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Patti Smith says she plans to release one last album

Patti Smith has said she has plans to release “one more album”, with the 75-year-old punk poet laureate revealing she’s been working on new material toward a 12th studio effort. READ MORE: Patti Smith live in London: punk’s poet laureate claims legend status In an interview with The Guardian published today (April 1), the esteemed singer said, “I do have plans” when asked if there would be a follow-up to her latest album, 2012’s ‘Banga’. “I’ve written a lot of songs,” Smith said. “I’d like to do one more album and my record company, Columbia, has very generously left...
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Willow releases video for raucous new single ‘Purge’ featuring Siiickbrain

Willow has released a new track ‘Purge’ featuring Siiickbrain along with a self-directed music video. Watch the video below. The new single follows the pop-punk singer’s recent collaboration with Machine Gun Kelly, for the track, ‘Emo Girl’. MGK and Willow Smith are set to hit the road together on a summer tour that includes dates in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and more. READ MORE: Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different” Smith is also set to make multiple festival stops, including Lollapalooza in Chicago, Reading & Leeds, Loveloud in Salt Lake City, Summerfest in Milwaukee....
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Phoebe Bridgers must face deposition in libel lawsuit

Phoebe Bridgers must sit for a deposition in the defamation lawsuit that’s been filed against her by the producer Chris Nelson. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” In a ruling issued on Tuesday (March 29) a Los Angeles judge agreed with Nelson that the deposition would be necessary before deciding whether or not the lawsuit could be dismissed. “Because the subjective belief of is critical, the defendant herself is necessarily the primary, if not sole, source of evidence regarding actual malice,” Judge Curtis A. Kin said, according to court documents...
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Listen to Kehlani and Justin Bieber team up on ‘Up At Night’

Kehlani and Justin Bieber have shared their brand new collaboration ‘Up At Night’ – you can listen to the song below. The track is taken from Kehlani’s forthcoming new album ‘Blue Water Road’, which is set for release on April 29. READ MORE: Kehlani live in Los Angeles: a slick celebration of the R&B star’s second album ‘Up At Night’ has been released this week (March 30), marking the two artists’ first collaboration since Kehlani guested on Bieber’s track ‘Get Me’, which featured on his 2020 album ‘Changes’. Advertisement “It’s about having a healthily obsessed relationship,” Kehlani explained in...
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The Twilight Sad to be joined by Mogwai and Frightened Rabbit members in Glasgow this weekend

The Twilight Sad have announced that they will be joined by members of Mogwai and Frightened Rabbit for their pair of shows at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow this weekend. The Scottish band had originally been due to play the gigs back in April 2020, but they have been postponed a number of times since due to the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: Arab Strap and Twilight Sad supergroup Gentle Sinners on their debut album The Twilight Sad will finally kick off the first of two nights at the Barrowland tonight (April 1), with a second show following tomorrow evening...
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Sheffield Leadmill bosses claim landlords are “exterminating” them after they denied plans to close venue

The current bosses of Sheffield’s Leadmill have responded to the owners denying their intentions to close the venue. Yesterday (Thursday March 31), the iconic Sheffield venue and club announced 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 support from the music world. Dominic Madden is CEO and co-founder of Electric Group, the company who bought the freehold for the site of the Leadmill in March 2017. He took to Twitter this morning to assure music fans that they had no...
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New Order launch new charity t-shirt to help the people of Ukraine

New Order have launched a new official t-shirt in aid of the British Red Cross’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal. Available through the band’s official merch store, the shirt’s design was inspired by the VHS label of their Taras Shevchenko concert film, which was designed by the Peter Saville Associates agency. READ MORE: Ukrainian band Antytila talk to us from the frontline ahead of benefit show: “We try to show people some light” The gig in question was filmed in late 1981 at the Ukrainian National Home in New York City. The film was named after Taras Shevchenko, the 19th century writer,...
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Listen to Foals’ effervescent new single ‘Looking High’

Foals have shared their latest single, ‘Looking High’ – you can listen to the new track below. The song is the latest preview of the trio’s upcoming new album ‘Life Is Yours’, which is set for release on June 17. READ MORE: Foals: “Life is something to be cherished and enjoyed” Having originated as a demo by guitarist Jimmy Smith, ‘Looking High’ came to life after Smith reunited with Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis and drummer Jack Bevan post-lockdown. Advertisement Produced by John Hill (and featuring co-production by Miles James and additional production by A.K. Paul), ‘Looking High’, Philippakis explains,...
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Bop Shop: Songs By Harry Styles, Sadie Jean, Gatlin, And More

The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include anything — it’s a snapshot of what’s on our minds and what sounds good. We’ll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open for business. Ivy...
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Watch Machine Gun Kelly cover System Of A Down’s ‘Aerials’ on ‘The Howard Stern Show’

Machine Gun Kelly performed a cover of System Of A Down‘s ‘Aerials’ during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show this week – you can watch his rendition below. Explaining his choice of cover, the US artist said that SOAD “blew my mind every night” when he joined the band on the European festival circuit a few summers ago. READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Mainstream Sellout’ review: the one-man pop-punk revival rolls on Kelly then told Stern that he and his live band were performing ‘Aerials’ for the first time on the latter’s show, adding: “I’m here to...
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