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Oasis seem to be teasing an upcoming announcement of tour dates in Japan and South Korea. READ MORE:  Stand by me: all the players who could be in the Oasis line-up in 2025 Since they revealed their highly-awaited return to the stage earlier this year, Liam and Noel Gallagher have announced huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland, followed by a string of dates in North America. They’ll then return for two extra […]

Michael Kiwanuka has spoken to NME about his upcoming fourth album ‘Small Changes’, and the need for larger companies in the music industry to feed back into the grassroots. The singer-songwriter’s new effort sees him teaming up once again with Danger Mouse and Inflo – who also produced his previous two albums, including 2019’s Mercury Prize-winning ‘Kiwanuka’. Having described the soul-influenced ‘Small Changes’ as “understated”, the artist explained how the […]

Richard Russell has announced ‘Temporary’, the new album from his collaborative music project Everything Is Recorded. It marks the third album from Everything Is Recorded, and will be released on February 28 next year via XL Recordings. Pre-order here. ‘Temporary’ was created over the span of four years and features a host of collaborators, including Bill Callahan, Noah Cyrus, Florence Welch, Maddy Prior, Berwyn, Alabaster Deplume, Jah Wobble, Kamasi Washington, […]

Kendrick Lamar has lined up a collaboration with Taylor Swift as part of his next album, according to DJ Snake. READ MORE: Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline The artist spoke out about the upcoming LP from Lamar in a new interview, and claimed that a new collaboration will be featured as the rapper has joined forces with Swift. While nothing else has been said as of yet, […]

Jelly Roll has appeared in a new trailer for the 2025 Invictus Games – and given Prince Harry a less-than-ideal new tattoo. Check it out below. In a lighthearted new video shared yesterday (November 19), the royal is seen meeting up with the artist in the hopes of getting him to perform at the 2025 edition of the Invictus Games. Waiting inside a tattoo parlour, hoping to bring the topic […]

Primal Scream have shared a cover of the Lana Del Rey track ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Primal Scream on their protest disco album: “If you’re gonna scream from the rooftops, there is no better time” Bobby Gillespie and co. put their own dance-rock spin on the title track from Del Rey’s 2023 album as part of a new […]

Two Bee Gees drummers have died within less than a week of one another. According to a new report by The New York Times, the death of Dennis Byron – who played on some of the band’s biggest hits  – was confirmed by former Bee Gees member Blue Weaver on Facebook last Thursday (November 14). “I am lost for words at the moment… Dennis has passed away. Kayte, Dennis’s wife […]

A new report has found that the UK music industry contributes a record £7.6billion to the country’s economy, despite the grassroots sector remaining under threat. READ MORE: UK grassroots venues suffering from “the complete collapse of touring” – here’s how you can help Findings from UK Music’s This Is Music 2024 report today (November 20) have revealed that the industry’s contributions to the economy in 2023 increased by 13 per […]

K-pop girl group BADVILLAIN have released a music video for their brand-new single ‘Zoom’. READ MORE: tripleS Visionary Vision on the group’s future: “We’re trying to break the perception of what we can do as girls” On November 19, BADVILLAIN released the music video for ‘Zoom’. It comes just months after the girl group released the standalone single ‘Hurricane’ in July. The clip begins with two rival groups consisting of the […]

Reverand Al Green has shared a soulful cover of R.E.M‘s ‘Everybody Hurts’. Check it out below. READ MORE: NME meets R.E.M.: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw” The American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer has released a handful of covers in recent years. In 2020 he shared his version of Freddy Fender’s ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’, followed by a cover of Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day’ in 2023. Now, he’s taken […]