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Fans invited to be part of Glastonbury Festival’s burning lotus experience

Glastonbury Festival has invited fans to take part in its burning lotus experience, an art event that aims to provide cathartic relief as the world emerges from the COVID pandemic. READ MORE: The alternative guide to Glastonbury 2022, from The Sistxrhood to San Remo Those attending this year’s festival will be able to contribute words and images to a 40 foot lotus sculpture located near to The Park that will be symbolically set alight at midnight on the last day (Sunday, June 26). But those who are missing out will also be able to take part by sending entries...
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Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Mat Nicholls sign up for charity triathlon

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes and Mat Nicholls have announced that they’ve signed up for a charity triathlon to raise money for UKRAINEPRIDE. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon on stepping up for the scene: “Things are better when you’re not the only one” In August, the singer and drummer will take part in the Allerthorpe Sprint Triathlon, which is described as “one of the fastest-sprint distance triathlon courses” in York. Raising money for the LGBTQ+ charity, Sykes pointed out in an Instagram post today (June 20) that UKRAINEPRIDE “needs all the help it get get right now”. Advertisement...
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Morrissey announces ticket details for upcoming 2022 UK tour

Morrissey has shared ticket details of his forthcoming 2022 UK and Ireland tour. READ MORE: Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop’s problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hits The soloist and former Smiths singer announced the tour earlier this month – more than two years on from his last UK live date at Wembley’s SSE Arena in London. Morrissey’s tour includes two London dates at two iconic venues – The Palladium and O2 Academy Brixton – and takes in stops at locations including Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton and more along with his previously announced concert in Ireland. Advertisement It’s...
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Nick Cave: “Intolerance of opposing ideas indicates a lack of confidence in one’s own thoughts”

Nick Cave has laid out his argument that listening to opposing ideas makes for a healthier society and that free speech isn’t a right but is a tool to “liberate the soul of our world”. READ MORE: I don’t believe in God – but I do believe in Nick Cave In the latest instalment of his The Red Hand Files fan Q&A website, the singer-songwriter responded to two fans about questions on freedom of speech and religion. One fan named Lorraine, who wrote from Berlin, asked him: “What are your thoughts on free speech? Do you think it is...
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FKA twigs recently discovered that she and Jorja Smith are cousins

FKA twigs has revealed that she recently found out that she and Jorja Smith are cousins. READ MORE: FKA twigs: “There are so many sides to me that the world hasn’t seen yet” Speaking in a new interview, the ‘Tears In The Club’ singer said she only discovered Smith was her relative after the pair teamed up on twigs’ recent single ‘Darjeeling’, taken from her January mixtape ‘CAPRISONGS’. “I’d never met her before, and I jumped in her car with her,” twigs told GQ, “and I remember thinking to myself, ‘Gosh, that’s really strange. We’ve got exactly the same...
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Music fans heading to European festivals warned over EasyJet flight cancellations

Music fans who are set to attend festivals across Europe this summer are facing the risk of travel disruption after news that EasyJet has cut thousands of flights. READ MORE: 20 festivals to look forward to in 2022 The European festival circuit is in full flow this year for the first time since 2019 following the wide-scale lifting of COVID-19 pandemic-enforced restrictions on live music events across the continent. UK music fans in particular are expected to travel abroad throughout the summer to get their long-awaited festival fix, with events such as NOS Alive, Lowlands and Open’er Festival among...
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Ghost cut Hellfest headline set short after Tobias Forge loses his voice

Ghost were forced to cut short their headline set at Hellfest over the weekend after their frontman Tobias Forge lost his voice. The Swedish band topped the bill at the Clisson, France festival on Saturday (June 18), with Deftones and Gojira also headlining the event’s first weekend (the second will take place from June 23-26). READ MORE: Ghost – ‘Impera’ review: Swedish metallers go bigger than ever According to Setlist.fm, Ghost ended their headline show 17 songs into the set on Saturday. The band’s 2022 live set has typically consisted of at least 20 songs, including the usual closing...
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Doja Cat raps Nicki Minaj song from hospital after tonsil surgery

Doja Cat has shared a video of herself rapping a Nicki Minaj verse from her hospital bed after undergoing tonsil surgery. Last month the rapper announced that she was cancelling her 2022 live dates, including festival shows and a tour with The Weeknd, to recover from the surgery. It came after the artist tweeted that her “whole throat is fucked” after the surgery, and that she “might have some bad news for y’all coming soon”. Advertisement In the new video, she raps Minaj’s verse on Trey Songz‘s ‘Bottoms Up’ while recovering in her hospital bed. See the post below, alongside other...
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Eminem says rapping about mental health and addiction was “therapeutic”

Eminem has discussed rapping about mental health and addiction in his music, calling the process “therapeutic”. The rapper has been open about his issues with substance abuse and mental health problems throughout his career. Speaking to Westside Boogie on Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning radio show, Eminem was asked how speaking about these issues so openly has changed his life. Advertisement He responded: “Well, I think that’s, that’s one of the great things about rap music is that, you know, you could put so much of your life in it. I was just trying to figure out how to...
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Listen to Aitch and Bakar team up on new single ‘In Disguise’

Aitch and Bakar have shared their new collaborative single, ‘In Disguise’ – you can listen to the track below. The Manchester rapper and the London-based singer/songwriter have teamed up for the song, which will feature on the former’s forthcoming debut album ‘Close To Home’. READ MORE: Aitch: “My debut will 100,000 per cent be a proper Manchester album” ‘In Disguise’ follows on from Aitch’s previous album previews ‘1989’ (which samples The Stones Roses’ ‘Fools Gold’) and the Ashanti-featuring ‘Baby’. Advertisement You can listen to Aitch and Bakar’s ‘In Disguise’ below. Aitch will head out on a UK and Ireland tour...