Foo Fighters guitarist and singer-songwriter Chris Shiflett has announced a 2024 UK and Ireland tour in support of his album ‘Lost At Sea‘. READ MORE: “The canvas is open”: Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett talks solo album ‘Hard Lessons’ Kicking off next spring, Shiflett will open up the run of dates with a show at the Dublin Academy on March 20. From there, he will make his way to Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. The tour will then wrap on March 27 at the Electric Ballroom in London. Tickets will go on sale on Friday October 27 at 10am BST – find yours...
Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore has discussed his recent struggles with atrial fibrillation that led him to cancel his US book tour for the memoir Sonic Life. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Thurston Moore Speaking to The New York Times, Moore shared that he has been living with the condition for several years now, but the condition became “slightly concerning” this year. “I was finding myself at times to be so weak I could hardly walk around the neighborhood,” he said. Though Moore was initially convinced he “could just power through it” for his book tour,...
Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee has doubled down on his previous assertion that the band will never reform with a new singer. READ MORE: ‘Lemmy’: 7 legendary stories the pre-Motorhead biopic should include Speaking to Chaoszine, Dee clarified that the band will not replace their late singer, though they are open to tributes to Lemmy Killmeister. “I said, ‘We will never, ever get back together and replace Lemmy. That’s impossible,’” Dee said, reiterating that he never ruled out ever performing the band’s songs again. “But I will never be a part of trying to put Motörhead as a band out there...
FIFTY FIFTY‘s label Attrakt has terminated the contracts of group members Aran, Sio and Saena. K-pop agency Attrakt announced today (October 23) that it has decided to terminate its exclusive contracts with three of the K-pop act’s members: Aran, Sio and Saena. It comes amid a legal battle between the label and the K-pop idols over their contracts. In its statement, Attrakt said that it had informed the three K-pop idols on October 19 that their contracts with the label would be ending as the trio had “show o sign of remorse for violating their contract”, per The Kpop Herald....
Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have shared their memories of Nirvana’s rise into cultural prominence in a new teaser for the latest episode of the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. In the clip, Grohl recounts the band’s the band’s sudden popularity following the release of their second studio album ‘Nevermind’ in 1991. “We were kids and so when you talk about the amount of time that’s gone by, to me it’s not even so much about the years,” he said. “It’s about the experiences that just kind of led, one after another, going from three kids that were basically...
Steve Coogan has defended his decision to sign an open letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza amid the current Israel-Hamas conflict, while also condemning the “horrific” Hamas attacks. Coogan was among over 2,000 names from the arts world who signed the letter. Tilda Swinton, Massive Attack‘s Robert Del Naja and Miriam Margoyles are also among the signees. The letter condemns various governments for “not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them” amid the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as well as “every act of violence against civilians and every infringement of international...
Madonna gave a tearful speech about surviving a bacterial infection earlier this year during her ‘Celebration’ show in Belgium last night (October 21). The legendary artist spent several days in ICU in June, which lead to some of the dates on her 40th anniversary tour being postponed. It was reported that the singer’s relatives were initially “preparing for the worst” when they discovered how unwell she was. While Madonna had touched on her illness during her recent four-date run at The O2, she spoke about it in more detail last night. Incidentally, she also said she was feeling unwell at...
Rick Astley has claimed that Ozzy Osbourne once attempted to recruit a backing band for him. The ‘80s star told Classic Rock magazine that the former Black Sabbath singer was chatting to him during the height of his success, and made the impromptu offer. “He said, ‘Are you over here playing?’, and I said, ‘No, we’re just doing promo,’” Astley recalled. “And then went, ‘If you want to put a band together, let me know. I’ve worked with all the greats.’ And I knew he had – he’d worked with some of the best guitar players on that planet.”...
Caroline Polachek has released a line of limited-edition merch to raise money for Palestinian refugees. The merchandise is available for a week and is inspired by her new single ‘Dang’, which was released earlier this week. Polachek performed the track for the first time on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in the style of a surreal Ted Talk, using a bewildering PowerPoint performance to set the tone. The merch designs are inspired by the slides from the PowerPoint she used – one t-shirt reads “Disappointing people is/are my central trauma”, one asks “How many wolves are inside you?”...
James Blunt has shed light on his experience living with the late Carrie Fisher in LA. The singer moved in with the Star Wars actress in 2003 when he went to LA to further his career and happened to meet her when he was dating a girl whose family were friends of hers. “I was invited to the restaurant 192 in Notting Hill. I was going out with a girl whose parents were family friends of Carrie’s and I sat beside her at lunch,” he told The Guardian. “I had just got a record deal and was moving to LA. Carrie’s...