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Gracie Abrams has reflected on Taylor Swift’s huge ‘Eras Tour’ coming to an end, and said that the final show felt like “the last day of school”. Abrams joined Swift for the final leg of the mammoth run of tour dates, and opened for the pop icon at the very last scheduled show, which took

Olivia Rodrigo is due to donate a substantial amount of money to several women’s charities across the globe. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo live in London: quite possibly 2024’s most fun tour Per a Billboard report, the ‘Good 4 U’ singer-songwriter has announced that she will be donating a hefty sum of money, taken from ticket sales

FKA Twigs, Beach House, Ezra Collective and more have been announced as new additions to the We Love Green 2025 line-up. The likes of former NME Cover stars Fcukers, Snow Strippers, DJ Koze, Marcel Dettman, Clara Luciani, Lucky Love, Polo & Pan, Avalon Emerson, Sublime, Gesaffelstein, Judeline, Laylow, Maureen, Paul Kalkbrenner, Theodora, Tiakola, YSEULT and

Katie Melua has opened up about suffering an acute psychotic breakdown earlier in her career, attributing it to the pressures of the music industry and touring. During an appearance on the Origins With Cush Jumbo podcast, the 40-year-old singer-songwriter explained: “I had what is called an acute psychotic breakdown and it was crazy. Suddenly that

SZA has finally announced the release date for her long-awaited ‘SOS’ deluxe album, dubbed ‘Lana’ – find out more below. SZA has long teased a new album, ‘Lana’, dating back to 2023. Then, she began teasing a deluxe version of her seminal 2022 album ‘SOS’. Earlier this month, she confirmed that the two records and

Chappell Roan‘s parents have joined the singer for a rendition of her hit ‘Pink Pony Club’  and discuss serving as partial inspiration for the track. Roan appeared as one of the three guests on the A Carpool Karaoke Christmas holiday special that was surprised released on Sunday (December 15) on Apple TV+ and Apple Music. During her

Deadmau5 has spoken to NME about his new track ‘Familiars’, which was released as part of a collaboration with massively multiplayer online game World Of Tanks Blitz. World Of Tanks Blitz features over 400 different military vehicles, with teams of seven players engaging in head-to-head combat. Deadmau5’s instrumental, euphoric ‘Familiars’ dropped at the end of

The surviving members of Soundgarden have reunited as Nudedragons for a Seattle benefit concert – watch footage of the gig below. READ MORE: Chris Cornell songs: the best by the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd reunited for a performance at the Showbox in Seattle on December 14. Billed as

Slade‘s Noddy Holder has revealed he was among the first UK patients to receive “a new regime of chemotherapy” which saved his life. The band’s frontman was given six months to live after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2018. Still, he has since recovered after receiving a pioneering type of treatment at a hospital

Kylie Minogue and Prince‘s lost collaboration ‘Baby Doll’ has surfaced online 32 years after it was created. READ MORE: Kylie Minogue – ‘Tension II’ review: this pop icon is second to none The song came about in 1992 after Minogue met Prince backstage after his ‘Diamonds and Pearls’ show at Earls Court in June of

Static Dress have announced their debut headline tour across the US for next spring. The band are currently finishing up their North American run supporting Underoath, who they also opened for in the UK in June, but they have confirmed they will be back in the US for another run of shows in April and

Channing Tatum and Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong were in the stands at Wrexham’s match against Cambridge United earlier today (December 14). The club has been of considerable interest since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought it in 2021, which has also boosted its performance in the football league and inspired the Disney+ series Welcome

Timothée Chalamet channelled Bob Dylan in another way at the A Complete Unknown premiere. Not only did the Call Me By Your Name star learn to play 30 songs in preparation for his role in the Dylan biopic – as well as taking lessons with a vocal coach, a guitar teacher, a dialect coach, a

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. has revealed he has been diagnosed with dyscalculia. READ MORE: U2 live in Las Vegas: a dazzling opening night at the $2 billion Sphere The musician opened up about his recent diagnosis in an interview with Times Radio, revealing it also explains why he makes a “pained” face when performing, as he

