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Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes joined BABYMETAL during their set at Sick New World 2024 on Saturday – check out footage below.  READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon on love for Fontaines D.C. and when fans can expect the new album  The Japanese band were playing the Las Vegas festival yesterday (April 27), when they were joined by Sykes on a version of their collaborative track.  ‘Kingslayer’ was first released […]

The emo band Ogbert The Nerd have secured the Bandcamp domain name for Taylor Swift, and have posted their own screamo music onto it.  READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstep  The New Jersey group have managed to obtain use of the URL taylorswift.bandcamp.com, and the first post on the page is a blistering 62-second track named ‘Taylor Swift 1’.  The band’s frontman Madison James […]

Vampire Weekend covered Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen during their appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last night (April 27) – check out footage below.  READ MORE: Vampire Weekend – ‘Only God Was Above Us’ review: back to the Big Apple  Their set included first-time-ever performances of Dylan deep cut ‘When He Returns’, first released on 1979’s ‘Slow Train Coming’, as well as The Boss’ 1980 hit ‘Hungry Heart’.  […]

Post Malone played an entire set of classic country cover songs at Stagecoach Festival last night (April 27) – check out footage below.  The artist was appearing on night two of the annual country festival, and he had sent out a phone number beforehand, asking for requests for songs that he could perform on the night.  The set included a guest showing from Brad Paisley, with whom he duetted on […]

Moby has reflected on his early-1990s feud with Aphex Twin, admitting that “there was a sadness to it”.  READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Moby The conflict dates back to a 1993 joint headline tour between Moby, Aphex Twin and Orbital. The tension reportedly developed between the two artists due in part to Moby’s insistence on travelling to each gig by plane, while the others went by tour […]

Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant has said that the duo’s performance at Glastonbury in 2022 was the “worst moment” of his life. READ MORE: Pet Shop Boys – ‘Nonetheless’ review: still setting pop’s benchmark  The electronic duo’s performance on The Other Stage on the Sunday of the festival was marred by technical difficulties which saw Tennant have to perform solo for six songs. Although they also delighted fans by bringing […]

A nine-year-old Taylor Swift fan, who went viral after spending a special moment on stage with the star, has died following her cancer diagnosis.  Scarlett Oliver from Perth, Australia, shared a hug with Swift that was spread widely online during a Sydney date on the Eras Tour earlier this year.  Taylor routinely hands out a signed hat during her song ‘22’, and after Scarlett’s family made a social media plea, […]

Slipknot co-headlined Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas last night (April 27) with a career-spanning setlist for which they donned their classic original masks and red boiler suits. READ MORE: Slipknot’s Clown talks 2024 tour and new material: “This band has never been happier” Appropriately for their attire, and for their celebrations of the 25th anniversary of their self-titled 1999 debut album, their setlist leaned on material from their […]

The Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi has been condemned to death for participating in anti-government protests in 2022, says his lawyer, sparking outcry from human rights organisations. Salehi’s music has been critical of the Iranian regime, while he has also been particularly outspoken about the government on social media. He was involved in weeks-long protests that swept the country after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, which occurred under suspicious […]

Ringo Starr’s EP with The Strokes‘ guitarist Nick Valensi, ‘Crooked Boy’, is now available on streaming after being originally released on exclusive vinyl for Record Store Day. READ MORE: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic  The four-track EP was co-written with Linda Perry, who Starr previously worked with on the tracks ‘Coming Undone’ and ‘Everyone And Everything’. “I love what Linda did […]