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Jenny Lewis has cancelled a handful of her forthcoming US tour dates due to “the ongoing COVID situation”. Lewis had been scheduled to undertake a nine-date run of shows in the US this September, as she’d announced back in May. Posting on Twitter today (August 13), representatives for Lewis said the decision had been made

Wrecking Crew guitarist Bill Pitman has died at age 102. He recorded with the likes of Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and his work appeared in countless films and TV shows over the years. According to The New York Times, Pitman’s wife, Janet, said he died after spending four weeks at a rehabilitation center in Palm

One of the earliest, most noteworthy chart battles in the UK was fought between Bayswater-based The Foundations and their north London contemporaries The Equals, with both bands striving to be the first mixed-ethnicity outfit to make it to number one. The former’s debut release, “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”, triumphed when it reached the

Bella Poarch has released her EP ‘Dolls’ today (August 12), as well as a new music video for her track, ‘Living Hell’. Listen to the EP and watch the new video below. The new EP includes previously released tracks ‘Build A Bitch’, ‘Inferno’ as well as title track ‘Dolls’. New single, ‘Living Hell’ also features

A movie adaptation of the ’80s television series The Fall Guy, about a group of stunt performers who moonlight as bounty hunters, is set to hit the big screen on March 1, 2024. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt will star in the feature film, which will be directed by David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train) and co-produced by

Pale Waves lead vocalist and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie opened up about the band’s near-fatal bus crash in this week’s NME Big Read cover story. Three of the four members of Pale Waves — Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar) and Charlie Woods (bass) as well as the band’s crew — were on the bus during

Megadeth has unleashed their new song “Soldier On,” the third single from their upcoming album The Sick … the Dying … and the Dead!. The powerful track launches at full-force from the opening note, propelled by emphatic drums and soaring guitar riffs. Frontman Dave Mustaine invokes images of war within the song’s lyrics, singing on the

Frederick Waite Jr, the original drummer for British-Jamaican reggae band Musical Youth, has died at the age of 55. His passing was confirmed by the band on social media, writing in a statement that “we have lost a musical legend, who inspired many young musicians over the last 40 years”. We are sad to announce

Alice in Chains made their first live concert appearance Wednesday night in Burgettstown, Pa., kicking off their 2022 U.S. tour. The concert marked the first time the band has performed a full live show since September 2019. “Awesome first show after three years,” bassist Mike Inez wrote in an Instagram post following the performance. ”Felt good to make some

Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has spoken about being fired from the band after claims emerged that he’d groomed an underage girl online last year. READ MORE: The 20 best ’80s metal albums Ellefson denied any wrongdoing at the time saying explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage at the time.

It’s never pretty when great bands splinter – whether temporarily, or forever and ever, amen. But things can get a lot uglier when that splintering results in one or more band members recording a solo album that, how shall we put it, stinks to high heaven. Unlike goose eggs laid by artists born solo (e.g.

Beyoncé has reached another milestone on the back of her seventh album, ‘Renaissance’, becoming the fourth woman in history to have 10 songs top the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. As reported by Billboard themselves, the outlet established the chart in 1958, with only three other women having solo releases top that chart 10 or more

Tedeschi Trucks Band is previewing a new track from the upcoming Episode IV. Farewell, the last installment of their I Am the Moon series. “Soul Sweet Song” was written by guitarist Derek Trucks, keyboardist Gabe Dixon and vocalist Mike Mattison and pays tribute to the band’s original keyboardist Kofi Burbridge, who died in February 2019. “Gabe’s lyrics: I

Mariah Carey has paid tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John. Following the news of the iconic singer and Grease star’s death at the age of 73, Carey took to social media to pay her respects, sharing images of the two of them performing together. “I first fell in love with Olivia’s voice when I was

Julian Lennon revealed he’d watched Peter Jackson’s in-depth Beatles documentary Get Back, admitting the film helped him “appreciate” his father again. Released in 2021, Jackson’s film featured more than six hours of unseen footage, chronicling the Beatles during the occasionally contentious sessions for Let It Be. Julian, the eldest of John Lennon’s sons, admitted the documentary was

Jarvis Cocker joined former Pulp bandmate and fellow Sheffield-born musician Richard Hawley on stage during his gig at the Leadmill last night (August 9), amid the venue’s ongoing eviction battle. During the second night of Hawley’s sold-out, four-date residency in support of the Leadmill – which faces closure after being given an eviction notice in

Releasing a double album in the ’60s and ’70s was a rite of passage. Even if an artist had no reason, let alone the material, to put out a two-record album, it was something that just needed to be done sometime during a career. The best double albums don’t leave you picking out half of

BLACKPINK have announced the release date for their upcoming second album ‘Born Pink’. READ MORE: The 15 best K-pop songs of 2022 – so far As confirmed previously, the follow-up to the K-pop band’s 2020 debut ‘The Album’ will be previewed by lead single ‘Pink Venom’ on August 19. A recent teaser video also signalled a September

Olivia Newton-John may be remembered for her starring role in Grease or her chart-topping pop hits, but there was much more to the singer and actress. Newton-John, who died Aug. 8 at the age of 73, began her musical career as a teenager, appearing on local television shows in Australia, where her family had immigrated