new single under his Djo moniker – listen to ‘Figure You Out’ below. READ MORE: Joe Keery: “I want my stage persona to surprise people” Djo is set to release his second album, titled ‘DECIDE’, on September 16. The record follows 2019 debut album ‘Twenty Twenty’, and has been previewed by the singles ‘Gloom’ and ‘Change’. Prior to his solo Djo project, Keery was part of the Chicago rock band Post Animal, but parted ways with the psychedelic group in 2019 due to acting commitments. Following his debut album, Keery released the...
Don Broco are teasing a secret set at Reading Festival today (August 27). READ MORE: Check out the full stage times for Reading & Leeds 2022 Taking to Twitter this morning, the band wrote: “Hope everyone has a great weekend” with added sunglasses emoji. Fans then spotted the location the tweet was sent from as Reading, with the festivals’ official account then reposting and saying: “Peep the location.” Advertisement No official confirmation has been given yet of a Don Broco secret set, but they would join the likes of Wargasm and Pendulum in teasing last-minute shows at...
Headie One has shared a brand new single – listen to ‘Illegal’ below. READ MORE: Headie One live in London: a star-studded run through the greatest hits The track is the latest of a number of tracks the rapper has been sharing throughout 2022. Back in May, he shared the track ‘Came In The Scene’, before following it up later that month with ’22 Carats’, a collaboration with French rapper Gazo. The three tracks are the first taste of new solo music from the rapper since his 2021 mixtape ‘Too Loyal For My Own Good’ and 2020 debut album ‘Edna’. He also...
Chicagoan viral rap star Polo G used his main stage set at Reading Festival 2022 last night (Friday August 26) to pay tribute to Juice WRLD. Coming out on stage with just his DJ, the 23-year-old got the crowd to illuminate themselves with phone torches, invoking hysteria for his bass-driven trap hits. Ahead of ‘Martin & Gina’ track, he called out: “Where are all my sexy ladies at? If you’re a sexy lady, make some noise. This one goes out to you!” Later, he asked his DJ to play SoundCloud rap star and former Big Read cover star Juice...
Halsey has revealed that they played their Leeds Festival headline set last night (August 26) with “terrible food poisoning,” saying: “I have no idea how I’m still alive.” READ MORE: The story of Reading & Leeds 2022 – in glorious photos The singer was co-headlining the first night of the Yorkshire event alongside The 1975, and took to social media this morning (August 27) to detail the “messed up conditions” with which she played the show. On their Instagram Stories, Halsey wrote: “I have no idea how I’m still alive after my Leeds set. I have terrible food poisoning STILL!...
Dave was joined by special guests Stormzy and AJ Tracey during his Reading Festival headline set last night (August 26) – see the full setlist, footage and reaction below. READ MORE: Dave live at Reading Festival 2022 review: a statement-making set from the youngest ever solo headliner The rapper was co-headlining the festival’s first evening alongside Megan Thee Stallion, and played a career-spanning set featuring tracks from both his studio albums. Alongside a cover of Headie One’s ’18HUNNA’, Dave was joined by AJ Tracey to perform ‘Thiago Silva’, while later on in the set, Stormzy came on stage to...
Bartees Strange is the latest to drop a single exclusively on Amazon Music, putting his blues-imbued folk spin on Freddie Gibbs’ ScHoolboy Q-assisted single ‘Gang Signs’. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Bartees Strange For his new take on the song, the Ipswich, England-born, Oklahoma-raised indie-rocker locks into the feel of the original track’s gentle, groove-driven instrumental. He reappropriates the melody with crisp and roomy electric guitars, noodling away while he emulates Gibbs’ biting swagger with his rapped verses. In a Tweet shared upon the track’s release, Strange said he “loved covering...
After months of teasing, the formerly mysterious L.S. Dunes – word of whom first emerged when they appeared on the Riot Fest poster back in May – have revealed themselves to be a supergroup comprised of members from some of the most iconic emo and post-hardcore outfits. READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroes The five-piece band is fronted by Circa Survive vocalist Anthony Green, who’s flanked on guitar by Frank Iero (of My Chemical Romance) and Travis Stever (of Coheed And Cambria). They’re joined by Tim Payne on bass, with his Thursday...
Rapper Lil Tjay has released his first music following a near fatal shooting earlier this year. On June 22, Tjay – real name Tione Jayden Merritt – was shot multiple times along with a friend, 22-year-old Antoine Boyd, at a local shopping plaza during an attempted armed robbery. Tjay underwent emergency surgery as a result of the incident. The rapper posted a video to his Instagram account earlier this week (August 24), where he spoke for the first time about the incident. The rapper said he survived “seven shots” and went on to thank fans who supported him during his recovery. “I...