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AURORA has recounted the time she asked Chemical Brothers‘ Tom Rowlands to “puke vomit all over” a song on her new album ‘What Happened To The Heart?’ Speaking as part of NME’s In Conversation series, the Norwegian alt-pop artist said her new LP was “extremely playful” and has seen her “working with people I admire.”

Organisers at Manchester’s new Co-Op Live arena have postponed their opening Peter Kay shows. READ MORE: UK grassroots venues “going over a cliff” without urgent government action or investment from arenas The Bolton comedian was due to perform tomorrow (April 23) and Wednesday (April 24) but following a test gig featuring Rick Astley at the weekend,

DJ Snake has brought out 50 Cent as a guest performer during his set at Coachella on April 21. While performing at the Sahara tent, the French DJ and producer invited 50 Cent to join him onstage as the rapper performed a medley of three songs: ‘Many Men (Wish Death)’, ‘In Da Club’ and ‘P.I.M.P’.

Taylor Swift‘s new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘ has been streamed more than 300million times in one day on Spotify. The streaming platform announced the popstar had broken a new record for most-streamed album in a day. Previously, the record was held by her re-recorded version of ‘1989’. Taking to social media, Spotify announced: “History

David Beckham has shared a video of all five Spice Girls reuniting for Victoria’s 50th birthday celebrations – check it out below.  The former England captain posted the clip on his official Instagram account, showing Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Geri Halliwell and Mel B joining Victoria as they sing and dance along to their 1998

A London pub namechecked on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ has been swamped by Swifties. Swift dropped the album yesterday (April 19), before later revealing that it is in fact a double album, sharing 15 additional tracks. She has also released the official video for the single ’Fortnight’, which features Post Malone. One unexpected side effect of the

Leeds club Wire has announced that it is to permanently close its doors in June. The long-running venue, which includes a 300-capacity live music space in the basement, is just the latest casualty of a grassroots live music industry that is under increasing pressure. Confirming the news on Instagram, Wire wrote: “It is with great

Bring Me The Horizon brought out IV from Sleep Token to perform ‘Antivist’ during a show in Brisbane today (April 20). The Sheffield metallers have been on tour in Australia with Sleep Token as main support, as well as Make Them Suffer and Daine. During the show, the masked band’s guitarist joined Bring Me The

The woman who stalked Harry Styles and sent him 8,000 cards has been jailed and has been banned from attending his gigs. READ MORE:  Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ review: grounded star finds home is where the heart is 35-year-old Brazilian Myra Carvalho had sent the ‘Lights Up’ singer 8,000 cards and handwritten letters in less

Brian Eno has spoken about his “powerful” David Bowie collaboration ‘Get Real’ which he is now reworking as part of a new climate change album project. The record, titled ‘Sounds Right’, has been developed by Eno in conjunction with the Museum for the United Nations, in the lead-up to Earth Day on April 22. Aurora

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie has teamed up with Eric Cantona on a song the ex-footballer penned for Palestinians. The pair joined forces on vocals at a concert at King’s Place in London for the track ‘Give Us A Ticket’. You can view the footage below. Writing on the official Primal Scream Instagram, Gillespie wrote: “Last night

Taylor Swift‘s 11th album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, has arrived and fans have taken to social media to theorise what some songs mean, and who the albums was written about. Shortly after the album’s release earlier today (April 19), Swifties took to X (formerly Twitter) to theorise that despite her lengthy relationship with English actor

Slipknot have teased a mystery upcoming event with a cryptic billboard message in California that reads ‘ONE NIGHT ONLY’. The apparent advert popped up on a billboard on the highway to Coachella 2024 over the last week, bearing the band’s logo alongside a second slogan of ‘LONG MAY YOU DIE’. Also included on the banner

Montreux Jazz Festival has shared the line-up for its 2024 instalment, with the likes of Kraftwerk, The National and Raye set to perform. The 58th edition of the prestigious Swiss festival is due to take place on the Lake Geneva shoreline between July 5-20. Tickets go on general sale at 11am BST tomorrow (Friday, April

