We’re just a few days away from the 2012 MTV VMAs, and as always, the awards show has wrangled an all-star lineup of performers to help boost the party into the stratosphere. Today (September 8), that roster expands to include the presenters, who have the important duty of either delivering Moonperson trophies or introducing the performances from the stage. And what a list of presenters it is. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, AJ McLean, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne, Billie Eilish, Billy Porter, Conor McGregor, Cyndi Lauper, Fat Joe, Hailey Bieber, Halle Bailey, Ja Rule, Lance Bass, Megan Fox, Nick Lachey, Rita...
Remi Wolf has shared two more singles from her upcoming album ‘Juno’, which is released on October 15 via Island Records. READ MORE: Remi Wolf – Inside her vivid tales of love and life in LA The LA musician’s latest songs, ‘Guerrilla’ and ‘Sexy Villain’, follow August’s ‘Quiet On Set’ and ‘Grumpy Old Man’. Her new cuts expand on her penchant for funk-driven, kaleidoscopic pop songs and provide fans with a taste of what’s to come on ‘Juno’ ahead of its release. Wolf will soon promote her debut album with a set of shows in the US and the...
Lorde has covered Britney Spears’ 2007 track ‘Break The Ice’ for a new performance video – check out her cover below. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” The New Zealand artist has covered Spears’ song, which originally featured on the latter’s 2007 album ‘Blackout’, in addition to a new live rendition of her own track ‘Fallen Fruit’. Performing the two tracks for Vogue, Lorde’s Alfred Marroquin-directed live performance sees her singing in the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Advertisement Watch Lorde’s stripped-back performance...
Ahead of their Takeover Tour, Twenty One Pilots have announced they will play an online concert in virtual platform game Roblox. READ MORE: From ‘Fortnite’ to ‘Roblox’: The best in-game concerts ever, ranked The Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience is “a pioneering interactive virtual concert powered by the latest Roblox technology” and designed in close collaboration with the band. The performance launches midnight, September 18 BST (4pm, September 17 PDT) and will be available to rewatch in Roblox until 7am, September 20. To view the concert, people will need to log into their Roblox account or sign up for...
FKA Twigs has given her fans some new insight into her upcoming “deep, emotional and honest” mixtape. The artist has yet to officially announce the project, which will serve as the follow-up to her 2019 album ‘Magdalene’. Twigs did, however, confirm back in October that she had written a full album over lockdown. READ MORE: Watch FKA Twigs’ incredible performance of ‘Cellophane’ at the NME Awards 2020 Speaking to fans on Discord this week (via PopHeads), Twigs confirmed that her “next project is a mixtape” and that she is “thinking about a Capri season takeover” – potentially a clue...
Tony Hawk has joined a host of early ’00s pop-punkers for a rendition of Swedish band Millencolin‘s ‘No Cigar’ from the original Pro Skater 2 soundtrack. READ MORE: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 review – a gnarly remaster bound to inspire a new generation of skaters The world’s most famous professional skateboarder sings on the cover in which Mikey Hawdon of Fairmounts, Darrin Pfeiffer of ex-Goldfinger fame and pro skater Steve Caballero back him instrumentally. Millencolin’s own Nikola Sarcevic plays bass. The cover is accompanied by a music video that reflects the aesthetics, features and heads-up display...
After Doja Cat walked away with the honor of Push Best New Artist at the 2020 Video Music Awards, she catapulted to even greater success. Back in November, she went on to win Best New Artist at the People’s Choice Awards, and then in June, she released her critically acclaimed second studio album Planet Her. And now, she’s returning to the VMAs awards ceremony, this time as host as well as a performer. That’s the significance of this category: It’s both a celebration of a banner year and a projection of more impactful artistry to come. At the 2021...
AKMU’s Lee Su-hyun has shared her cover of ‘Butter’, the popular English-language hit by BTS. READ MORE: AKMU – ‘Next Episode’ review: a star-studded collaboration album that doesn’t disappoint On the latest episode of the South Korean variety show Sea Of Hope, Su-hyun performed her own jazzy rendition of the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping hit, accompanied by a guitarist and keyboardist. “Side step right left to my beat / High like the moon rock with me, baby / Know that I got that heat, let me show you ’cause talk is cheap,” she belts in the chorus, in this stripped-down version of...
Holly Humberstone has shared new single ‘Scarlett’, the latest to be lifted from forthcoming EP ‘The Walls Are Way Too Thin’ ahead of its release in November. READ MORE: Holly Humberstone: haunting synth-pop to soundtrack coming-of-age anxiety The latest from Humberstone is a soaring synth-pop cut that the singer-songwriter says is “a fuck you to the guy that was going out with my closest friend Scarlett”, written as the two were breaking up. “The relationship was totally one sided and lasted for years. Scarlett was all in and had pretty much planned their future and it was pretty clear...
Roger Daltrey has announced a new set of solo UK tour dates for November and December. The Who frontman’s latest live show will consist of “a unique mix of music and conversation that is built around Roger’s musical journey”. READ MORE: Roger Daltrey on the Teenage Cancer Trust, lockdown and performing live Daltrey is set to perform a selection of tracks from across his nine solo albums on each night of the tour, alongside cuts from his 2014 album with Wilko Johnson and reinterpretations of Who classics and rarities. Advertisement “The truth is singers need to sing,” Daltrey said...