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Robbie Williams to showcase his paintings at new art exhibition
Robbie Williams is set to showcase his own paintings at his first-ever art exhibition. The singer and his creative partner, Ed Godrich, will present a series of their black-and-white paintings at Sotheby’s galleries on New Bond Street, London between May 13 and May 25. READ MORE: Better Man: eight classic stories the Robbie Williams biopic should include They’re also curating an art sale at the auction house that will feature works by some of their favourite artists, including Damien Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Grayson Perry (via The Guardian). Advertisement Additionally, the sale is set to include one of Williams...
Watch Sparks play ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at Paris Gare du Nord
Sparks performed an impromptu rendition of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at a public piano at Paris Gare du Nord yesterday (April 20) – you can watch a clip of the moment below. The Mael brothers, who won Best Music Film at this year’s BandLab NME Awards for The Sparks Brothers, are currently on their rescheduled UK and European tour, which visited the UK and Ireland earlier this month. READ MORE: Sparks and Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers: “This is the totality of who we are” The morning after their gig at Casino de...
Øya Festival confirms full line-up for 2022, including H.E.R. and Little Simz
Øya Festival has confirmed its full line-up for 2022, with the likes of H.E.R. and Little Simz joining the bill. The Norwegian festival will return to Oslo’s Tøyenparken from August 9-13 this year, with Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Florence + The Machine set to headline. READ MORE: H.E.R.: “I definitely feel a responsibility to use my platform. We should all speak out against things that we don’t like” Øya has now confirmed the final names on the line-up (which is split 50/50 between male and female artists) for their 2022 festival, with H.E.R., Little Simz,...
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker asks fans to stop talking during support acts’ sets
Big Thief frontwoman Adrianne Lenker has asked fans in a video message to stop talking through their support acts’ sets. The Brooklyn band are currently out on a North American headline tour in support of their fifth studio album, ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’, which came out in February via 4AD. READ MORE: Big Thief – ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ review: a new chapter Canadian musician and producer Kara-Lis Coverdale is currently opening for Big Thief at the ongoing concerts, per Stereogum. Advertisement Earlier this week, Lenker took to Instagram to share a video...
Green Man Festival adds Tune-Yards, Sofia Kourtesis, Nia Archives and more to 2022 line-up
Green Man Festival has announced the second wave of artists for their 2022 line-up. The Brecon Beacons, Wales festival will return for its 20th anniversary event from August 18-21. READ MORE: Green Man festival 2021: there’s magic in the mountains, and a sense of renewal With Kraftwerk, Michael Kiwanuka, Beach House, Metronomy and Bicep already set to headline this year’s festival, Green Man has now announced another wave of acts for their 2022 event. Advertisement Tune-Yards, Sofia Kourtesis and Nia Archives lead the latest additions to the line-up, with Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul, Mary Lattimore, Donny Benét, Carwyn...
Pooh Shiesty sentenced to five years in prison over Florida shooting
Pooh Shiesty has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a single firearms conspiracy charge. The rapper – whose real name is Lontrell Donell Williams Jr. – was charged over his involvement in an October 2020 shooting at a hotel in Bay Harbor Islands in Florida. He is said to have shot a 28-year-old man in the buttocks. After Williams pleaded guilty to a single firearms conspiracy charge earlier this year, federal prosecutors dropped three additional charges that could have resulted in a lifetime prison sentence. The most serious of these charges alleged that Shiesty...
Phoebe Bridgers says she might release more new music this year
Phoebe Bridgers has suggested she may release more new music this year, saying that she always “tries to do things that are exciting”. Last week saw the Los Angeles singer-songwriter return with ‘Sidelines’, a standalone song that was recorded for the upcoming TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Conversations With Friends. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” Bridgers wrote the track with bandmate and collaborator Marshall Vore and Ruby Rain Henley. According to a press release, ‘Sidelines’ will be her only original new song of the...
Smashing Pumpkins have completed their “big” and “epic” 12th album, says Jeff Schroeder
According to Smashing Pumpkins’ longstanding guitarist Jeff Schroeder, the band have finished working on their “big” and “epic” 12th studio album. READ MORE: The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on being a reformed control freak: “I drove myself with my insecurities” Word of the LP first came before the release of 2020’s ‘CYR’, when frontman Billy Corgan said it would be a sequel to both their 1995 album ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ and 2000’s ‘Machina’ records. He described it at the time as “kind of a rock opera”, and confirmed last March that he and the rest of...
Bartees Strange announces second album ‘Farm To Table’ and shares new single
Bartees Strange has announced that his second album, ‘Farm To Table’, will arrive in June, sharing new single ‘Cosigns’ along with the news. READ MORE: Bartees Strange: The Washington, D.C. artist bending genres to build his own uncompromising world Set to arrive on June 17, the follow-up to 2020 debut ‘Live Forever’ was previewed last month with lead single ‘Heavy Heart’. That song’s release came with the news that Strange had signed to his “dream label”, 4AD, who will release ‘Farm To Table’. ‘Cosigns’ is a characteristically diverse cut from Strange, melding trappy, auto-tuned verses that shout out Phoebe...Recent Posts
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