Ben Howard has teased a return to music with a showing on BBC Radio 1 tomorrow (January 26). The singer-songwriter, whose last album was 2018’s ‘Noonday Dream’, posted a looping clip of him jumping between screens on Instagram today (January 25) with the caption: “What A Day. tomorrow 6pm. BBC Radio 1.” Some fans could
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The rock community has seen several significant losses in 2021. We take a look at the musicians, actors, producers and others who have died below. The year started with the death of Merseybeat pioneer Gerry Marsden on Jan. 3. Gerry and the Pacemakers were widely considered the Beatles‘ top local rivals in the early days. Another artist from the
Janelle Monáe’s upcoming horror film Antebellum has confirmed its UK release date. Read More: Janelle Monáe – ‘Dirty Computer’ Review Lionsgate, the company behind the film release, last year revealed that the upcoming horror movie will by-pass cinemas and head straight to digital release as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues. The film had a US release
It wasn’t until 25 years after its release, and subsequent worldwide sales in excess of five million, that the writers of “Islands In The Stream” revealed that the song was originally written with Marvin Gaye in mind. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton ultimately gave the Gibb brothers’ their biggest country-related success, but the track’s origins
The cover of Kiss‘ third record,1975’s Dressed to Kill, features the band wearing suits instead of their customary costumes. It all started with an idea for Creem magazine where the members were superheroes. As Creem‘s Jaan Uhleszki noted in Nothin’ to Lose: The Making of Kiss (1972-1975), she approached Gene Simmons after a Kiss concert at the
You could get a contact high off “Cave Walls”, the first proper song on the self-titled debut by Farmer Dave & The Wizards Of The West. It opens in a cloud of rumbling guitars, hallucinatory synths and drums mixed to sound thick and gummy. The band flirt with the beat, coming down on either side
Emily Eavis has denied that Glastonbury could go bankrupt after the recent announcement that the festival has been cancelled for a second year in a row. Last Thursday (January 21), organisers Michael and Emily Eavis announced that Glastonbury 2021 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival will take an enforced fallow year for
Nickelback have collaborated with a British group that made the Canadian band’s song ‘Rockstar’ into a sea shanty – and it has since gone viral. The group, Lottery Winners, posted their sea shanty version of the Nickelback’s 2005 single last Monday (January 18). Nickelback spotted the cover a couple of days later, and by Friday
By 1970, Cat Stevens had been absent from the charts for three years. Rendered hors de combat by a life-threatening bout of tuberculosis, the time out also offered an opportunity for a major reset. The likes of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor were ushering in the age of the sensitive acoustic troubadour, and
Jon Bon Jovi “never listened to” Judas Priest before touring with the heavy metal giants in the ‘80s. The Bon Jovi frontman made his admission during a conversation with U.K.’s The Guardian. Recalling his band’s early years, Bon Jovi admitted he’d originally wanted to tour with more pop-minded acts, rather than heavy rockers. “I said: ‘I want