The Grace Jones-curated Meltdown festival 2022 is just around the corner, and NME has tickets to select gigs to be won. See below for your chance to win. READ MORE: 10 magnificent facts you might not know about Grace Jones With a line-up hand-picked by the iconic Grace Jones, this year’s bill features the likes of John Grant, Sky Ferreira, Peaches, Hot Chip, Greentea Peng, Blancmange, Skunk Anansie, Nova Twins, Honey Dijon and many more – as well as two performances from Jones herself. Jones follows in the footsteps of the likes of David Bowie, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, David Byrne, John Peel and Ray Davies in being...
Ukrainian folk quartet DakhaBrakha have joined Glastonbury 2022’s Pyramid Stage line-up. READ MORE: Ukrainian Eurovision entry Kalush Orchestra: “This is the highest responsibility possible” The band will play the festival’s main stage on the festival’s Sunday morning (June 26) to deliver an anti-war message. They’ve called themselves “ambassadors of free Ukraine” and have punctuated concerts with cries of “Stop Putin!” and “No war!” (via BBC News). DakhaBrakha are currently donating proceeds from their shows to help the Ukrainian army. Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra with their Eurovision trophy. Credit: Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images. Meanwhile, Kalush Orchestra‘s Eurovision trophy has been auctioned off online...
Liverpool FC held an open top bus parade around the city yesterday to celebrate their trophy winning season, and it featured a performance from Calvin Harris. Despite losing the Champions League final 1-0 to Real Madrid on Saturday night (May 28) and missing out on the Premier League title to Manchester City, Jurgen Klopp’s team were celebrating their trophy wins in both the FA Cup and League Cup. As part of the celebrations, Harris performed on top of the bus, with his set centred around a performance of his 2018 Dua Lipa collaboration ‘One Kiss’, which has become an...
Bring Me The Horizon hosted their own festival in Malta this weekend, and Saturday night (May 28) saw them play a special “throwback” set – see footage, setlist, reaction and more below. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon: “I’m like everyone else: confused, scared and angry” Curated by the band themselves, the Malta weekender also hosted Bullet For My Valentine, Nova Twins and Beartooth among others, and earlier in the festival, the band debuted a new song called ‘Strangers’ during a DJ set. During their Saturday night throwback set, the band were joined by a host of special guests and performed rare old...
Adora has shared a teaser for the music video of her forthcoming digital single, ‘Trouble? TRAVEL!’. READ MORE: Adora’s debut solo single ‘Make U Dance’ is an enchanting but safe first step into the spotlight In the new visual, Adora sleepily awakens to the sound of gears turning and a cuckoo clock in her bedroom. She catches sight of a mysterious pocket watch, which appears to send her to different realms. The accompanying piano instrumental swells, and a grand concert hall dramatically lights up. ‘Trouble? TRAVEL!’ Is due out on June 1 at 6pm KST. The forthcoming release will mark...
Kalush Orchestra‘s Eurovision trophy has been auctioned off online to raise funds to buy drones for Ukraine’s ongoing war against Russia. READ MORE: Ukrainian Eurovision entry Kalush Orchestra: “This is the highest responsibility possible” The Ukrainian rap group triumphed over the UK’s Sam Ryder at the Turin ceremony earlier this month, receiving a massive portion of the public vote. As BBC News report, the winning trophy – a crystal microphone – has now been auctioned off on Facebook with the aim of buying drones for Ukraine’s armed forces with the proceeds. Coinciding with a performance from the band at Berlin’s...
Japanese Breakfast was joined by Wilco‘s Nels Cline during her set at Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts, over the weekend. The musical moniker of Michelle Zauner, Japanese Breakfast welcomed Cline onstage towards the end of the set, to help in playing ‘Posing For Cars’ from her 2021 LP ‘Jubilee’. During the song, the Wilco guitarist shredded his way through a masterful guitar solo, captured by fans in the audience. READ MORE: Japanese Breakfast: “This year is about enjoying myself – my number one job is to have fun” “Nels Cline just ripped a fucking solo on my...
Camila Cabello was booed by football fans during her opening ceremony performance for the UEFA Champions League Final over the weekend. Taking to Stade de France in Paris on Saturday (May 28), Cabello’s medley of songs — which included ‘Señorita’, ‘Bam Bam’, ‘Havana’ and ‘Don’t Go Yet’ — was met with a rowdy crowd, after ticketing issues left thousands of fans queueing up outside the venue and delayed the final between Real Madrid and Liverpool by more than half an hour. READ MORE: Camila Cabello – ‘Familia’ review: pin-sharp satire and “emo” anguish galore Frustrated fans then went on to...
DJ Dahi, a longtime Kendrick Lamar collaborator who worked extensively on ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’, has discussed the rapper’s creative process, saying he wouldn’t be shocked if there were thousands of unreleased songs sitting on Lamar’s hard drive. READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ review: a cathartic, soul-baring autobiography Dahi – who has production credits on ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ cuts ‘Die Hard’, ‘Father Time’, ‘Rich Spirit’, ‘Count Me Out’ and ‘Mirror’, ‘Money Trees’ from ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ and several tracks on 2017’s ‘DAMN.’ – commented in a new...
BTS have spoken about the significance of their 2015 single ‘I Need U’ in the group’s career and how that became their breakthrough release. READ MORE: LE SSERAFIM on being HYBE’s first girl group: “Diamonds are made under incredible pressure” On Saturday (May 28), the K-pop juggernauts premiered the first of three episodes from their new Apple Music 1 limited-run series, BTS Radio: Past & Present. During the episode, the group’s members discussed about their past songs and what those songs mean to them. Vocalist Jungkook pointed out how BTS’ 2015 single ‘I Need U’, from their ‘The Most...