Florence Welch has revealed that Nick Cave and Iggy Pop influenced the vocals on her new album ‘Dance Fever’. Watch a clip from the interview below. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer reborn During a conversation with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, the Florence + The Machine frontwoman discussed embodying her favourite male vocalists like Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop and Cave for album opener, ‘King‘. “I was like, ‘I’ll never write a song again, I can’t do anything,’” Welch said of writing the record’s lead single. “It came from...
As I Lay Dying have lost another member in longtime bassist Josh Gilbert who last night (May 16) announced his departure from the band. His decision comes after guitarist Nick Hipa left the Californian metalcore outfit in 2020, citing that he wanted to prioritise “a motion design career, deep focus on my family, taking care of my health, and working on other creative projects”. Taking to Instagram to issue a statement, Gilbert wrote: “Hello, friends. After 15 years (almost half my life), I’ve decided to part ways with As I Lay Dying. Advertisement “Despite the ups and downs inherent,...
Grimes has donated a number of clothes and items from her 2021 Met Gala appearance to raise money for Ukraine. READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drum The musician is one of 50 artists who have given personal items to the Resistance For Ukraine benefit auction that aims to “support Emergency Response & BIPOC families (Black, indigenous, and people of colour) in and out of Ukraine.” Each piece from the auction, which closes May 26, offers “a unique interpretation” of the theme ‘resistance’, and all proceeds will be...
John Legend has called for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to be “de-platformed”, accusing the presenter of espousing a racist theory that the Buffalo mass shooting suspect allegedly posted online. Payton S. Gendron, 18, is accused of carrying out what authorities have said was a racially-motivated attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York on Saturday (May 14) that left 10 people dead and three injured. Gendron, who is white, has pled not guilty to first-degree murder, Erie County DA John J. Flynn confirmed in a news release. In a pair of tweets posted yesterday (May 16), Legend made...
Eric Clapton has been forced to postpone two of his upcoming shows after testing positive for COVID-19. READ MORE: The 50 best music documentaries of all time The guitarist kicked off his latest UK and European tour earlier this month with a pair of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London. However, Clapton has now announced that he is rescheduling his planned dates in Zurich, Switzerland and Milan, Italy, which had been set to take place tonight (May 17) and tomorrow (May 18), after he contracted COVID following the second Albert Hall gig. Advertisement “Eric Clapton is unfortunately...
Emo has risen. My Chemical Romance welcomed fans back to the Black Parade on Monday (May 16) with the kick-off performance of their long-awaited reunion tour at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England. The legendary band debuted a live performance of their newest single, “The Foundations of Decay,” the first of their music since their 2013 breakup. Fan-captured footage from the show reveals that they also delivered two surprise debut performances of other older songs “Surrender the Night” and “Boy Division” from their 2013 compilation album Conventional Weapons. https://youtu.be/fkl8_vs6tl4 MCR also killed it, according to fan reactions on social...
Friends of the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins have claimed that he was uncomfortable with the intensity of the band’s touring schedule after the COVID-19 pandemic eased. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show According to a number of friends, Hawkins allegedly expressed discomfort with the band’s tour schedule – saying that he was struggling to keep up with the physical demands of the job, which often required him to play three-hour concerts night after night. The drummer, 50, who was found dead in his Bogotá hotel room on March 25...
Neil Patrick Harris has issued an apology for a joke that he made about Amy Winehouse’s death. READ MORE: The timeless influence of Amy Winehouse: “Her legacy is beyond comprehension” The singer passed away aged 27 from alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011. Three months after her death, Harris and his husband David Burtka hosted a Halloween party which featured a food platter decorated to look like “the corpse of Amy Winehouse”. After the photo resurfaced on social media 11 years later (via BuzzFeed), Harris released a statement apologising for the “regrettable” joke. Advertisement In a statement issued to Entertainment...
Nina Kraviz and her трип (Trip Recordings) label have been dropped from Clone Distribution after its founder alleged that she harbours “pro-Putin” views. READ MORE: Nina Kraviz – Why my festival return at EXIT Festival 2021 was so special The Russian DJ hasn’t spoken publicly about Russia’s war against Ukraine except for posting a video in February of a handwritten note with the word “peace” written in Russian. NME has contacted Kraviz’s representatives for comment about the allegations. Advertisement Clone Recordings founder Serge Verschuur outlined the decision in a blog post last week (May 12) in which he criticised...
Kehlani has announced details of a UK, European and North American tour that will run from July through to December. READ MORE: Kehlani: “I’m really in a lighter, more mature, happy, fun space” The Bay Area artist will tour in support of their third studio album ‘Blue Water Road’, which was released last month. Kehlani will embark on the ‘Blue Water Road Trip’ on July 30 in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a string of North American tour dates running until October with a date in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 21. Advertisement She will then head to Europe in November...
