Stormzy is hosting a Christmas party for residents in Croydon later this week. The bash, which is the first from his charity #Merky Foundation, will take place at Fairfield Halls in his hometown this Friday (December 3). The event will be split over two time slots throughout the day with the first half for those aged four and above, and the second half for those 10-years-of age and above, with Stormzy also being present to join in the fun. Advertisement The party will include games, performances, workshops, a tombola and the chance to win special prizes. The #Merky books...
American metal band GWAR have shared a video showing how they helped a fan retrieve his prosthetic leg during one of their concerts. The band took to Instagram last night (November 28) to share the clip from their recent show in Los Angeles where a member of the audience lost his prosthetic leg in the crowd while crowdsurfing. This prompted bassist Beefcake The Mighty to say: “If anybody’s got a fake leg out there, or got an extra fake leg, send it this way because this guy need his fucking leg”. Advertisement The leg eventually made its way back...
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have shared tributes to late The Beatles bandmate George Harrison on the 20th anniversary of the latter’s passing. READ MORE: Every song The Beatles play in Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’ Harrison, died of lung cancer on November 29, 2001 at the age of 58. McCartney took to Twitter to share an old image of himself and Harrison in the studio with a caption reading: “Hard to believe that we lost George 20 years ago. I miss my friend so much. Love Paul.” Advertisement See Paul McCartney’s tweet below. Hard to believe that we lost...
Oasis tribute band, Noasis, have finally escaped after becoming stranded in a Yorkshire pub for four days. Storm Arwen left 61 people at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales stuck after five feet of snow fell suddenly on Friday (November 26). The pub is 528m above sea level, the highest in the UK. The band played a gig at the pub on Friday night (November 26) and got stranded following the heavy snow until this evening (November 29). Advertisement Posting on Twitter after they finally escaped, the band wrote: “Noasis have left the building! Thanks to everyone...
FKA Twigs has unveiled a new video for recent single ‘Measure Of A Man’ featuring Central Cee – watch it below. First released earlier this month, the clip for ‘Measure Of A Man’ arrived on YouTube today (November 29), and features exclusive footage from the upcoming film, The King’s Man. READ MORE: Central Cee – ‘Wild West’ mixtape review: a tantalising glimpse at drill’s future The Diana Kunst-directed video sees FKA Twigs wield a sword against a demon-like figure while Central Cee raps against a red backdrop as FKA Twigs dances behind him. Advertisement The track, which takes on...
Wet Leg have announced full details of their debut album and shared two new songs ‘Too Late Now’ and ‘Oh No’, which you can listen to below. READ MORE: Wet Leg: “We want to be recognised as guitar heroes” The Isle Of Wight duo’s self-titled debut album will be released on April 8, 2022 via Domino. It is available to pre-order on exclusive clear vinyl (with a 7” of two non-album tracks), standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally here. A variety of merch (T-shirt, print) is available as a pre-order bundle too. You can view the full tracklisting artwork...
Sam Fender, Kasabian, Bombay Bicycle Club, Blossoms and The Kooks have been announced for next year’s Truck Festival. The Oxford bash makes its return at Hill Farm from July 22-24 in 2022 for its 25th anniversary, after three years away. This year, the festival was cancelled after the government failed to back up an insurance scheme for live events and it didn’t go ahead in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. Advertisement Other acts on the bill include Sigrid, Easy Life, Sports Team, Inhaler, Kelis, Black Honey, Sundara Karma, Shame, The Big Moon, Alfie Templeman, Yard Act, and Baby Queen....
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has announced his resignation as CEO of the social media company, effective immediately. Dorsey announced the news today (November 29) via a tweet, in which he announced that current Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Parag Agrawal would be taking over as CEO. “There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being “founder-led”. Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure. I’ve worked hard to ensure this company can break way from its founding and founders,” Dorsey said in a company-wide email that he shared on Twitter. Advertisement He then...
Ed Sheeran and Elton John have announced details of their upcoming Christmas duet. Watch the teaser below. The single, titled ‘Merry Christmas’, will be released on Friday, (December 3) and was announced by Sheeran in an interview with Dutch radio station NPO Radio 2. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” “Elton rang me on Christmas Day to say Merry Christmas. Elton rings me almost every single day,” Sheeran said. “He said, ‘’Step Into Christmas’ is Number 6 in the charts! I want to do another Christmas song – will you...
Stephen Fretwell has announced dates for a UK and Ireland tour in 2022 – see all the details below. The tour will kick off in Belfast on February 24, stopping off in Cardiff (March 3), Liverpool (March 5) and Newcastle (March 7) along the way. The final date will be at London’s Grand Junction on March 11. The singer-songwriter finished up a sold-out UK tour in Glasgow earlier this month, which was in support of his comeback album ‘Busy Guy‘. The new LP was Fretwell’s first in more than 13 years and followed the release of first single ‘Oval’ in March....