News
Coldplay’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ on course to surpass 100,000 UK chart sales in a week
Coldplay‘s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ is on course to become the first album to surpass 100,000 UK chart sales in a week since Ed Sheeran in 2019. READ MORE: Coldplay: “This is our period of having no fear” The band’s new album, which arrived last Friday (October 15), has so far shifted more than 81,000 chart sales according to the Official Charts midweeks. This means Coldplay’s ninth album has already surpassed the current fastest-selling album of the year, Dave’s ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’, which amassed 74,000 chart sales in its opening week back in July. Advertisement As a...
Oasis share unseen ‘Some Might Say’ Knebworth performance
Oasis have shared a new live clip that sees them performing ‘Some Might Say’ on the second night of their legendary 1996 Knebworth gigs. READ MORE: Oasis Knebworth 1996 review: an era-defining gig that will live forever The clip is taken from the recent documentary Oasis Knebworth 1996, directed by Jake Scott and produced by Black Dog Films, with both Noel and Liam Gallagher also serving as executive producers. Released to mark the 25th anniversary of the band’s legendary August 1996 shows, the film features never-before-seen archive concert and backstage footage from the gigs, with additional interviews with the band and concert organisers....
Rick Astley approves Greta Thunberg’s Rickrolling
Rick Astley has shared his approval of Greta Thunberg’s recent trolling of her audience by ‘Rickrolling’ the Climate Live concert in Stockholm. READ MORE: Blossoms and Rick Astley live in London – the best Smiths gig since December 12, 1986 The environmental activist began her speech on Saturday (October 16) as expected with important messages on climate action, before slipping in the familiar phrase: “We’re no strangers to love…”. As the crowd cheered, immediately understanding the reference, a fellow activist joined her on stage to complete the lyric, with Astley’s 1987 classic ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ continuing in the background....
Paul McCartney on the woman who inspired ‘Eleanor Rigby’: “Hearing her stories enriched my soul”
Paul McCartney has shared an excerpt from his forthcoming book The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present, in which he remembers the inspiration for one of his best-known Beatles songs, ‘Eleanor Rigby’. READ MORE: Paul McCartney: read the exclusive track-by-track story of ‘McCartney III’ Writing about his childhood in Liverpool, McCartney recalled doing chores for local residents during the Scouts’ ‘Bob-a-job week’, during which he met an old lady who would go on to inspire the song. “Eleanor Rigby is based on an old lady that I got on with very well,” McCartney wrote in an extract published by The New...
Chris Martin’s children Apple and Moses have credits on Coldplay’s new album
Apple and Moses Martin, the two children of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, have received credits on the band’s latest album ‘Music Of The Spheres’. READ MORE: With Coldplay’s eco-friendly tour, music is again at the forefront of progressive ideas Seventeen year-old Apple is credited as a co-songwriter on the song ‘Let Somebody Go’, which features guest vocals from Selena Gomez. Fifteen year-old Moses, meanwhile, has a performer credit. He can be heard singing vocals alongside his father on the chorus of ‘Humankind’, Billboard has revealed. Advertisement In the handwritten credits reproduced along with the album, Martin has drawn hearts...
Aaron Smith shares haunting visuals for latest single ‘Nocturnal’
Fast-rising Scottish singer-songwriter Aaron Smith has shared the video for his emotional new single ‘Nocturnal’ – you can see it below. The slow-burning video was choreographed by Hazel Hush-Macdonald and features a number of Scotland-based dancers as well as Smith himself. It’s the first time the musician has personally appeared in one of his videos. “Being on the video shoot was so surreal for me. It was my first music video appearance so I was really nervous but the team made me feel really at home and settled and ready for my close up,” said Smith of the visuals....
RZA on 2Pac: “He was probably more dangerous than Notorious B.I.G.”
RZA has revealed that he thinks 2Pac was a more “dangerous” rapper than The Notorious B.I.G., comparing the late icon to Malcolm X in terms of his worldview. READ MORE Tupac and Biggie murders: what my new film taught me about rap’s biggest unsolved mystery The Wu-Tang Clan rapper was recently interviewed by hip-hop platform The Art Of Dialogue, where he made some rare comments about the age-old question: Biggie or 2Pac? “You go to Pac, once again, immaculate voice, but what Pac had, I think, was a way of touching us in all of our emotions,” said RZA....
M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Arrived At The Perfect Moment
By Grant Sharples Everyone knows that sound. Immediately after pressing play, that unforgettable melody materializes and bubbles up to the surface just in time for the first chorus. It’s not exactly welcoming; it’s high-pitched and uncanny, peculiar characteristics for one of the most ubiquitous pop songs of the new millennium. Still, it’s one of the catchiest hooks on any song from the 2010s. “Midnight City” is special in that way, and there’s no way M83’s musical architect Anthony Gonzalez could have predicted its staggering popularity. “When I first made that, I felt stupid,” the French indie-pop artist told Pitchfork...
Mötley Crüe confirm Vince Neil broke “a few ribs” during stage fall
Mötley Crüe have confirmed that their singer Vince Neil broke “a few ribs” after he fell from the stage during a solo gig on Friday (October 15). Neil had been performing with his band at the Monsters on the Mountain festival in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee when he suffered the fall. According to TMZ, there was a small gap between the stage and the speaker that Neil didn’t notice, with a four-foot drop below. Video from the gig, which you can see below, shows the singer slipping out of sight. That explains why I lost track of him in this...Recent Posts
UK artists invited to apply for “seriously game-changing” £125k fund to beat “the cost of touring crisis”
On “Irmãos,” TchiTchi Turns Family History Into a Global Sound
Fearne Cotton recalls “shame” after hearing “horrible news” of ex-partner Ian Watkins’ sex crimes
Anushka Talks New Debut Single, Learning Production, and Finding Her Voice as a Young Independent Artist
Adam Lambert tells us about upcoming new music, and why artists need to “use their platforms for the greater good”