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Diddy‘s former head of security Roger Bonds has said he saw the rap mogul be violent with women, including ex-partners Cassie Ventura and Kim Porter. Last week, newly released CCTV footage from 2016 showed Diddy – real name Sean Combs – punching, kicking and dragging Cassie Ventura through a hotel hallway. Combs shared an apology

Cam’ron recently hit back a CNN reporter after she continually pressed him for an answer on the recent allegations against Diddy. In a recent interview that went viral, Cam’ron was interviewed by CNN anchor Abby Phillip to promote his sports podcast It Is What It Is, which he hosts with former Bad Boys Records signee

Liverpool is set to become ‘Taylor Town’, as pop icon Taylor Swift gears up for her UK ‘Eras’ tour dates. The city – which is home to The Beatles, A Flock Of Seagulls, The Lightning Seeds and more – is set to see over 150,000 Swifties come to visit the singer in concert, as she

Dua Lipa has revealed that she was forced to change some of the choreography in her live set after slipping on sweat. During a recent interview with SiriusXM, the ‘Radical Optimism’ singer said: “I fell over on my tour, I think once in Barcelona, once in Milan on the same spot, and it was just

The first batch of acts for this year’s NBHD Festival have been confirmed, with Pale Waves, ADMT and The Mysterines leading the line-up. The festival will be returning to Manchester city centre on October 4, taking place across 16 venues around the city including Albert Hall, Gorilla, O2 Ritz and more. They will be joined

Last week (March 17), footage of the rapper appeared to show the rapper beating his former partner, singer Cassie, and throwing an unidentified object at her from a nearby table was obtained and published by CNN. Diddy has since apologised for his “inexcusable” behaviour in the video allegedly showing him attacking Cassie. The footage aligns with testimony

SEVENTEEN‘s Jeonghan and Wonwoo are set to debut as a new sub-unit with their first single album ‘This Man’ next month. Pledis Entertainment announced the sub-unit’s debut last night (May 19) via a cryptic video teaser depicting a crowded city corner in the middle of the night, drenched in rain. When lightning strikes a particular

Taylor Swift has performed ‘How Did It End?’ for the first time ever at her show in Stockholm, Sweden – watch it below. For the singer’s final show in Stockholm, Sweden at the Friends Arena, Swift gave ‘How Did It End?’ its live debut during her surprise section of the show. In the ninth act

Thundercat has spoken about becoming sober, revealing that he chose an awkward time to quit alcohol. The bass virtuoso has been sober for five years and spoke about how sobriety influenced his music in a new interview for NME In Conversation.  “In life, I just chose something different, and what comes with it comes with it,”

Paul Weller has said that age has made him more “experimental” and “open-minded”, ahead of the release of his new album.  Weller’s new record ‘66’, announced back in February, is set to be released on Friday (May 24), the day before the Modfather’s 66th birthday. It is the former frontman of The Jam’s 17th solo album

Ros Atkins, the BBC newsreader known for his ‘explainer’ videos, has revealed he is “astonished” to be DJing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.  Glastonbury returns to Worthy Farm in Somerset from June 26 to 30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline. The final tickets for this year’s bash went on sale in the re-sale on April 21

Wunderhorse will be heading out on tour for their biggest shows to date later this year. The news follows the announcement earlier this week of their second album, ‘Midas’, which will land on August 30 via Communion. The album has been preceded by the single ‘July’ and the title-track. They will be supporting the album

Billie Eilish has revealed that her new album was almost named after a legendary quote from The Office. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and somewhat brighter The singer released her third studio album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft‘ today (May 17). In an interview with Rolling Stone, Eilish

Shellac have just released their final album ‘To All Trains’, nine days after the band’s lead guitarist Steve Albini passed away. The legendary record producer, or audio engineer as he preferred to be described, was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’. He died on

