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Watch Florence + The Machine debut new ‘Dance Fever’ tracks at intimate comeback show
Florence + The Machine debuted new music as they returned to the stage in Newcastle last night (April 15). Check out fan-shot footage and see the full setlist below. The London band performed their first show since October 2019 at the 2,100-capacity O2 City Hall ahead of releasing their fifth studio album, ‘Dance Fever’, on May 13. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine celebrate a decade as a band at emotional BST Hyde Park show Emerging in front of a theatre curtain that displayed a projected “F+TM” logo, the group opened with cathartic hit ‘Shake It Out’ before giving recent...
Watch Arcade Fire play secret set at Coachella 2022
As announced earlier this week, Arcade Fire played a secret set on the first day of Coachella 2022 yesterday (April 15) – see photos, footage, setlist and more below. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s new single ‘The Lightning I, II’ finds the band at their ambitious best Frontman Win Butler teased the band’s appearance on Thursday (April 14) on Twitter, noting that he was spending his birthday at the California event. “Decided to spend my birthday somewhere warm and dry,” he wrote, posting a picture of himself throwing up the peace sign in what could be the backstage area of the festival....
Watch Charli XCX outfit hop in colourful new video for ‘Used To Know Me’
Charli XCX has shared a video for new single ‘Used To Know Me’ – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Charli XCX – ‘Crash’ review: a headstrong collection of carpe-diem pop bops Taken from the pop star’s recently released fifth album ‘Crash’, the new track tells the catchy story of a post-breakup revival, and borrows from the 1990 house hit ‘Show Me Love’ by Robin S. “You used to know me, now you don’t/ You used to hypnotize me, did it so easy/ I’m finally free from your control/ I don’t need a kiss goodbye, I’m on my own tonight,” Charli sings...
Post Malone and Billy Strings cover Johnny Cash’s ‘Cocaine Blues’
Post Malone and Billy Strings have teamed up for a cover of Johnny Cash’s ‘Cocaine Blues’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Post Malone at Reading Festival 2021: plenty of fireworks, but little spark On Wednesday night (April 13), Strings – a rising star on the bluegrass scene – played a show at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. During his second set, he invited Malone to grab a guitar and join him on stage for a plucky cover of Cash’s 1968 version of ‘Cocaine Blues’. Cash famously performed the song at his 1968 Folsom Prison concert. Advertisement “I saw this...
Björk hopes more female directors will tackle Viking Age
Björk has shared that she would like to see more female directors taking on the Viking Age in film and TV. READ MORE: The Northman review: you’ll be bowled over by this brutal Viking epic The musician and actor stars in Robert Eggers’ new viking epic The Northman as a whispering Seeress predicting the future of Alexander Skarsgård’s Amleth. The film follows Amleth as he seeks revenge for the murder of his father, played by Ethan Hawke, and aims to save his mother Queen Gudrún, played by Nicole Kidman. Other stars include Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang and Willem Dafoe. Advertisement Posting...
Wet Leg react to bagging first UK Number One album: “We are lost for words”
Wet Leg have scored their first UK Number One album with their self-titled debut LP. READ MORE: Wet Leg: “I think there’s more authenticity to the music if you’re having fun” The Isle of Wight indie duo – comprising Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – outsold the rest of the Top Five comfortably to earn themselves the second-biggest opening week for any chart-topping album in 2022 so far. Only Central Cee’s ’23’ has had a bigger opening week. The album also tops this week’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart and Official Record Store Chart. “So today we found out that our debut album...
G-Eazy pays tribute to his late mother with touching new single ‘Angel’
G-Eazy has paid tribute to his late mother, Suzanne Olmsted, with the release of a touching new single called ‘Angel’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: NME Friends Like These: G-Eazy x Goody Grace The new track, which arrives on his mother’s first birthday since her passing last November, hears G (real name Gerald Gillum) sing over a guitar-led backdrop, accompanied by Devon Baldwin and Vida Simon on background vocals. Produced by G and Zac Brunson, the tribute record also features a choir, led by Tim Davis, and Goody Grace on the drums, guitar and bass guitar. Advertisement “Grief can be...
Future announces release date for upcoming new album
Future has announced the release date for his new album, having teased the record over the past few weeks. The as-yet-untitled project would be the follow-up to the rapper’s 2020 LP ‘High Off Life’, which featured a the likes of Drake, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, DaBaby, Meek Mill, Lil Baby and more. NME‘s Luke Morgan Britton said of ‘High Off Life’: “Despite its glimpses of greatness, though, this album revisits too many of the rapper’s trademark themes to truly make good on his jubilant pre-release promises.” Advertisement In February, Future released ‘Worst Day’ – his first solo single in almost two years. It came with an...
Watch Bright Eyes perform ‘Dance And Sing’ on ‘Colbert’
Bright Eyes stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night (April 13) to deliver a performance of ‘Dance And Sing’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Bright Eyes: “I hope our music makes people feel less alone” The song – which Conor Oberst and co. performed with a full band and a miniature orchestra – features on the band’s 2020 album ‘Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was’, which marked their first full-length project in almost a decade. The performance on the late night talk show comes as the band prepare to reissue all nine of...Recent Posts
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