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Mere hours after telling CBS Mornings it would take “a comet” for them to perform together again, R.E.M. did just that. Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and Bill Berry took the stage for the first time in 15 years at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New

Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon are among the entertainment figures included in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list. Manzanera was the lead guitarist and producer for the legendary art rock group, playing on all eight of their studio albums, released between 1972 and 1982. He has been awarded an OBE

It took 52 years and an eight-hour docuseries to confirm that the recording sessions for the Beatles’ Let It Be weren’t exactly the miserable, band-killing ordeals that the namesake 1970 documentary had made them out to be. But long before Peter Jackson put a feel-good spin on the Beatles’ dying days in Get Back, Paul

Royal Blood have spoken to NME at Download Festival 2024 and discussed what it was like to revisit their self-titled debut 10 years on, as well as reflecting on their time on the road with Queens Of The Stone Age. The duo – comprised of frontman and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher –

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. Last week, we got the trailer for Piece by Piece, a quasi-documentary that tells the story of Pharrell Williams’ life in the form of a… Lego movie. That’s right. The Lego Group is

Kiki Wong, the new guitarist in The Smashing Pumpkins, has spoken about the “mind-blowing” experience of playing her first shows with the band over the last week. In April, the band announced Wong as their new guitarist, after conducting a search that saw them receive over 10,000 public applications for the role. The position came

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from NxWorries, Normani, the Decemberists, Zsela, This Is Lorelei, Cola, Sideshow, and Fana Hues.

IVE have spoken to NME about their upcoming debut UK concert, covering Little Mix on tour and the confident messages behind their latest EP, ‘IVE Switch’. Check out our conversation with the girl group below. The K-pop six-piece will headline London’s The O2 on Sunday (June 16), with the performance marking the only UK stop

Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, has been in the news a lot lately. First, in late May, it was announced that it would be played publicly at an exhibition at Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). The exhibition runs from June 15-24. Then, the album’s owner, digital art

As Interpol gear up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal second album ‘Antics’, here’s a reminder of what former bassist Carlos D [Dengler] made of the record. An interview from 2017 has resurfaced with the bassist appearing on the podcast Talk Music Talk with boice, where he spoke about his thoughts on ‘Antics’. ‘Antics’,

The 2024 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival begins today (Thursday, June 13) in Manchester, Tennessee, and the festival has announced details of its Hulu livestream. Pretty Lights is one of the Thursday headliners, and he has two sets on the livestream. Other acts who will be broadcast across the weekend include Post Malone, Red Hot

Music memorabilia by members of The National, IDLES and more are going up for auction to raise funds for the Tiny Changes mental health charity. Find out more information below. Tiny Changes was set up in memory of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who died by suicide in May 2018 after battling depression. It was

Riot Fest, the longtime Chicago music festival that focuses on punk and rock, is moving to Bridgeview, Illinois, and has unveiled its 2024 lineup. Pavement, Beck, Fall Out Boy, and Slayer will headline. The festival takes place at SeatGeek Stadium from September 20-22. Check out the poster below. The 2024 lineup also includes St. Vincent,

REM‘s first interview as a group in 30 years will air on CBS tomorrow (June 13). The quartet – frontman Michael Stipe, drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills – have come together to speak about their induction into the Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame. In a clip shared to CBS’ social media

Enchanting, the Fort Worth, Texas, rapper who was signed to Gucci Mane’s Atlantic Records imprint, the New 1017, died on Tuesday, June 11, according to public records from the Dallas County medical examiner. The musician, born Channing Nicole Larry, was 26 years old. A cause of death has not been revealed. On Instagram, Gucci Mane

Denise Welch has confirmed the news of son Matty Healy‘s engagement to model Gabbriette Bechtel. Recently, Bechtel posted an Instagram story sparking rumours of her engagement to The 1975 frontman, where she shared the news whilst at a Charli XCX show in New York City. “MARRYING THE 1975 IS VERY BRAT,” she wrote in the story,

PleasrDAO, the digital art collective that owns the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, has sued the album’s previous owner, disgraced former pharmaceutical executive, Martin Shkreli, for copying the album and playing it for online audiences without permission. In its lawsuit—filed on June 10 in a Brooklyn federal court and viewed

Iggy Pop dug a selection of Stooges songs from out of the archives for the first time in over a decade with Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ Nick Zinner, Matt Sweeney, and more in tow. During an appearance at California’s No Values Festival, Pop brought together an all-star band to dust off some old classics in his