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Watch Chris Martin crash Dakota Johnson interview to fix video issue
Chris Martin was spotted on camera fixing his girlfriend Dakota Johnson’s connection issues during a virtual event for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. READ MORE: ‘The Lost Daughter’ review: Olivia Colman’s latest Oscar-worthy performance The Coldplay frontman appears briefly in a clip shared via the Sundance Institute’s YouTube channel, seemingly after being asked to help sort things on the IT front. Advertisement Johnson was scheduled to talk about her film Cha Cha Real Smooth but when the host Charlie Sextro introduced her, he was met with silence for several seconds. Martin and Johnson then came into view, with Martin...
Blossoms unveil details of new album and share title track, ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’
Blossoms have today (January 25) unveiled details of their new album, ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’ – you can listen to the title track below. READ MORE: Blossoms and Rick Astley live in London: the best Smiths gig since December 12, 1986 It will be the Stockport five-piece’s fourth album and is set for release on April 29 – you can pre-order/pre-save it here. Speaking about the new album and single, the group’s Tom Ogden says: “While on tour in 2019 in Mexico, I visited Frida Kahlo’s house. Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them...
Halsey, Kid Cudi and J. Cole to headline Governors Ball 2022
Halsey, Kid Cudi and J. Cole will headline this year’s Governors Ball festival in New York – check the full line-up below. READ MORE: 20 festivals to look forward to in 2022 The three-day event is due to take place at the Citi Field complex in Queens, New York City, between June 10 and June 12, 2022. Tickets go on general sale here at 12pm EST this Thursday (January 27). Joining the aforementioned bill-toppers at the festival will be the likes of Migos, Jack Harlow, Flume, Playboi Carti, Glass Animals, Clairo, Roddy Ricch, Skepta, Beabadoobee, Japanese Breakfast and Soccer...
Franz Ferdinand fast forward love on brand new single, ‘Curious’
Franz Ferdinand have shared a second brand new track, ‘Curious’, from their forthcoming greatest hits album, ‘Hits To The Head’. READ MORE: Franz Ferdinand talk new single ‘Billy Goodbye’, their greatest hits and new line-up After teasing their return back in early November, the Scottish indie veterans released ‘Billy Goodbye’, their first new track in three years – a raucous glam stomper that the band worked on with Stuart Price (Dua Lipa, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys). The only other new track on ‘Hits To The Head’ is ‘Curious’, which frontman Alex Kapranos called “quite a different-sounding song” when speaking to...
Yard Act and Years & Years in close race for this week’s UK Number One album
Yard Act and Years & Years are in a close race for this week’s UK Number One album, with just 400 sales separating them. Last Friday (January 21) saw the rising Leeds band release their debut record ‘The Overload’ as Olly Alexander dropped Years & Years’ third studio effort ‘Night Call’. Both albums were awarded four stars by NME. READ MORE: The NME Big Read: Yard Act: “Life is really fucking messy with no right answers” As the Official Charts Company reports today (January 25), Yard Act are edging closer to securing their first Number One in the UK...
Musicians defend Taylor Swift after Damon Albarn says she “doesn’t write her own songs”
Figures from the music world have come out to defend Taylor Swift after Damon Albarn claimed that she “doesn’t write her own songs”. During a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman explained that Swift’s “co-writing” approach is at odds with his “traditionalist” view of songwriting. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreak When the LA Times journalist put it to him that Swift was “an excellent songwriter”, Albarn responded: “She doesn’t write her own songs.” Advertisement He went on to say that co-writing “doesn’t count”, adding: “I’m not hating on anybody, I’m...
Jack Black pays tribute to Meat Loaf: “Thank you for rocking so hard”
Jack Black has honoured the late actor and musician Meat Loaf, who died from reported complications due to COVID last week (January 20). READ MORE: Meat Loaf, 1947 – 2022: a unique performer with big, bold odes to the dreamers and believers Black, also an actor and musician, paid tribute to the artist who starred in his band Tenacious D‘s film The Pick Of Destiny in 2006. “I think I was 9 years old when my big sister took me to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Meat Loaf rocked the hell out of that movie,” Black began his...
Independent Venue Week shares full live schedule for 2022
Independent Venue Week has announced their full live schedule for 2022, which includes performances from Wet Leg, Years & Years and James Bay. The ninth consecutive edition of IVW will take place across over 210 independent UK venues between Monday (January 31) and Sunday, February 6. It’ll host more than 485 performances, including live gigs, comedy shows, Q&A sessions, films and documentaries. READ MORE: Independent Venue Week: this year’s ambassadors on their first-ever gigs BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq will celebrate Independent Venue Week 2022 by presenting a series of one-off shows between January 31 and February...
Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes and Khruangbin to headline End Of The Road Festival
Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes and Khruangbin have been announced as the final headliners of End Of The Road Festival 2022. The three artists will all play at the Larmer Tree Gardens festival, which this year will run from September 1-4. READ MORE: End Of The Road Festival 2021 review: despite difficulties, this miracle event turns back the clock The trio join Pixies at the top of the bill, who were confirmed as headliners back in September. Advertisement The likes of The Magnetic Fields, Yard Act, Black Midi, Aldous Harding, Perfume Genius, Greentea Peng, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The...Recent Posts
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