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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith on his “unbelievable” experience meeting “incredible musician” Charlie Watts
Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith has opened up about his “unbelievable” experience meeting legendary late Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts. READ MORE: Red Hot Chili Peppers on the cover: “We feel fresh, like a new band” Speaking to NME for the latest Big Read, the Chili’s drummer also discussed his respect for the Stones’ staying power. “They’re still going man, still wheeling around,” said Smith. “I think because they were there in the very beginning of rock and roll or modern rock and roll anyway. They’re the last of the Mohicans, they’re still going somehow.” Advertisement Smith went on...
Miles Kane on The Last Shadow Puppets: “It would be rude not to do a trilogy”
Miles Kane has hinted that The Last Shadow Puppets could return in the future. READ MORE: Miles Kane – ‘Change The Show’ review: indie king plays it safe Kane formed the group with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner in 2008. They released two albums, 2008’s ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ and 2016’s ‘Everything You’ve Come To Expect.’ Speaking to Music Week, Kane said they while had no plans to reunite soon, he hasn’t ruled out another album for the group. Advertisement He said: “We won’t be doing anything in the near future, but I think it’d be rude not...
Dolly Parton to cover college tuition fees for all Dollywood employees
The team behind Dolly Parton’s theme park Dollywood has announced they will cover 100 per cent of tuition for employees who wish to pursue higher education. READ MORE: Dolly Parton: “I take care of business” The initiative, which also covers costs like textbooks, will start February 24 and all full-time, part-time and seasonal Dollywood employees will be able to enroll in the education benefits package. From that date on, all new hires will be eligible from their first day of employment. “One of The Dollywood Foundation’s key tenets is to ‘learn more,’” Dollywood Company President Eugene Naughton said in...
Listen to Luke Steele from Empire Of The Sun’s ‘Common Man’ from new solo album ‘Listen To The Water’
Luke Steele has shared his new single ‘Common Man’ from his upcoming debut solo album ‘Listen To The Water’. Check out the track below. The Empire Of The Sun and Sleepy Jackson musician announced the record last week, telling his fans: “It was a wild ride but I survived.” READ MORE: Empire Of The Sun – ‘Two Vines’ Review ‘Listen To The Water’ will be released on May 13, and is available for pre-order now. Advertisement “I’m taking you on a journey to myself”, Steele said of his forthcoming album. “This solo record was a chance for me to be...
Griff on her Sigrid collab: “It’s just about girls having a good time”
Speaking to NME at the BRIT Awards 2022, Griff revealed that she’s progressing well with her debut album – as well as discussing what it was like to collaborate with Sigrid on recent single ‘Head On Fire’. Check out our video interview with Griff above. Having won the BRITs Rising Star Award last year, Griff was down at the London ceremony this week where she was nominated for Best New Act and Best Pop/R&B Act. Up against the likes of Adele, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Joy Crookes, Central Cee, Little Simz and Self Esteem across her categories, Griff said...
Rapper Razzlekhan and her husband arrested for allegedly laundering billions in cryptocurrency
Heather Morgan, AKA the rapper Razzlekhan, has been arrested along with her husband over their alleged involvement in laundering 119,754 stolen bitcoin. Morgan and Ilya ‘Dutch’ Lichtenstein were arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday (February 8) after they were accused of conspiring to launder cryptocurrency, which was allegedly stolen after a hacker broke into the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in August 2016 and initiated over 2,000 unauthorised transactions. Those transactions were valued at $71million (£52.3m) in bitcoin at the time of the alleged theft, but are now valued at over $4.5billion (£3.3billion). US Department of Justice officials said in a statement...
Super Bowl: Zendaya sells seashells by the sea shore in André 3000-narrated ad
Zendaya stars in a new André 3000-narrated advert for Squarespace that will air in full at this year’s Super Bowl. READ MORE: Euphoria season two review – still the best teen drama on TV The Euphoria star and musician poses as seashell-seller Sally who is struggling to make her business heard until she creates a new webstore that helps market her products. André 3000 uses parts of the famous seashell tongue-twister to detail her growth. A preview of the commercial shared yesterday (February 9) concludes with Sally’s seashells becoming so successful that “she sailed into the setting sun as...
Self Esteem on her next album: “Think ‘Olympic opening ceremony euphoria’”
Self Esteem has revealed that she intends her next album to have the vibe of “Olympic opening ceremony euphoria”. Watch our full video interview with Rebecca Taylor above. Taylor was talking to NME on the red carpet of the BRIT Awards 2022, where she was nominated for Best New Artist, despite the acclaimed ‘Prioritise Pleasure‘ being her second album. “I love it! Don’t take it away from me!” she said of her nomination. “I’ve been around for a long time, but I’m new in this sort of world – and I’m the best one!” Advertisement She continued :”I’m just...
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...Recent Posts
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