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Watch CHVRCHES bring out The Cure’s Robert Smith on stage again in London
CHVRCHES have brought out The Cure’s Robert Smith at their gig this evening (March 16) in London – watch footage of the moment at Brixton Academy below. READ MORE: The BandLab NME Awards 2022: the wildest night in music Exactly two weeks ago, the two acts performed together at the same venue during the BandLab NME 2022. That was the first time the two acts had performed together and physically met, having duetted virtually on a track during lockdown. That song, ‘How Not To Drown’, won the Best Song By A UK Artist prize at the BandLab NME 2022 awards....
Listen to Metronomy’s Anna Prior’s uplifting new song, ‘Easier Alone’
Metronomy’s Anna Prior has released her second solo single today (March 16) – listen to ‘Easier Alone’ below. READ MORE: Indie survivors Metronomy: “I like the idea that we stealthily succeeded in our own way” It’s released on the Metronomy drummer’s newly launched label ‘Beat Place’ and follows on from last year’s debut, ‘Thank You For Nothing‘. Speaking about the new track, Prior said: “Easier Alone is a song about letting good things go. It’s about all those healthy friendships, relationships, situationships that just become stifled under the weight of the expectation we place on ourselves. Advertisement “The relationships that you know...
Vince Staples remembers Mac Miller: “He gave me advice but also opportunity”
Vince Staples has spoken about the impact late friend and rapper Mac Miller had on his life in a new interview. READ MORE: Mac Miller – ‘Circles’ review: posthumous album is a conflicting, tantalising taste of what might have been Speaking with Peter Rosenberg on Hot 97, Staples reflected on Miller’s legacy, and what the ‘Best Day Ever’ rapper’s early support – from tour co-signs to business advice – meant to him. “He gave me advice but also opportunity, I would say is the easiest way to put it,” Staples said. “Like, ‘You should be doing more music, but I’m...
Young Dolph autopsy reveals rapper was shot 22 times
Young Dolph was shot 22 times when he was murdered outside of a Memphis bakery last November, according to new autopsy results. Reporting findings from the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, FOX13 Memphis has revealed that the rapper (real name Adolph Thorton Jr.) was shot in his left chest, left abdomen, right chin, right neck, right shoulder, both arms and multiple times in his back. Dolph was shot and killed in Memphis on November 17, 2021. According to eyewitnesses, the 36-year-old musician was shot through the window of Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies, a local bakery in his hometown. Three suspects have...
Watch footage of new Arcade Fire song ‘Rabbit Hole’
Live footage of a new Arcade Fire song has emerged on YouTube – watch ‘Rabbit Hole’ below. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s ‘Generation A’ is a rallying cry for a nation in turmoil It’s come from their last-minute Ukraine benefit concert in New Orleans earlier this week (March 14), where the band also performed two other unreleased tracks. Taking place at Toulouse Theatre, all proceeds from the “pay-what-you-can” gig went to benefit the Plus1 Ukraine relief fund, which is supporting Ukrainian people through non-profits providing humanitarian aid as Russia’s invasion of the country continues. Advertisement The gig was live-streamed via TikTok...
Florence + The Machine share details for two intimate US shows
Florence + The Machine have announced two intimate US shows for next month. Tickets will be available here. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine embraced minimalism at magical 2018 UK tour opener The London band, who shared plans for their fifth album ‘Dance Fever’ last week, will be playing Los Angeles Theatre on April 29 and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on May 6. Tickets are set to go on sale Friday (March 18) at 10am time. The Florence Welch led band will also be donating a portion of ticket sales to the organisation Wome in Need, which...
Machine Gun Kelly and Bring Me The Horizon team up on new track, ‘maybe’
Machine Gun Kelly has teamed up with Bring Me The Horizon for his latest release – listen to ‘maybe’ below. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: thrilling metal maximalism MGK and Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes first debuted the new song in LA on March 4 during an appearance at long-running club night, Emo Nite, at the Avalon in Hollywood. Fan-shot footage showed Kelly and Sykes on stage at the event as an unreleased song played over the PA. The pair sang along to parts of the song, which includes lines such as:...
Radiohead side project The Smile to share new track, ‘Skrting On The Surface’
Radiohead side-project The Smile will share a new track called ‘Skrting On The Surface’ tomorrow (March 17). READ MORE: The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after all The band, which consists of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, announced the news on social media with a link to a YouTube video for ‘Skrting On The Surface’ that will premiere tomorrow afternoon. The song was first performed by the band at Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm event 2021 and more recently at a series of back-to-back gigs in London. Advertisement It...
Manic Street Preachers to play BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Cardiff
Manic Street Preachers will play an exclusive gig as part of the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Cardiff, it has been announced today (March 16). The annual live music event is set to take place in multiple venues in Cardiff from April 1-3, marking the first in-person festival to be held by 6 Music since 2020. Last year’s event was digital-only due to the coronavirus pandemic. IDLES, Little Simz and Father John Misty are among the leading names on the line-up so for this year’s event. Advertisement The Manics will perform at the festival in Wales on March 31...Recent Posts
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