Leading figures of the live music industry have welcomed the government’s proposed full easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England from July 19. READ MORE: What’s the point of festival pilots if the Government won’t publish the results? Prime Minister Boris Johnson today (July 5)...
Jehnny Beth has written about ongoing mental health issues in the music industry and her hopes for younger artists to resist “age-old patriarchal abuse”. READ MORE: Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – ‘Utopian Ashes’ review: rockers go country The Savages frontwoman and soloist, who...
Mark Hoppus has shared the first photo of himself since he announced his cancer diagnosis last month. The Blink-182 bassist told his fans about his diagnosis in a post on his social media channels on June 23, writing: “For the past three months I’ve...
Coldplay have marked Independence Day in the US by delivering a firework-fuelled performance of ‘Higher Power’ for Macy’s Fourth of July Spectacular. While 500 vaccinated fans were originally set to attend the Queens recording, a crowd of roughly 8000 New Yorkers eventually turned out...
Writer Barry Coleman has recalled the two frantic weeks he was given in 1983 to ghostwrite Mick Jagger‘s autobiography – a project which was ultimately axed. The Rolling Stones frontman has still never published a memoir, and recently described the process of writing an...
Johnny Marr has reflected on his time in The Smiths in a new interview, discussing how the seminal Manchester band had a “blind spot” of being obsessed with media and notoriety. The Manchester icons became indie darlings at the height of their fame, before...
The members of girl group T-ARA are set to reunite in an upcoming episode of the South Korean variety show Knowing Bros (also known as Ask Us Anything). READ MORE: SUPER JUNIOR – ‘The Renaissance’ review: of present-day relevance and past remembrance On July...
We Are Scientists have announced a UK and Ireland tour that will take place at the end of the year. The New York band will head out on the road in support of their newly announced album ‘Huffy’, which is set for release on...
Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has celebrated his 15th anniversary of getting sober. In an Instagram post shared yesterday (July 4), the rock icon’s longtime girlfriend Meegan Hodges shared a photo of him and payed tribute in an accompanying caption. “Baby, Congratulations on your...
Jonathan Poneman at Sub Pop called me out of the blue sometime early in 1990. They wanted me to work with Nirvana. He said they would be as big as The Beatles. I thought he was just being cheeky. ORDER NOW: Read the full...