Zico and BLACKPINK member Jennie have teased their upcoming collaboration, titled ‘Spot!’. Today (April 18), Zico posted a video of him and BLACKPINK’s Jennie in a recording studio dancing along to a preview of their upcoming single on Instagram. The snippet features vocals from the girl group member singing: “Up and down, round and round,

Neseblod Records, the famous black metal site in Norway has been damaged by a fire according to reports.  As noted in Verdens Gang (VG), the iconic record store and venue space caught fire on April 9 and the surrounding apartments in the area were also evacuated due to the amount of smoke the fire caused. 

Kamasi Washington has announced a 2024 UK, Ireland and European headline tour – find all the details below. The LA jazz multi-instrumentalist will hit the road in Europe this autumn in support of his new studio album ‘Fearless Movement’, which is due for release on May 3 via Young (pre-order here). Kicking off in Rome

Future and Metro Boomin have announced their joint tour, ‘We Trust You’ – check out the full list of North American dates below. Last night (April 16), the duo took to social media to announce the tour, which is named after their pair of collaborative albums – March’s ‘We Don’t Trust You’ and April’s ‘We

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has played his first solo shows in 22 years last week – check out footage from the moment below. Over the weekend (April 13-14), Dickinson played two nights at the Whisky A Go Go venue in Los Angeles, both of which were surprise, last-minute gigs. Dickinson performed under the pseudonym The

Frank Turner has announced his attempt to break the record for the most shows played in 24 hours in honour of the Music Venue Trust. In celebration of his upcoming 3,000th show and the release of his 10th album ‘Undefeated’ on May 3, Turner will attempt to play 15 shows of minimum 20-minute sets on

Blur frontman Damon Albarn has revealed that he didn’t want to perform during the band’s second Wembley show last year. In November 2022, Blur announced a reunion gig at Wembley Stadium for July 8, 2023. Due to overwhelming demand, the reunion gig turned into a two-parter, with a second show announced shortly after. That second

Willow has shared her whimsical new single ‘Big Feelings’ and has announced her new album ‘Empathogen’. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different” The track opens up with a jazzy piano riff followed by a pounding kick drum. “I have such big feelings / Can’t shut

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have added extra dates to their 2024 UK and European tour due to demand. Last month the band announced their ‘Wild God’ tour which is set to kick off in Germany this September, continuing through October before a UK leg in November. Now Cave and co. have announced additional

J Balvin has brought out Will Smith for a cover of the Men In Black theme song during this year’s edition of Coachella. The Colombian singer took over the festival’s main stage performing an extraordinary set. The theme for Balvin’s Spanish show was all things aliens with a giant UFO hanging above the stage. Towards

Childish Gambino has announced he will premiere new music tonight (April 14). The musician, comedian, actor and writer (real name Donald Glover) first began teasing new music last December, with him promising new music was on the way “soon”. Now, Glover has officially unveiled the news, taking to social media to reveal some details about

Blur rocked day two of the first weekend of Coachella 2024 last night (April 13), with a set spanning their long career. Stream the whole thing below. The Britpop greats played a 13-song set, ranging from ‘90s classics like ‘Girls & Boys’, ‘Popscene’ and ‘Song 2’ to tracks from their 2023 album ‘The Ballad of

No Doubt have brought out Olivia Rodrigo for a rendition of ‘Bathwater’ during the band’s 2024 Coachella reunion set. READ MORE: Coachella 2024: Check out the stage times and how to stream online Taking over the main stage in full effect, Gwen Stefani and co. marked their first live performance in over nine years with their

John Oates has dismissed a future Hall & Oates reunion saying he has “moved on”. It comes after Daryl Hall said he was suing Oates after claiming that he was left “blindsided” by his plan to sell a business stake last November – while the latter described the claims as “inaccurate”. In a new interview with Rolling