Saturday Night Live have announced the names set to host and perform during the first three shows in April. READ MORE: SNL heroes: stunning Saturday Night Live performances by your favourite stars On April 2, host Jerrod Carmichael will be joined by musical guest Gunna, while the following weekend on April 9, Camila Cabello will perform as Jake Gyllenhaal hosts. Lizzo will take on both hosting and performing duties on April 16, doubling up as the episode’s host and musical guest. Lizzo recently appeared at SXSW, where she made a keynote speech in which she hit out at Texas’ anti-transgender legislation and abortion...
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has shared a video of himself pranking drummer Danny Carey with a dildo during a recent concert in the US. READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review The clip, which you can view below, sees the frontman crouching down behind Carey’s drum kit with a dildo, which he uses to replace the drummer’s gong mallet. When Carey reaches for his mallet, he instead grabs the plastic phallus, and hits the gong with it. Advertisement It is the second time in the last month the frontman has pranked his bandmate. View this post on Instagram A...
Willie Nelson has announced the return of his Outlaw Music Festival Tour, with special guests to appear at each date – see the full line-up below and buy tickets here. READ MORE: Willie Nelson – ‘The Willie Nelson Family’ review: a tender passing of the torch The annual festival begins in June in St. Louis, finishing up in Philadelphia in September. Willie Nelson and Family will headline each date while being joined by a host of musicians along the way. The line-up includes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, ZZ Top, Chris Stapleton, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Gov’t Mule,...
Limp Bizkit have been slammed by Snot for taking the rapper $not on tour with them as one of their support acts. READ MORE: Limp Bizkit – ‘Still Sucks’ review: the nu-metal dads keep the good times rollin’ The nu-metal icons are due to take their new album ‘Still Sucks’ on the road in the US next month and have enlisted Wargasm, $not, Scowl, Yung Gravy and Dying Wish to provide support on the dates. But Snot guitarist Mikey Doling has taken issue with Fred Durst’s band for taking a rapper with the same name as them on tour. Advertisement...
A petition that was launched by fans to remove Kanye West from the 2022 Coachella line-up has received over 25,000 signatures. READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ The Change.org petition was launched on March 17 by a user with the alias Kim Pete, following West’s suspension on Instagram for his post about Trevor Noah which contained racial slurs. Noah had commented on West’s treatment of ex-wife Kim Kardashian on a recent episode of The Daily Show, calling it “terrifying to watch”. The caption on the petition reads: “We have watched Kanye...
Ed Sheeran has teased footage of him performing new music with J Balvin. READ MORE: Ukrainian artists on the Russian crisis: “Now is the time to push for change” The singer-songwriter posted a clip, which you can view below, and revealed that the pair have recorded two new songs together. “So I want to share something with you that I’ve been working on. I met @jbalvin in a gym in New York last year,” Sheeran wrote on Twitter. “It was just me and him very early in the morning. I recognised his voice when he was on the phone...
Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Taylor have announced a special screening on YouTube of the band’s 2008 Kharkiv concert with Paul Rodgers to raise funds for Ukraine relief. READ MORE: Ukrainian artists on the Russian crisis: “Now is the time to push for change” The band played Ukraine with Paul Rodgers during the ‘Rock the Cosmos Tour’, with a live album and companion DVD of the show being released the following year. ‘Queen and Paul Rodgers Live in Ukraine’ was made available to watch in the UK on the band’s official YouTube channel from 5pm on March 19. Fans who stream...
Fontaines D.C. have shared the brand new single and title track from their forthcoming new album ‘Skinty Fia’ – listen to the track below. READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. on their “poppy” yet “extremely dark” third album The song is the third to be lifted from the record, which is set for release on April 22 via Partisan Records, after previous singles ‘I Love You’ and ‘Jackie Down The Line’. According to a press release Skinty Fia is an Irish phrase which means “the damnation of the deer”, which is used to display disappointment or annoyance. The album’s cover art features...
Morrissey has announced Viva Moz Vegas, a five-date residency taking place at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars Palace – get tickets here. READ MORE: Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop’s problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hits According to a press release, Viva Moz Vegas “will serve as an intimate, invigorating dive into Morrissey’s expansive career from his early days to the new album”. “As an artist who is always trying new things, and never wanting to repeat himself, this could be fans’ only chance to experience the provocative combination of Morrissey in Las Vegas. These shows...
Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor have shared a second collaboration in the last year – listen to the new version of ‘Native Intelligence’ below. The original version of the track appears on Elfman’s 2021 album ‘Big Mess’, and last year Reznor shared a new version of its track ‘True’ to mark Elfman’s first-ever collaboration. Reznor’s versions of both ‘Native Intelligence’ and ‘True’ feature on a forthcoming collector’s edition box set of ‘Big Mess’, which will also feature other unreleased reinterpretations and remixes of tracks from the album. Advertisement The box set is available to buy here, and you can listen...