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Danny Elfman was sued, last year, by a woman who claimed that the composer sexually abused her between 1997 and 2002. The lawsuit has now been dismissed, Rolling Stone reports. In court documents, viewed by Pitchfork, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld ruled in favor of Elfman and his company, Musica de

Lykke Li has released a powerful new single, ‘Midnight Sharing’ – listen to it below. This past Friday (September 6), the acclaimed Swedish art-pop singer-songwriter released ‘Midnight Sharing’. The song was produced by Greg Kurstin and partially engineered by Jesse Shatkin. On the rousing track, Li sings: “Yeah, I keep on runnin’, darlin’ / And

Kendrick Lamar will perform the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX, in New Orleans, on Sunday, February 9, 2025. Watch him make the announcement in the promotional video below. In a press statement, Lamar said, “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date. And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They

Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware has claimed that he turned down $7,500 (£5,700) for the band’s song ‘Temptation’ to be included in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI. The singer and keyboardist, who founded the synthpop band in 1980, having previously been a founding member of The Human League, made it clear on X on Saturday

Midland will release his debut studio album, on October 4, after more than a decade releasing singles and EPs that helped establish him among the United Kingdom’s leading underground DJs and producers. Fragments of Us, released via his own label, Graded, is an “homage to and celebration of the gift of otherness and the spaces

Oasis have confirmed details of the private ballot for the extra two dates the band will play at Wembley Stadium next September. After the Britpop giants announced their return at the end of August and confirmed a run of huge shows in the UK and Ireland for next summer, tickets sold out for the initial

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian singer, composer, bandleader, and keyboardist who became an international sensation after moving to the United States in the 1960s, died, in Los Angeles, on September 5. According to a statement from the Mendes family, the musician’s “health had been challenged by the effects of long term COVID.” Mendes was 83 years

Liam Gallagher has made it clear that no-one is to refer to his brother Noel as a “potato” anymore, now that Oasis are back together. The band have been in the news for the last two weeks after officially announcing their return – they will be playing a string of huge shows in the UK

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have announced a spring 2025 tour of North America. The concerts take place in April and May, and they’ll mark the first time since 2018 that the band has performed in the United States and Canada. (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, like many acts, had to cancel 2020

Kelly Lee Owens has shared ‘Higher’, the new single from her upcoming fourth album ‘Dreamstate’. Check it out below. ‘Higher’ sees Owens in a blissful state of euphoria, elevating above the mundanity and tribulations of daily life. “Higher, higher, higher I go / lighter, lighter, lighter I float,” she sings over a dreamy, synth-laden soundscape.

Country veteran Dwight Yoakam has enlisted Post Malone for his first piece of new music in nine years. “I Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)” leads the Kentucky-born singer-songwriter’s forthcoming studio album, Brighter Days—out November 15. Yoakam wrote the new song specifically for a duet with Post Malone, who recently went

Alex Van Halen has shared a snippet of ‘Unfinished’, the last song he recorded with his late brother Eddie Van Halen. Read More: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework display It was recently reported that the last song that Alex and Eddie Van Halen ever wrote together would

Linkin Park have announced their first new studio album since May 2017’s One More Light. The new album, From Zero, will come out on November 15 via Warner. The band has also shared a new song, “The Emptiness Machine,” which lands with a music video directed by Joe Hahn. Find it below. From Zero is

Taiwanese K-pop idol Tzuyu of girl group TWICE has made her solo debut with the single ‘Run Away’, from her first mini-album ‘abouTZU’. Speaking about the launch of her solo career at a recent press showcase, TWICE’s Tzuyu said that the project is a way for her to “present a more mature, intense side of

Joyce Manor are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Never Hungover Again with five special concerts. The shows will take place in December in Anaheim, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Boston, and Chicago. At the shows, Joyce Manor will play the entirety of the 2014 album, which, for many bands, is an exhaustive task; for Joyce Manor, that

AURORA has announced her second book, What Happened To The Heart?, named after her recent album of the same name. Due for release on October 17, the book is a full-colour reproduction of AURORA’s personal notebook that pulls back the curtain on how she created her latest album. It also features all the lyrics from the

Ivy’s last album of original material was 2011’s All Hours. Last year, Bar/None also reissued Ivy’s debut album, Realistic, and their sophomore LP, Apartment Life, and unveiled the single “Sleeping Late.” Schlesinger died from COVID-19 in April 2020, sending shockwaves through the music community. In addition to Ivy, Schlesinger was a member of Fountains of