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An Iranian court has sentenced pop singer Tataloo to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy. Per a report from local newspaper Etemad, “The supreme court accepted the prosecutor’s objection” to five-year jail term for blasphemy. It went on to say that “the case was reopened, and this time the defendant was sentenced to death for insulting the prophet”, referring to Islam’s prophet Muhammad. The verdict is reportedly […]

NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Friko, have compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. READ MORE: Friko are learning how to bring people together: “The songs live night by night” The Chicago indie-rock duo are on this week’s (January 20) edition of The Cover, a weekly manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every […]

Zach Bryan has teased a new film project called Motorbreath with Matthew McConaughey. The American country music star made the announcement on social media last week, confirming that a new on-screen project was in development to celebrate his last “major label album”. Two posts were shared on his Instagram page to tease the upcoming project. The first saw him share a snippet of what seems to be a new, unreleased […]

New Order have released a new ‘Blue Monday’-themed t-shirt in support of mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), for the third year running. READ MORE: “It felt like we were changing the world”: inside New Order’s seminal ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ The shirt comes in honour of Blue Monday – the third Monday in January deemed the “most depressing day of the year”. It marks the third time New Order have […]

GOT7 have released a new single titled ‘Python’, alongside their 17th mini-album ‘Winter Heptagon’. READ MORE: Every GOT7 song ranked in order of greatness Today (January 20), GOT7 and Kakao Entertainment unveiled the new record alongside an accompanying music video for lead single ‘Python’ at 6pm KST. The septet’s new music comes just a few days shy of their 11th anniversary on January 16. “I know I’m an icon /Watch […]

Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at Light Of Day Benefit’s 25th anniversary concert over the weekend. Check out footage below. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak The annual music event, which raises money to support research into Parkinson’s disease, took place on Saturday (January 18). Jesse Malin, Willie Nile and Joe Grushecky were among the performers at Count Basie Theater […]

Popular K-pop festival Waterbomb has announced an upcoming stop in Sydney, Australia sometime this year. READ MORE: GFRIEND remind us of their unique magic on ‘Season of Memories’ Today (January 20), new social media accounts for an Australian installation of the popular South Korean music festival Waterbomb were launched on the platforms Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). Both accounts tease an upcoming iteration of Waterbomb to be held in Sydney sometime […]

Netflix has released a new teaser for upcoming K-drama series Melo Movie, starring Choi Woo-sik and Park Bo-young. Here’s everything you need to know about the new series. READ MORE: ‘Squid Game’ season two review: Netflix’s survival thriller will wrap its tentacles around you again What is the plot of Melo Movie? Melo Movie is a romantic comedy K-drama series that follows the life of Go-gyeom, a film buff and extra who later […]

André 3000, Julia Holter and more have contributed music to a new compilation album to aid victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. READ MORE: LA music community tell us about “tragic” impact of wildfires: “This will be felt for years” Since the devastating wildfires began on January 7, over 150,000 residents of Los Angeles were forced to evacuate their homes. To date, 27 confirmed deaths have been reported, with over 20 […]

Nicki Minaj has named some of her favourite “girls of all time” – check them out below. READ MORE: Nicki Minaj live in London: ever-polarising rap iconoclast comes back fighting This past weekend, Minaj shared a list of her “fave girls of all time” via a playlist curated for her channel on the streaming platform Stationhead. “Some of my fave girls of all time. Icons,” Minaj wrote on the live audio app […]