Andrew Dominik, director of the new film This Much I Know To Be True, has spoken to NME about how the movie depicts how far Nick Cave has come in his journey of processing grief. READ MORE: This Much I Know To Be True review: an engrossing and intimate portrait of Nick Cave This Much I Know To Be True, which is in cinemas for one night only tomorrow (Wednesday May 11), is a documentary meets performance film that centres around the creative relationship between Cave and his Bad Seeds bandmate and longtime collaborator Warren Ellis, and looks at...
Headie One has shared a new single ‘Came In The Scene’ – watch the video below. READ MORE: Headie One – ‘Too Loyal For My Own Good’ review: an experimental mixtape ‘Came In The Scene’ is the first taste of new solo music from the rapper since his 2021 mixtape ‘Too Loyal For My Own Good’ and 2020 debut album ‘Edna’. He also released a collaborative mixtape in 2020 with producer Fred again.. titled ‘Gang’ that featured appearances from FKA twigs, Jamie xx, Sampha and more. The new track follows Headie One’s appearance on M Huncho’s recently released single ‘Warzone’. Advertisement Produced by M1onTheBeat, ‘Came...
French President Emmanuel Macron attempted to get Måneskin disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest, it has been reported. The glam-rock group – fronted by Damiano David – won the annual music competition for Italy last year after scoring 524 points with their hit track ‘Zitti E Buoni’. READ MORE: Måneskin on working with Iggy Pop, partying with Ed Sheeran and Eurovision advice However, their victory was soon overshadowed by accusations that David had been caught on camera snorting cocaine off a table in the green room. The singer denied the claims and subsequently passed a voluntary drug test. Advertisement...
A woman in her 30s has died in hospital after attending Bang Face Weekender 2022 in Southport last week. This year’s edition of the annual electronic dance music event took place at Pontins Holiday Park in the Merseyside town between May 5-9. As Mixmag reports, the unidentified woman was found unconscious in her chalet room at the complex on Friday morning (May 6). She was subsequently taken to hospital but died shortly afterwards. Police are not treating the death as suspicious, and the incident is currently under investigation. A spokesperson for Britannia Hotels, which owns Pontins, told the Liverpool...
Restrictions imposed on UK-based musicians touring in the EU after Brexit are to be eased. READ MORE: Brexit, one year on: Music industry remains frustrated at “clueless” government Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced this month a new dual registration system that will make it easier for hauliers to move equipment from the UK to the EU. This will only apply to drivers with a fixed base in the UK and in a country outside of the UK. Previously, UK-EU regulations permitted hauliers to just three EU stops per tour, which placed tight limits on bands playing live in EU nations....
A woman gave birth to a baby boy during a Metallica show in Curitiba, Brazil on Saturday night (May 7). READ MORE: Metallica and friends: “‘The Black Album’ was a victory for the underdog” The metal band were performing at the city’s Estádio Couto Pereira stadium as part of their current South American tour, which was postponed from April 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. As Consequence Of Sound reports, tattoo artist Joice M. Figueiró was 39 weeks pregnant when she attended the concert last weekend and began having contractions after Metallica took to the stage. Advertisement Figueiró’s waters broke...
Joe Alwyn has spoken about co-writing songs with Taylor Swift for the first time. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Lakes’ – theories, lyrics and everything we know about the ‘Folklore’ bonus song The actor and musician, who is dating the pop star, contributed to her 2020 albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ under the pseudonym William Bowery. Swift revealed the identity of her mystery co-writer in November 2020, though Alwyn hadn’t spoken publicly about the arrangement until this month when he opened up to Vulture about it in a new interview. Advertisement Alwyn gained co-writing credits for the ‘Folklore’ songs ‘Betty’...
Stella Donnelly has announced her second album ‘Flood’ – listen to new single ‘Lungs’ below. READ MORE: Stella Donnelly: “You have to stand up for people that don’t have a voice” The forthcoming record is described as the singer-songwriter’s “record of rediscovery: the product of months of risky experimentation, hard moments of introspection, and a lot of transition”. Featuring 11 tracks, the album will arrive on August 26 via Secretly Canadian. You can pre-order/pre-save it here. Advertisement ‘Lungs’ comes with an official video that Donnelly co-directed alongside Duncan Wright. “Very loosely based on the Banded Stilts of my ...
Last night (Monday, May 9) saw Muse play the first of two special charity shows at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. Check out photos, footage, the setlist and more below. READ MORE: Global chaos? Corrupt politicians? Here’s why we need Muse more than ever The Devon rock trio announced the gigs back in March, with money raised at the first show donated to War Child and Médecins Sans Frontières‘ relief efforts in Ukraine. The second show will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Big Issue. This marked the band’s first major gigs of 2022 after playing an intimate comeback club...
Harry Styles has spoken about the benefits of receiving therapy for his mental health after initially being hesitant to engage with it. READ MORE: Harry Styles’ new song ‘As It Was’ is a reflective ode to the bittersweet nature of change The pop star said in a new interview that speaking to a professional had allowed him to “open up rooms” in himself that he was unaware existed. He said that he started therapy reluctantly about five years ago. “I thought it meant that you were broken,” he told Better Homes & Gardens, adding that he felt it was a...