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BLACKPINK singer Jennie has announced her debut solo studio album ‘Ruby’, featuring collaborations with Doechii, Dua Lipa and more. READ MORE: Jennie’s new single ‘Mantra’ is a satisfying extension of the BLACKPINK blueprint Today (January 22), BLACKPINK’s Jennie and her label Odd Atelier officially announced the K-pop idol’s debut solo album, titled ‘Ruby’. They also dropped the first teaser clip for the record on her social media pages, teasing its release […]

The complete performance line-up for the upcoming FireAid benefit concert has been revealed – check out the full line-up and venue splits below. READ MORE: LA music community tell us about “tragic” impact of wildfires: “This will be felt for years” The event was first announced earlier this month in support of the victims of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires and will take place on January 30 concurrently at the Intuit Dome and […]

BTS rapper J-hope and Don Toliver have debuted a new collaboration, produced by Pharrell Williams, titled ‘LV Bag’. READ MORE: J-hope – ‘Hope On The Street’ review: street dance becomes personal on this bright soundtrack album The new J-hope and Don Toliver song was first previewed at the Louis Vuitton FW25 show in Paris on January 21. Pharrell Williams, men’s creative director for the brand, walked out onto the runway with […]

Billy Idol has announced a brand new North American tour for this year with Joan Jett – check out the full list of tour dates below. READ MORE: Joan Jett: “Ted Nugent’s criticism? It’s what I’ve dealt with my whole life – being written off” Yesterday (January 21), Billy Idol took to social media to announce the tour, which is being dubbed It’s A Nice Day To… Tour Again!. It will […]

Mantra Of The Cosmos have been forced to cancel a secret gig in Soho after drummer Zak Starkey was revealed to be suffering from a serious leg condition. READ MORE: Shaun Ryder and Zak Starkey on Mantra Of The Cosmos: “Do you know what a supergroup means? Four guys having a wank” The supergroup – consisting of Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape), drummer Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), guitarist Andy Bell (Oasis, Ride) […]

Lady Gaga is seemingly teasing the imminent reveal of her highly anticipated seventh album – find out more below. READ MORE: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ review: Lady Gaga shines in a provocative prison musical Gaga’s seventh album, currently referred to as ‘LG7’, has been teased for several months with the singer-actor confirming in July that she was still in the studio. In August, she and Bruno Mars teamed up for the […]

Grimes has clarified her stance on Elon Musk‘s controversial Nazi-like gestures at Donald Trump‘s Presidential inauguration – find out more below. Donald Trump was sworn into the White House for the second time on Monday (January 20). During the inauguration, tech billionaire and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk – who has been an integral part of Trump’s election win, and was appointed by the new POTUS to lead his […]

Birmingham City Council is considering giving city honours to local music legends Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah. According to the BBC, on Tuesday January 28 the council is due to discuss a proposal to award City Freeman status to the four founding members of the heavy metal band, and give a posthumous medal to the dub poet and musician. The City Freeman title recognises a person’s contribution to a city. […]

A$AP Rocky has rejected his final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and now faces a possibility of a guilty verdict as his firearm assault trial starts in Los Angeles. As the Associated Press reports, the rapper – real name Rakim Mayers – the plea deal was given to the rapper if he were to plead guilty to one of his two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic […]