Global Music Releases & News

Lorde teases next album during Primavera Sound Los Angeles gig: “You’ll know sometime soon”

Lorde teased her next album during her Los Angeles gig last night. READ MORE: ‘Melodrama’ at five: how Lorde’s cinematic pop opus inspired a new generation of artists The singer is currently wrapping up the second North American leg of her 2022 world tour behind third album ‘Solar...

Taylor Swift confirms that Jack Antonoff worked on new album ‘Midnights’

Taylor Swift has confirmed that Jack Antonoff worked on her upcoming new album, ‘Midnights’. READ MORE: Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness The singer’s 10th studio album is set to land on October 21, and was announced during a surprise appearance from...

Arlo Parks cancels US tour dates due to “debilitating” mental health issues

Arlo Parks has cancelled a number of her forthcoming US tour dates to protect her mental health. “I am broken,” she said in a statement. The singer began a run of shows in the States at the start of the month, but said that...

Drake posts DMs showing hateful messages to music critic Anthony Fantano

Drake appears to have beef with popular music journalist Anthony Fantano (best known for his YouTube channel The Needle Drop), revealing on his own accord that he’d sent the critic hateful messages on Instagram. READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover...

Kanye West opens new private school, ‘Donda Academy’

Kanye West has opened a Christian preparatory private school called Donda Academy in Simi Valley, California. READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs The tuition-based school aims to “prepare students to become the next generation of leaders,” according...

Roger Waters announces European dates for 2023

Roger Waters has announced the European dates for his ‘This Is Not A Drill Tour’. The former Pink Floyd frontman kicks off the European leg of his tour in 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal on March 17. READ MORE: Why new Ukraine benefit song ‘Hey Hey Rise...

Festicket collapse will lead to “detrimental losses” for clubs

UK-based festival ticket booking service Festicket is on the verge of collapse, with clubs set to face “detrimental losses”. The platform entered a period of moratorium in August and was granted 20 days to seek a “rescue deal”, as reported by Mixmag. Now, as...

New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert: “The cancer in my spine is gone”

New Found Glory‘s Chad Gilbert has confirmed that he is cancer-free once again. After initially declaring in January that he was “cancer-free”, Gilbert told his fans last month that he was set to undergo further surgery following the discovery of a new tumour. “Got...

Nickelback’s ‘Side Of A Bullet’ features previously unreleased Dimebag solo

A guitar solo by the late Dimebag Darrell was incorporated into the 2005 Nickelback track ‘Side Of A Bullet’. READ MORE: Nickelback: all the times they’ve been banned, hounded and weaponised As reported by Guitar World, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger once played the track, which...

Robbie Williams breaks Official Chart records with ‘XXV’

Robbie Williams has broken Official Chart records as his latest album ‘XXV’ tops the Official Albums Chart. READ MORE: Robbie Williams on Damon Albarn, Morrissey and the dark side of Take That: “I have a cannon-full of quotes” The pop star released ‘XXV’, which contains...