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Joey Bada$$ confirms new release date for ‘2000’

Joey Bada$$ has solved the issue that barred him from releasing his third studio album, ‘2000’, last month, confirming now that he plans to drop the record before the end of July. READ MORE: Joey Bada$$ – Soundtrack Of My Life According to the rapper’s updated Instagram bio, ‘2000’ will hit streaming services on July 22 via Pro Era / Cinematic. It was initially due out on June 17, but Joey announced just hours before its planned launch that it would be held back over “sample clearance issues”.  To celebrate the news, Joey dropped a scorching new single from...
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Day N Vegas 2022 has been cancelled

This year’s edition of the Day N Vegas festival, which was due to kick off in exactly two months, has been formally cancelled. The announcement was made overnight by Goldenvoice – the agency that also hosts Coachella, Head In The Clouds, Cruel World and more – who cited “a combination of logistics, timing and production issues” for the cancellation. READ MORE: Coachella 2022 review: the festival’s return to the desert is cause for celebration In a statement shared on social media, the festival’s team assured ticketholders that “the refund process will begin immediately”. Tickets purchased with credit cards will...
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Alfie Templeman announces biggest UK tour to date

Alfie Templeman has announced a new UK headline tour, which is set to kick off in October this year. READ MORE: Alfie Templeman – ‘Mellow Moon’ review: in the pursuit of pop perfection Templeman’s tour will begin in Edinburgh at La Belle Angele on October 17, concluding with a huge show at new central London venue HERE at Outernet on October 31. The tour includes stops in Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff and Southampton – see the full list of dates below. Tickets can be found here. Advertisement Templeman’s debut album ‘Mellow Moon’ arrived in May. In a four star review, NME said: “The...
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Authorised biography of The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts announced

An official biography of Charlie Watts, authorised by both The Rolling Stones and Watts’ family, has been announced. READ MORE: Charlie Watts, 1941 – 2021: the ballast that kept The Rolling Stones tempered and on-track Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts is due to be released on September 15 in the UK and October 11 in the US, according to Rolling Stone. The book features forewords from both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, plus a prelude from the band’s former manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham. The longtime Rolling Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last August prompting a huge outpouring...
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Placebo’s Brian Molko on why they covered Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’

Placebo‘s Brian Molko has spoken about the band’s connection to Kate Bush and the reason they chose to cover ‘Running Up That Hill’. READ MORE: Placebo: “David Bowie taught me how to be a better person” The original song has found renewed popularity after featuring in the fourth season of Stranger Things. The track – which appears on Bush’s 1985 fifth studio album, ‘Hounds Of Love’ – reached Number One on the UK singles chart earlier this month (June 17). In an interview with the Guardian, the frontman revealed how he first came across Bush. “My first exposure to Kate Bush...
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Umbro partners with Joe Strummer Foundation for charity football shirt

Umbro has partnered with the Joe Strummer Foundation to release a charity football shirt, raising funds for the foundation and the projects it supports. The Clash frontman Joe Strummer was a big fan of football, having used the game as a way to bring the band together during rehearsals. According to a press statement, “During rehearsals at Vanilla Studios in Pimlico for the recording of London Calling in 1979; he and the rest of the Clash played lots of 5-a-side and used football as a means of bringing the band closer together, getting them tight and making them play together as...
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Guns N’ Roses fans left queuing for hours at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Fans attending the Guns N’ Roses show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight (July 1) have taken to social media to express their anger at the severe delays in entry to the event. The band are due to play two shows at the venue tonight and tomorrow (July 2), with early doors entry at 3.15pm and main doors at 3.30pm. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses – Rank the albums The first support act, Gary Clark Jr, was due to kick off at 4.30pm but according to Twitter, as of 5.30pm, fans were still waiting to be let in. Guns N’ Roses...
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Glastonbury artists see uplift on the Official Albums Chart

Following last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival, a number of artists have seen an uplift on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week. READ MORE: Glastonbury Festival 2022 – review: camping, killer tunes and catharsis on Worthy Farm According to new Official Charts Company data, artists including Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, Diana Ross and Wet Leg have seen a boost in their sales and streams after their Glastonbury sets. Billie Eilish, who became the festival’s youngest-ever headliner on Friday (June 24), has enjoyed a jump in this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 40. Her last album ‘Happier Than Ever’ had an 84...
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Simon Pegg on being mates with Chris Martin and going to Disneyland with Jay-Z

Speaking to NME backstage at Glastonbury 2022, actor and writer Simon Pegg told us about his friendship with Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and a recent trip to Disneyland with Jay-Z. READ MORE: Glastonbury 2022 – Your favourite artists on why it matters The Spaced, Big Train, Star Trek and Mission Impossible star was talking to us just after his appearance in the Greenpeace Field, when he recalled a previous visit to Worthy Farm in 2016 when his daughter joined Coldplay on stage. “On her first Glastonbury she sang backing vocals with Coldplay,” said Pegg. “Chris Martin is an old, old friend and...
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Jack White clarifies his plans for releasing lost Prince album ‘Camille’: “I would never mess with his music”

Jack White has clarified the previous comments he made about his plans to “re-edit” Prince‘s unreleased album ‘Camille’. As Ultimate Classic Rock reports, the musician’s label Third Man Records secured the rights to the late icon’s scrapped 1986 record in March. READ MORE: Jack White live at Glastonbury 2022: guitar hero literally smashes his secret set out of The Park Although ‘Camille’ was never shared as a complete body of work, all eight tracks that were initially intended to feature on the record have been released in some form (as B-sides or on other reissues etc). Advertisement For the project,...