A viral Facebook event that was billed as a “Christmas Rave” at 10 Downing Street has raised over £100k for homeless charity Shelter. The fictitious event was set up by Scottish DJ Jon Mancini following the news that a number of members of government, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attended parties at Downing Street during lockdown. Any such event would have breached government-enforced coronavirus regulations at the time, the guidance for which stated: “Although there are exemptions for work purposes, you must not have a work Christmas lunch or party, where that is a primarily social activity and is not otherwise...
A Day To Remember have released a new version of their single ‘Re-Entry’ featuring Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our ‘In Conversation’ video chat with A Day To Remember The release marks another major return to recording music for Hoppus since breaking the news that he was cancer-free last September. The singer and bassist had previously been diagnosed with 4-A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. On re-recording the song with Hoppus, A Day To Remember vocalist Jeremy McKinnon said: “When this song originally took shape it was without a doubt massively influenced by Blink-182, so...
Rage Against The Machine have pushed back the start of their upcoming US tour with Run The Jewels, resulting in a number of dates being postponed. READ MORE: Run The Jewels: “The world’s gonna reset and then we’re gonna burn that motherfucker down” Zack de la Rocha and co. were initially due to hit the road between March and May 2020, with RTJ appearing as their support act. However, the tour became one of the first to be shelved as a result of the coronavirus crisis in March 2020 – and in May was rescheduled for summer 2021. It...
Radiohead side project The Smile have confirmed details of a ticket ballot for fans from around the world for their upcoming London shows at Magazine. READ MORE: Jonny Greenwood’s film scores – ranked! The group – comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – announced the three live shows earlier this month (January 5), due to take place across January 29 and January 30. The trio said in a press release: “We have been overwhelmed with how quickly the three shows on 29th & 30th sold out. Thank you so much for the response. Advertisement “We wanted to try to make...
Debi Mazar has responded to reports that Julia Fox is in talks to play her in Madonna’s forthcoming biopic. READ MORE: Some material, girl: the iconic Madonna moments that deserve a spot in her biopic The actress, known for starring in Uncut Gems, is believed to be in consideration to play Madonna’s close friend and actress, Mazar, after meeting with the singer earlier this month. Following the reports (via Entertainment Weekly), Mazar responded on Instagram, writing that her phone had “literally blown up” with requests asking for more information. Advertisement “I find it all quite amusing,” Mazar wrote. “But what...
At the start of 2019, Lorde went on a five-day trip to Antartica that ended up inspiring her third album, ‘Solar Power’, however she’s now revealed that she “probably shouldn’t have gone”. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” Speaking to Euphoria‘s Hunter Schafer on the A24 podcast, Lorde revealed that she’d been “totally obsessed” with Antartica throughout her childhood and that obsession grew as she “started to engage more with our planet”. “I felt like I needed to go there. I had this reaction, people call it ‘last chance...
The estate of Jimi Hendrix has filed a lawsuit claiming that the estates representing his late Jimi Hendrix Experience bandmates, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, do not have the right to sue them for copyright claims. Dorothy Weber, the lawyer representing Experience Hendrix, LLC and Sony Music Entertainment, filed the suit on Tuesday (January 18) in the US District Court in the Southern District of New York. According to Rolling Stone, it comes after a letter Sony Music received in December from British lawyer, Lawrence Abramson, in which he claimed the label owed Redding and Mitchell’s estates performance royalties...
The official trailer for this year’s star-studded Super Bowl Halftime Show has been released – you can watch it below. As announced last September, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will appear on stage together at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday, February 13, 2022. READ MORE: The biggest moments from The Weeknd’s Super Bowl half-time show Dre confirmed at the time that the collaborative Super Bowl performance “will introduce the next saga of my career”. Advertisement With the fixture less than a month away, Pepsi has now shared a dramatic trailer titled ‘The Call’, which was helmed...
Elton John returned to the stage last night to resume his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour – you can see the setlist and watch fan-shot footage below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” After multiple delays, the legendary artist played at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana yesterday (January 19) where he treated the sold-out crowd to a career-spanning, hit-packed set. The musician kicked off the 21-track concert by performing ‘Bennie And The Jets’ from his 1973 album ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’. He...
Ghost have announced their new album ‘Impera’ will be coming later this year and released new song ‘Call Me Little Sunshine’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Ghost interview: the masked metal band on their new “positive” record about The Plague The band’s fifth record is out March 11 on Loma Vista Recordings (pre-order here) and is the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Prequelle’. The record includes their contribution to the Halloween Kills soundtrack, ‘Hunters Moon’ alongside new single ‘Call Me Little Sunshine’, a more hopeful track than anything from their plaque-infected previous record. Advertisement Check it out below. According to...