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Kanye West kidnaps and buries Pete Davidson in new video for ‘Eazy’
Kanye West has shared a music video for his recent collab with The Game, ‘Eazy’, in which he kidnaps and buries Pete Davidson alive, before seemingly decapitating him. READ MORE: On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ event in Miami: “It felt like a cult convention” The video was shared to West’s Instagram page overnight (March 2). In it, a claymated caricature of the rapper stands on a bed of roses while holding a severed head. The video cuts back and forth between shots of West – clad in a leather jacket and black mask, an outfit he’s...
Fontaines D.C. on winning Best Band In The World at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: “About time!”
Fontaines D.C. have reacted to winning Best Band In The World at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: “About time!” READ MORE: BandLab NME Awards 2022 – see full list of winners The Irish band beat out Amyl & The Sniffers, Ben&Ben, Bring Me The Horizon, CHVRCHES, Glass Animals, HAIM, Måneskin, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for the trophy. In their acceptance speech, they gave props to CHVRCHES and Robert Smith for their performance of The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ earlier in the night, and poked fun at the government: “We’re gonna party like Number 10 tonight!” Speaking to NME...
Brix Smith at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: Liam Gallagher’s free gig for NHS workers “was absolutely fantastic”
Brix Smith was at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 to accept the Music Moment Of The Year award on behalf of Liam Gallagher for his “absolutely fantastic” free gig for NHS workers. READ MORE: BandLab NME Awards 2022 – see full list of winners The Fall legend was speaking to NME in the winner’s room after accepting the award for Gallagher, who was unable to attend the ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton. Gallagher, Smith revealed, DJed her wedding in Italy 22 years ago with Alan McGee as a wedding present. “I’m a big fan of his,” Smith said...
BandLab NME Awards 2022: Bring Me The Horizon say their Malta festival will be “like Fyre Festival but with better sandwiches”
BandLab NME Awards 2022 award winners Bring Me The Horizon are due to stage their own festival in Malta in May – an event they’ve said will be “like Fyre Festival but with better sandwiches”. READ MORE: BandLab NME Awards 2022 – see full list of winners The Sheffield band were speaking to NME from the winner’s room after picking up the trophy for Best Band From The UK Supported By Pizza Express. Bring Me’s Malta festival, announced last November, will take place from May 26-30 and feature a full live show and an exclusive retrospective set from the...
Bobby Gillespie wins Best Music Book at the BandLab NME Awards 2022
Bobby Gillespie has won Best Music Book at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2) for Tenement Kid. READ MORE: BandLab NME Awards 2022 – full list of winners The Primal Scream frontman’s memoir beat music books by Dave Grohl (The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music), Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast (Crying In H Mart), Questlove (Music Is History) and Paul McCartney (The Lyrics) for the win. “I’m very pleased and honoured to receive the Best Music Book award,” said Bobby. “Thank you NME!” Published October 21, Tenement Kid tells Gillespie’s story up until the creation...
Wide Awake wins Best Small Festival at the BandLab NME Awards 2022
Wide Awake has been crowned the Best Small Festival at the BandLab NME Awards 2022. READ MORE: BandLab NME Awards 2022 – full list of winners The south London festival, which launched its inaugural edition last September at Brockwell Park, beat competition from the likes of End Of The Road, Live At Leeds, Lost Village and Mighty Hoopla. Wide Awake 2021 was headlined by IDLES, and also featured sets from Black Country, New Road, Daniel Avery, Black Midi, Shame and more. In a four-star review of the festival, NME described the event as a “a portrait of a punk...
Taylor Swift wins Best Reissue at the BandLab NME Awards 2022
Taylor Swift has won Best Reissue at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 for the re-imagining of her 2012 pivotal album, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’. READ MORE: BandLab NME Awards 2022 – full list of winners She beat out OutKast (‘ATLiens)’, Nirvana (‘Nevermind’), Radiohead (‘Kid Amnesiae’), and The Beatles (‘Let It Be’) for the prize. In a four-star review, NME said the album’s production is “a little sharper” than the original 2012 release, “with instrumentation being brought further into focus”, adding that Swift’s voice had matured “significantly in the intervening decade” since she released ‘Red’. The new version also featured fresh...
Here are all the winners at the BandLab NME Awards 2022
Here’s the full list of winners at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, updated as all the action goes down at O2 Academy Brixton this evening (March 2). READ MORE: Keep up with everything BandLab NME Awards 2022 After a year of silence due to the pandemic, the wildest night in music returns, sponsored by leading social music creation platform BandLab and hosted by Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr. Sam Fender, Little Simz, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Billie Eilish, Rina Sawayama and CHVRCHES are among the artists leading the nominations with several nods each. Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey, Self...
Liam Gallagher shares video for new single ‘Everything’s Electric’
Liam Gallagher has shared a video for his latest single, ‘Everything’s Electric’ – watch the Charlie Lightening-directed clip below. READ MORE: Liam Gallagher: “I sound good. I look cool. I talk from the heart” Released last month, the track is set to appear on the former Oasis frontman’s upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, which is released on May 27 and follows his 2019 album ‘Why Me? Why Not’. The black-and-white video, which arrives after Gallagher’s recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, blends a brand new performance with other live footage, teasing what is set...Recent Posts
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