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Limp Bizkit announce North American 2022 tour dates
Limp Bizkit have announced plans for a North American tour next month – buy your tickets here. READ MORE: Limp Bizkit – ‘Still Sucks’ review: the nu-metal dads keep the good times rollin’ The nu-metal icons’ ‘Still Sucks’ jaunt will take in 19 dates kicking off at the Hard Rock Live in Tampa, Florida, before making their way to Atlantic City, New York, Green Bay, Las Vegas and Reno before wrapping things up on May 31 in Ontario, Canada. They will be supported by Wargasm, $not, Scowl, Yung Gravy and Dying Wish on the dates. Advertisement The new shows come after...
Duran Duran to embark on 2022 North American tour
Duran Duran have announced that they’ll be hitting the road for a North American tour this summer – get tickets here. Simon Le Bon and co. are set to embark on a 14-date run starting in August in support of their latest album, ‘Future Past’. Beginning in Welch, Minnesota on August 19, Duran Duran will take in shows at Chicago’s United Center, New York’s Madison Square Garden, and San Francisco’s Chase Center, as well as three nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Advertisement A number of dates on the tour will see support from Nile Rodgers & Chic....
Phoebe Bridgers’ lawyers criticise deposition request as “thinly veiled harassment”
Lawyers for Phoebe Bridgers have criticised a deposition request from Chris Nelson in an ongoing lawsuit against Bridgers, calling it “nothing more than thinly veiled harassment.” On Instagram in October 2020, Bridgers directed her followers to a thread by her friend Emily Bannon, which Nelson claimed was defamatory. Nelson subsequently sued Bridgers for defamation and is seeking $3.8million (£2.8million) in damages. He claims Bridgers “intentionally used her high-profile public platform on Instagram to publish false and defamatory statements” about him “in order to destroy his reputation”. In a sworn declaration filed on February 14, Bridgers responded, saying: “I believe...
Syd announces new album ‘Broken Hearts Club’, shares Lucky Daye collaboration
Syd has announced her forthcoming second album, ‘Broken Hearts Club’, alongside the release of new track ‘CYBAH’ featuring Lucky Daye. READ MORE: Free Nationals – ‘Free Nationals’ review: Anderson .Paak’s dexterous live band strike out alone The Internet singer’s latest track is the third to be previewed from her upcoming LP, following last year’s ‘Missing Out’, ‘Fast Car’ and ‘Right Track’. Speaking about ‘Broken Hearts Club’, Syd said: “The album is about a relationship I had that ended in my first real broken heart. It almost felt like I joined a club because all of my friends went through...
Rex Orange County scores first UK Number One album with ‘Who Cares?’
Rex Orange County has scored his first UK Number One album with new LP ‘Who Cares?’. READ MORE: Rex Orange County: “I want the music to sound and feel free – because I feel free” The Hampshire-born singer-songwriter (real name Alexander James O’Connor) beat off stiff competition from Swedish rockers Ghost, whose new LP ‘IMPERA’ landed at Number Two, to take the top spot. Rex Orange County’s fourth album follows on from the independently released ‘BCos U Will Never B Free’ (2015) and ‘Apricot Princess’ (2017), and the RCA released ‘Pony’ which landed at Number Five when it was released...
ArrDee on his collaboration with Aitch: “It just happened organically”
ArrDee has explained how his much-talked about collaboration with Aitch came about – watch below. READ MORE: ArrDee – ‘Pier Pressure’: a concise collection of drill-soaked party anthems In a new interview with NME, the rapper talked through each song on his new mixtape ‘Pier Pressure’, also discussing working with Aitch and Lola Young on the release. Speaking of recently released single ‘War’, ArrDee said: “Me and Aitch decided to link up and work on ‘War’. Not sparing a moment but a couple days before we ended up in the booth, he had obviously been in LA and Toronto...
Listen to Tom Grennan’s soaring new single, ‘Remind Me’
Tom Grennan has today (March 18) shared his soaring new single, ‘Remind Me’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: Tom Grennan – ‘Evering Road’ review Speaking about ‘Remind Me’, Tom said: “I wanted to write a song that reminded me of a moment in my life where I realised I had given up something that was really making a difference in my life – in a good way. “It’s about reconnecting. It’s that feeling when you’re at the top of the rollercoaster and you’re like: this is the best feeling”. Advertisement He also went on to explain that...
Phoebe Bridgers on her favourite Taylor Swift song: “It’s high art”
Phoebe Bridgers has revealed which Taylor Swift song is her favourite and called the pop star a “king of her craft”. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” Appearing on Charli XCX‘s Best Song Ever podcast, Bridgers talked about first discovering Swift’s music via one of her guitar students when she was a “failed guitar teacher” in her teenage years. The ‘Motion Sickness’ singer revealed that one of her students asked to learn how to play one of Swift’s songs, at which point she checked out the ‘Shake It Off’ singer’s back...
Keith Richards says Paul McCartney sent a note clarifying his controversial “blues cover band” comments
Keith Richards has said that Paul McCartney sent The Rolling Stones a note following the publication of an interview in The New Yorker, in which McCartney labelled them “a blues cover band”. READ MORE: The story of NME in 70 (mostly) seminal songs The musician was reflecting on The Beatles’ legacy when he made the remark about the Stones. He said: “I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are. I think our net was cast a bit wider than theirs.” Speaking on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Richards said that...Recent Posts
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