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Attendees at Download Festival have been urged to remove their smartphones to prevent moshpits from triggering emergency alerts.  READ MORE: Download Festival 2025: Check out the full set times  The metal festival is being held this weekend at Donington Park in Leicestershire, with Green Day, Sleep Token and KoRn all playing headline sets on the main stage.  Local police, however, have asked all festival-goers to consider turning their smartwatches and other devices […]

Gary Numan has announced a UIK tour to celebrate the 45th anniversary of his album ‘Telekon’ – see all the dates below.  READ MORE: Glastonbury Festival 2025: See the full line-up and stage splits so far  The new wave musician and synthpop pioneer released his second solo album in September 1980, going straight in at Number One on the UK Albums Chart. It included the singles ‘We Are Glass’, ‘I Die: […]

Blondshell has released her smouldering radio session cover of Addison Rae’s ‘Diet Pepsi’ – check it out below.  READ MORE: Blondshell is done giving us every part of her: “Things get lost if you say too much”  The Los Angeles musician – real name Sabrina Teitelbaum – released her second album ‘If You Asked For A Picture’ in May, and during the promotion, she dropped by Sirius XMU in her […]

Miley Cyrus has voiced her concern for Sabrina Carpenter’s wellbeing due to her exhausting touring schedule.  READ MORE: Why is Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ taking over Spotify algorithms?  The ‘Espresso’ singer is currently in between legs of her ‘Short N’ Sweet Tour’, which took her across North America in the final months of 2024 and around the UK and Europe earlier this year.   She also recently headlined Primavera Sound in Barcelona […]

The Grammys are introducing some changes to its categories, including new rules for Best New Artist and some breakdowns of the country genre. The Recording Academy announced on Thursday (June 12) that some rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards are getting tweaked, including carving out a new stand-alone category for Best Album Cover. One of the biggest changes is the creation of two separate categories for country music: Best Traditional […]

Shakira has said that she lives in “constant fear” as an immigrant in the United States. READ MORE: Here’s what went down when Shakira kicked off her ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ 2025 world tour in Rio In a new interview with BBC News, the Colombian-born singer discussed the impact of US President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on alleged immigration violations. She explained that, though she had felt accepted and welcomed when she […]

Margo Price has announced a new album, titled ‘Hard Headed Woman’, and released a new country track, ‘Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down’. READ MORE: Margo Price – ‘Strays’ review: a defiant spin on earnest Americana songwriting The album, which is expected to be out on August 29, will be her first made in Nashville – a town she has called home for 20 years. The announcement is accompanied by […]

Robbie Williams has been confirmed as the official FIFA Music Ambassador. READ MORE: Robbie Williams on working with Tony Iommi, ‘BRITPOP’, Glastonbury and his bromance with Soft Play To mark his new role, the singer has written and recorded the first-ever Official FIFA anthem, ‘Desire’, which will be played as players walk onto the pitch during all FIFA tournaments and matches worldwide. ‘Desire’, which features Italian artist Laura Pausini, will debut […]

Lorde called her friends Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Gracie Abrams live on the radio – and managed to catch one of them mid-hangover. READ MORE: Lorde’s ‘What Was That’ takes us back to the dancefloor for another emotional, electric journey While appearing on BBC Radio 1, the singer played a game of ‘Sitting or Standing’, where she had to call friends and guess if they were on their feet or […]

The Who‘s Roger Daltrey has been awarded a Knighthood in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours list. READ MORE: Roger Daltrey on Teenage Cancer Trust and the chances of new music from The Who The frontman has been recognised for his services to charity and music, having co-founded The Who in 1964 and been a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust for more than two decades. Speaking on the award in a […]