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Joni Mitchell addresses health issues in rare speech at 2021 Kennedy Center Honors
Joni Mitchell addressed her ongoing health issues in a rare speech at the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors last night (December 5). READ MORE: Why the Grammys are right to not add a Best K-pop category – and why it should stay that way The singer-songwriter suffered a brain aneurysm in 2015 that left her temporarily unable to walk or talk. Later that year she was said to be “making good progress”. And last year she spoke out again about the incident in a rare interview saying at the time: “I got my speech back quickly, but the walking I’m still struggling...
Mary J. Blige announces album ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ and shares two new songs
Mary J. Blige has shared two new songs alongside details of her forthcoming album, ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’, which is out next year. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Mary J. Blige The R&B singer has today (December 6) released album title track ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ and the DJ Khaled-featuring ‘Amazing’. You can hear both tracks below. ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ is released on February 11, 2022, two days before Blige performs during the Super Bowl LVI half time show in Inglewood, California. Advertisement Blige wrote ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ with D’Mile, H.E.R., Lucky Daye, and Tiara Thomas. H.E.R. also produced the...
Arlo Parks, Squid, Black Midi lead London Somerset House 2022 gig series
The line-up for 2022’s Somerset House gig series in London has been announced, featuring Arlo Parks, Squid, Black Midi and more. The annual series of gigs at the iconic central London venue will take place across July next year, kicking off on July 7 with Tems, who was today (December 6) nominated for the BBC Sound Of 2022 prize. Squid will then play Somerset House on July 8, before gigs by Yussef Dayes (July 9), Bomba Estéreo (July 10), Carly Rae Jepsen (July 11), Arlo Parks (July 12), Black Midi (July 13), Ghetts (July 14), SG Lewis (July 15)...
Duran Duran announce summer 2022 live shows alongside immersive three-day Ibiza events
Duran Duran have shared details of headline shows next summer as well as a three-day ‘Touch the Sunrise’ immersive experience in Ibiza. The pop legends have announced two new outdoor headline shows at Yorkshire’s Castle Howard and Inverness’ Caledonian Stadium alongside a programme of events in Ibiza that will see the band perform on the Spanish island for the first time since 1987. It’s all part of the group’s continued 40th anniversary celebrations, which were kickstarted by the release of their latest album ‘FUTURE/PAST‘ in October. Advertisement ‘Duran Duran: Touch The Sunrise’ will take place over the May bank...
Lana Del Rey wants to collaborate with Migos: “I love everything they do”
Lana Del Rey has set her sights on a collaboration with Migos, saying that she “loves everything” that the rap trio make. READ MORE: Lana Del Rey – ‘Blue Banisters’ review: a defiant and delicate return The singer was speaking after picking up Variety‘s Artist Of The Decade Award at its Hitmakers brunch in Los Angeles on Saturday (December 4), making an emotional acceptance speech. On the red carpet at the event, Lana said that she hopes to work with Migos in the future and showered them with compliments. Advertisement She said: “I love them. Everything they do. There was...
Sean Paul announces ‘Scorcha’ UK tour 2022 ahead of new album
Sean Paul has shared details of a UK tour next year as he prepares to announce his eighth studio album. The dancehall star will kick off the dates at Edinburgh’s O2 Academy on April 11, 2022 before wrapping things up at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on April 21. Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale here this Wednesday (December 8) at 10am before general sale here this Friday (December 10). Advertisement It comes as Paul prepares to announce his new album, the follow-up to ‘Live N Livin’, which was released earlier this year. Details are expected to be shared in...
Rihanna tells paparazzi that new music is coming “soon soon soon”
Rihanna says that long-awaited new music is coming “soon soon soon” as the wait for her ninth album continues. READ MORE: Rihanna: every album ranked and rated The pop star’s last album came in the form of ‘Anti’, which was released in 2016. Since then she’s heavily teased new music, recently calling it “completely different” from her older work. After remaining relatively quiet about her next material for most of 2021, Rihanna was asked about when we could expect new music by paparazzi as she exited a taxi. Advertisement “Any new music? Anything?” someone asked Rihanna in a clip (see...
Watch Lizzo cover Erykah Badu’s ‘Tyrone’ with cheeky lyric changes referencing Drake and Chris Evans
Lizzo has covered an Erykah Badu classic during her set at Miami’s Art Basel over the weekend – while ad-libbing some new lyrics of her own. Performing as part of an American Express concert series entitled AmEx Unstaged on December 5, the singer covered Badu’s track ‘Tyrone’ – which Badu herself originally released in 1997 on her live album ‘Live’. Riffing on the song’s hook of “I think you’d better call Tyrone”, Lizzo added in a nod to actor Chris Evans. This was done in reference to her joking on TikTok earlier this year that she was pregnant with his...
Ari Lennox addresses her arrest in Amsterdam: “It’s painful what I went through”
Ari Lennox has opened up on her recent arrest in Amsterdam, which she’s claimed was over her reaction to an incident of racial profiling, calling the experience “painful” and saying she’s “not OK”. Late last month, Lennox shared on social media that she was being arrested at Amsterdam airport. Reuters later reported that Dutch military police arrested Lennox for disturbing public order, after she allegedly accused KLM Royal Dutch Airlines staff of racial discrimination. “I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting to a woman racially profiling me,” Lennox wrote on Twitter at the time, before saying: “Fuck Amsterdam security....Recent Posts
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