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A new wave of artists have been confirmed for NOS Alive 2025, with Barry Can’t Swim, Finneas and more among new additions. The names to be added to the bill for next year’s instalment were announced last month, when it was confirmed that Olivia Rodrigo was the first confirmed headliner for the Portugal festival. Other huge names included Girl In Red, Kings Of Leon, Noah Kahan, Benson Boone, Amyl And […]

K-pop boyband GOT7 have confirmed their long-awaited return in January 2025 with the mini-album ‘Winter Heptagon’. READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2024 On December 20, the seven-member act announced that they will be releasing a new mini-album titled ‘Winter Heptagon’ next year. Due out on January 20 at 6pm KST, the record will commemorate 11 years since GOT7’s debut. “GOT7 plans to display their talents to the […]

Questlove is due to direct a music-themed documentary for Saturday Night Live (SNL) for its 50th anniversary. READ MORE: The 50 best music documentaries of all time Yesterday (December 19), NBC announced the Questlove-helmed documentary Ladies & Gentleman… 50 Years of SNL Music. Per NBC, it will include over 50 interviews with musicians from the last five decades who have performed on the hit sketch comedy show. This includes the […]

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has revealed that he does not “stream music on principle” – see what he had to say below. READ MORE: The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’: a masterful reflection on loss During a new interview on the Sidetracked podcast with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, in which he celebrated the release of the band’s latest LP, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, Smith touched on his listening habits, […]

Lady Gaga has revealed new details about her upcoming seventh album – see what she had to say below. READ MORE: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ review: Lady Gaga shines in a provocative prison musical In October, the ‘Born This Way’ singer shared dramatic new pop single ‘Disease’ – which served as the lead single of her new album. Little is known about the record yet, although it has been dubbed as ‘LG7’ by […]

Paul McCartney has played his final gig of the year, bringing the ‘Got Back’ 2024 tour to a close at The O2 in London last night (December 19). READ MORE: Inside ‘Now And Then’: With a little help from AI, The Beatles live again For his final concert of the year, McCartney made sure to bring surprises along with him in the form of Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr and Rolling Stones‘ […]

Charli XCX has announced she and Troye Sivan will reunite for ‘SWEAT PT. 2’ at her Primavera Sound headline slot next year. READ MORE: Charli XCX and Troye Sivan live in New York: former pop underdogs cement their status as arena-slaying icons Earlier this year, Charli – who is headlining Primavera alongside Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter in what she dubbed a “holy trinity” – embarked on the ‘SWEAT’ US tour alongside Sivan, […]

A new report has alleged that Spotify is filling listeners’ playlists with “ghost artists” to minimise royalty costs. READ MORE: Artists on the challenges of 2023 and hopes for 2024: “I just want to see us getting paid for selling records” Per Liz Pelly’s findings shared in Harper’s Magazine, popular playlists ranging from jazz and classical to lo-fi hip-hop are being padded out with material by ghost artists, effectively decreasing the […]

Clairo has ended her North American ‘Charm’ tour in support of her latest album and closed it out with a fan rap battle. READ MORE: Clairo – ‘Charm’ review: delving into desire The indie pop singer wrapped up her US tour last night (December 18) after a three-night run at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario – which was rescheduled after she had postponed the dates back in October citing “extreme […]

Trophy Eyes are being sued by the fan left partially paralysed by a stage diving incident at one of their shows. Earlier this year, a 24-year-old fan of the Australian punk band was left partially paralysed after frontman John Floreani stage-dived on top of her during a gig in New York. During a gig at Mohawk Place in Buffalo on April 30, he had jumped into the crowd and left […]