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Todd Rundgren and King Crimson’s Adrian Belew to embark on David Bowie tribute tour
Todd Rundgren and King Crimson’s Adrian Belew have shared details of a ‘Celebrating David Bowie‘ tribute tour that’s due to hit North America this autumn. READ MORE: David Bowie’s 40 greatest songs – as decided by NME and friends The celebrated guitarist and ex-King Crimson axeman will be joined by Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore and Jeffrey Gaines on the 15-date tour to pay tribute to the late, influential British musician. Bassist Angeline Saris, drummer Michael Urbano, saxophonist Ron Dziubla, and guitarist Scrote (Angelo Bundini), who put together the first Celebrating David Bowie tour in 2017, are in the tour’s backing band....
Watch Fontaines D.C. recreate a ‘70s heist movie in ‘Roman Holiday’ video
Fontaines D.C. have shared a new video for their track ‘Roman Holiday’, in which they recreate a ‘70s heist movie – scroll down the page to watch it now. The track is taken from the band’s latest album ‘Skinty Fia’, which arrived in April and topped the charts in the UK and Ireland. READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.: “People are looking to me for answers. What the fuck do I know?” In the video, which was directed by Sam Taylor, Fontaines take on new monikers, including frontman Grian Chatten’s Marty “Stir” Crazy and guitarist Conor Curley’s David Leatherman. Together, the group take...
Pixies share short documentary capturing making of new album ‘Doggerel’
Pixies have shared a short documentary with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their new album. Watch the film below. READ MORE: Pixies’ Joey Santiago on playing with Pearl Jam, new music and Ian Brown’s conspiracy theories The six-minute clip features the band recording their first album in three years in Guilford, Vermont. The band’s eighth record ‘Doggerol’ is set to arrive on September 30. “Fortunately my kids are old enough now that they’re not gonna burn the place down or anything, so I just said, ‘Guys, just leave me alone for a couple of weeks. I gotta do...
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian shares Armenian protest song ‘Amber’
System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian has shared a new solo song that serves as a resistance piece to the “slick theft” he claims he’s seen in Armenia’s political elections. READ MORE: System Of A Down’s new anthems of rebellion are arena-ready calls for justice The track, which is sung entirely in the Armenian language, was written in 2017 but was completed this year. It features Armenian singer Sevak Amroyan and comes with a Hrag Yedalian-directed music video, which you can watch below. The song’s title ‘Amber’ is pronounced “ahm-be’r” and translates to “clouds” in Armenian. Advertisement Tankian, who...
Julian Casablancas sells stake in The Strokes catalogue
Julian Casablancas has sold a stake in The Strokes’ catalogue. READ MORE: The roots of… The Strokes According to Rolling Stone, The Strokes frontman has sold a portion of both publishing rights and masters rights to Primary Wave for an undisclosed sum. Primary Wave have not revealed whether Casablancas has retained a portion of his stake. The sale only includes Casablancas’ rights for The Strokes’ music, not his other projects, a Primary Wave representative told Rolling Stone. Advertisement Casablancas is the latest musician to have made money in the music copyright sales world. Earlier this year John Legend sold...
Queen have discovered an unreleased song featuring Freddie Mercury
Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May have confirmed that they have unearthed an unreleased song by the band featuring late frontman Freddie Mercury. The band members shared the revelation during an interview this weekend with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2. “We did find a little gem from Freddie that we’d kind of forgotten about,” Taylor said. “And it’s wonderful. Actually, it was a real discovery. It’s from the Miracle Sessions and I think it’s going to be out in September.” Advertisement Asked who found the track, the title of which will be ‘Face It Alone’, May replied: “It...
50 Cent mocks Madonna again for sharing risqué photos
50 Cent has once again mocked Madonna for sharing risqué photos on Instagram. READ MORE: The Big Read – Madonna: ”People pick on me. That’s just the way it is” Last year, after Madonna posted a series of images on Instagram wearing lingerie and lying on and under a bed, the rapper reposted one of the images with the caption: “Yo this is the funniest shit! LOL. That’s Madonna under the bed trying to do like a virgin at 63. she shot out, if she don’t get her old ass up. LMFAO.” Madonna responded, saying: “I guess your new career is...
Here’s all the free events at Grace Jones’ Meltdown Festival
The Grace Jones-curated edition of London’s Meltdown Festival kicks off this Friday (June 10) and – alongside exclusive gigs – features a raft of free public programming. READ MORE: Alewya: “Grace Jones has the level of uniqueness that I aspire to have” Events will run across the Southbank Centre’s venues for the duration of the festival, which runs until June 19, offering a host of activities for fans to get involved in. Throughout the whole festival a new audio installation from poet Travis Alabanza will lead visitors in saying “grace” to Jones. The We Say Grace installation will be played...
‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ songwriter Paul Vance has died
Paul Vance, the songwriter behind ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ and more pop classics has died at the age of 92. Vance – real name Joseph Paul Florio – was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 1929. His songwriting partnership with Lee Pockriss produced more than 300 songs including the aforementioned 1960 worldwide hit ‘Itsy Bitsy…’ and other chart-topper ‘Catch A Falling Star’, which was performed by Perry Como and released in 1957. ‘Itsy Bitsy…’ sold more than 20 million copies and reached the Top 10 in the UK originally. In 1990 it achieved...Recent Posts
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