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Alice Tan Ridley, a singer best known as an America’s Got Talent semifinalist, has died at the age of 72. Per Billboard, Ridley’s family shared her obituary yesterday (April 9), revealing that she died on March 25 in New York City. No cause of death has been revealed. Ridley, whose full name is Alice Ann Ridley-Sidibe, is also the mother of actress Gabourey Sidibe, best known for her Oscar-nominated performance […]

Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has revealed that The Cure‘s Robert Smith once tried to “make out” with him. READ MORE: The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’: a masterful reflection on loss In his memoir Fahrenheit-182, published on Tuesday (April 8), Hoppus recounted the incident, which apparently took place after Smith shared the stage with the pop punk trio at a Wembley Arena concert in 2004 to perform their collaborative […]

Travis Scott has shared in a new interview that he learned two-time Oscar winner and The Brutalist star Adrien Brody is also a beat-maker – one that he would like to collaborate with. READ MORE: ‘The Brutalist’ review: an unmissable giant of a film that deserves all the Oscars The ‘Utopia‘ rap star was the subject of the latest Complex cover story for April, in which he talked about encounters […]

Ghost have explained what happened to ‘Papa Emeritus IV’ in a new video teasing the latest era of the metal band. READ MORE: Ghost tell us about new film ‘RITE HERE RITE NOW’: “The story goes far longer back than what we’ve exposed” Back in February, the band teased the name of their “new” frontman as part of the latest evolution of the metal band’s singer. On February 5, Black […]

LCD Soundsystem have added new dates to their 2025 North American tour. READ MORE:  LCD Soundsystem live at Glastonbury 2024: Balearic bliss for a Somerset sunset Back in January, James Murphy and co. announced a spring US tour ahead of their European festival stops this summer, which include appearances at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and We Love Green in Paris. They’ll kick off the initial run in Austin later this month, and from […]

Shaun Ryder is among those paying tribute to Marc James Watmough, after it was announced that the ‘Happy Mondaze’ frontman had died. On Monday (April 7), the band – tipped as the “The No 1 Happy Mondays Tribute” act – shared Watmough had died unexpectedly last week. Writing on Facebook, they said: “He was truly one of a kind and has been a driving force and vital part of the […]

Jet’s Cam Muncey has today (April 9) announced his debut solo album ‘Delusions of Grandeur’ and shared a soulful new single ‘Take A Chance’ – check it out below. READ MORE: 2002: The Vines, Jet and the year that rock’n’roll promised to change the world The song is the first taster of Muncey’s new album, which will be released on June 27 via Impressed Recordings. You can pre-order it here. […]

Loyle Carner has today (April 9) returned with two emotive new songs, ‘‘all i need / in my mind’ – check them out below. READ MORE: Loyle Carner explains the importance of combating toxic masculinity with his live shows The musician, who is set to headline The Other Stage at Glastonbury in June, surprise released the two “paired” songs, with a press release saying the songs mark out a new […]

Roger Nores, a friend of the late pop star Liam Payne, has voluntarily withdrawn a defamation lawsuit filed against the singer’s father, Geoff Payne. Read More: Liam Payne 1993-2024: One Direction star who helped spark a pop phenomenon Payne tragically died on October 16 last year following a fatal fall from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentine prosecutor’s office later revealed that […]

Lorde has shared a teaser of new music today (April 9) after wiping her social media accounts. Read More: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” It’s a long time in the making, with the first hints of a new era coming with last August’s social media scrub, which saw the ‘Royals’ singer wipe her Instagram and X/Twitter accounts. The changes to her […]