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Metallica have announced a partnership with the American Red Cross for their upcoming concerts. READ MORE: Metallica – ’72 Seasons’ review: metal masters make a relentless return On Monday (April 7), the metal band took to social media to announce the A Sea of Hearts Beat As One Unified initiative with their charity organisation All Within My Hands Foundation and the American Red Cross. Through the Sea of Hearts… initiative, Metallica […]

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has been given powers to overrule local councils that reject late licensing proposals submitted by venues, bars and clubs – in the hope of boosting nightlife. READ MORE: UK grassroots venues suffering from “the complete collapse of touring” – here’s how you can help According to the BBC, under the new pilot scheme, Khan could  “call in” licensing applications in “areas deemed to be of […]

A rare 90-minute mix by the late Andrew Weatherall from May 1997 has emerged online, originally recorded at a club night in Liverpool. READ MORE: From Primal Scream to New Order: the mighty Andrew Weatherall’s finest ever remixes The full Weatherall mix, which spans multiple electronic genres, was uploaded to X on Saturday (April 5) by Manchester-based rave archivist DorkSirjur. It was recorded in May 1997 at Voodoo – a storied club […]

Robbie Williams has spoken about Oasis‘ comeback tour saying that the reunion will “be nostalgia on steroids”. READ MORE: Supersonic setlist: what Oasis need to play on their 2025 reunion tour The former Take That star is going on tour at the same time as the Gallagher brothers’ return. Williams previously commented on the Oasis reunion, saying: “The soap opera alone will either be exciting and or ghoulish to watch. As for […]

Pete Best, the original drummer in The Beatles, has officially retired. READ MORE: New doc ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ is a lesson in using your platform for good Best was originally signed with the three long-standing members of The Fab Four – John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison – but he was let go by manager Brian Epstein and replaced by Ringo Starr in August 1962. A letter written by Epstein […]

Taylor Swift has three albums amongst the top four best-selling vinyl albums of the last decade, with her 2022 project ‘Midnights’ topping the list. Ahead of Record Store Day 2025, taking place on April 12, the Official Charts Company released data on the best-selling vinyl albums from the last decade. Last year 6.7million vinyl albums were sold, marking an almost a five-fold increase from 1994. Swift’s album ‘Midnights’ heads the […]

Man/Woman/Chainsaw have returned with a new single titled ‘Adam & Steve’, which is part of a one-off AA release with So Young Records. The majestic track, which was released today (April 7), features dual vocals from Billy Ward and Vera Leppänen. ‘Adam & Steve’, will feature on one half of the AA release, while the other song is set to be revealed later this spring. “We wrote ‘Adam & Steve’ […]

Madonna and Elton John have “finally buried the hatchet” over their long running feud. For years the pair have been involved in a public spat which stretches back to the early noughties when John criticised her title track to James Bond’s Die Another Die branding it “the worst Bond tune ever”. He then accused her of “lip-synching” during her live shows in 2007 and reignited the feud ahead of Madonna’s […]

The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has gone viral over a tweet detailing an amusing phone call about his council tax. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Tim Burgess Burgess recently shared the tweet with his fans, in which he relays a conversation that saw him forget his train of thought. Explaining that he “forgot I was on a phone call about council tax”, he said the person on the other line asked: “What […]