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Watch Sam Fender smash a Boris Johnson piñata with his new BRIT Award
Sam Fender returned to North Shields after picking up the award for Best Alternative/Rock Act at the BRITs 2022 and swiftly put it to good use. READ MORE: Sam Fender: “This album is probably the best thing I’ve done in my life” Before handing it over to his local pub, the Low Lights Tavern, Fender used the trophy to destroy a piñata made to look like Boris Johnson that he’d brought with him, while family and fans cheered him on. Watch footage below. In another clip, Fender is heard telling the crowd “let’s get fucking pissed” before admitting that...
Stereophonics and Anne-Marie to headline Alex James’ Big Feastival
Stereophonics and Anne-Marie are set to headline Big Feastival, a music and food festival hosted by Blur’s Alex James on his Cotswolds farm. The Human League will join them at the top of the bill while special guests Sugababes will also perform at the festival, which is set to take place August 26-28. READ MORE: 20 festivals to look forward to in 2022 Stereophonics will play the Sunday night and Anne-Marie will close Saturday, while The Human League are set to headline the Friday night. Advertisement Also appearing across the weekend are Alfie Templeman, The Futureheads, The Sherlocks, The...
Liam Gallagher announces huge outdoor Dublin show
Liam Gallagher has announced details of a huge outdoor solo show he’ll play in Dublin this summer. The former Oasis frontman is set to tour this year in support of his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, which is set for release on May 27 and is the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Why Me? Why Not.’. READ MORE: Liam Gallagher swaggers towards summer with new Dave Grohl-featuring song ‘Everything’s Electric’ Gallagher has now added an Irish headline show to his tour diary, with the singer set to perform at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin on August 27. Advertisement Tickets...
Multiple gigs cancelled as UK concert promoter goes bust due to “COVID-19 setbacks”
M&B Promotions has announced they’ve gone bust, meaning all their upcoming concerts and live events have been cancelled. According to a statement from the company, “setbacks caused by the pandemic mean it’s no longer viable for us to continue trading”. READ MORE: “Normal wasn’t good enough”: why gig-going needs to change after lockdown Following the announcement, a trio of shows at Wicksteed Open Air Theatre have been cancelled after being rescheduled from last year: Craig David on June 2, McFly on June 3 and UB40 featuring Ali Campbell on June 5. Advertisement McFly’s shows on June 10 at Gloucester...
Snoop Dogg sued for sexual assault by former backing dancer
Content warning: this article discusses allegations of sexual assault. Snoop Dogg has been sued for sexual assault by a woman who regularly worked on-stage with the rapper. The Jane Doe accuser filed the lawsuit in a Los Angeles federal court yesterday (February 9), claiming that Snoop (real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) and his associate Bishop Don “Magic” Juan (Donald Campbell) assaulted her after she attended a Snoop Dogg concert at Club Heat Ultra Lounge in Anaheim, California on May 29, 2013. According to Rolling Stone, the woman alleges in the lawsuit that she was assaulted in back-to-back attacks after she accepted...
Green Man Festival adds Kraftwerk, Beach House, Metronomy and more to 2022 line-up
Green Man Festival has announced over 70 new acts for their 2022 festival, with Kraftwerk, Beach House and Metronomy set to headline. The festival in Brecon Beacons, Wales had already confirmed that Michael Kiwanuka will co-headline their 2022 event. This year’s festival will take place from August 18-21, and will serve as the 20th anniversary of Green Man Festival. READ MORE: Green Man festival 2021: there’s magic in the mountains, and a sense of renewal Kraftwerk’s headline set at Green Man will mark their first-ever appearance at the festival. Advertisement Bicep have also been added to the line-up today...
Hear Stray Kids’ Han and Seungmin’s stirring cover of Day6’s ‘Zombie’
Stray Kids members Han and Seungmin have unveiled their cover of Day6‘s ‘Zombie’. READ MORE: Stray Kids’ ‘Christmas EveL’ is a festive flex of creativity and originality The new rendition of the Day6 song was uploaded to Stray Kids’ official YouTube channel yesterday (February 9), marking the latest addition to the eight-piece’s ongoing series of song covers, called ‘SKZ-RECORD’. ‘Zombie’ was the title track of Day6’s 2020 ‘The Book Of Us: Demon’ record. The duo largely stay faithful to the original, with the pair harmonising on the chorus: “I feel like I became a zombie / Not alive, but...
Raveena Cracked Open Her Soul For Asha’s Awakening
By Dani Blum Raveena needs you to believe that you’re the only one who can heal yourself. The kaleidoscopic R&B singer-songwriter is adamant about this, anchoring her chin on her hand on the other side of the Zoom call, blinking at the bright pixels and saying, again, that nobody else can create your happiness. She knows. She’s tried. Raveena went to the mountains every two or three days for the first stretch of quarantine in Los Angeles in 2020 and communed with aliens, or God, or both (she views these as “two sides of the same coin.”) She spends...
How Rodeos And Farmers Markets Helped Gayle Find Her Voice
Her Instagram bio declares her an “emo alphabet girl,” but Gayle grew up making country music. Or at least, that’s where she started. At 17 years old, the Nashville-based artist still has many years of growing up ahead of her. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it from the cheekily titled “ABCDEFU,” her power chord-aided single that’s currently sitting at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The electric guitars that mark “ABCDEFU” help accentuate the kiss-off the chorus revels in — hint: focus on the final two letters in the title — and the raw emotion in the...Recent Posts
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