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Stormzy to get a personalised version of ‘Monopoly Deal’
Stormzy has been treated to his own personalised version of the Monopoly Deal card game. READ MORE: Stormzy live at Reading Festival 2021 – festival return is another rockstar moment The game will include nods to some of Stormzy’s biggest hits in the renaming of its cards. The ‘Debt Collector’ card is now ‘Bailiff One’, while the ‘Just say no’ card has been changed to ‘Shut Up’. The ‘Forced deal’ card has become ‘Big for your Boots’. The rapper has spoken in the past about being a fan of the fast-paced card game. As he said in a 2019 Guardian feature:...
Don McLean says he’d probably have “drank himself to death” if it weren’t for his asthma
Don McLean has said that he probably would have “drank himself to death” if it weren’t for having asthma as a child. READ MORE: 30 real life subjects immortalised in songs Speaking in a new interview, the ‘American Pie’ hitmaker discussed the longevity of his 1971 classic – which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – and how things could have been very different for him had it not been for a childhood ailment that kept him out of school. “Children are all naturally creative – until school knocks it out of them,” he told The i. “They...
Watch Ed Sheeran perform a capella version of ‘Afterglow’ in a church
Ed Sheeran has shared an a capella performance of his 2020 track ‘Afterglow’, recorded in a church – check it out below. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘=’ review: the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streak As Sheeran pointed out, the version – which sees him joined by a chorus of voices for an atmospheric take on the track – was released to celebrate one year since the track came out. Since the release of ‘Afterglow’, Sheeran shared his fourth full-length album, ‘=’, which came out in October. Advertisement Watch the performance of ‘Afterglow’ below: Sheeran recently released a...
LadBaby hit out at The Kunts in festive chart battle
LadBaby have criticised The Kunts for their attempt to score a Christmas Number One with their single ‘Boris Johnson Is STILL A Fucking C**t’. READ MORE: Here’s why I want to see The Kunts’ Boris-bashing anthem vying for Christmas Number One Speaking to the Official Charts, LadBaby’s Mark Hoyle said: “Definitely – it takes a certain sort of person to download a song with that in the title, but you never know. “There’s definitely an element that people aren’t happy with this government, but our song is for charity – I don’t believe theirs is – and ours is trying...
Watch Griff mash up ‘Heart Of Gold’ and Lorde’s ‘Royals’ at London show
Griff has shared a video of her mashing up her song ‘Heart Of Gold’ with Lorde‘s 2013 hit ‘Royals’ – watch the performance below. READ MORE: Griff live in London: a slick operation ready for bigger rooms The footage comes from the singer’s recent headline show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in late October. To open the set, Griff played ‘Heart Of Gold’, from her recent debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, before playing the first verse and chorus of ‘Royals’ and then returning to finish her own song. Advertisement Watch pro-shot footage of the performance,...
Sam Fender shares Finsbury Park poster of Boris Johnson as a hog roast
Sam Fender has shared a poster for next year’s Finsbury Park summer show which includes a cartoon of Boris Johnson as a pig, cooking on an open fire. READ MORE: Sam Fender on winning NME’s Album of the Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – “It means the world to me” The North Shields’ singer-songwriter announced the show earlier in December, which will see him being joined by a hand-picked roster of acts including Fontaines D.C., Declan McKenna, Beabadoobee and Goat Girl, with many more to be announced. “It’s the biggest gig we’ve put on so far – 45,000 tickets,” Fender told NME....
YG Entertainment reportedly “gave up” on 2NE1 as it was unable to “control” a member
YG Entertainment had reportedly called it quits with girl group 2NE1 after the company was unable to “control” a particular member. READ MORE: CL – ‘ALPHA’ review: an incandescent return well worth the wait On December 17, YouTuber and former entertainment reporter Lee Jin-ho made several claims about the nature of 2NE1’s disbandment back in 2016. Lee’s remarks come after an interview with former member CL had gone viral in South Korea, in which she revealed she had found out about the group’s disbandment through the news. Lee alleged that following Minzy’s then-departure from the group and label, the...
Suga on his future as an artist: “I think I’ll be in BTS until I die”
BTS‘ Suga has shared his goals for his future as a musician, saying that he hopes to be in the group “until I die”. READ MORE: BTS live in LA: a euphoric return to live performance for the K-pop juggernauts In a recent interview with Vogue Korea, the rapper-producer told the outlet about his wishes to be a long-standing member of BTS. “I think I’ll be in BTS until I die,” he said, without elaborating further. “I just like BTS,” he concluded, per Soompi’s translations. While Suga has been producing and writing countless hit tracks for the boyband, he also denied...
Watch Dave Navarro and Anthony Kiedis cover Lou Reed’s ‘Walk On The Wild Side’
Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis have reunited for a live cover of Lou Reed’s ‘Walk On The Wild Side’. The two rock acts came together during Navarro’s Above Ground charity concert on December 20 to raise awareness and funds for mental health for people in the music industry under the MusiCares programme. The fundraiser concert featured a number of celebrated rock acts, including Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, Slipknot and Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor, Billy Morrison and more. Advertisement During the show, Dave Navarro was performing a series of songs in honour...Recent Posts
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