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Rage Against The Machine react to Joe Biden’s pardon of activist Leonard Peltier: “Justice will finally be served”

Rage Against The Machine have reacted to outgoing President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon activist Leonard Peltier, saying that “Justice will finally be served”. READ MORE: Tom Morello: “In the past, I’ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice” The band have long campaigned for the release of Peltier from prison, and brought the issue to light most famously with the music video for their ‘90s […]

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Soulja Boy responds to backlash to performing at Donald Trump’s Crypto Ball inauguration

Soulja Boy has defended his choice to perform at Donald Trump‘s recent inauguration ball, claiming “it wasn’t even a Trump event” and the President wasn’t there. READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to Donald Trump’s 2024 US election win: “We are all totally fucked” Over the weekend, Soulja (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) performed at the inaugural Crypto Ball in Washington DC, an event described as a “celebratory setting intended to honour […]

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Lily Allen admits she “could be quite mean” before she got sober

Lily Allen has admitted that she “could be quite mean” before she got sober. The singer and actor has been sober for several years, having struggled with both binge drinking and drug abuse in the past. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Lily Allen: “I’m taking ownership of my narrative” Last April, Allen said she could “lose everything” if she drank alcohol again while recalling the time she got banned from London’s Groucho Club. She […]

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Lynyrd Skynyrd to celebrate 50 years with 2025 UK arena tour

Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced a series of UK arena tour dates to celebrate 50 years as a band. Find ticket details below. Announced today (January 21), the new tour dates will mark the first time the band have headed to the UK since 2019. It will also see them celebrate half a century since they shared their iconic debut album ‘Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd’. Four new dates have been shared, kicking […]

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The Moonlandingz finally return with “frantic” new single ‘The Sign Of A Man’ and London show

The Moonlandingz have finally returned with a new single, ‘The Sign Of A Man’ – almost eight years on from their debut album. READ MORE: The Moonlandingz – ‘Interplanetary Class Classics’ review The Sheffield band – featuring Fat White Family members Saul Adamczewski and Lias Kaci Saoudi – released their first full-length effort, ‘Interplanetary Class Classics’, in March 2017. Co-produced by Sean Ono Lennon, the record contains contributions from Yoko […]

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Bright Eyes announce summer 2025 UK and European tour

Bright Eyes have shared details of a new 2025 tour for the UK and Europe. Find ticket details below. READ MORE: Bright Eyes on new album ‘Five Dice, All Threes’, and why “Elon Musk is one of the biggest pieces of shit” The new run of tour dates comes as the US indie rock band cancelled all remaining 2024 shows last September, following frontman Conor Oberst losing his voice and […]

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Want to play Glastonbury 2025? This year’s Emerging Talent competition has launched

Glastonbury has launched its Emerging Talent competition for 2025, giving new artists the chance to perform at this year’s festival. Find all the details below. The annual competition is free to enter for UK and Ireland-based acts “of any musical genre” between 9am GMT next Monday (January 27) and 5pm GMT on Monday February 3. Visit here to do so. READ MORE: Who could headline Glastonbury 2025: The top runners and […]

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Morcheeba mark 30 years with reflective new single ‘Call For Love’: “The world is so confusing and complicated right now”

Morcheeba have celebrated 30 years since their formation by sharing the reflective new single ‘Call For Love’. Check it out below. Shared today (January 21), the new track marks the first single to be shared from the tri-hop duo in four years, when they dropped ‘Blackest Blue’ in 2021. Produced by the band’s own Ross Godfrey, the new release showcases a hazy, laid-back atmosphere and captures the same essence that […]

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Robbie Williams doesn’t think Taylor Swift “knew anything about him” when she invited him on stage

Robbie Williams has said he doesn’t think Taylor Swift “knew anything about [him]” when she invited him to perform with her in 2018. READ MORE: Robbie Williams and director Michael Gracey on their bananas, CGI monkey- featuring biopic ‘Better Man’: “It’s healing” The pair sang Williams’ 1997 hit single ‘Angels’ together during Swift’s concert at Wembley Stadium in London on her ‘Reputation’ tour. During a recent interview with SiriusXM, Williams said: […]

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Watch Billy Ray Cyrus’ disastrous performance and meltdown at Trump inauguration: “Is anyone awake?”

Billy Ray Cyrus performed at the inauguration events for Donald Trump yesterday (January 20), but things went far from smoothly. Check out footage and fan reactions below. READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to Donald Trump’s 2024 US election win: “We are all totally fucked” The 63-year-old country star took to the stage in Washington, DC last night as one of the musical acts lined-up for the presidential inauguration. Performing as […]

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