Cala Mijas Festival has announced the final acts added to its summer line-up, including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nina Kravitz and more. READ MORE: 20 festivals to look forward to in 2022 Put together by the organisers of Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live, the inaugural edition of the Spanish festival takes place September 1-3, 2022 in the town of Mijas, just south of Malaga. Arctic Monkeys, Liam Gallagher, Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk were previously confirmed as headliners, with other names on the bill including Marc Rebillet, Röyksopp, Hot Chip, Chet Faker and Blossoms. Advertisement Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will...
Jimmy Kimmel has apologised to Beyoncé for mispronouncing her name for “20 years”. Following the news of Beyoncé’s forthcoming return with ‘RENAISSANCE’, the host and comedian made his apology to the singer in the opening speech of his show yesterday (June 16). ‘This will be Beyoncé’s first new album since 2016. And I feel like this is a good time to mention something that’s been bothering me,” Kimmel began, before bringing up her name on screen. Advertisement “I want everybody to look at this together. The accent mark is at the end. It’s on the ‘e’. So it’s actually...
St. Vincent covered Eurythmics‘ classic hit ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’ at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2022 ceremony last night (June 16). READ MORE: St. Vincent announces 2022 UK and European tour: “I want people to be like, ‘What the hell just happened to me?’” The singer-songwriter kicked off the ceremony with her rendition of the track, footage of which you can view below, ahead of the band’s induction at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York. She later came to the podium to recount the time she first caught a glimpse of the band – featuring...
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include anything — it’s a snapshot of what’s on our minds and what sounds good. We’ll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open...
By Matt Mitchell “To be gorgeous, even from the day you’re born to the day you die, is to be gorgeous only briefly,” Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong wrote in his novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Perfume Genius, the performer born Mike Hadreas, evokes that same emotion onstage. Since his debut, 2010’s Learning, Hadreas has deconstructed the banalities of attraction and attractiveness through human movement, and his catalog is an exclamation on how our bodily prisons can become delicate and powerful. Hadreas’s new album, Ugly Season, which he lovingly refers to as “the dance record,” was written and recorded...
aespa have shared a new teaser for the second episode of their ongoing SM Culture Universe series on YouTube. READ MORE: NCT Dream on ‘Beatbox’: “We have this music that’s uniquely our own” In the new trailer for the second SM Culture Universe episode, titled Next Level, the members of aespa have left the fictional universe of Kwangya in order to help nævis solve the ‘SYNK OUT’ phenomenon, in which the connection to the avatar æ had been severed. The full Next Level episode is scheduled for release on the official aespa YouTube channel next week on June 20, at 6pm KST. Advertisement The...
GOT7 member Jinyoung has opened up about the truth of the group’s relationship with each other in the first seven years they were together. READ MORE: Every GOT7 song ranked in order of greatness In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the seven-piece reflected on the progression of their chemistry as a group, both as music group and as friends. During the interview, Jinyoung revealed that the septet did not get along for a long time after their made their debut in 2014. “In the beginning, when we first debuted, we didn’t get along, and the chemistry wasn’t quite there,” the...
Mötley Crüe brought out Machine Gun Kelly as their US tour began last night (June 16). READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever” The jaunt, which sees Mötley Crüe perform alongside Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, kicked off in Atlanta and mid-way through the gig, Mötley Crüe brought out MGK to play the live debut of their 2019 collaboration ‘The Dirt (Est. 1981)’. You can see footage of the moment here: Advertisement Despite getting off to a roaring start, Crüe drummer Tommy Lee had to...
Beyoncé‘s new album ‘RENAISSANCE’ is set to reportedly feature country and dance tracks. READ MORE: 20 albums to get excited about in 2022 The pop icon is due to release the follow-up to her latest album, 2016’s acclaimed ‘Lemonade’, on July 29. According to Variety, the record will feature pop and country tracks with contributions from hit songwriter Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote her 2008 hit ‘Halo’ and Raphael Saadiq, who has crafted hits for Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, and Beyoncé’s sister Solange’s 2016 album ‘A Seat At The Table’. Advertisement Recently, Beyoncé deleted her profile pictures from her...
BTS‘ V has shared his perspective on unreleased solo material and why he has chosen to leave them in the vault. READ MORE: The life-changing magic of falling down the BTS rabbit hole The vocalist recently spoke to Weverse Magazine, during which he touched on his process for selecting which songs of his would make the cut for release. When asked if he has plans to drop any of his unreleased music, he revealed that he has since “shelved all those songs and I’m writing new ones”. Despite having notably deleted a number of his unreleased songs, V shared...