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At least 66 people have been confirmed dead after a nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed midway through a concert on April 8. Among the 66 confirmed deceased (per the CNN) is famous Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was staging a concert at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, per a Rolling Stone report. The deadly ceiling collapse took place about an hour into his performance. At the […]

Yungblud has been announced as the final headliner at Electric Castle 2025. READ MORE: Yungblud tells us about BLUDFEST 2 and “fucking bonkers” new double album: “This is the master plan” The singer-songwriter – real name Dominic Harrison – joins previously announced headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Bicep, Justice and Justin Timberlake at the annual music bash which will return to its home of the Cluj-Napoca on the grounds of […]

Blink-182 are heading out on a massive US tour with Alkaline Trio this autumn – find tickets here. READ MORE: Blink-182 at Reading Festival 2024: a welcome return for the unfiltered pop-punk pioneers On the tour, they’ll be heading to major venues across the country, taking in cities from Virginia Beach to Kansas City. The run of dates begins on August 28 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, and runs […]

Green Day‘s  Billie Joe Armstrong has shared that Perry Farrell dismissed the group as a “boy band” and didn’t want them on the bill at Lollapalooza in 1994. READ MORE: Green Day – ‘Saviors’ review: their best work since ‘American Idiot’ The row, which has been documented in a new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival, erupted when the Jane’s Addiction frontman approached John Rubeli, who was a stage manager […]

To celebrate the start of their spring tour, Sugababes have shared their new single, ‘Weeds’ – listen to it here. READ MORE: Sugababes live in London: their triumphant comeback continues The trio, comprising Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy, dropped the track as a surprise today (April 8), the same date they kick off their biggest-ever arena tour with a date at Leeds’ First Direct Arena, and it follows ‘Jungle’, […]

Bell X1 have announced their live return with an initimate acoustic show in London. The Irish band have announced a one-off concert at the Union Chapel in Islington on December 19. Tickets go on general sale on Friday (April 11) at 10am BST and can be purchased here. A pre-sale will be held the day before (April 10) for mailing list subscribers, who will receive a link allowing them to […]

Following speculation that Death Grips had disbanded, they’ve responded with a short but sweet statement on Instagram. Read More: NME’s intense, unseen Death Grips interview from 2012 It confirms that the band are still active and is signed off by vocalist MC Ride – real name Stefan Burnett – and producer and drummer Zach Hill. There’s no signature from Andy Morin, producer and keyboardist, who co-founded the group alongside Burnett and […]

Mac DeMarco has announced plans for a UK, European and North American tour – find full details below. READ MORE: Mac DeMarco hits his mellow patch: “There was a long time that I was pretending to be something that I wasn’t” The Canadian singer-songwriter will hit the road in Los Angeles on August 29 before heading over to Europe in Amsterdam on October 21 for a series of dates that will […]

Stereolab have announced their first album in 15 years and shared new single ‘Aerial Troubles’. Check out full details below. ‘Instant Holograms On Metal Film’ is the follow up to the band’s last LP, 2010’s ‘Not Music?’ and will feature guest contributions from Cooper Crain and Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), Ben LaMar Gay (International Anthem), Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf (Cavern Of Anti-Matter), Marie Merlet and Molly Hansen Read. It will […]

Hard Life are back with ‘Othello’, the group’s first new single since last year’s ‘Tears’ – listen to the track here. READ MORE: Easy Life live in London: an emotional farewell amid legal drama ‘Othello’, BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record tonight (April 8), was written and recorded by frontman Murray Matravers in Japan after a period of change for the band formerly known as Easy Life. Matravers booked a spontaneous trip […]