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Shawn Mendes postpones 12 dates of ‘Wonder’ tour to focus on mental health
Shawn Mendes has postponed the next 12 dates on the North American leg of his ‘Wonder’ tour, citing a need to prioritise his mental health. READ MORE: Pop is Not A Dirty Word: Why I reckon Shawn Mendes is the Gen-Z Bruce Springsteen The dozen shows comprise the next three weeks of Mendes’ touring schedule – he was due to perform in the Minnesotan capital of St. Paul tonight (July 9), followed by shows in Omaha and Milwaukee across the rest of the weekend. Also affected by the news are gigs in Rosemont, St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Raleigh,...
Carlos Santana postpones next six dates of tour “out of an abundance of caution for his health”
Carlos Santana has postponed the next six dates of his current North American tour – including the Noblesville, Indiana gig he had scheduled for tonight (July 8) – as he recovers from the lasting effects of his recent quarrel with heat exhaustion. During his concert in Michigan on Tuesday (July 5), Santana collapsed onstage as a result of heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was transported from the venue – the outdoor Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston – to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston, where his team issued a statement assuring fans that the iconic rocker was “doing well”....
Ciara wants “to make the world dance” with new single ‘Jump’
Ciara has released a brand new single called ‘Jump’ which she hopes will inspire the world to dance – listen to it below. READ MORE: NME presents: the 69 sexiest songs about sex The singer’s first new song in two years is an up-tempo club banger featuring viral rap group Coast Contra, designed to get people on the dance floor. “If you want it, I got all the flavours you need/ Get up on it, come apply that pressure on me/ You’ve been waiting, saying what you gon’ do, we gon’ see/ That’s right, we gon’ see what it do, ah, ah,” Ciara...
Listen to King Princess’ harrowing new single ‘Change The Locks’
King Princess has shared a brand new single titled ‘Change The Locks’ – listen to the heart-rending track below. READ MORE: King Princess: “When Harry Styles tweeted about me, it was a huge deal” The genre-blurring pop star’s latest single is the fourth preview of their forthcoming second album, ‘Hold On Baby’, which is due to be released on July 29 via Zelig. It follows the singles ‘Little Bother’, ‘For My Friends’ and ‘Too Bad/Cursed’. “So I guess it’s over/ ‘Cause I’m hardly sober anymore/ So I guess it’s over/ I can hardly hold you anymore,” King Princess (real name Mikaela Straus)...
The Killers are planning to release a new album early next year
The Killers have revealed that they’re planning to release a brand new album sometime early next year. READ MORE: The Killers at Mad Cool 2022: “Our new song ‘Boy’ is in the gutter, looking at the stars” The Las Vegas band’s most recent album was last year’s ‘Pressure Machine’, which NME‘s Thomas Smith called a “deeply satisfying entry into their catalogue” in a four-star review. It’s been 11 months since the release of their seventh LP and already The Killers are working on new material which they hope to start releasing later this year. Advertisement “We just had a...
Watch Belle and Sebastian perform quartet of tracks for NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’
Belle And Sebastian delivered a four-song set for the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series – watch it below. READ MORE: Belle and Sebastian – ‘A Bit Of Previous’ review: some of their most vivid songwriting in years The veteran indie-pop septet played ‘Unnecessary Drama’, ‘Working Boy In New York City’ and ‘Reclaim the Night’, all of which appear on their latest album, ‘A Bit Of Previous’. They ended the set with a performance of ‘Judy And The Dream of Horses’, taken from their second album, ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Advertisement...
Turnstile on the arrival of new music: “It is always a very fluid thing”
Turnstile have discussed when fans can expect new music from them, explaining that the band are “always writing” and “trying things”. READ MORE: Turnstile: “When the stars align for things to happen, we follow them” The Baltimore hardcore band’s most recent album is the acclaimed ‘Glow On’, which was released in August last year. In a five-star review, NME‘s Will Richards called the LP a “boundaryless approach to experimentation”. Now, coming off the back of an impressive performance at Glastonbury, the band have discussed the prospect of new music with NME in an interview for this week’s Big Read,...
Listen to Oneohtrix Point Never’s remix of The Weeknd’s song ‘Dawn FM’
Oneohtrix Point Never has remixed the title track of The Weeknd‘s ‘Dawn FM’. READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsight Daniel Lopatin, known by his Oneohtrix Point Never alias, is a prominent co-producer on The Weeknd’s 2022 album and has now remixed its opening song. Lopatin was also credited as a composer and lyricist on the original as well as playing keyboards and programming, all alongside The Weeknd himself. Advertisement Meanwhile, The Weekend recently announced new support acts for his North American stadium concerts – dubbed the ‘After Hours...
Pussy Riot announce ‘MATRIARCHY NOW’ mixtape featuring iLoveMakkonen, Tove Lo, Big Freedia and more
Pussy Riot have announced their debut mixtape ‘MATRIARCHY NOW’ and shared new song ‘PLASTIC’ with iLoveMakkonen. READ MORE: From the archives – Who are Pussy Riot? A guide to the Russian activist group who crashed the World Cup Final ‘MATRIARCHY NOW’ is released on August 5 via Neon Gold Records and arrives shortly before the 10th anniversary of their August 17, 2012 conviction of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred”, for which some members of the Russian feminist collective spent two years in jail for protesting against President Vladimir Putin. Ahead of the mixtape’s release, the collective have today (July...Recent Posts
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