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Snoop Dogg cancels his ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ UK tour
Snoop Dogg has cancelled all his non-US shows for the remainder of 2022 due to “unforeseen scheduling conflicts, including family obligations and upcoming tv and film projects”. READ MORE: Snoop Dogg – ‘Algorithm’ review: Snoop’s shot at making old-school hip-hop great again That means his upcoming ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ tour that was set to hit the UK in August is no longer going ahead. The tour was originally meant to take place in 2020 to promote his 2019 album of the same name, but was rescheduled to 2022 due to coronavirus. It’s now been cancelled all together, with...
Bristol’s Love Saves The Day bans glitter and single-use plastic
Bristol’s Love Saves The Day festival has banned glitter and single-use plastic at its festival in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint. The event, which is being held at Ashton Court on June 2-3, plans to cut its environmental impact 50 per cent by 2025. Loves Saves the Day has partnered with Music Declares Emergency, a movement which is calling for urgent climate action through its No Music On a Dead Planet campaign. Advertisement The festival’s sustainability manager, Pauline Bourdon told the BBC that when people “connect together and have a moment of collective joy”, they are also...
‘Stranger Things’ causes surge in streams of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’
Streams of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ have increased by 153 per cent after the song appeared on the latest season of Stranger Things. READ MORE: ‘Stranger Things’ season four part one review: all the terrifying thrills you’ve come to expect The first volume of season four arrived on Netflix last week (May 27) and Bush’s song features in the first episode of the new show and then prominently in some of the episodes thereafter via key moments involving the character Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink). The song, taken from Bush’s album ‘Hounds of Love’, overtook ‘Wuthering Heights’ on Spotify...
Alexisonfire announce UK and European headline tour for later this year
Alexisonfire have announced details of a UK and European headline tour for later this year – get tickets here. The Canadian post-hardcore band are set to release their first new album in 13 years next month after headline appearances at Slam Dunk Festival this weekend (June 3 and 4). Today though (May 30) the band have announced a string of headline shows for later in the year. Kicking off in Cardiff on October 14, the run will see the band visit the likes of Manchester, Leeds and Brighton before taking to London’s Brixton Academy. After that, Alexisonfire will take...
Måneskin on having breakfast with Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson and fame in the US
Måneskin have spoken to NME about their huge popularity in the US, and how they were recently invited round to have breakfast with Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson. READ MORE: Måneskin on the cover: “Nobody is keeping rock’n’roll alive – it’s just impossible to kill” The Italian Eurovision winners were talking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, ahead of a huge homecoming gig in Verona and shortly after being one of the most talked about acts at Coachella 2022, on a line-up largely dominated by pop and solo acts including Billie Eilish, Harry Styles and Megan Thee Stallion. In our interview,...
Jungle share first new music of 2022 with singles ‘Good Times’ and ‘Problemz’
Jungle have returned with their first new music since their 2021 album ‘Loving In Stereo‘ – stream twin singles ‘Good Times’ and ‘Problemz’ below. READ MORE: Jungle on their uninhibited third album – “The older we get, the more we stop giving a fuck” The funk and soul dance duo comprising Joshua Lloyd-Watson Tom McFarland have today (May 30) shared two vibrant, standalone singles ready for the summer. Accompanying the tracks is a joint music video directed by the pair’s long-term collaborators JFC Worldwide (Charlie Placido and J. Lloyd). Amsterdam dance troupe Ghetto Funk Collective feature in the footage....
Win tickets to shows at Grace Jones’ Meltdown
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 band DakhaBrakha join Glastonbury 2022 Pyramid Stage line-up
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...
Calvin Harris performs on Liverpool FC bus parade after Champion’s League final
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...Recent Posts
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