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Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming shares abortion experience following Roe v. Wade repeal
Sunflower Bean‘s Julia Cumming has shared a candid statement about her abortion experience after Roe v. Wade was overturned last week. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Sunflower Bean On June 24, the Supreme Court decided to overturn the landmark decision, meaning abortion will no longer be protected as a federal right in the US for the first time since 1973. Each state will now be able to decide individually whether to restrict or ban abortion. Along with her statement, the band has also released the first episode of a four-part mini-documentary...
Carl Barât reunited with stolen guitars thanks to “net detective friends”
Carl Barât has recovered his guitars that were stolen ahead of Dirty Pretty Things‘ rehearsals last month. The Libertines frontman issued an appeal on May 18 after two of his guitars were taken, sharing photos of the two instruments and asking fans to keep an eye out and “spread the word”. READ MORE: Carl Barat on The Libertines’ new album progress and how ‘landfill indie’ is “a cruel term” “In the early hours of this morning, two of Carl’s most treasured guitars were stolen in the Homerton area of London, as Dirty Pretty Things rehearsals were about to commence,” last month’s...
Norfolk’s Wide Skies And Butterflies festival cancelled due to “unprecedented rise in production costs”
The first ever Wide Skies And Butterflies festival has been cancelled due to “unprecedented rise in production costs”. READ MORE: Industry hit back at Rishi Sunak’s defence of government’s approach to music, Brexit, clubs and venues The Norfolk event was due to take place on the Raynham Estate between August 5 and 7, with a line-up that included The Vaccines, Hot Chip, Laura Mvula and Natalie Imbruglia. However, organisers SMS Event Production have issued a statement stating that the festival will no longer go ahead because of increased costs and “lower than expected ticket sales”. Advertisement “It is with...
Nicki Minaj’s husband could face prison time for sex offender sentence
Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, could face 15 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in the state of California. According to TMZ, federal prosecutors are refusing to allow Petty to serve his sentence under home confinement, arguing that the couple’s mansion in Calabasas does not qualify as sufficient punishment. Authorities in Beverly Hills first arrested Petty in November 2019 after learning that he had moved from New York to California, and that he failed to submit his sex offender status in the process. He was subsequently released on a $20,000 bail. However, it was...
Fred Again.. shares new Four Tet collaboration ‘Jungle’
Fred Gibson, AKA electronic producer Fred Again.., has released a new track called ‘Jungle’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Fred Again.. – ‘Actual Life 2 (February 2 – October 15 2021)’ review: acclaimed producer turns despair into hope The track – which contains a sample of Elley Duhé’s 2017 track ‘Immortal’ and also features a production co-credit from Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden – follows Fred’s February team-up with I. JORDAN (formerly India Jordan) ‘Admit It (U Don’t Want 2)’. Prior to that, Fred released two albums in 2021 – his April debut ‘Actual Life (April 14 –...
Oli Sykes and Alice Longyu Gao get futuristic in twisted ‘Believe The Hype’ video
Oli Sykes and Alice Longyu Gao have dropped their new collaborative track, ‘Believe The Hype’ – watch the twisted video below. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon on stepping up for the scene: “Things are better when you’re not the only one” The Bring Me The Horizon frontman and Chinese electro-pop artist first teased the release last week, with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the song’s silver-themed video. “Our new song ‘Believe The Hype’ is about to come out,” Longyu Gao said in the clip. “You should pre-save the song now! Do it! If you don’t, Oli is going to...
Vince Staples lands lead role in comedy pilot ‘The Wood’
Vince Staples has been cast in a comedy pilot for Showtime based on the 1999 film The Wood. According to Variety, Staples, Xavier Mills (Legacies), Karen Obilom (Doom Patrol), Melvin Gregg (Snowfall) and Essence Renae (Bosch: Legacy) will star in the pilot. READ MORE: Vince Staples: “It’s important for me to tell the truth about my experiences” Original stars Richard T. Jones and Tamala Jones will also reprise their roles as Slim and Tanya respectively in the show. Advertisement The film’s original director and writer, Rick Famuyiwa, will return to direct and executive produce the pilot. Famuyiwa previously worked with...
Beyoncé shares ‘RENAISSANCE’ statement and album artwork
Beyoncé has shared a statement about her forthcoming new album ‘RENAISSANCE (Act 1)’ on social media, along with what appears to be the record’s artwork. READ MORE: Beyoncé’s new song ‘Break My Soul’ is a confidence-oozing comeback that embraces nu-disco The pop icon announced earlier this month (June 16) that she would be releasing her seventh solo album – the follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed ‘Lemonade’ – on July 29. Now Bey has gone into detail about the creative process surrounding the album, which has so far been preceded by her Robin S and Big Freedia-sampling new single ‘Break My Soul’. Advertisement...
Did Beyoncé’s Renaissance Cover Art Just Reference A Famous Painting?
Stop horsing around and bow down — Queen Beyoncé has arrived with the majestic cover art for her upcoming album, Act I: Renaissance, on Thursday (June 30). The singer took to Instagram to share the artwork, which shows Beyoncé posing astride a glowing silvery horse against a stark black backdrop. Her body faces forward while she glances at the camera with an intensely regal stare. Her long blonde hair falls behind her back, and she dons armor-like jewelry that wraps around her body. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfb3ddsFe2S/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Fans on social media were quick to see resemblances in the Carlijn Jacobs-shot photo to other iconic...Recent Posts
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