Courtney Love has recalled the time Liam Gallagher played her an early preview of Oasis‘ ‘Songbird’ after the pair spent the night partying together. Read more: Courtney Love: “I feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock’n’roll” The Hole frontwoman took to Instagram on Saturday (December 5) to share a photograph of herself and Gallagher which she accompanied with a story about a random night out in London in the early 2000s. “00. @liamgallagher, and a cheesy snakeskin top from night market at Juan le pins ( south of france) rolled into The capital early evening @juliewhitebread asked what we...
Nick Cave has indicated that he’s about to start work on his next album, following today’s announcement that his 2021 tour is cancelled. Read More: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romance Writing on The Red Hand Files, where Cave answers questions from the public, the musician responded to one fan called Chloe who simply said “What the fuuuuuuuuuck????? Cancelled tour noooooo.” Responding to Chloe and “all who have written to me today,” Cave said the initial postponement of his 2020 tour during the outbreak of the coronavirus gave...
New Order have announced that they’ll be putting on a huge homecoming show in Manchester next year. Read more: “It felt like we were changing the world”: inside New Order’s seminal ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ Taking place at Manchester’s Heaton Park on September 10, 2021, it will be the band’s first hometown show in four years and promises to be “a defining moment in their illustrious career”. They will be supported by Hot Chip and Working Men’s Club. “The connection between ourselves and Manchester has played a pivotal role in who we are as a band,” New Order said in a...
Forthcoming Star Wars spin off series Kenobi will be filmed in the town of Boston in the UK, not Boston, Massachusetts as previously reported. Read More: Star Wars movie order: a definitive viewing chronology for the galaxy far, far away It was erroneously reported last week that the series would be filmed in the American city, prompting a number of memes and parodies. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert released a parody of the theme tune from classic Boston-set comedy series Cheers, which they claimed was the “opening credits” of the forthcoming sci-fi series. Kenobi is filming in Boston next month. We...
Cardi B has made a number of charitable donations, matching the amounts fans have been giving to various causes. Read More: The good, the bad and the Biffy: the five most, erm, interesting ‘WAP’ covers Shortly before pledging to do so, Cardi had been responding to backlash from a number of Twitter followers who were criticising her for saying she wanted to buy a purse worth $88,000. Should I spend 88K for this damn purse ? Omggg it’s tempting 😩😩😩 — iamcardib (@iamcardib) December 6, 2020 Advertisement “Donate 88k to a charity for people that need help right now….u...
Kid Cudi has announced that he will be releasing his ‘Man On The Moon 3’ album later this week. Read more: All that power: celebrating the genius of Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, a tumultuous decade on Set to arrive on Friday (December 11), Cudi has now shared the album’s artwork and tracklist, which includes features from Pop Smoke, Skepta, Phoebe Bridgers and Trippie Redd. “In the last 10 years, Scott Mescudi has been through hell and back. After feeling like his world was over, he found hope and overcame the darkness that was plaguing his life,”...
The vast majority of musicians earn less than £200 a year from music streaming platforms, according to a new survey. Read More: Mark, My Words: will bots ruin the new age of the streaming superfan? The figures come from a survey of members belonging to songwriters’ body The Ivors Academy and the Musicians’ Union, which found that 82 per cent of respondents earned less than £200 from streaming in 2019, including some with “millions” of streams. Meanwhile, 92 per cent of respondents said that less than five per cent of their earnings came from streaming last year, while 43...
Andy Burrows and Editors‘ Tom Smith have announced their second collaborative album as Smith & Burrows. Read more: Album Review: Smith & Burrows – ‘Funny Looking Angels’ ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’ will come out on February 5, 2021 via PIAS, a decade after the pair’s Christmas-themed debut ‘Funny Looking Angels’. Ahead of the release of the album, the pair have shared new track ‘Parliament Hill’. “It’s a beautiful song for now, when we’re all craving connection to people and places,” Smith said of the new song in a statement. Advertisement “It encapsulates a real, still moment...
Paris Jackson has made her television debut – watch her play ‘Let Down’ on Kimmel below. READ MORE: Paris Jackson – ‘Wilted’ review: enthralling, inconsistent and, at times, excellent The 22-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson played the version of the single from legendary Hollywood venue the Viper Room, backed by a four-piece band. The track appears on Jackson’s debut solo album ‘Wilted’, which came out last month. Advertisement Jackson’s debut solo album came after the dissolution of her project The Soundflowers with ex-partner Gabriel Glenn. Watch her Kimmel performance below: Reviewing ‘Wilted’, which was co-written and produced by Andy...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have cancelled their 2021 UK & European tour due to ongoing coronavirus concerns. The tour, in support of the band’s acclaimed 2019 album ‘Ghosteen’, was initially set for spring 2021 before they were forced to postpone the upcoming shows due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Rescheduled dates for spring 2021 were then announced in April, but the tour has now been called off entirely. READ MORE: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romance Advertisement “We are very disappointed to announce that the Nick...