In her 2015 memoir, Reckless, Chrissie Hynde described the pre-show ritual in the early days of her band, the Pretenders: the four of them, backstage, waiting, “like dogs at the gate”. As they took to the stage they would play Wagner’s “Ride Of The...
Suddenly everyone had somewhere else to be – at least, that’s how Air remember the playback of their second album to Virgin’s UK executives. “After about 10 minutes, they were like, ‘Oh, we have a meeting we can’t postpone,’” says Nicolas Godin. “They were...
The debut album by the Tunisian musician Houeida Hedfi has been more than 10 years in the making. In 2011 she played percussion on a compilation album of female musicians from Tunisia, many of them linked to the Arab Spring protests of 2010 and...
The portents weren’t good. Still reeling from a disastrous gig in New Orleans where Jim Morrison – overweight, heavily bearded and catatonically drunk – had smashed his microphone and stormed off stage during final song “Light My Fire”, The Doors assembled at their rehearsal...
GOT7‘s BamBam is set to collaborate with Red Velvet‘s Seulgi on a brand-new single. READ MORE: Mark Tuan on ‘Last Breath’ and the daunting reality of going solo: “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep pursuing music” Yesterday (December 16), the Thai-born idol...
Megan Thee Stallion‘s recent graduation is inspiring college dropouts to return to their studies, says a program director from Texas Southern University. Speaking to TMZ yesterday (December 16), Dr. Monica Rasmus, the university’s program director for health administration, said that she’s had an influx of...
The Harris County Medical Examiner has ruled the deaths of ten people who died in a crowd crush at Travis Scott’s Astrowold festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, last month were caused by compression asphyxia. The report was released yesterday (December 16) and...
Doja Cat has discussed her longstanding working relationship with producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald in a new interview, suggesting that their association may not continue going forward. Gottwald has produced several of Doja’s hits, including ‘Juicy’, ‘Say So’, SZA collaboration ‘Kiss Me More’ and...
DMA’S have linked up with fellow Sydney artist MAY-A (aka Maya Cumming) for a new version of their recent single ‘Junk Truck Head Fuck’. READ MORE: MAY-A: Singer-songwriter parlaying YouTube success into heart-on-sleeve indie pop confessionals The new version is largely unchanged from the...
Rick Ross has been discussing possible VERZUZ opponents, and he’s named friend and frequent collaborator JAY-Z as a possible matchup. READ MORE: Rick Ross – ‘Richer Than I Ever Been’ review: rap don sticks to the formula, with satisfying results The Miami rapper sat...