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Sam Fender has celebrated a historic win by Newcastle United while on stage in Berlin. Check it out below. READ MORE: Sam Fender live in Leeds: generational Geordie star safely coasts into a new era The moment took place as the singer’s home team took home their first domestic trophy in 70 years last night (March 16) after beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup. Thousands of fans headed to […]

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Underscores, has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. READ MORE: Underscores: the hyperpop satirist refusing to regress The US hyperpop star is on this week’s (March 17) edition of The Cover, a weekly manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on […]

Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has told fans he “was literally on fire” for four songs after an incident at a recent Houston gig. READ MORE: Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ has been named the as the Biggest Song Of All Time On Friday (March 14), the veteran rock band played at the RodeoHouston event at NRG Stadium, and had performed only five songs when, midway through their mammoth 1981 hit ‘Don’t […]

Charli XCX has added a new wave of artists to her day at Lido Festival 2025. Check out the details below. READ MORE: Charli XCX – ‘Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat’ review: a masterpiece in the art of club music curatorship It comes after the ‘Brat’ hitmaker was announced as one of the artists set to headline and curate her own day at the 2025 edition of […]

MAMAMOO singer Solar has announced the upcoming release of her second single album ‘Want’. READ MORE: Yeji on going solo: “All the experiences of working with ITZY have led me to this” Today (March 17), MAMAMOO’s Soldar and her label RBW Entertainment released a teaser for the upcoming single album. According to a press statement via Newsen, ‘Want’ will be about the “courage and excitement of being with someone you like […]

BTS rapper J-hope has announced a new single titled ‘Mona Lisa’, out later this week. READ MORE: LE SSERAFIM tell us about their new mini-album ‘Hot’: “You have to set your body on fire to maintain the flame” BTS’ J-Hope announced the song on March 14 via fan platform Weverse. His label, Big Hit Music, has described ‘Mona Lisa’ as “a hip-hop and R&B track that celebrates a captivating person […]

Rapper Jay Rock has reportedly been arrested for the alleged illegal possession of a firearm. Per an NBC 4 report, Rock was initially stopped by law enforcement officers in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 13) on suspicion of public drinking and trespassing. The incident took place near the Watts public housing complex where he grew up. After being stopped by local authorities, Rock – real name Johnny Reed McKinzie – […]

NewJeans (also known as NJZ) member Danielle has spoken out against the K-pop training system, which she says “deprives us of creativity”. READ MORE: NewJeans vs HYBE: a comprehensive timeline of events On March 15, NewJeans’ Danielle held a livestream on the band’s independent Instagram page, where the Korean-Australian singer shared her experience as a trainee under various K-pop music labels and spoke out against the system. “Back when I was […]

Stevie Wonder has been announced as the final headliner for London’s BST Hyde Park 2025. Find all the details below. Marking his third appearance at the festival, the soul legend will take to the Great Oak stage on July 12 as part of his run of ‘LOVE, LIGHT & SONG’ UK dates, with support acts to be announced later. The ‘Superstition’ singer is one of the best-selling artists of all […]