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Black Country, New Road vocalist Isaac Wood announces departure from the band
Black Country, New Road have announced that frontman Isaac Wood has left the band with immediate effect. The band, whose second album ‘Ants From Up There’ is due out this week (February 4), will continue as a six-piece, but their upcoming shows are cancelled. The news comes after the band postponed a UK and Irish tour late last year due to illness. READ MORE: Black Country, New Road: sax and violins from Britain’s most prestigious new band In a message shared by Black Country, New Road on behalf of Wood, the vocalist said: “I have bad news which is that...
Paul McCartney still gets emotional listening to the John Lennon inspired ‘Dear Friend’
Paul McCartney has admitted he gets “very emotional” listening to ‘Dear Friend’ because he wrote it about John Lennon. READ MORE: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic The song was released in 1971 as part of McCartney’s post-The Beatles project Wings. To celebrate the 50th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Wild Life’, a Q&A about the record from 2018 has been shared on PaulMcCartney.com. Speaking about ‘Wild Life and the track ‘Dear Friend’, McCartney revealed that he finds it “very emotional when I listen to it now. I have to...
British folk legend Norma Waterson has died aged 82
Legendary British folk singer Norma Waterson has died at the age of 82, her family have revealed. The news was revealed by Waterson’s daughter Eliza Carthy, also a folk singer and part of the Carthy folk family alongside her mother and father, Martin Carthy. No cause of death has yet been revealed, but in a recent fundraiser attempt, Eliza revealed that her mother had been hospitalised with pneumonia. “Not much to say about such monumental sadness, but mam passed away yesterday afternoon, January 30th 2022,” Eliza wrote on Facebook. “Thinking of everyone who has supported and donated and just...
Sam Fender to perform at the BRIT Awards 2022
It’s been confirmed that Sam Fender will perform at The BRIT Awards 2022. He’ll be sharing the stage with previously announced artists Doja Cat, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Holly Humberstone, Liam Gallagher and Little Simz. READ MORE: Sam Fender: “This album is probably the best thing I’ve done in my life” Advertisement Fender won the Rising Star Award in 2019 and has been nominated for Artist Of The Year and Rock/Alternative Act Of The Year at the 2022 event while second album ‘Seventeen Going Under’ has been shortlisted for Album Of The Year. “It’s beyond a dream to be performing...
Neil Young gives out free four-month subscriptions to Amazon Music amid Spotify row
Neil Young has offered fans free four-month subscriptions to Amazon Music as his Spotify row continues. Earlier this month, hundreds of scientists and medical professionals asked Spotify to address COVID misinformation on its platform, sparked by comments made on its original podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. Young then pulled his music from the platform, sparking a protest against the misinformation being spread about the virus on Rogan’s Spotify original podcast. The likes of Joni Mitchell and Crazy Horse member Nils Lofgren then followed his decision. Advertisement Taking to Twitter on Friday (January 28), Young plugged Amazon Music to his followers, offering them...
PARTYNEXTDOOR links up with OG Parker for slinky new single ‘No Fuss’
Georgia-based producer OG Parker has shared a new single titled ‘No Fuss’, featuring R&B artist PARTYNEXTDOOR on lead vocals. The single, released last Friday (January 28), is the first song confirmed to be part of Parker’s forthcoming debut solo album, set for release later this year. Parker’s two previous albums, 2019’s ‘Ultraviolent’ and 2021’s ‘Die 4 Disrespect’, were both collaborative efforts with singer-songwriter Chrishan and rapper DDG respectively. In a statement shared alongside the release of the single, Parker noted that the collaboration between himself and PARTYNEXTDOOR was a personally important one. Advertisement “I’ve been fortunate enough to collaborate with...
Watch Doja Cat rescue a cat from aliens in music video for ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’
Doja Cat has released a music video for ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’. The track is from her 2021 album ‘Planet Her’, making it the fifth visual to be released from the album. READ MORE: Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: controversial pop-rapper enters her imperial phase The visual effects-heavy clip sees Doja Cat as the captain of a spacecraft who receives a threatening message from a motley crew of aliens, who hold a cat named Starscream hostage. Doja and her crew then set off on an intergalactic mission to retrieve the cat. A final showdown between the pop singer...
Silverchair drummer shares studio post that sparks fan speculation about band revival
Former Silverchair drummer Ben Gilles has teased something to do with the band on his Instagram page, sharing a video of himself in the studio. READ MORE: Every Silverchair and Daniel Johns release ranked in order of greatness Gilles posted the clip to his Instagram page today (January 31), sharing little context with its caption (“Good morning”) accompanied by the hashtag #Silverchair. The time-lapsed video sees Gilles setting up – and performing on – a drum kit. He confirmed in subsequent comments on the post that his work in the studio was not for former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns‘...
Wheein opens up about her personal connection to her latest mini-album ‘WHEE’
Wheein of MAMAMOO recently shared that her latest mini-album, ‘Whee’, drew inspiration from parts of her lifestyle and personality. READ MORE: Wheein – ‘WHEE’ review: a serene portrait of an artist in transition In a recent interview with the South China Morning Post, Wheein shared that the concept of her latest record was to “focus and concentrate on the light in myself and surrounding me.” “This album is about highlighting my charms and my comforting, and comfortable, vocal style, and that’s the message I kind of wanted to showcase,” the singer elaborated. “I feel like this album equals ‘Wheein’.”...Recent Posts
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