South Korean music and media collective DPR (Dream Perfect Regime) have announced dates in the UK, European and North America for their upcoming 2022 Regime World Tour. READ MORE: IVE’s new single ‘Love Dive’ is a luxurious plunge into the girl group’s alluring sound Over the weekend, members of the collective – consisting DPR IAN, DPR Live, DPR Cream and DPR REM – broke the news though their various official social media accounts. A total of 29 shows in the UK, Europe and North America have been announced for September to November 2022, with Asia-Pacific dates to be confirmed...
Noah Cyrus has announced her debut album ‘The Hardest Part’ with the new single, ‘I Burned LA Down’. She’s also announced her first-ever Europe tour – buy your tickets here. READ MORE: Noah Cyrus: “I can’t believe I put out my first song when I was 16 – what was I thinking?” Released on April 8, ‘I Burned LA Down’ comes with a cinematic music video inspired by the end of a relationship and the threat of climate change. It sees Cyrus riding on a horse while a barn is set ablaze, set against her emotional country-tinged tale of...
The guitar that Kurt Cobain is seen playing in the video for Nirvana‘s 1991 hit ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ will head to auction next month. READ MORE: Every Nirvana song ranked in order of greatness The left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang, in a Lake Placid Blue finish, will be up for grabs as part of Julien’s Auctions’ three-day Music Icons event, running from May 20-22 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York as well as online. Advertisement According to Julien’s, a starting estimate of $600,000 to $800,000 is expected for the guitar. Cobain spoke highly of Mustangs, calling them his...
Nick Cave has penned a lengthy tribute to the late Chris Bailey of Australian punk legends The Saints, whose death over the weekend was confirmed earlier this week. In the latest instalment of Cave’s Red Hand Files Q&A newsletter, a fan asked the songwriter what Bailey meant to him as a young musician in Australia. Cave opens his response by reflecting on a 1977 photo which shows Bailey collapsed on stage during a performance with the Saints in Melbourne, Cave looking on in the crowd, visibly stunned. The photo was shot at the Tiger Room in Richmond by Rennie...
Jay-Z, Diddy and Fat Joe were among the stars who turned out for DJ Khaled‘s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Dedication Ceremony in Hollywood, California yesterday (April 11). READ MORE: DJ Khaled – ‘Khaled Khaled’ review: another one from the best schmoozer in the biz Khaled was introduced by Fat Joe, with whom he has collaborated on singles such as ‘Holla At Me’, ‘Pride N Joy’, ‘I’m So Hood’, ‘All I Do Is Win’ and more. “When I met him, he made me move out of New York to Miami,” Joe said, recalling memories of their first meeting. “When...
HIM’s Ville Valo has announced that he’ll be hitting the road next year for a UK and European tour – buy tickets here. The upcoming dates – which he will headline under his VV moniker – mark the first serious run of touring for the Finnish singer-songwriter since the disbanding of HIM back in late 2017. Kicking off at Proxima in Warsaw, Poland on February 14, he will take in mainland European shows in Germany, Spain, Italy, Luxemburg, Switzerland, among others. He will then head to the UK on March 10 for shows in Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow, Manchester and London. Advertisement News...
Britney Spears has announced she’s pregnant with her third child on social media. READ MORE: Here’s everything you need to know about the #FreeBritney movement The pop icon took to Instagram earlier this evening (April 11) to reveal she and fiancé Sam Asghari are expecting alongside a bird’s eye view image of a pink coffee cup and some flowers. “I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back … I thought ‘Geez … what happened to my stomach ???’ My husband said ‘No you’re food pregnant silly !!!’ So I got a...
Kikagaku Moyo have shared details of their final album ‘Kumoyo Island’ and posted new single ‘Cardboard Pile’, which you can listen to below. The Japanese psych rockers’ fifth studio album will be released on May 6 via the band’s own Guruguru Brain label. They also shared the tracklisting and artwork, both of which you can also view below. The news comes just months after they announced that they were going on an indefinite hiatus. Advertisement Writing on Instagram at the time the band said: “After much discussion between the five of us at the end of last year, we have...
Bruce Springsteen fans were treated to some of the rocker’s unreleased outtakes at a Mexican radio conference this weekend, thanks to his longtime engineer. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and present Toby Scott was a guest at this past weekend’s SoundCheck Xpo in Mexico City; during his presentation he offered up some snippets of a few old recordings that Springsteen recorded in the early 1980s. During his 87-minute presentation, the engineer played a few different takes of the Boss recording ‘Born In The U.S.A.’. One of the versions was the solo-acoustic demo that...
Latto has made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing ‘Big Energy’ and her collaboration with Childish Gambino and Lil Wayne, ‘Sunshine’. READ MORE: Latto – ‘777’ review: ‘Queen of da Souf’ digs deeper with soul-searching second album Both songs feature on her new album ‘777’, which was released last month and also includes contributions from Kodak Black and 21 Savage. The rapper started the performance, which you can view below, while seated before she got up to rap her verse. Advertisement After shedding her yellow gown, Latto brought out a pair of backup dancers to run...