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John Lennon and The Beatles memorabilia to be sold as NFTs
John Lennon‘s eldest son Julian is set to sell a range of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) featuring digitised pieces of Lennon and Beatles memorabilia from his person collection. The online auction will take place on Julien’s Auctions on February 7, with Julian Lennon offering music fans the chance to “own a piece of music history”. READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained! While Julian will keep the physical items from his collection, bidders will have the chance to buy NFT versions of the memorabilia in the auction. Each item, which will be...
Jay Park assures fans he has “not retired yet”, teases new albums
Korean-American singer-rapper Jay Park has personally responded to rumours about his alleged retirement from the entertainment industry. READ MORE: Moonbyul – ‘6equence’ review: a riveting story with a dissatisfactory ending Today (January 25), Park took to Twitter to respond to the rumours, which have been swirling since the musician announced his decision to step down as the CEO of South Korean labels AOMG and H1GHR MUSIC at the end of December. Around the time of that announcement, the singer-rapper had posted cryptic tweet which seemed to allude to his potential retirement. “If i ever retire or disappear make sure to...
Epik High finally reveal release date for ‘Epik High Is Here 下, Part 2’
South Korean hip-hop trio Epik High have announced a release date for their much-anticipated album, ‘Epik High Is Here 下, Part 2’. READ MORE: Yuju on her rebirth as a soloist: “Obviously, I’m really worried about doing this alone” At 12 midnight earlier today (January 25), frontman Tablo revealed that their long-awaited record ‘Epik High Is Here 下, Part 2’, the follow-up to last year’s ‘Epik High Is Here 上, Part One’, will released on Valentine’s Day (February 14) at 6pm KST. “Starting fresh with a new note,” Tablo wrote. More details about the upcoming album, such as the...
When We Were Young festival adds a third date
Las Vegas emo nostalgia festival When We Were Young has added a third date to its itinerary. On its official Twitter page, organisers wrote: “To everyone that was not able to grab a ticket on the first go. Now is your chance.” ?When We Were Young? To everyone that was not able to grab a ticket on the first go. Now is your chance. We have decided to add Day 3! Same lineup. Sign up for the presale. Monday January 31 at 10am PT. If you signed up for the first launch, you don’t have to sign up again....
Charlie Puth says he made the majority of his new album on TikTok
Charlie Puth has revealed that he created most of his new album on TikTok. READ MORE: Charlie Puth – ‘Voicenotes’ Review The singer said in a new interview that his self-titled follow-up to 2018’s ‘Voicenotes‘ is finished. He said TikTok enabled him to create the majority of its songs. Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Puth said: “I’m going to call the album, ‘Charlie’. It’s done. I’ve made most of it on TikTok. My goal for this album is for everybody to know every song title before it comes out. I love the fact that ‘Light Switch’...
Jamie Webster announces biggest UK tour to date
Jamie Webster has announced details of his biggest headline UK and Ireland tour this year. The musician will kick off his tour on November 5 in Bristol before embarking on dates in Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Belfast and Dublin. The tour will conclude with a hometown gig in Liverpool. Tickets for these new dates will go on general sale at 10am on January 28; a pre-sale will be available from January 26. You can get tickets here. Being able to tour the UK with my own songs was incredible, so I’m made up to announce that we’re doing...
‘The Wire’ almost had a different theme song by the Cowboy Junkies
The Wire was almost made using a different opening theme song, according to the show’s creator David Simon. READ MORE: Wendell Pierce: “The fight against racism is like fighting cancer” Each of the five seasons of the acclaimed HBO crime drama opened with a different version of Tom Waits‘ 1987 track ‘Way Down In The Hole’, taken from his 10th studio album, ‘Franks Wild Years’. The five versions were sung by The Blind Boys Of Alabama (season one), Tom Waits (season two), The Neville Brothers (season three), DoMaJe (season four), and Steve Earle (season five). Advertisement However, the show’s creator has...
US Army mocked for using apparent Lana Del Rey quote in recruitment advert
The US Army has been mocked for using a quote that it attributed to Lana Del Rey as part of a recruitment advert. READ MORE: Every Lana Del Rey song ranked in order of greatness On Saturday (January 22) a post on the military’s Twitter account read, “‘Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever’ – Lana Del Rey”, which was accompanied by a photo of a female soldier crawling on sand during a drill. Musicians including Lucy Dacus made light of what people online highlighted as a “random” quote by the US Army, writing:...
Blossoms tease new music announcement this week
Blossoms have today (January 24) teased a new music announcement. READ MORE: Blossoms and Rick Astley live in London: the best Smiths gig since December 12, 1986 The Stockport five piece shared a short video clip on Twitter along with details of the drop, which is expected tomorrow (January 25) at 6pm. The video is also soundtracked by a clip of what appears to be new music. You can watch it here: TUESDAY 25TH JANUARY. 6PM. pic.twitter.com/FroSe6rHFk — B L O S S O M S (@BlossomsBand) January 24, 2022 Advertisement Last summer Blossoms released a new ’70s-inspired single...Recent Posts
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