Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason hails Charlie Watts as “possibly the most underrated of the great rock’n’roll drummers”
Former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has hailed The Rolling Stones‘ Charlie Watts as “possibly the most underrated of all the great rock’n’roll drummers”. READ MORE: Charlie Watts, 1941 – 2021: the ballast that kept The Rolling Stones tempered and on-track Mason took to social...
Watch Dead & Company recreate Grateful Dead’s Woodstock ’69 set
Dead & Company recreated Grateful Dead’s 1969 Woodstock set in full during a show held on the original festival site – watch the footage below. The US band – which consists of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann – took...
IDLES to play matinee headline set at London’s Wide Awake festival
IDLES have announced that they’re set to play an afternoon headline set at next week’s Wide Awake festival in South London. The band will take to the stage at 1.30pm in Brockwell Park, before the likes of Daniel Avery and Black Midi play sets later in the...
Indigo De Souza Is Just Being Honest
By Max Freedman Indigo de Souza writes about thrilling moments of personal revelation as though finally cementing a long-fomenting, highly specific feeling is the ultimate emotional release. When she sings, “Now that everyone’s gone, I can tell you the truth / I don’t love...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on new B-Sides & Rarities compilation: “You can’t buy that stuff!”
The Bad Seeds are scattered. Past and present members – along with their leader, Nick Cave – are in different corners of the world: Brighton, Greece, Melbourne, Berlin and London. They are spending the summer apart, but have come together – remotely, at least...
Phil Lynott statue unveiled in late Thin Lizzy frontman’s birthplace
A statue of Phil Lynott – who fronted Dublin rockers Thin Lizzy from their 1969 formation until their first breakup in 1983 – has been unveiled in the Staffordshire town of West Bromwich, where he was born. The new statue of Lynott was crowdfunded...
More than 1,000 Latitude Festival attendees test positive for COVID-19 after event
Over 1,000 music fans who attended last month’s Latitude Festival later tested positive for COVID-19, government figures say READ MORE: Latitude 2021 review: exhilarating headliners and breakthrough acts galore The event was held in Suffolk last month, the week after England dropped all restrictions...
Red Velvet on ‘Queendom’: “It was more about finding empowerment as a team”
South Korean girl group Red Velvet have shared the message behind the title track of their latest mini-album, ‘Queendom’. READ MORE: Red Velvet – ‘Queendom’ review: a safe but sometimes spellbinding return from SM’s ruling girl group The five-member group talked about creative process...
Lorde performs ‘Solar Power’ on ‘Corden’ to kick off week-long residency
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