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison have confirmed the first acts for the fourth ‘Above Ground’ benefit show early next year. They will be joined by the likes of Billy Idol, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan, performing the classic debut albums by New York Dolls and The Cars

Fred Again.. Has closed his ‘Ten Days’ chapter by dropping a new double single titled ‘Two More Days’. Check it out below. The new release is comprised of two songs, the first of which is a collaboration with Angie McMahon. Titled ‘light dark light’, the track reinterprets McMahon’s song ‘Making It Through’. Fred Again.. has

Twenty One Pilots, d4vd and Royal & The Serpent shared the stage at the Game Awards 2024 for an emotional and stirring medley performance in honour of the hit Netflix animated series Arcane – watch it below. Arcane – based on the hit game League Of Legends – was up for Best Adaptation at the

Elton John has opened up about his process when creating a song and revealed that he moves on to a new track if he can’t nail a melody in an hour. The pop icon and his writing partner Bernie Taupin have spent years together working as a duo and crafting some of the most legendary

Dizzee Rascal has dropped a surprise EP titled ‘I Invented Grime’. Check it out below, alongside the video for new track ‘Co-Sign’. The new release comes just months after the rapper shared his eighth studio album ‘Don’t Take It Personal’ in February, which included verses from P Money, BackRoad Gee, Not3s and D Double E,

K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER have announced their upcoming 2025 ‘Hello Monsters’ world tour, featuring concerts in Seoul, Los Angeles and more. BABYMONSTER have announced that they will be headed on their first world tour, titled ‘Hello Monsters’, in 2025. It will start with a two-night concert at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea on

Morrissey has spoken about his unreleased album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ and why it still hasn’t seen the light of day, describing the record as “the modern version” of The Smiths‘ 1986 album ‘The Queen is Dead’. READ MORE: The Smiths: every song ranked in order of greatness ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ was recorded between 2020 and 2021

Kerry King has announced details of a UK and European solo tour, and said that Slayer have no plans to reunite or write any new material. The comments from the metal icon come as Slayer recently played their first live gigs in nearly five years since the end of their lengthy farewell world tour back

Conor Oberst has admitted that he once tried to stop his label from signing Creed, as he felt at the time that they were a “really bad Pearl Jam“. Per Exclaim, Oberst – best known for his projects Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos – was a member of the short-lived emo band Commander Venus from 1995

Tom Rasmussen and Self Esteem have joined forces for the sentimental new single ‘Rescue Me’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Self Esteem: “I want to use the palatable nature of pop to Trojan horse in my agenda” The track comes from Rasmussen’s new album ‘Live Wire’ (listen here) and sees the two artists explore the

Google has revealed its statistics for the most-searched topics in the UK, with Oasis and ‘How to get tickets’ among the most popular. The new figures were shared by the search engine, and revealed the famous faces, events and news-worthy moments that got people across the UK searching across the past 12 months. Among sports

Drake‘s father has fired back at Joe Budden after the broadcaster went on a tirade over the rapper’s recent lawsuits against Universal Music Group (UMG). Last month, the Canadian hitmaker filed two lawsuits against his label UMG over ‘Not Like Us’ – a diss track by Kendrick Lamar aimed at Drake which called him “a

It has been reported that Taylor Swift has given her crew members on her ‘Eras’ tour about $197million (£152million) in bonuses. The colossal tour ended last night (December 8) at Vancouver, British Columbia’s BC Place Stadium, after 149 shows that took place across 21 months. Earlier today (December 9), it had been revealed that in total,

Kneecap has taken home seven wins at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), including a joint lead accolade for its stars. The comedy biopic, which focuses on the rise of the Belfast hip-hop group, also won major awards including Best British Independent Film and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. Band members Liam Óg Ó

Matthew Sweet has shared a health update following his stroke, saying that he “may never play guitar again”. In October, it was reported that a GoFundMe campaign was launched after singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a “debilitating” stroke while on tour. The alt-rock musician was out on tour with Hanson that month when he suffered a

KISS’ Gene Simmons has once again doubled down on his assertion that “rock is dead”. The bassist and singer has been declaring the demise of the genre for over a decade now, dating back to comments from 2014 in which he accused record labels of failing to adequately support rock artists. At the time, he