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Ryan Adams stormed off stage during a set in Belfast that has been described by fans in attendance as “chaos”. The singer-songwriter was playing at the city’s Waterfront Hall on Saturday (April 5) at a show to mark the 25th anniversary of his debut solo album ‘Heartbreaker’. Belfast Telegraph reports that it was halfway through the set that Adams abandoned the stage. “Stop fucking flashing. I warned you. You could […]

Dave Allen, the bassist with the legendary post-punk band Gang Of Four, has died at the age of 69. The news was confirmed on Sunday (April 6) by the group’s drummer Hugo Burnham in a social media post, in which he noted that Allen had been living with early onset dementia for several years. “It is with broken yet full hearts that we share the news that Dave Allen, our […]

Jack Black has performed a reggae parody of My Chemical Romance’s ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’ on Saturday Night Live – watch below. The actor and musician was hosting the show last night (April 5) for the first time since December 2005, and was joined by musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile. Early on in the show, Black appeared alongside cast members Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim in a […]

Saturday Night Live (SNL) have mocked Morgan Wallen after his abrupt walk-off from the show last week. READ MORE: ‘Saturday Night’ review: chaotic, inspiring but where are the laughs? Last Saturday (March 29), the country singer appeared on the show’s as the musical guest, and made headlines when he abruptly and awkwardly cut his goodbyes short by walking off stage after only saying farewell to the guest host, Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison. […]

Lily Allen has revealed she unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in hit HBO series The White Lotus. READ MORE: ‘The White Lotus’ season three review: irresistible holiday soap remains TV’s most essential destination Speaking recently on her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver, the ‘Smile’ singer said the audition was part of a broader move to “put herself out there more” in her acting career, and shared she had a goal […]

David Bowie and Iman’s daughter Lexi Jones has quietly released her debut album ‘Xandri’. Check it out below. READ MORE: An oral history of David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ The LP was released on Wednesday (April 2) and followed weeks of Jones sharing snippets of various tracks on her Instagram account, such as ‘Standing alone’, ‘Moving on’, and ‘Through all the time’, alongside video clips from her childhood. Spanning 12 songs and 47 […]

Elton John and Brandi Carlile teamed up to perform ‘Little Richard’s Bible’ and ‘Who Believes in Angels’ on Saturday Night Live – watch footage below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past”  Both tracks come from their collaborative album, ‘Who Believes in Angels‘, which came out this Friday (April 4). Taking on the ’50s-inspired ‘Little Richard’s Bible’, the title track of […]

The new trailer for Tron: Ares has been released alongside a snippet of the Nine Inch Nails score. Check it out below. READ MORE: Nine Inch Nails – ‘Ghosts: V-VI’ review: a timely two-part dip into daydreams and nightmares The sequel to 2010’s Tron: Legacy and the third film in Disney’s Tron franchise, the film follows a “highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on […]

A suspected new Banksy piece has popped up overnight in Central London. READ MORE: Alex James reveals Banksy’s verdict on Blur’s Wembley reunion show Coming after several of his works popped up across London last summer, the piece contains familiar motifs for the elusive artist, and shows a girl in black and white clutching six gold balloons. It was found sprayed onto a boarded-up public toilet in Farringdon’s Clerkenwell Green. […]