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Sigur Rós announce Asia tour dates for August 2022
Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós have announced the Asia leg of their upcoming world tour. READ MORE: Jónsi – ‘Shiver’ review: Sigur Rós frontman lets his hair down with a little help from Robyn The Asia leg of the upcoming tour will take place in August with shows in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. Venues have yet to be confirmed for the band’s concerts in Seoul, South Korea and Bangkok, Thailand. Posted by Sigur Rós on Monday, April 25, 2022 Advertisement The tour will see Sigur Rós perform in Singapore on August 17, with fan presales starting on Wednesday (April...
Cardi B, Billie Eilish and more dubbed “tools of Satan” by US political candidate Kristina Karamo
Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Beyoncé are among several artists that have been deemed “tools of Satan” by Kristina Karamo, the Republican candidate running for Michigan Secretary of State. Karamo was chosen by Michigan Republicans on April 23 as their candidate for Secretary of State in the upcoming November election. Per NPR, Karamo – a former community college professor and host of the defunct It’s Solid Food podcast – rose to prominence after claiming she witnessed election fraud in the state’s capital Detroit during the last presidential election. Karamo has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump,...
Psy announces new single ‘That That’, produced by Suga of BTS
Psy has officially announced his brand-new single ‘That That’, which will be the title track of his upcoming full-length album ‘Psy 9th’. READ MORE: Taeyong on new single ‘Love Theory’: “Love itself is very difficult and complicated for me” Today (April 26), the ‘Gangnam Style’ singer dropped several teasers for the upcoming single, which is produced by BTS member Suga. The song is set to arrive this Friday (April 29), alongside a music video and the rest of ‘Psy 9th’. The accompanying teaser for the ‘That That’ music video opens with Psy in a Wild West-esque town while wearing...
Doja Cat announces ‘Elvis’ biopic soundtrack contribution, ‘Vegas’
Doja Cat has announced the release of ‘Vegas’, her contribution to the soundtrack for the upcoming Elvis biopic. The Baz Luhrmann-directed film will be released in cinemas on June 24, with Austin Butler portraying the King of Rock’n’Roll. READ MORE: Elvis ain’t dead – the weirdest Elvis Presley sightings and conspiracy theories After previewing ‘Vegas’ in her set at Coachella 2022 earlier this month, Doja has now confirmed the release of the track. The song will arrive next month, although an exact date is yet to be announced. Advertisement A snippet of the song has also been shared online, revealing...
Fontaines D.C. cancel Boston show after Grian Chatten diagnosed with laryngitis
Fontaines DC have cancelled tonight’s (April 25) show in Boston, Massachusetts, after vocalist Grian Chatten was diagnosed with laryngitis. READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.: “People are looking to me for answers. What the fuck do I know?” The Irish band is currently on a run of sold-out or upgraded US shows, and were meant to play at the Paradise Rock Club, before headlining two dates at New York City’s Brooklyn Steel on April 26 and 27. As of now, those shows are still set to happen. “Unfortunately Grian has been diagnosed with laryngitis and has been advised to rest his voice...
Megan Thee Stallion says Torey Lanez offered “a million dollars if y’all don’t say nothing” after shooting
Megan Thee Stallion has shared more details of the night she was shot during a July 2020 incident involving Torey Lanez. In her first TV interview which aired today (April 25) on CBS Mornings, the rapper, whose real name is Megan Pete, told Gayle King what happened the night she says Lanez shot her in both feet at a party in Los Angeles. “I was ready to go, and everybody else wasn’t ready to go. But that’s, like, normal friend stuff,” she told King. “So I get out of the car and it’s like everything happens so fast. And all...
Sam Fender announces North American headline tour
Sam Fender has shared dates for an upcoming North American headline tour, which is set to kick off this July in Toronto. READ MORE: Sam Fender live in Newcastle: a euphoric homecoming for the Toon’s finest The new round of shows comes after the announcement that Fender will be supporting select dates of Florence + The Machine’s US tour, including a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on September 16. The headline tour is also set to stop in New York City on August 9 and in Los Angeles on August 15. See the full list of dates...
Listen to Sleaford Mods’ fiery ’Live From Nottz Arena’ EP
Sleaford Mods have today (April 25) released a new digital EP, ‘Live At Nottz Arena’, which was recorded in their hometown last year. The new release features six tracks and a couple of special guest appearances from Billy Nomates and Amyl And The Sniffers’ Amy Taylor. READ MORE: Sleaford Mods live in Nottingham: bewildering joy at duo’s first-ever headline arena show “Back in November we played a storming show at Nottz Arena and today we’ve released Live from Nottz Arena, a 6-track digital EP plus 3 videos from the night,” the band wrote on Instagram. View this post on Instagram...
Arcade Fire announce new single ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’
Arcade Fire have announced details of ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’, the next single to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘WE’. The track will follow ‘The Lightning I’ and ‘The Lightning II’, both of which arrived in March and are the only tastes of the album to be shared so far. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s new single ‘The Lightning I, II’ finds the band at their ambitious best The band first began teasing the release of ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ on April 12, when frontman Win Butler posted a video on Instagram of a vinyl version of the album playing....Recent Posts
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