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Ratbag has returned with the darkly hedonistic new single ‘Juliet & Juliet’ – check out the song and its video below. READ MORE: Ratbag and her fictional band are terrifying TikTok The Auckland indie musician – real name Sophie Brown – was recently named as one of the NME 100 for 2025, the ultimate guide to the essential emerging artists for the year ahead. Ratbag has a major project to come […]

Neil Young has committed to avoiding ‘Platinum’ ticket sales for his future tours, after being inspired to do so by The Cure’s Robert Smith. The tickets in question are used by sales outlets such as Ticketmaster as an attempt to put off touts and scalpers from buying up premium tickets and selling them for high profits on the secondary market. Smith pointed out in an interview with The Times last […]

A$AP Rocky opened his headline set at Rolling Loud California by performing new songs aboard a helicopter – watch footage below. The rapper topped the bill at the Inglewood festival on Saturday (March 15) and showed up on a helicopter with the words ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ emblazoned across it, in reference to his upcoming studio album of the same name. He opened with the unreleased song ‘All Black (Stole Ya […]

Gwen Stefani has released a new song ‘Still Gonna Love You’, part of a new deluxe edition of her 2024 solo album ‘Bouquet’. READ MORE: Gwen Stefani tells us about her new yacht rock-influenced solo album ‘Bouquet’ and the future of No Doubt The No Doubt singer released the original album in November, and now ‘Bouquet (Deluxe)’ is on streaming services too. It includes acoustic versions of every track from […]

Lil Nas X has released his latest single – the seductive pop banger ‘Hotbox’. Check out the song’s video below. READ MORE: Lil Nas X – ‘Montero’ review: ‘Old Town Road’ prankster makes his case as a Serious Artist The rapper continues to usher in the ‘DREAMBOY’ era of his career with the new song, which comes complete with an Elias Talbot-directed video that sees Nas immersed in a bubblegum pink […]

Estonia’s Eurovision 2025 entry Tommy Cash has spoken to NME about the inspirations behind his controversial song ‘Espresso Macchiato’ and his hopes for winning. Watch the new video for the single and read the interview below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Tommy Cash: “We are all gods” This year’s contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland, with its final being aired on May 17. Cash was crowned the winner of Estonia’s […]

Kali Uchis has given an update on her upcoming new album, saying it focuses on a “life-altering event”. READ MORE: Kali Uchis – ‘Orquídeas’ review: a fearless ambassador for Latin pop The American-Colombian singer shared ‘Orquídeas‘ in January 2024, and then its deluxe ‘Orquídeas Parte 2’ in August. The former landed on NME‘s best albums of 2024 so far list midway through the year. Now, in a new interview with 10 Magazine, […]

Pyrotechnics at a recent Disturbed concert have damaged six of The Chicago Bulls’ NBA championship banners. READ MORE: Disturbed – ‘Evolution’ review In a statement released on Friday (March 14), the United Center confirmed that the banners – which were earned during Michael Jordan’s reign in the 1990s – had sustained “minor damage”. The damage was sustained during a March 8 performance featuring Disturbed, Three Days Grace and Sevendust, with concert-goers […]

Iggy Azalea has slammed “criminals” at Universal Music Group (UMG), and has claimed she is owed millions of dollars. The ‘Fancy’ artist, real name Amethyst Amelia Kelly, claims that the company owes her “millions of dollars in back pay,” sharing that they recently offered her an $18,000 settlement instead of the amount “in the 8 figure range” that she claims she is owed. “I’m told this is a normal response […]