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Clairo reschedules UK/European tour due to COVID concerns
Clairo has rescheduled her upcoming UK and European tour due to COVID-related concerns – see the new dates below. READ MORE: Clairo: “I was too scared to think domesticity could be something I crave” The singer was set to tour her recently released second album ‘Sling’ across January and February next year, but worries around the rise of the Omicron variant means the shows will now take place in September and October. “I reeeeally hate to do this- but we have decided to reschedule the upcoming January Europe/UK tour,” Clairo told fans on Instagram while sharing new dates. Advertisement She...
BRIT Awards 2022 has the most female nominees in over a decade
The 2022 BRIT Awards will have the most women nominees in over a decade. The nominations were announced on December 18 during the one-hour The BRITs Are Coming TV special on ITV. Find the full list of nominees here. READ MORE: The BRIT Awards 2021: a night defined by its audience of heroes In the 13 categories, 18 female artists or all-women groups were nominated, with the likes of Adele, Little Simz and Taylor Swift up for awards. This is just behind the 22 female acts given nods in 2010. Advertisement One major change is in the Best Male and Female...
Charli XCX teases new music and Rina Sawayama collaboration in “2022 sneak peak”
Charli XCX has shared a snippet of new music and teased her upcoming Rina Sawayama collaboration in a new Instagram post. The singer is set to release new studio album ‘CRASH’ on March 18, 2022, which was previewed recently with her new single ‘New Shapes’, featuring Christine & the Queens and Caroline Polachek. As the year draws to a close, she’s given fans a “2022 sneak peek” on Instagram, with a host of photos and videos of upcoming projects shared in a single post. Advertisement In the post, she shared a video of her performing while flanked by two dancers, set to what appears to...
Bastille’s Dan Smith says he’s been working on Lewis Capaldi’s second album
Bastille frontman Dan Smith has revealed that he has been writing with Lewis Capaldi as the latter continues work on his second album. Capaldi released his debut record, ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Heavenly Extent’, in 2019. At the beginning of 2021, he announced he was taking a break from social media in order to focus on completing the LP’s follow-up. READ MORE: Bastille on pushing the boundaries: “We’ve always done whatever the fuck we want” The Scottish singer-songwriter subsequently postponed his planned live shows for this year so that he could “put all my effort into making the best...
UK votes Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name Of’ its favourite Christmas Number One
Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name Of’ has been confirmed as the UK’s favourite Christmas Number One of all time. Organised in partnership with Nine Eight Books, the poll was launched to celebrate the 70th Christmas chart battle and The Official Christmas No.1 Singles Book. The book is a guide to 70 years of Christmas Number Ones, with a double-page spread dedicated to every song. READ MORE: The Kunts return with ‘Boris Johnson Is STILL A Fucking C**t’ and tell us about their Tory-toppling bid for Christmas Number One After three weeks of voting, the final came down to Spice...
Watch Paul Weller make a surprise appearance during Ocean Colour Scene’s London show
Paul Weller made a surprise appearance during Ocean Colour Scene‘s show in London last night – check out the fan-shot footage below. The group joined Weller on tour back in the early ’90s, with their guitarist Steve Cradock going on to play in the former Jam frontman’s solo band. Singer Simon Fowler, meanwhile, contributed to The Modfather’s second record ‘Wild Wood’ (1993). READ MORE: Paul Weller: “I’m trying different things as much as I can – time is of the essence, man” Weller also wrote the track ‘For Dancers Only’, which appears on Ocean Colour Scene’s 2007 album ‘On The...
Toby Slater of Britpop band Catch has died
Toby Slater, the lead singer of the 1990s Britpop band Catch, has died aged 42, as confirmed by Music Ally. While his cause of death has yet to be officially confirmed, tributes have begun to be shared online. “I can’t believe I’m writing this,” Music Ally CEO Paul Brindley wrote. “Toby was undoubtedly one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. Always wise beyond his years I remember our first meeting when he came to interview me and I ended up interviewing him as he seemed to know so much more than I did.” We’re upset to learn of...
Enter Shikari postpone remaining 2021 UK shows and some 2022 dates
Enter Shikari have announced the postponement of their final UK shows for 2021, along with some upcoming dates in Europe in 2022. READ MORE: Enter Shikari on their surprise new album, new book and post-COVID politics The band rescheduled their UK and European tour dates, which were originally due to take place in summer, in support of their April 2020 album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’. They kicked off the tour in December instead, with the existing UK dates being bolstered by the addition of extra gigs in Lincoln, Bristol, Hull, Liverpool and Leeds. Although they have completed the...
Petition to cancel K-drama ‘Snowdrop’ reaches over 200,000 signatures
An online petition calling for the cancellation of new historical K-drama series Snowdrop, starring Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, has garnered more than 200,000 signatures. READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2021 On December 18 and 19, South Korean television network JTBC aired the first two episodes of its hotly anticipated winter drama, which had been embroiled in controversy over its alleged distortion of history even before it premiered. Following the premiere of Snowdrop, a petition calling for its cancellation was posted to the website of the Blue House (the executive office and official residence of South...Recent Posts
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