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London Independent Market announces dates and line-up for summer event
Indie Lable Market: London has shared dates for its summer event – view the full line-up details below. READ MORE: Here’s why the Independent Label Market’s all-female Soho takeover is so vital Started at Soho’s Berwick Street market in 2011, ILM has hosted 70 events all over the world and has partnered with more than 600 independent record labels throughout the UK as well as in Paris, Berlin, Rome, LA, Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles. This year’s market will take place at Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross on July 16, with labels including , 4AD, BBE, Bella Union,...
Rico Nasty says a new “intrusive” single is “coming out very soon”
Rico Nasty has confirmed that she’s about to release a new single – hear a snippet of the track below. READ MORE: Rico Nasty: “I definitely resonate with being a pop-punk princess” In multiple social media posts made Sunday (May 15) the rapper teased new music, tweeting to fans: “I have a new song coming out very soon”. Rico also told fans that the vibe of the track would be “intrusive”. This morning (May 17) she dropped a video clip of the song, with the caption ‘Black Punk’. The heavy and abrasive sounding track features the rapper confidently sharing lines like...
Burna Boy announces 2022 North America summer tour
Burna Boy has announced that he’ll be heading out on a tour of North America this summer – get tickets here. READ MORE: Burna Boy: “A revolution is needed. I want to inspire it” Hitting the road in support of his forthcoming album ‘Love, Damini’, the Nigerian Afrobeats star has added a string of US and Canadian dates to his previously announced tour, which includes dates in Europe and the UK. Kicking off on July 17, Burna Boy’s North American tour leg will kick off in Bridgetown, Barbados. It will continue through the summer with stops in Chicago, Houston and more...
Music promoters “shocked at the inability” of US government, have “no choice” but to sue over rejected COVID relief
Almost a year after the launch of their COVID-19 relief program for shuttered music venues, The US Small Business Administration is facing more than 60 lawsuits from business owners. READ MORE: US live music scene: “Without government support, you won’t have independent venues in America” With litigation pending and venues still dealing with show cancellations, health risks, and revenue loss due to the ongoing pandemic, NME spoke to concert promoters, the SBA, and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) about issues with the program’s aid rollout. The $16.25billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was signed into law in...
Yungblud announces self-titled third album: “Here is my story”
Yungblud has announced the release of his long-awaited third studio album, which he hopes fills his “beautiful family” with love. READ MORE: Yungblud: “I’ve got two new albums ready to go” The follow-up to 2020’s ‘Weird!’ is set to arrive on September 2, and according to the Doncaster rocker, he chose the title “because nothing in my life has ever made more sense”. “Everything up to this moment has been a complete explosion of uncensored expression, where I just told the truth and sang about what I felt in that exact moment,” Yungblud wrote on Instagram. “The difference here is...
Florence Welch on “trying to embody” Nick Cave and Iggy Pop on new album
Florence Welch has revealed that Nick Cave and Iggy Pop influenced the vocals on her new album ‘Dance Fever’. Watch a clip from the interview below. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer reborn During a conversation with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, the Florence + The Machine frontwoman discussed embodying her favourite male vocalists like Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop and Cave for album opener, ‘King‘. “I was like, ‘I’ll never write a song again, I can’t do anything,’” Welch said of writing the record’s lead single. “It came from...
Another longtime member of As I Lay Dying exits band
As I Lay Dying have lost another member in longtime bassist Josh Gilbert who last night (May 16) announced his departure from the band. His decision comes after guitarist Nick Hipa left the Californian metalcore outfit in 2020, citing that he wanted to prioritise “a motion design career, deep focus on my family, taking care of my health, and working on other creative projects”. Taking to Instagram to issue a statement, Gilbert wrote: “Hello, friends. After 15 years (almost half my life), I’ve decided to part ways with As I Lay Dying. Advertisement “Despite the ups and downs inherent,...
Grimes sells clothes and items from Met Gala to raise money for Ukraine
Grimes has donated a number of clothes and items from her 2021 Met Gala appearance to raise money for Ukraine. READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drum The musician is one of 50 artists who have given personal items to the Resistance For Ukraine benefit auction that aims to “support Emergency Response & BIPOC families (Black, indigenous, and people of colour) in and out of Ukraine.” Each piece from the auction, which closes May 26, offers “a unique interpretation” of the theme ‘resistance’, and all proceeds will be...
John Legend urges “de-platforming” of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in wake of Buffalo shooting
John Legend has called for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to be “de-platformed”, accusing the presenter of espousing a racist theory that the Buffalo mass shooting suspect allegedly posted online. Payton S. Gendron, 18, is accused of carrying out what authorities have said was a racially-motivated attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York on Saturday (May 14) that left 10 people dead and three injured. Gendron, who is white, has pled not guilty to first-degree murder, Erie County DA John J. Flynn confirmed in a news release. In a pair of tweets posted yesterday (May 16), Legend made...Recent Posts
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