Billie Eilish has finally released her highly anticipated third album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’, and the lyrics to the final track ‘Blue’ have caught the attention of fans. Find out how the lyrics of the song relate to every track on the setlist below. The album marked the long-awaited follow-up to the singer’s sophomore

K-pop boyband SEVENTEEN’s performance unit have released a music video for their new song ‘Spell’. Back in April, SEVENTEEN dropped their first compilation album ‘17 Is Right Here’ led by the single ‘Maestro’. In addition to the new single, the record includes brand-new tracks by the group’s performance, hip-hop and vocal units. The group have

Kate Nash  has released her defiant new single ‘My Bile’ – take a listen to it down below. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Kate Nash The song is taken from her first studio album in six years ‘9 Sad Symphonies’, due for release on June 21 via Kill Rock Stars (pre-order/pre-save here). Nash said ‘My Bile’ is

Q-Tip has received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College Of Music for “his forward-thinking artistic vision”. Earlier this month, the rap legend, jazz artist Ledisi, and Puerto Rican bandleader Gilberto Santa Rosa were all honoured by the prestigious music institute. Last Saturday (May 11), the A Tribe Called Quest member took to Instagram to celebrate

Now that a quarter of The Great Escape Festival 2024 line-up have pulled out of the festival with over 125 artists joining the boycott, a number of the acts have spoken to NME about their decision and showing solidarity with Palestine. The Great Escape kicked off last night (May 15), but every artist booked to

Snoop Dogg has revealed that he is planning to reunite with a crip-walking horse at 2024 Olympics in Paris. READ MORE: Mount Westmore – ‘Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort’ review: rap supergroup overstuffed with ideas and personalities The iconic Westside rapper appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and teased his jam-packed year

Los Campesinos! are back with news of a new album ‘All Hell’ – their first since 2017. Check out the heart-on-sleeve single ‘Feast Of Tongues’ below. Announced today (May 15), the news of a new album marks the first from the Welsh indie-pop group in seven years, and comes as the follow-up to their 2017

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have launched their first digital collectible collection, inspired by their hit 2022 song ‘Pink Venom’. According to a report by South Korean news outlet The Korea Herald, BLACKPINK’s new digital collectible collection will be released from May 22 to 26 through VeVe, a New Zealand-based company that specialises in licensed digital collectibles.

Eminem ran a fake Slim Shady obituary in a Detroit Newspaper following the announcement of ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’. Photos of the obituary in the print issue of the Detroit Free Press began circling social media. The piece featured “Slim Shady Made Lasting Impressions” as the headline with its subhead reading

Brian Eno, as well as members of Fontaines D.C., R.E.M, Bastille and more have read out letters from Palestinians suffering in Gaza as part of a ‘Voices For Gaza’ initiative. The clips have been shared on the Instagram page for Voices For Gaza, and sees famous faces from across the entertainment industry read letters from

Serj Tankian has revealed that System Of A Down began looking for a new singer in 2018 after he offered to quit the band. READ MORE: Serj Tankian: “I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone” In an except of his new memoir Down With the System: A Memoir (Of Sorts) shared

Eloy Casagrande has opened up about his reasons for leaving Sepultura to fill the vacant drummer position in Slipknot. In February Casagrande left the Brazilian metal band, who will be splitting up after a farewell tour starting this year. This led to heavy speculation that he would be joining Slipknot following the firing of Jay

Taylor Swift has played ‘Hey Stephen’ and ‘Maroon’ as her two surprise tracks while performing in Paris as part of her ‘Eras’ tour. Check it out below. During the third night of her four-night run in Paris’ La Défense Arena on May 11, the pop icon performed the 2008 track from her ‘Fearless’ album and

Childish Gambino has revealed the list of cities he’ll be performing in for his next world tour – see the full list below. READ MORE: Childish Gambino – ‘3.15.20’ review: rap’s Renaissance man lets guard down with most personal record to date Today (May 13), rapper-actor-comedian Childish Gambino, real name Donald Glover, released his ‘Atavista’ album,