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Wet Leg look set to play two UK concerts in Brighton and London. The Isle Of Wight band appear to be playing at the Green Door Store in Brighton tonight (March 23) and at the Moth Club in the capital tomorrow (March 24) under the pseudonym Uma Thurman, although they joked that the real actor “will not be in attendance”. Though initially announced without revealing the band’s identity, Wet Leg […]

Ghost’s Tobias Forge has told NME that the band’s signature lore may be coming to an end in the near future. READ MORE: Tobias Forge on new material and the future of Ghost: “If fans need the lore to like the band, that element will be over quite soon” The metal frontman was speaking ahead of the band’s highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘Skeletá’, which is due to be released on […]

Ashnikko has returned with the playful, provocative new single ‘Itty Bitty’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Ashnikko: the alt-pop powerhouse’s debut is full of lore and righteous rage The song marks the start of the pop star’s new era and was released onto streaming platforms via Parlophone on Friday (March 21). Written with Skyler Stonestreet and Slinger, who also produced the song, it is a dancefloor-ready club banger, complete […]

Paul ‘Wags’ Wagstaff, the Manchester guitarist who formed Paris Angels and later joined Happy Mondays and Black Grape, has died aged 60. Tributes have been paid from a number of Wagstaff’s friends and colleagues, including Bez, who posted a retro image of Black Grape on his Facebook page on Saturday (March 22), adding: “Mr Paul Wagstaff (Wags), remembering the good times. RIP my friend.” Wagstaff was part of the band […]

Gene Simmons has quietly postponed 17 dates on his upcoming solo tour, with his team assuring fans the cancellation was not down to his health. The bassist and singer was set to head out on the road in the US with The Gene Simmons Band in April and May, with the tour intended to kick off at the Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, California on April 5. While […]

Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer has shared his “disappointment” over his recent exit from the band. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses live at Glastonbury: a solid performance… to the wrong crowd Earlier this week, Ferrer – who was once the longest-serving sticksman in the band, having joined in 2006 to replace Bryan Mantia – left after 19 years. A statement made on social media described the move as an […]

Ed Sheeran has written an open letter to the UK government calling for immediate and long-term funding for music education. The letter, who is co-signed by a number of big names including Elton John, Coldplay, Central Cee, Harry Styles, Dave, Stormzy and Robert Plant, urges Keir Starmer to commit £250million towards music education. Having launched the Ed Sheeran Foundation in January, the initiative highlights five areas that the government can […]

Marika Hackman has released a new version of her song ‘Skin’ with a guest feature from Laura Marling – check it out below. READ MORE: Marika Hackman: “I’m an incredible sexual being but technically I’ll die a virgin” The special version of the track comes on the 10th anniversary of Hackman’s debut album ‘We Slept At Last’, the record that first introduced the song to the world. Hackman has produced […]

Beyoncé’s father Matthew Knowles has responded to Kanye West’s “stupid” comments about his grandchildren. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Cowboy Carter’ review: country reinvention strikes gold Earlier this week (March 18), Ye made a series of posts on X/Twitter that included attacks on the twin seven-year-old children of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Rumi and Sir Carter. He alleged the couple used in vitro fertilisation to conceive the children and threw their cognitive development into question. […]

Dua Lipa brought out Troye Sivan at her show in Melbourne this weekend for a duet of his song ‘Rush’ – watch footage below. READ MORE: Dua Lipa live at Glastonbury: a powerhouse performance to shut down the critics Lipa kept up her run of covering prominent Australian artists on her current tour down under on Saturday (March 22) in the fourth of her run of five shows at the Rod […]