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Mantra Of The Cosmos cancel Soho gig after Zak Starkey suffers serious leg condition

Mantra Of The Cosmos have been forced to cancel a secret gig in Soho after drummer Zak Starkey was revealed to be suffering from a serious leg condition. READ MORE: Shaun Ryder and Zak Starkey on Mantra Of The Cosmos: “Do you know what a supergroup means? Four guys having a wank” The supergroup – consisting of Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape), drummer Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), guitarist Andy Bell (Oasis, Ride) […]

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Lady Gaga seemingly teasing ‘LG7’ reveal with cryptic countdown clock

Lady Gaga is seemingly teasing the imminent reveal of her highly anticipated seventh album – find out more below. READ MORE: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ review: Lady Gaga shines in a provocative prison musical Gaga’s seventh album, currently referred to as ‘LG7’, has been teased for several months with the singer-actor confirming in July that she was still in the studio. In August, she and Bruno Mars teamed up for the […]

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Grimes says she’s “happy to denounce Nazi-ism” following ex-partner Elon Musk’s controversial salute: “I am not him”

Grimes has clarified her stance on Elon Musk‘s controversial Nazi-like gestures at Donald Trump‘s Presidential inauguration – find out more below. Donald Trump was sworn into the White House for the second time on Monday (January 20). During the inauguration, tech billionaire and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk – who has been an integral part of Trump’s election win, and was appointed by the new POTUS to lead his […]

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Birmingham considering giving city awards to Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah

Birmingham City Council is considering giving city honours to local music legends Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah. According to the BBC, on Tuesday January 28 the council is due to discuss a proposal to award City Freeman status to the four founding members of the heavy metal band, and give a posthumous medal to the dub poet and musician. The City Freeman title recognises a person’s contribution to a city. […]

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A$AP Rocky rejects plea deal as his gun trial opens in Los Angeles

A$AP Rocky has rejected his final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and now faces a possibility of a guilty verdict as his firearm assault trial starts in Los Angeles. As the Associated Press reports, the rapper – real name Rakim Mayers – the plea deal was given to the rapper if he were to plead guilty to one of his two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic […]

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Soulja Boy launches attack on Drake: “Stay in Canada”

Soulja Boy has taken aim at Drake in a new video posted to social media, telling him to remain out of the United States and “stay in Canada”. Soulja Boy (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) took to an Instagram live stream to poke at Drake. “You can’t even come to America and talk to the president,” he said. “Fuck boy, stay in Canada where your bitch ass belong at. You’s […]

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Danny Elfman pays tribute to David Lynch in emotional post: “I’m still in complete shock”

Danny Elfman has paid tribute to David Lynch in an emotional social media post, following the filmmaker’s death at the age of 78 last week. READ MORE: David Lynch – 1946-2025: a true visionary who reinvented cinema Film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Elfman shared a photo of Lynch on Instagram earlier today (January 21) – which would have been the day after Lynch’s 79th birthday – describing him […]

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Trivium’s Matt Heafy on how Muse inspired song from ‘Ascendancy’

Trivium‘s Matt Heafy has opened up about the creation of the band’s 2005 album ‘Ascendancy’ and how Muse inspired one of the tracks. READ MORE: Trivium’s Matt Heafy talks loving ‘Call Of Duty’ and ‘Final Fantasy’ in ‘Playback’ In a recent interview as part of the latest issue of Metal Hammer, The frontman reflected on the creation of the band’s second album which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. “Recording […]

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Garth Hudson, the final surviving founding member of The Band, dies aged 87

Garth Hudson, the co-founder and last remaining member of The Band, has died at the age of 87. The Canadian virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who was best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work passed away today (January 21) at the Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in upstate New York. According to the executor of his estate (as per The Guardian), Hudson died peacefully in his sleep in the […]

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Flavor Flav teams up with GoFundMe to launch fundraiser for black families displaced by LA wildfires

Flavor Flav has partnered with GoFundMe to create a fundraiser focused on helping black families who have been displaced by the LA wildfires. READ MORE: LA music community tell us about “tragic” impact of wildfires: “This will be felt for years” Since the devastating wildfires began on January 7, over 180,000 residents of Los Angeles were forced to evacuate their homes. To date, 27 confirmed deaths have been reported, with over […]

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