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#LetTheMusicPlay: Fans encouraged to write to their MP to save UK live music scene
Music fans are being encouraged to write to their local MP in support of the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign, in a bid to save the UK’s music scene. The campaign launched yesterday, with the likes of Paul McCartney, The Cure, Dua Lipa, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Ed Sheeran, Dizzee Rascal, Liam Gallagher and PJ Harvey among the 1,500 artists who signed an open letter to he Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden – in a bid to “show the vital importance of the UK’s live music industry, ensure the Government cannot ignore live music and make noise...
Kele Okereke “questions the idea of race and education in Britain” on new track ‘Melanin’
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has shared a new song – listen to ‘Melanin’ below. In the singer’s words, the new track “questions the idea of race and education in Britain”. Read more: Kele Okereke – ‘2042’ review: Bloc Party frontman wows with politically charged funk and experimental electro “I believe that if we truly want to dismantle the racial division in this country then it starts with the education system,” he said. Advertisement “We all need to study a syllabus that tells the truth about the reality of Britain’s colonial past, that isn’t just a celebration of the...
The UK’s first socially distanced music venue will open in Newcastle this summer
The UK’s first socially distanced music venue is set to open in Newcastle this summer. The Virgin Money Unity Arena, which is set to open at Newcastle Racecourse, will allow fans across the North East to enjoy music for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The full line-up for the shows will be unveiled on Tuesday July 7, but organisers say that fans can expect a mixture of live music, DJ sets, family entertainment and comedy from a selection of household names. Advertisement Headed up by the team behind the city’s This Is Tomorrow Festival and SSD...
David Gilmour debuts ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’, his first new track in five years
Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour has shared new single ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’, marking the first original track in five years from the legendary guitarist. The song was first revealed by Gilmour last month in the the audiobook for A Theatre for Dreamers, a new novel by Gilmour’s wife and longtime collaborator, Polly Samson. It was originally exclusive to Samson’s novel, but the release marks the first time it has been available as a standalone track – a week after the initial publication of the audiobook. Advertisement “Polly’s vivid and poetic writing, coupled with her very natural narration voice, made...
Christine & The Queens debut haunting new track ‘Eyes of a child’
Christine & The Queens has debuted ‘Eyes of a Child’, a new track created for the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series HANNA. The latest effort from Héloïse Letissier is one of her most affecting efforts to date – with the singer’s vocals backed by haunting instrumentals throughout the track. You can listen to it in full below. It’s the first new track from the singer since ‘I Disappear In Your Arms’ debuted in April, which was a bonus cut from her recently released surprise EP ‘La vita nuova’. Advertisement She’s also been sharing a series of theatrical live-streamed performances...
Jay Z calls on Milwaukee police to prosecute cop over three fatal shootings
Jay-Z‘s Team Roc have published an open letter calling for police in Milwaukee to prosecute and fire a police officer who has reportedly shot and killed three men over the last five years. Publishing the letter in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jay and his team called upon Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm to take action against Wauwatosa Police Department officer Joseph Mensah – who is thought to have shot and killed Alvin Cole, Antonio Gonzales and Jay Anderson since 2015. “His actions demonstrate an utter disregard for the lives of these young men,” the letter reads. “What is also...
Animal Collective change EP art and album title, apologising for “racist stereotype”
Animal Collective have sent a newsletter to fans addressing racist connotations of some of their older work. The experimental Brooklyn group promised to change the album artwork of their 2006 ‘People’ EP, labelling it a “racist stereotype”, and the title of their 2003 album ‘Here Comes The Indian’. The artwork for the ‘People’ EP is a cartoon depiction of a black nanny with two white children, identified as an offensive “mammy” US stereotype, rooted in slavery. “There is no way to excuse using a “mammy” on our artwork, and so we have decided to remove it,” Animal Collective wrote....
Lil Uzi Vert teams up with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Don Q on new song ‘Flood My Wrist’
Lil Uzi Vert, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Don Q have teamed up on new track ‘Flood My Wrist’ – watch the song’s video below. Read more: Lil Uzi Vert – ‘Eternal Atake’ review: this generation’s Lil Wayne embarks on a dizzying odyssey of sound Over the familiar sound of trap hi-hats and some electro guitar licks, the three rappers stunt on their adversaries, bragging about their cash, cars and jewellery. Uzi takes the lead, rapping the first verse. “I’m so rich, yeah, I could bust down a whole ‘nother wrist (Let’s go)/ I drive my double R on...
Stormzy: #Merky Books novel wins the Desmond Elliott book prize
One of Stormzy‘s #Merky Books novels has won a £10,000 book award. Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest Derek Owusu’s That Reminds Me follows the life of a boy called K from foster care into moving in with his birth family in Tottenham. The story mirrors that of the author’s, who grew up in foster care in Suffolk before moving in with his biological family in North London, and was later diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Advertisement It has won the Desmond Elliott Prize, which is given to the year’s best debut...Recent Posts
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