News
Brenda Edwards pays tribute to son Jamal on first Mother’s Day since entrepreneur’s death
Brenda Edwards, the mother of late entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, has shared a touching tribute to her son on the first Mother’s Day since his death. Jamal, whose SB.TV channel helped to launch the careers of artists like Ed Sheeran, Dave and Jessie J, died on February 20 at the age of 31. Brenda later confirmed that Jamal had died from a “sudden illness”. In a statement following his death, Brenda described her son as the “centre of world” and called him “an inspiration to myself and so many”. “Our love for him lives on, his legacy lives on. Long live Jamal Edwards...
Watch Genesis play last ever gig in London: “After tonight we’ve all gotta get real jobs”
Genesis bid farewell last night (March 26) with their final gig together as a group – see footage below. The band – comprised of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, along with touring musicians Daryl Stuermer, Nic Collins, Daniel Pearce and Patrick Smyth – bowed out with a sold-out show at London’s O2 Arena. Formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967, last night’s show marks the end of an illustrious 55-year career that sees them remembered as one of music’s most successful acts, selling over 100million albums worldwide. Advertisement The 1970s line-up featuring Collins on drums, singer Peter Gabriel and...
Miley Cyrus to release her first ever live album, ‘Attention: Miley Live’
Miley Cyrus has announced the release of her first ever live album, ‘Attention: Miley Live’ – find more details below. READ MORE: Miley Cyrus – ‘Plastic Hearts’ review: pop superstar reborn as a freewheeling rock’n’roller The LP, a gift to her fans, will be Cyrus’ first release since 2020’s ‘Plastic Hearts’, which saw the pop star take on more of a rock-leaning persona. It featured the singles ‘Midnight Sky’, ‘Angels Like You’, and ‘Prisoner’ featuring Dua Lipa. ‘Attention: Miley Live’ is set to be released on April 1 and will feature 20 songs from across every era of the pop star’s...
Watch Elton John dedicate ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ to Taylor Hawkins
Elton John dedicated a performance of his 1974 song ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ to Taylor Hawkins last night (March 26) at a show in Iowa – watch below. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show The Foo Fighters drummer died on Friday night (March 25) at the age of 50. The band announced the news in a statement on social media; no cause of death was given. “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of Taylor Hawkins,” the statement read. “His musical spirit...
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Edwin Starr’s ‘War’
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Edwin Starr‘s ‘War’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel. In recent weeks, they’ve covered Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’, ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing...
Original LCD Soundsystem line-up reunite for DFA 20th anniversary event
LCD Soundsystem reunited its original line-up last night (March 26) for a special DFA Records anniversary show – check out footage below. READ MORE: From The NME Archive – Celebrate 15 years of LCD Soundsystem’s debut with this classic interview: “Most live bands today are horrible” As announced last month, James Murphy and co. threw a party in New York to celebrate two decades of their label. “Anniversaries, schmaniversaries, but given everything we’ve all collectively been through, this feels like a plausible excuse to throw a party. So that’s what we’re doing,” DFA said in a statement. At the show, the band’s...
Hans Zimmer lauds viral Ukrainian pianist during London show
Hans Zimmer took time during his London gig earlier this week to pay tribute to a Ukrainian pianist who went viral for playing the Inception theme in a bomb shelter. Earlier this month, footage spread online of a young pianist named Alex, which saw the musician refusing to stop playing Zimmer’s theme song for the 2010 film even after air raid sirens began to sound in a subway station in Lviv, western Ukraine. “When bomb sirens began, police asked everyone to move inside the railway station,” photographer John Stanmeyer wrote on Instagram alongside footage of the incident. “Alex wouldn’t...
Read Stevie Nicks’ new poem in tribute to Taylor Hawkins
Stevie Nicks has written a new poem in tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins – read it in full below. Hawkins died in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday (March 25) at the age of 50 and was found in his hotel room, hours before Foo Fighters were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show Since news of his death broke, thousands of tributes from across the music and entertainment world have poured in, with Coldplay, Liam Gallagher, Miley Cyrus...
Here’s Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’ in the style of Muse
A YouTuber has covered Metallica classic ‘Master Of Puppets’ in the style of Muse – watch the remarkable transformation below. READ MORE: Global chaos? Corrupt politicians? Here’s why we need Muse more than ever In the new 19-minute cover, Andre Antunes turns the title track from the metal titans’ iconic 1986 album into a sci-fi opera worthy of Matt Bellamy and co. Playing bass, guitar and vocals, Antunes’ cover puts forward a convincing argument of what Metallica’s biggest hit would sound like if penned by Muse. Advertisement Check it out below. Muse are set to release new album ‘Will Of...Recent Posts
Neil Young is back in the studio writing songs about “the worst president in the history of our country”
UK artists invited to apply for “seriously game-changing” £125k fund to beat “the cost of touring crisis”
On “Irmãos,” TchiTchi Turns Family History Into a Global Sound
Fearne Cotton recalls “shame” after hearing “horrible news” of ex-partner Ian Watkins’ sex crimes
Anushka Talks New Debut Single, Learning Production, and Finding Her Voice as a Young Independent Artist