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Olivia Rodrigo Rides ‘Drivers License’ To A VMA Song Of The Year Win
Facing tough competition from 24kGoldn and Iann Dior, Silk Sonic, BTS, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, and Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo took home the award for Song of the Year at the 2021 Video Music Awards. This evening (September 12), she received the Moonperson for her coming-of-age heartbreaker “Drivers License.” “Whoa, oh my gosh,” she exclaimed as she took to the podium before a giant inflatable astronaut. This was the first award given out during the main show. “This is so insane. I want to thank all you guys the fans. This is so incredible. This has been the...
Watch Sharon Van Etten join Angel Olsen during Pitchfork Music Festival set
Sharon Van Etten joined Angel Olsen on stage at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival last night (September 11) – scroll down to watch footage now. The annual festival made its return to the city’s Union Park this weekend (September 10-12), celebrating Pitchfork’s 15th anniversary. READ MORE: Angel Olsen – ‘Aisles’ EP review: ’80s classics through a warped lens Olsen headlined the Red Stage on Saturday and closed out her performance by bringing Van Etten on with her. Advertisement “This last song, I’m gonna bring out one of my favourite singers, one of the kindest I’ve ever met in the music industry, Sharon...
Kim Petras Serves Bubblegum-Pop Realness In VMAs Pre-Show Performance
Ain’t nobody gonna stop Kim Petras from slaying the stage. The German-born pop princess catapulted us into the future with her performance at the 2021 Video Music Awards pre-show on Sunday (September 12). Sporting a bubblegum-pink bodysuit after entering Barclays Center in a vinyl mask with her BFF Paris Hilton, Petras performed an electrifying, Lollapalooza-inspired rendition of her latest single, “Future Starts Now.” Harness-clad backup dancers flanked her on both sides, upping the ante until Petras mounted a rotating part of the stage for a dramatic finish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HkjVgdMfH8 She was joined on the pre-show stage by electronic supergroup Swedish House Mafia and rapper Polo G, the latter of whom is...
Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle shares emotional new tribute to Sarah Harding
Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle has shared an emotional new tribute to her former bandmate Sarah Harding, one week following the singer’s death. Harding died last week (September 5) after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. She was 39 years old. Sarah Harding 1981-2021: The rockstar of Girls Aloud who transcended pop’s confines Coyle shared a series of photos of the pair together from throughout their time in Girls Aloud on her Instagram page earlier today (September 12). “One week without you!!” she captioned the post. “Thinking of you all day everyday & trying to imagine how your new...
Watch Billy Joel pay tribute to Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts in Cincinnati
Billy Joel has paid tribute to The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts at his concert in Cincinnati last week (September 10). Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80. The drummer had undergone an undisclosed medical procedure in the weeks before his death, which had caused him to pull out of the Stones’ upcoming US tour. Charlie Watts, 1941 – 2021: the ballast that kept The Rolling Stones tempered and on-track Joel included a partial cover of the band’s 1971 single ‘Brown Sugar’ during his show at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on Friday. “That’s for Charlie,”...
Watch Metallica read one-star reviews of ‘The Black Album’
Metallica read some one-star reviews of their seminal record ‘The Black Album’ during an appearance on US TV. The band are celebrating the album’s 30th anniversary with a new box set and a covers compilation called ‘The Metallica Blacklist’. READ MORE: Various artists – ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ review: a sprawling tribute to ‘The Black Album’ During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday (September 10), Metallica taped a segment where they read out one-star reviews from customers on Amazon. Before the section, host Kimmel pointed out that the record was 16 times platinum in the US, had won a...
Pop Smoke’s gravesite at Brooklyn cemetery vandalised
Pop Smoke’s gravesite at a cemetery in Brooklyn has been vandalised this weekend, according to reports. The rapper – whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson – was shot and killed in Los Angeles on February 19, 2020, when the house he was staying in was broken into by intruders. He was 20 years old. READ MORE: Pop Smoke – ‘Faith’ review: posthumous release eclipses its star with unnecessary features According to TMZ, Jackson’s crypt at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery was broken into at some point between 2:30pm ET on Friday (September 10) and 2:00pm on Saturday (11). An employee at...
Hannah Peel on “inspiring female artists to make electronic music”
Acclaimed synth-pop pioneer Hannah Peel has spoken out about the importance of inspiring more female artists to make electronic music – as well as the urgency of the music industry needing to act on climate change. Watch our video interview with Peel above. READ MORE: Electronic Ladyland – why it’s vital we celebrate the female pioneers of synth Peel was speaking to NME on the red carpet of the Mercury Prize 2021, where she was nominated for her acclaimed eighth solo album ‘Fir Wave’, after years of also making celebrated music across the worlds of film, TV and stage...
Freddie Gibbs appears to address Kendrick Lamar on new ‘Vice Lord Poetry’ freestyle
Freddie Gibbs appears to have taken a shot at Kendrick Lamar on a new freestyle called ‘Vice Lord Poetry’ – listen to it below. The Indiana rapper – whose most recent album, ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist, was nominated for a Grammy this year – released a new freestyle yesterday (September 11) that hears him rap over the beat for Drake‘s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ intro track, ‘Champagne Poetry’. On the track, which is originally produced by Shlohmo, J.L.L., Maneesh, Masego and 40, Gibbs spits: “The earth ain’t big enough for both of us, you gotta get done/ They say they smokin’ top fives,...Recent Posts
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