Turin has been announced as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The singing competition, which was won by Italian rock band Måneskin in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, last year, will take place at PalaOlimpico in the Italian city next May. Last year’s event took place with strict coronavirus restrictions, and several acts including one-time Icelandic front-runners Daoi & Gagnamagnio had to pull out due to testing positive for COVID. The previous year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic. Advertisement The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which produces the contest, made the announcement in a video running down...
Kelis has returned with a new song and video called ‘Midnight Snacks’ – watch below. READ MORE: Cooked With Cannabis review – Kelis goes green for potty Netflix food show The R&B star, whose last album was 2014’s ‘Food‘, released the new single today (October 8). She said she was inspired to call it ‘Midnight Snacks’ due to the connectivity she feels between food and sex. “I heard the beat, thought it was dope, and the first thing that came to mind was ‘Midnight Snacks,’” she said of The Fanatix-produced song, which is her first in seven years. Advertisement...
Sales of R. Kelly‘s albums have soared by more than 500 per cent since he was found guilty in a sex trafficking and racketeering case last week. As reported by Rolling Stone, in the week from Monday, September 27 (the day that he was convicted) through to Sunday, October 3, Kelly’s on-demand audio streams were up 22 per cent, while video streams were up 23 per cent compared to the previous seven days. His music saw double-digit growth in streams and a triple-digit growth in sales, with overall streams jumping from 11.2million to 13.4million. Album sales went up 517...
Silk Sonic, the duo comprised of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, have announced the official release date for their debut album ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’. READ MORE: Posthumous albums: why labels should show more respect for musicians’ art The pair, who dropped their chart-topping track ‘Leave the Door Open‘ in March before following it up in July with the self-described “summertime jam” ‘Skate’, suggested in August that their much anticipated debut LP would arrive next year. However, Silk Sonic have today (October 8) confirmed that ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’ will drop on November 12, 2021. The announcement coincides...
Paramore‘s Hayley Williams has announced that she is stepping away from social media because she wants to spend more time “looking up and out, rather than down”. READ MORE: Hayley Williams: “Women’s rage has been such a catalyst for beautiful things” The singer took to Instagram this evening (October 8) to inform her followers of her decision. “I’ve been on the internet and more specifically, social media, since I was 15. Maybe even younger,” she began. “It started with the blog sites… then Myspace. Then Paramore became a thing and social media wasn’t even just for my own person use anymore...
A performance of ‘Sherry Darling’ from Bruce Springsteen’s Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts has been shared ahead of the concert film’s worldwide release next month. READ MORE: A beginner’s guide to Bruce Springsteen Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, is a concert film of Springsteen and The E Street Band containing never-before released performances from the band’s Madison Square Garden MUSE benefit concerts and full footage of the band’s entire setlist. The concerts were held between September 21-22, 1979 at the iconic New York venue when The Boss was between his fourth and fifth studio albums, ‘Darkness On The Edge...
Meet Me @ The Altar have announced that they’ll be heading back to the UK next year for a run of tour dates. READ MORE: Meet Me @ The Altar: Energetic trio putting the positivity back into pop-punk Following their debut UK live shows with All Time Low last month, the US pop-punk trio will embark on a European tour in support of State Champs, which reaches the UK in May. Meet Me @ The Altar, comprising guitarist Téa Campbell, drummer Ada Juarez and singer Edith Johnson, will take in shows at Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham as well as...
Adele has revealed that for her fourth album she worked with some heavyweight producers including Max Martin and Inflo. READ MORE: 15 times Adele was truly hilarious The singer, who gave two wide-ranging interview to Vogue and British Vogue earlier this week, confirmed that no guests appear on her new album but that she had production and songwriting from some of pop music’s most notable figures. Swedish hit giant Max Martin, who’s worked with Taylor Swift, Coldplay, The Weeknd and many more acts, is among them. Shellback, the Swedish composer and producer Ludwig Göransson who won an Oscar for his...
Madonna has revealed that she’s currently working on a “visual autobiography” about her life. READ MORE: The Big Read – Madonna: ”People pick on me. That’s just the way it is” The Queen of Pop stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 7) to promote her new Madame X documentary, which debuts on MTV UK and Paramount+ this evening (October 8). She also discussed what projects she has coming up in the future, including a film about her life, which she referred to as a “visual autobiography”. “Don’t call it a biopic,” Madonna told host Jimmy Fallon. Advertisement...
Genesis have been forced to postpone their final four UK reunion tour dates due to a positive COVID test. For the last fortnight, the band have been travelling across the UK for their ‘The Last Domino?’ tour, which kicked off in Birmingham last month and marked their first shows in 14 years. The band were due to play in Glasgow tonight (October 8) at the SSE Hydro before heading to London for three shows at The O2 on October 11, 12 and 13. All those gigs have now been cancelled. Advertisement “Following guidance and advice from the Government, it...