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Mötley Crüe sell catalogue to BMG for reported £110million
Mötley Crüe have sold their entire recording catalogue to BMG for a reported $150million (£112m). Despite Variety citing sources who say the deal is roughly around the $150million mark, other sources claim it is “significantly lower.” Speaking about the deal, the band said: “It feels amazing to be collaborating with our new partners at BMG,” said the band in a collective statement. “Their extensive track record of success in rock made them the perfect home to continue preserving and growing our musical legacy, ensuring we always stay at the top.” Advertisement Manager Allen Kovac added: “After working side by...
Elton John shares new ‘Inside The Lockdown Sessions’ documentary
Elton John has shared a new documentary on the creation of his collaborative album ‘The Lockdown Sessions’. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” Inside The Lockdown Sessions, streaming exclusively on Apple Music, features Miley Cyrus, Rina Sawayama, Stevie Nicks, Eddie Vedder and more, and documents the album John made over lockdown over three parts. “Surprise! Just in time for the holidays, I’m taking you ‘Inside the Lockdown Sessions’,” John wrote on Twitter to announce the new film. Advertisement “Watch as I go deep into the making of my latest...
Watch Glass Animals’ blissful cover of Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’
Glass Animals have covered Lorde‘s ‘Solar Power’ for Radio 1’s Live Lounge – watch the performance below. READ MORE: Glass Animals: “Everything that made me who I am was taken away by the accident” The Oxford band took on the title track from the New Zealand singer’s recent third album, as well as playing their own tracks ‘I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)’ and ‘Heat Waves for the session. For the ‘Solar Power’ performance, Glass Animals were backed by a number of backing singers and turned the baggy acoustic song into a danceable number, as Griff also did...
Kai says recording new ‘Peaches’ mini-album “wasn’t a relaxed process”
Kai has opened up about the work that went into his newly released sophomore mini-album ‘Peaches’. READ MORE: D.O. – ‘공감 (Empathy)’ review: excellent acoustic pop confessionals with a golden voice The EXO member made his solo comeback yesterday (November 30) with ‘Peaches’, alongside a dreamy new music video for its lead single of the same title. On the same day, the K-pop idol held an press conference where he spoke about the creation of his latest release. “It wasn’t a relaxed production process,” he said, as translated by Soompi. “It took some time because we needed constant evaluation in...
Brody Dalle sentenced to 60 hours community service for contempt
Brody Dalle has been sentenced to 60 hours community service for contempt in her court battle with former partner Josh Homme. Last month (November 19), Dalle was convicted of one count of contempt by a Los Angeles judge for “wilfully” failing to hand her five-year-old son over to former partner Homme as part of an agreed custody deal. The ruling came after Dalle testified in court in an ongoing criminal contempt trial earlier this month that she tried to convince the couple’s three kids to go to Homme’s house for his court-ordered custodial time on September 4, but the kids...
Royal Blood announce 2022 North American tour
Royal Blood have announced that they’ll be heading out on a North American tour in 2022 – see the full list of dates below. READ MORE: Royal Blood: “Without sobriety, this album or this band wouldn’t exist. It was all quite scary” The run of dates, which are set to start in Toronto on April 18 and end on May 24 in Boston, will be in support of the Brighton band’s latest album, ‘Typhoons’, which was released back in April. Sharing the news on Instagram, Royal Blood – comprising frontman Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher – wrote: “Delighted and thrilled...
Arca releases ‘KICK ii’ project early
Arca, who was due to release her ‘KICK ii’, ‘KicK iii’ and ‘kick iiii’ albums on Friday (December 3), has brought ‘KICK ii’ forward a few days. READ MORE: Arca – ‘KiCk i’ review: a new high watermark for the wildly innovative producer’s experimental pop The second volume of her ‘Kick’ album series, released via XL Recordings, follows last year’s Grammy-nominated ‘KiCk i’, and features contributions from Cardopusher, Boys Noize, Mica Levi, Jenius Level, Wondagurl and Cubeatz. The early release of ‘KICK ii’ comes after Arca shared new track ‘Queer’ last week, featuring electronic musician Planningtorock. The glitchy track with...
Sum 41, Dropkick Murphys and more join Slam Dunk line-up as Rancid pull out
Sum 41 and Dropkick Murphys are among the names that have been added to the line-up for next year’s Slam Dunk Festival. The North edition of the event, held at Temple Newsam in Leeds will take place on June 3, 2022, while Slam Dunk South in Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire will take place a day later on June 4. Today (November 30), festival organisers announced that previously confirmed headliners Rancid will no longer be performing, and that Sum 41 and Dropkick Murphys will top the bill alongside Alexisonfire, who were announced as headliners back in September. Advertisement Other names added to...
Manic Street Preachers share new ‘Duets’ digital album
Manic Street Preachers have released a new digital album, ‘I Live Through These Moments Again And Again: The Duets 1992 – 2021’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: Manic Street Preachers: “We talked ourselves through oblivion” The first in a series of Spotify playlists specially curated by the band collects together all of the guest duets from their 1992 debut ‘Generation Terrorists’ through to this year’s ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’. The collection includes a live recording of ‘Let Robeson Sing’, which was once previously made available as a free download through the band’s official website. It was recorded...Recent Posts
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