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Ahead of this Friday’s release of So Help Me God, her first album in seven years, Kelsey Lu has announced a fall tour across North America, the UK, and Europe. The news arrives with a music video for new single “Cutting Off the Head of a Ghost.” You can watch that and check out the

The Cure played ‘Treasure’ and ‘In Your House’ for the first time in over a decade at their show at North Festival – watch below. Robert Smith and co. played the second of their summer shows at the event in Maia, Portugal on Sunday night (June 7), two nights after their return to the stage

The American Federation of Musicians (AFM), a union for session musicians, is suing Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group (WMG) for breaching their collective bargaining agreement over use of their music by AI programs. In the lawsuit filed on Friday (June 5), AFM claim that the major labels’ recent licensing training with Suno

Tributes have been paid from across the music world after singer-songwriter Talay Riley was stabbed to death in London. The artist was aged just 35, and was found in the garden of a property in Silvertown, Newham. Police were called to the scene after reports were phoned in, claiming that a stabbing had taken place

Note: This article contains references to sexual assault that readers may find disturbing. Duffy, the Welsh singer behind the 2008 smash “Mercy,” will make a surprise return to the stage next month for the first time in nearly 15 years. She revealed on Friday (June 5) via Instagram Stories that she’ll play a “secret intimate

Staff at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. have started to remove all references to Donald Trump. In December last year, the Trump-appointed board of the arts venue voted to rename the institution to the ‘Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts’, or the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ in short. In May, however, a US district

Six Sex: Ultra [Dale Play] True to her Argentinian heritage, Six Sex was raised on guaracha. But her sexed-up, flashy, bratty music found a natural home in Mexico, where perreo rave is all the rage. Ultra—out June 6—blends strands of both into a soundtrack for a debaucherous night out filled with Virginia Slims, champagne on

Shania Twain played an intimate gig at The Shacklewell Arms in London last night (June 6). See footage below. READ MORE: Shania Twain interview: “I’m probably most proud of not giving up on my voice” The Grammy-winning country pop icon took to the stage at the 200-capacity venue in Dalston to play her most intimate gig in

Fresh off a month-long series of surprise pop-up shows at small venues across America—along with one at much-larger venue Madison Square Garden—Phoebe Bridgers has announced an official phone-free tour. It kicks off in September with special guest Alex G; she’ll hit European dates in November and December with former Black Country, New Road vocalist Isaac

Duffy has announced her first live show in 15 years, marking her return after her harrowing kidnapping ordeal. The Welsh singer has not played a full gig since 2011, the year in which she withdrew from public life for reasons she went on to share in 2020. On Friday, however, she told fans on her Instagram Stories

Navy Blue’s new album, Sir Render, has arrived. Narrated by his cousin, late actor James Earl Jones (being related to the EGOT winner was news to us too), the LP also features childhood friend Earl Sweatshirt, along with Armand Hammer, Mike Shabb, and a posthumous verse from the rapper’s mentor, Ka. Listen to it all

Florida Senator Rick Scott is urging the Tampa Sports Authority to cancel Kanye West‘s upcoming concerts in the state over “consistent anti-Semitic attacks”. Read More: Donda 2: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs The politician shared a letter to the venue operator yesterday (June 5), arguing that it would be a “slap in

The North American leg of Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE’s Home on the Range tour has been postponed. The news was first reported by Stereogum. Venues initially began sharing the announcement on Thursday, pointing to an undisclosed injury Earl suffered that will require surgery as the reason for the postponement. “Tickets will be honored for the

Violet Grohl has announced an extra headline show in London for her upcoming tour due to high demand. The Los Angeles-based musician and daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl released her debut solo album ‘Be Sweet To Me’ last week (May 29) via Aurora Records, including the singles ‘THUM’, ‘Applefish’, ‘595’ and ‘Cool Buzz’. In April, she announced a

Laura Marling is back with her first album since 2024’s Patterns in Repeat, and, inevitably, it’s a 17-track collection of Raffi covers. “Laura Sings Raffi marks a logical next step for me,” the British singer-songwriter said in a press release, “but it’s not only a desire for tolerable children’s music that landed me here.” While living in

A Perfect Circle have played their first UK shows in eight years, and used the sets to break out new single ‘Starless’ for the first time and air out some old favourites. The gigs took place on Wednesday (June 3) and Thursday (June 4), and marked the first two dates of the band’s first UK

Amazon Music is once again streaming select performances from Primavera Sound Barcelona, which is already underway in the Spanish city. The 2026 edition will livestream on Thursday, June 4; Friday, June, 5; and Saturday, June 6. The broadcast begins each day at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the Amazon Music channels on Twitch and

Primavera Sound has been hit by “adverse weather conditions”, with Alex G and Mac DeMarco’s sets cancelled and stages being temporarily suspended. Today (June 4) is the opening day of the festival at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, with tonight’s headliners set to be Doja Cat, Massive Attack and Bad Gyal. It runs for the next two days, with The Cure, The xx, Gorillaz, My Bloody Valentine, Addison Rae and Skrillex also topping the bill. However,