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Listen to ‘FIFA 22’ soundtrack featuring Chvrches, Little Simz, Yard Act and many more
EA Sports have shared the full soundtrack for FIFA 22, featuring songs by Chvrches, Little Simz, Yard Act and many more. READ MORE: Yard Act – “‘Fixer Upper’ was kind of a joke that got out of hand” Set for release on October 1, the latest instalment in the long-running football video game series will be soundtracked by 47 artists. It includes the likes of Chvrches recent single ‘Good Girls’, Little Simz’s ‘Fear No Man’ and Yard Act’s ‘The Overload’. Advertisement Other acts on the soundtrack include Sam Fender, Jungle, Inhaler, Baby Queen and Easy Life. You can listen to...
Dave Grohl announces intimate London ‘Storyteller’ show next week
Dave Grohl has announced a run of intimate live appearances in support of his forthcoming autobiography The Storyteller – Tales of Life and Music, including a London date next week. READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music” The Foo Fighters frontman will appear onstage at the Savoy Theatre, which holds just over 1,000 people, next Monday (September 27). The exact nature of the shows isn’t yet clear, but it’s promised that they will “see (and hear) him bring his eagerly anticipated first ever book to life.” Tickets go on sale tonight (September 20) at 5pm BST, and are...
Machine Gun Kelly hits out at Slipknot’s Corey Taylor for “being 50” and wearing a “fucking weird mask”
Machine Gun Kelly has hit out at Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor after he was recently criticised for switching genres again. Kelly dissed Taylor at Riot Fest in Chicago over the weekend, at which both artists appeared. It comes after Taylor appeared to speak about Kelly in a recent interview with Cutter’s Rockcast even though he didn’t name him directly, saying: “I hate all new rock for the most part. I the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock and I think he knows who he is. But that’s another story,” Taylor said. Advertisement Kelly hit...
Halsey Ends Up A Bloody Mess In New ‘I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God’ Live Video
With the release of her fourth album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, in late August, Halsey transformed into the kind of bold, forward-thinking artist her earlier work suggested she was trending toward. Aided by emphatically moody but never oppressive electronic and atmospheric orchestrations by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, one of the LP’s standouts remains the insurgent “I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God.” In the latest video for the energetic track — filmed live, directed by Dani Vitale, and released via YouTube on Saturday (September 18) — Halsey sings the track in a pretty...
Listen to St. Vincent’s soundtrack to new mockumentary ‘The Nowhere Inn’
St. Vincent has shared the soundtrack to her and Carrie Brownstein’s new mockumentary The Nowhere Inn – check it out below. The NME Big Read: St. Vincent: “I wanted to tell my story with humour and compassion” The film, which sees Annie Clark playing a fictionalised, satirical version of herself, was released on Friday (September 17), and the soundtrack has followed. The 19-song soundtrack, which was previewed by title track ‘The Nowhere Inn’ last week, features a number of full songs as well as a series of sketches and scores. Advertisement Referencing the film’s co-creator, song titles on ‘The Nowhere Inn’ include ‘Carrie...
Ice T pays tribute to his “close internet friend” ‘Only Fools & Horses’ star John Challis
Ice-T has paid tribute to Only Fools And Horses star John Challis who died yesterday (September 19) after suffering with cancer. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Ice-T The actor, known for playing second-hand car dealer Terrance Aubrey ‘Boycie’ Boyce in the BBC sitcom from 1981 to 2003 alongside David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, was 79. Following his death Ice-T paid tribute to Challis, revealing that he “somehow became a Twitter friend” with the late actor. Advertisement Posting on Twitter alongside Challis drumming to Motörhead‘s classic hit ‘Ace Of Spades’ the rapper wrote: “I just heard John passed away.. He...
Bob Harris says Richard Nixon asked Elvis Presley to spy on John Lennon
Elvis Presley was once tasked with spying on John Lennon by then-US president Richard Nixon, according to legendary music presenter and DJ ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris. In a new interview on the Rockonteurs podcast, Harris spoke of how Nixon “loathed” the Beatles star due to his public and vicious criticism of the Vietnam War. During the interview with hosts Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt, Harris claimed that Nixon recruited Presley, who was a “great friend” of the late President, to spy on Lennon, adding that if Lennon ever left the United States during Nixon’s tenure, he wouldn’t be allowed back...
Queen’s Roger Taylor says he was “tempted to laugh” the first time he heard Freddie Mercury sing
Queen‘s Roger Taylor has admitted that he was “tempted to laugh” the first time Freddie Mercury auditioned for the band. READ MORE: Queen’s Freddie Mercury: the maddest stories about rock’s best-loved hellraiser The sticksman met guitarist Brian May and the late charismatic frontman at college in London in 1968. Taylor and May were originally in a band called Smile with bassist-and-singer Tim Staffell. When Staffell decided to leave, Mercury asked to join the band. Advertisement “He was so extreme, one was tempted to laugh at first, because he hadn’t developed his voice; he didn’t have the control he had later,”...
Tori Amos announces lockdown-inspired new album ‘Ocean To Ocean’
Tori Amos has announced details of a new album – see the artwork and release date for ‘Ocean To Ocean’ below. The new record follows 2017’s ‘Native Invader’, while more recently, she released a book, Resistance, which was published by Atria in May last year. The new record, which is set to come out on October 29 via Decca Records, was inspired by Amos’ time in lockdown in Cornwall. Advertisement “This is a record about your losses, and how you cope with them,” she said in a statement. “Thankfully when you’ve lived long enough, you can recognise you’re not...Recent Posts
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