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Mercury Prize: Self Esteem helps donate unused food from event to the homeless

After last night’s (September 8) 2022 Mercury Prize was postponed, nominee Self Esteem helped leftover food from the event be donated to the homeless in London. Shortly before yesterday’s ceremony was set to begin at London’s Hammersmith Apollo, it was revealed that the event would no longer take place following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Self Esteem – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – who was nominated on the night for second album ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, then urged organisers of the event to “DONATE THE FUCKING FOOD” from the event, which was about to be served at the moment the...
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Watch Wet Leg cover Steve Lacy’s ‘Bad Habit’ in Live Lounge

Wet Leg covered Steve Lacy’s ‘Bad Habit’ in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. Watch the duo put their spin on the hit track below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Wet Leg: “I think there’s more authenticity to the music if you’re having fun” ‘Bad Habit’ is featured on Lacy’s second album ‘Gemini Rights’, which was released in July of this year. The Isle Of Wight duo also performed their own track ‘Wet Dream’ while at the BBC studio. Earlier this year, Harry Styles covered the track during his Live Lounge appearance. “We were just on our phones, doing...
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Garbage’s Shirley Manson on the Queen: “The first time I sensed power and glamour emanating from a woman besides my mother”

Garbage’s Shirley Manson has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, recalling the impact a photo book from the coronation had on her as a child. The Queen died yesterday (September 8) at her Balmoral estate in Scotland at the age of 96. She served as the monarch for 70 years. In a post shared on Garbage’s Instagram page, Manson recalled the first time she saw images from the coronation, which took place in 1953. “My parents insisted I attend Sunday School as a child,” she wrote. “One day, alongside my favourite mischief maker – Miss Elfrieda Harrison –whilst up...
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Paul McCartney recalls first time meeting “down to earth” Queen

Paul McCartney recalled the first time he met Queen Elizabeth II when he was 10 years old in an interview in 2021. The Queen died yesterday (September 8) at her Balmoral estate, aged 96, bringing her 70-year reign to an end. McCartney shared the memory of his first meeting with the monarch during an interview with CBS last year. “Because the coronation was approaching, there was a competition for all the schools in England,” he recalled. “You had to write an essay on the monarchy and I liked that idea.” The Beatles star’s essay described the incoming royal as...
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Listen to Lewis Capaldi’s new single ‘Forget Me’

Lewis Capaldi has shared his new single ‘Forget Me’ – you can listen to the track below. The song is the Scottish singer-songwriter’s first new original material since the release of the extended edition of his 2019 debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’. READ MORE: Latitude Festival 2022 review: pop and rock rebellion at the politest festival around In a statement written by Capaldi himself, the singer wrote: “I’m back. My new single is called ‘Forget Me’, and let’s just be honest here, lyrically it covers a lot of the same ground as before. I meet lady, lady...
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Pendulum announce second London show for March 2023

Pendulum have announced details of a second London show that they’ll play in March 2023 after their first gig sold out. The Australian drum & bass band initially announced a one-off show at O2 Academy Brixton on March 5, 2023, which has since sold out following an “overwhelming demand” for tickets. READ MORE: Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds talks Pendulum’s “killer” remix of ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’ Pendulum have now confirmed that they will play at the same venue on the following night, March 6, 2023. Advertisement Tickets for the second Pendulum date are on sale now from here....
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Super Junior’s Siwon and Lee Da-hee to star in ENA’s new romantic-comedy K-drama

Super Junior’s Siwon and actress Lee Da-hee are set to star as the leads of ENA’s upcoming romance K-drama, Icy Cold Romance (literal title). READ MORE: Mark Tuan – ‘The Other Side’ review: vulnerable but homogenous solo debut from the GOT7 member Icy Cold Romance follows two close friends who start to develop feelings for each other after an unexpected meeting on the set of a reality dating show. According to South Korean media outlet TenAsia, Siwon will be playing Park Jae-hoon, a plastic surgeon who signs up to star in the reality show Kingdom of Love as a...
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BTS’ ‘Permission to Dance on Stage: LA’ Concert can now be streamed on Disney+

To celebrate Disney+ Day, the streaming service has announced that BTS’ Permission to Dance on Stage: LA is now available to stream exclusively on the platform. READ MORE: J-hope talks ‘Jack In The Box’, headlining Lollapalooza, and what’s next for BTS Permission to Dance on Stage: LA is a concert film recorded during the septet’s four-day residency at the SoFi Stadium on November 27 and 28, and December 1 and 2, 2021—a show that went on to become the biggest single venue concert engagement by any act in almost a decade, after selling 214,000 tickets and grossing US$33.3million (£25million). Advertisement...
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Blood Orange shares new single ‘Jesus Freak Lighter’, announces upcoming ‘Four Songs’ EP

Blood Orange has announced a new EP titled ‘Four Songs’ that is set to arrive later this month. READ MORE: Blood Orange – ‘Negro Swan’ review Upon its release on September 16, ‘Four Songs’ will mark Blood Orange’s — real name Dev Hynes — first project with his new label, RCA Records. Contributors on the forthcoming EP include Eva Tolkin, Erika de Casier and Brooklyn singer-songwriter Ian Isiah. Hynes has previewed ‘Four Songs’ by sharing the EP’s self-produced opener, ‘Jesus Freak Lighter’. The largely instrumental track features only a repeated refrain and closing lyric, sung in airy high notes...
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PJ Harvey announces 59-track ‘B-Sides, Demos and Rarities’ collection

PJ Harvey has announced an expansive, 59-track box set of rare songs titled ‘B-Sides, Demos and Rarities’. READ MORE: PJ Harvey — The evolution of an icon The compilation, which will be available in a three-CD or six-LP format on November 4, catalogues nearly five dozen archival cuts from the singer-songwriter, 14 of which have never previously seen the light of day. See the full tracklist below. To coincide with the announcement, Harvey has shared three of the songs that will feature on the upcoming compilation. Those tracks are previously-unreleased demos of ‘Dry’ and ‘Missed’, along with the song...