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The Dare has shared his new single ‘LCA’ from the deluxe version of of his debut album ‘What’s Wrong With New York?‘. READ MORE: The Dare – ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ review: an effective if uninventive throwback The industrial electro song is one of three new tracks set to feature on ‘What’s Wrong With New York?: Afters’, his expanded debut, which is set for release on June 13 via […]

A new list of artists joining Little Simz’s edition of Meltdown 2025 has been shared, including James Blake, Mahalia, and BADBADNOTGOOD. Find details below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Little Simz: “It’s nice to see my peers win. When they win, I win” It comes as a British artist is set to curate a boundary-breaking line-up for this year’s edition of the 11-day festival, which will be held between June […]

Chris Brown has warned fans not to wear red bandanas to his live shows ahead of his 2025 ‘Breezy Bowl XX’ tour kicking off this summer. The R&B singer is set to celebrate his 20th anniversary by hitting the road in the UK, Europe and North America in 2025. He’ll be joined at the dates by Summer Walker (North America only), Bryson Tiller and Jhené Aiko. In a recent post […]

Blondie drummer Clem Burke has died after battling cancer. The legendary sticksman was a founding member of the band and was today described as the heartbeat of “heartbeat of Blondie” by frontwoman Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. In a statement on social media the duo said: “It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private […]

Blondshell has shared a reflective new single titled ‘23’s A Baby’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Live Through This: Blondshell’s fearless debut is one of 2023’s finest The new track comes from the singer’s forthcoming second album ‘If You Asked For A Picture’, which is set to arrive on May 2 via Partisan. It follows on from lead single ‘T&A’, which the artist – real name Sabrina Teitelbaum – […]

Paul Heaton has hit out at the “greedy” people who won’t make gig tickets more affordable for fans, insisting that it is “doable”. During a new interview with The Sunday Times, the soloist and former Beautiful South and Housemartins frontman spoke about capping the ticket price for his recent UK arena tour at £35 (plus booking fees). READ MORE: Paul Heaton on buying everyone a pint and why “the Royal Family […]

Billy McFarland has insisted that Fyre Festival 2 is definitely in the works, and has even shared a timeline to prove it. READ MORE: The 10 most WTF moments from Netflix’s jaw-dropping Fyre Festival documentary It comes as the festival and its founder previously announced that it was making its “return” from May 30 to June 2 this year at Isla Mujeres, Mexico. However, those plans later changed, after the […]

Olivia Munn slammed the all-female space mission that Katy Perry will be attending as “gluttonous”. READ MORE: Katy Perry – ‘143’ review: a pop star struggles to relocate her old sense of fun It comes as it was announced at the start of the year that aerospace company Blue Origin – which was founded by Jeff Bezos – had planned for an upcoming all-women mission that was scheduled for a […]

John Lennon’s half-sister has said that an actor from Liverpool should play him in the forthcoming Beatles biopics, directed by Sam Mendes. READ MORE: New doc ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ is a lesson in using your platform for good The official casting was announced last week for the quartet of films, each one based on a different band member and helmed by former Bond filmmaker Mendes. London-born actor Harris […]