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Damon Albarn has teased a new Gorillaz album, which is allegedly slated to be released at some point this year. READ MORE: Gorillaz – ‘Cracker Island’ review: conventional, but richly satisfying Albarn recently sat down with the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles to discuss The Magic Flute II, La Malédiction, a sequel to Mozart’s The Magic Flute opera, which saw the Gorillaz mastermind create an electronic opera for. Later in the […]

Ghost‘s Tobias Forge has opened up about the “tremendous influence” Black Sabbath have had on him throughout his life. READ MORE: Tobias Forge on new material and the future of Ghost: “If fans need the lore to like the band, that element will be over quite soon” The frontman of the Swedish occult metal band is slated to play at Ozzy Osbourne and co’s final concert at Villa Park in the […]

De La Soul have spoken to NME about the 20th anniversary of their classic ‘The Grind Date’, as well as an unreleased Mac Miller collab, mourning Trugoy the Dove, and what the future holds. From their classic debut album ‘3 Feet High and Rising,’ to their Grammy Award-winning Gorillaz collaboration ‘Feel Good Inc.’, the hip-hop legends have been earning the title of rap royalty for over 35 years – and […]

FKA Twigs has shared the official video for her latest single ‘Childlike Things’, featuring North West. You can watch it below. The song appears on Twigs’ third and most recent studio album, ‘Eusexua’, which was released back in January. READ MORE: FKA Twigs live in London: the queen of avant-pop brings ‘Eusexua’ mesmerisingly to life Today (March 27), the singer-songwriter – real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – unveiled the dramatic […]

The founder of Erased Tapes has told NME about bringing experimental music to the Royal Albert Hall for the 2025 edition of the Teenager Cancer Trust gigs. READ MORE: Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones tells us about Teenage Cancer Trust gigs and scrapped Alex Turner writing session The iconic independent music label is set to take over the prestigious venue this weekend (Saturday March 29) as part of this year’s run […]

GloRilla was forced to cut short one of her concerts after a number of fights broke out in the audience. READ MORE: GloRilla – ‘Glorious’ review: an empowering if uneven debut The Memphis rapper and NME 100 alumni was performing at The Factory in St Louis earlier this week when the brawls broke out. During the first incident she appealed for calm. “Come on man, y’all better than that,” she said […]

Elbow have teamed up with the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester to help donate sound equipment to the city’s grassroots venues. READ MORE: UK losing grassroots music venue every fortnight as industry demand “action not words” The collaboration comes nearly a year after the iconic Britpop band took to the stage as the first performers at the venue last May, and sees them look to keep smaller venues in the […]

Boiler Room has issued a statement regarding concerns over its new owners. Read More: Bands on The Great Escape boycott: “Artists are realising they’re the ones with the power” The global music platform was recently acquired by Superstruct Entertainment from ticket site DICE. Superstruct is the live entertainment company behind over 80 festivals across European and Australian electronic-focused festivals, including Mighty Hoopla, Lost Village, Field Day, Sónar, Cross The Tracks, Brunch Electronik. It was acquired by […]

Evanescence have shared a brand-new single called ‘Afterlife’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Evanescence’s Amy Lee The song is due to feature in the upcoming animated series Devil May Cry, which will arrive on Netflix next Thursday (April 3). In the atmospheric first verse, frontwoman Amy Lee sings: “Hide before the floodgates open / Can […]