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Bilingual R&B Star Omar Apollo Welcomes You Into His Ivory World

By Lucas Villa The appeal of the rising star Omar Apollo’s artistry is his authenticity. In his songs, which fold his experiences as a Mexican-American and queer singer-songwriter into progressive R&B and laid-back funk, he’s not afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. His debut album Ivory captures the journey from his indie beginnings to his breakout as a Chicano pop musician. Later this month, Apollo will be taking his music career to the next level on the Coachella lineup. “It’s my first time at Coachella,” the 24-year-old artist tells MTV News over Zoom. “Oh man, it’s...
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Brian Jonestown Massacre unveil details of new album ‘Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees’

Brian Jonestown Massacre have today (April  11) unveiled details of a new album. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Anton Newcombe, The Brian Jonestown Massacre It’s the band’s 19th studio album and called ‘Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees’. It arrives on June 24 via frontman Anton Newcombe’s label, A Recordings. They also shared the album’s first single today called ‘The Real’ – check that out below. Advertisement Speaking about the new track, Newcombe said: “All of a sudden, I just heard something and then it just didn’t stop. We tracked a whole song every single day...
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Jamie xx announces return with new single arriving this week

Jamie xx has announced his return this week with a new single. READ MORE: Jamie xx On Debut Solo Album ‘In Colour’, His Bright, Bold Homage To London Nightlife On Instagram, Jamie xx announced that he will return tomorrow (April 12) with new track, ‘Let’s Do It Again’. “I had a lot of fun trying this one out at festivals last year. You might recognise it…” he wrote on Instagram over the weekend. “LET’S DO IT AGAIN is out on Tuesday.” Advertisement See the announcement from Jamie xx here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jamie...
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Kurt Loder apologises to Jewel over infamous MTV interview

Over 20 years later, Kurt Loder has apologised to Jewel for the way he spoke to her in an infamous MTV interview from 1998. During the interview, critic, journalist and TV personality Loder notoriously called Jewel out on her grammar and criticised some of the language she had used in one of her poems. Discussing her then-new poetry collection A Night Without Armor, Jewel was interrupted by Loder, who disagreed with her usage of the word “casualty” in one of the poems. In response at the time, Jewel said: “You’re a smart-ass for pointing that out.” Advertisement In a...
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Julian Lennon performs father’s ‘Imagine’ for first time to raise money for Ukraine

Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon, has performed ‘Imagine’ for the first time to help raise money for Ukraine. He performed an acoustic rendition of the song in a room surrounded by candles. Sharing the clip of the performance on YouTube, he wrote: “Today, for the first time ever, I publicly performed my Dad’s song, ‘Imagine’. “The song reflects the light at the end of the tunnel, that we are all hoping for.” Advertisement The cover was done as part Stand Up For Ukraine campaign, a global fund-raising effort broadcast from Warsaw, Poland. Watch the moment here: “I had always...
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St. Vincent adds new dates to 2022 ‘Daddy’s Home’ UK tour

St. Vincent has added new dates to her upcoming UK tour behind acclaimed sixth album ‘Daddy’s Home’ – see the full schedule below and get your tickets here. READ MORE: St. Vincent announces 2022 UK and European tour: “I want people to be like, ‘What the hell just happened to me?’” Annie Clark will be hitting the road this summer flanked by The Down And Out Downtown Band, with dates based around a handful of festival performances, including a slow at Glastonbury. Among the existing dates, St. Vincent will now play extra shows in Oxford (June 22), Manchester (25) and...
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Richard Hawley announces shows to help support Sheffield Leadmill

Richard Hawley has unveiled details of two shows to help support Sheffield’s Leadmill venue, which is at risk of closure. READ MORE: If Sheffield’s Leadmill – the venue that helped break Arctic Monkeys – closes, we all lose something These will be Hawley’s first headline shows at the Leadmill since 2005 and the announcement comes after news that the iconic Sheffield venue is under threat of closure. Last month, the venue told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and...
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TXT’s Yeonjun says he almost “lost interest in performing” because of the pandemic

TXT member Yeonjun has opened up about how the pandemic affected his love for music and performing. READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together: “We tell stories of our generation, a generation at the crux of growth” In a recent interview with Weverse Magazine about the boyband’s ‘MOA X TOGETHER’ in-person fan meeting last month, the group spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic, which began just a year after their debut, had affected them as artists. The fan meeting event had marked the boyband’s first in-person event in over two years. “I think a part of me will linger on the...
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ASTRO’s MJ announces he’ll enlist in the military next month

ASTRO‘s main vocalist MJ has announced his upcoming enlistment, which is set to take place next month READ MORE: MOONBIN & SANHA open up about their “darker, more mature” sophomore mini-album ‘REFUGE’ During the boyband’s fan meeting event at the SK Olympic Handball Stadium in Seoul on April 9, MJ gave a tearful speech in which he revealed that he would begin his mandatory military service in exactly one month, on May 9. “Today’s fan meeting is the last one before I enlist in the army,” said the K-pop idol in a clip archived by fans on Twitter. “I’m...
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Bob Weir responds to reports of Dead & Company retiring from touring: “News to me”

Rumours circulating around Dead & Company – the offshoot group of the Grateful Dead – have been cleared up by its de facto leader, Bob Weir. A Rolling Stone article, published on Friday (April 8), speculated that the forthcoming Dead & Company tour of North America would be the group’s last. “While Deadheads have often speculated how many more tours the band would embark on, rumors had been circling among fans recently that this tour would be the last,” it read. The article cited “sources close to Dead & Company” as their point of reference, as well as recent health...
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