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Arcade Fire announce surprise set at Coachella 2022

Arcade Fire have been announced as surprise guests for this weekend’s Coachella festival. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s ‘Funeral’ at 15: the album that killed indie rock as we knew it Frontman Win Butler teased the band’s appearance earlier today (April 14) on Twitter, noting that he was spending his birthday at the California event. “Decided to spend my birthday somewhere warm and dry @coachella,” he wrote, posting a picture of himself throwing up the peace sign in what could be the backstage area of the festival. Decided to spend my birthday somewhere warm and dry ? @coachella...
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Charlie Simpson hints at Bring Me The Horizon collaboration

Charlie Simpson – former Busted member and Fightstar frontman – has hinted that a collaboration with Bring Me The Horizon could be on the cards. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon: “I’m like everyone else: confused, scared and angry” In the latest segment of NME‘s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, Simpson was quizzed on elements of his career. At one point he was asked about his former band Busted’s debut single, ‘What I Go To School For’. In his response, the musician mentioned that Bring Me The Horizon keyboardist Jordan Fish said to him: “Those Busted songs are fucking bangers...
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Bring Me The Horizon and Sigrid join forces on upcoming single ‘Bad Life’

Bring Me The Horizon and Sigrid are set to drop a new single, ‘Bad Life’, the latter revealing the collaboration with a TikTok video today (April 14). READ MORE: Sigrid: “There’s a part of me that comes out when I play live – it’s my superpower” Sharing a behind the scenes montage between BMTH frontman Oli Sykes and Sigrid, the video is set to an audio clip of the forthcoming single, with the lyrics “It’s just a bad day/ Not a bad life” sung by the pair. ‘Bad Life’ will drop on April 21, marking the first time the...
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Travis Barker shares Taylor Hawkins tribute tattoo

Travis Barker has had a new tattoo done in tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins – see it below. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show The Blink-182 drummer took to Instagram last night (April 14) to share a collection of images from Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Social Club tattoo parlour on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Barker – accompanied by fiancée Kourtney Kardashian – can be seen having a detailed hawk design inked on the front side of his ankle by the celebrity tattoo artist. “HAWK forever,” he captioned...
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Billie Eilish to appear in ‘The Simpsons’ short ‘When Billie Met Lisa’

Billie Eilish will make an appearance in The Simpsons in an upcoming short titled ‘When Billie Met Lisa’. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’ review: an artist secures her status as a generational great The short, set to be released on Disney+ on April 22, will feature Eilish and her brother, Finneas, as they invite Lisa Simpson to a jam session in the studio. A synopsis reads: “In ‘When Billie Met Lisa,’ Lisa Simpson is discovered by chart-topping artists Billie Eilish and Finneas while searching for a quiet place to practice her saxophone. Billie invites Lisa to her...
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Brian May pays tribute to Buddy Holly with cover of ‘Maybe Baby’

Brian May has shared a cover of Buddy Holly‘s rock ‘n’ roll classic ‘Maybe Baby’. READ MORE: ‘Queen days’: Brian May reflects on his rock ‘n’ roll journey May’s reworking of the 1958 track is taken from the forthcoming deluxe reissue of his second solo album, 1998’s ‘Another World’, due to arrive on April 22. “I’ve never done a Buddy Holly song,” the Queen guitarist said in a statement. Explaining how the song played in his development as a musician, he said: “That song more than probably any other, is the reason that I’m here doing this, playing guitar and...
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Palma Violets and The Big Moon’s Gently Tender release new single ‘Dead Is Dead’

Gently Tender have released their first new song in over three years – listen to ‘Dead Is Dead’ below. READ MORE: The Big Read – The Big Moon: “Everything feels big, strange, and very scary The band, made up from ex-Palma Violets members Sam Fryer, Will Doyle and Peter Mayhew alongside The Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown, put out a string of singles in 2018 and 2019 before going quiet. “‘Dead Is Dead’ is a positive mantra on the subject of death,” Fryer said of their haunting new indie anthem. “I’m speculating the destiny of the...
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TikTok becomes Eurovision 2022’s ‘Official Entertainment Partner’

TikTok has been announced the ‘Official Entertainment Partner’ of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. READ MORE: Eurovision 2021 was a giddy reminder of the joys of live music (and that no one likes us) The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) made the announcement earlier today (April 14), placing the video-focused social networking service’s global community of one billion at the heart of Eurovision 2022. “We’re delighted to be making TikTok the Official Entertainment Partner of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, working closely to create even more exclusive and engaging content,” Martin Österdahl, executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest said in a...
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Coachella to bring “music-reactive” outfits to ‘Fortnite’

Epic Games has partnered with Coachella to bring reactive clothing and exclusive music to Fortnite. READ MORE: All games should have a Netflix-style duration listing The first wave of Coachella-themed items will drop into Fortnite tomorrow (April 15) at 1AM BST, or 8PM ET / 5PM PDT on April 14. As part of the crossover’s Icon Radio Takeover, 30 artists from the Coachella festival will appear on radios found in Fortnite‘s vehicles. The Takeover will also bring new in-game items and outfits each weekend of the festival, which runs from April 15-17 and April 22-24. Advertisement Two of these...
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Sault tease new project ‘Air’ with snippets of fresh music

Sault appear to be teasing a new project called ‘Air’ after wiping their instagram and uploading five snippets of new music – listen below. READ MORE: SAULT – ‘Nine’ review: anonymous British collective weave tales of hope and pain The series of new posts begins with an image that sees the word “Air” written onto a blank background, similar to album covers for Sault’s previous records ‘5’, ‘7’ and ‘Nine’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SAULT (@saultglobal) Advertisement That post is then followed by five of the same image of a painted figure looking out...
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