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Will Smith has recalled speaking to both Prince and Biggie Smalls just hours before they died. READ MORE: The 20 best Prince songs of all time by the NME office The actor and rapper opened up about his connection to the two of them during a new interview on the Broken Record podcast, and said that he feels a strange connection with the two music icons because of the last […]

Fans have been speculating whether Paul McCartney’s performance on the 50th anniversary episode of Saturday Night Live contained a nod to the iconic Chris Farley sketch. READ MORE: Inside ‘Now And Then’: With a little help from AI, The Beatles live again The rock legend closed out the 50th-anniversary episode of the US sketch show with a medley performance featuring songs from ‘Abbey Road’. It marked his fifth time performing […]

Liam Gallagher has hit back at reports on how he plans to spend his pay cheque from the Oasis reunion tour. READ MORE: You gotta roll with it: the rocky road to Oasis’ supersonic return The past few days saw some outlets speculate about how the Britpop icon plans to spend the money he is set to make from his highly anticipated Oasis comeback tour, which will kick off later […]

Previously unseen footage of Led Zeppelin has been unearthed after sitting in a drawer for 45 years. You can watch it below. The 13-minutes of video was shot on 8mm film during the legendary band’s show at the Falkoner Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 1979. This was the second date of two warm-up gigs ahead of their final UK dates at Knebworth the following month. Read More: Becoming Led […]

John Lydon has branded the Sex Pistols’ tour with Frank Carter as “karaoke” during a new interview with NME. READ MORE: Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones tells us about Teenage Cancer Trust gigs and scrapped Alex Turner writing session The former Sex Pistol’s frontman and Public Image Ltd founder made the comments to. NME during a new interview for this week’s Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells?!, which saw him look […]

Rihanna has responded to A$AP Rocky being found not guilty in the trial for a past shooting incident. Rocky – real name Rakim Athelaston Mayers – was found innocent on all counts by an LA jury yesterday (February 18) after being charged for allegedly firing a gun at his former friend A$AP Relli in Hollywood in 2021. He faced 24 years in prison after turning down a plea deal for […]

Fans of The Jam have been re-sharing footage of the band’s final live show following the death of Rick Buckler. News broke yesterday (February 18) that the drummer had died at the age of 69, following a brief illness. Among those leading the tributes were bandmates Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton. “I’m shocked and saddened by Rick’s passing,” the frontman wrote on X/Twitter. “We went far beyond our dreams and […]

Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth has criticised streaming platforms like Spotify, saying he “owes it” to other musicians not to have an account. The frontman made the comments during a new interview with Sonic Perspectives, and explained how the shift to the digital age is making it harder for musicians to make a living from their music. “I owe it to my brethren in metal and music not to have […]

In paid partnership with Priority from O2 Post Malone has confirmed he’s bringing his ‘Big A** World Tour’ to the UK this summer – and if you’re an O2 or Virgin Media broadband customer, you can get Priority Tickets right now ahead of general release. Malone may have switched things up on 2024’s ‘F-1 Trillion’ album by embracing country music – and teaming up with scene legends Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Luke […]

The Wombats have recalled the time they were chased by gangsters in Rio de Janeiro while out on tour. READ MORE: The Wombats talk new album ‘Oh! The Ocean’: “I have the body of a 40-year-old male and the soul of a 15-year-old girl” The Liverpool band, who released their sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ last week, looked back on the run-in during a new interview with the Daily Star‘s […]