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The Amazons have shared a new single called ‘Night After Night’ and announced a 2025 UK headline tour. Listen and find all the details below. The anthemic song marks the latest preview of the Reading band’s fourth album ’21st Century Fiction’ (out May 9), which will also feature ‘My Blood’ and ‘Love Is A Dog From Hell’. READ MORE: The Amazons on their new album and why ‘fiction’ could be […]

PinkPantheress has announced a residency at Londonʼs O2 Academy Brixton later this year. READ MORE: PinkPantheress on the cover: “I don’t care about the beats, I care about the pen” The singer-songwriter is set to host two nights at the venue on September 18 and 19, under the banner ‘An Evening With PinkPantheress’. Fans who pre-order her forthcoming mixtape ‘Fancy That’ here by 5pm BST on Wednesday (April 9) will get […]

Footage of Clem Burke’s final live gig with Blondie has re-emerged following news of his death. Find it below, along with the full setlist. The iconic drummer joined frontwoman Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein in the group shortly after they formed in the mid ‘70s, and went on to be regarded as the “heartbeat” of the group. News of his death arose earlier today (April 7), when a statement was […]

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 […]