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Garbage’s Shirley Manson has said that Patti Smith is “one of the touchstones in my life”, who has inspired her “as a human being and as an artist”. As part of The Line of Best Fit’s Nine Songs series, the singer selected Smith’s ‘Revenge’, from her 1979 album ‘Wave’ as one of her favourite songs.

Drake has yet to answer Kendrick Lamar’s latest diss, the late-night “Meet the Grahams,” but that’s not stopped Lamar from dropping another new song. The latest, “Not Like Us,” is produced by Mustard. Listen to the track below. Along with his now-expected Drake disses on “Not Like Us,” Lamar takes aim at some of the

Charlie Puth has finally responded to Taylor Swift namechecking him on the title track of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’. On the album’s title track, the singer declares: “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.” Now, Puth appears to have

The ball is back in Drake’s court. After Kendrick Lamar’s back-to-back diss tracks, “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA,” the For All the Dogs rapper has taken verbal shots at his nemesis with the new song “Family Matters.” Listen to it below. On “Family Matters,” Drake responds to some of Lamar’s “Euphoria” lyrics. For instance, Lamar

A member of the band due to open for Marilyn Manson at three upcoming shows has responded to the backlash against the gigs in now-deleted comments. In March, Manson announced his first live dates since a series of sexual abuse allegations emerged against him, opening for Five Finger Death Punch on a run of North

Kendrick Lamar is already back with another Drake diss. “Meet the Grahams,” the Compton artist’s third track of the week—following “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA”—arrives within an hour of Drake’s barbed response, “Family Matters.” Find the latest new song below. Lamar opens “Meet the Grahams” by addressing Drake’s son, Adonis Graham: Dear Adonis, I’m sorry

Tunbridge Wells Forum has announced it is becoming the first venue in the country to introduce a grassroots ticket levy. Throughout the month of May, £1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Music Venue Trust’s Pipeline Fund at no additional expense to gig goers. “We have had a conversation here today at

Phil Elverum has shared a new Mount Eerie song, “& Sun (Early),” as part of a compilation benefitting the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) and Palestine Legal. (All proceeds go to the charities.) Check out Merciless Accelerating Rhythms – Artists United for a Free Palestine below, with the Mount Eerie song at track three. Brooklyn

Billy Idol has reflected on his sobriety journey and decided “not to be a drug addict anymore” and is now “California sober”. The 68-year-old iconic rocker shared that he is now “California sober” – when a person gives up on alcohol and hard drugs but continues to consume marijuana – in an interview with People

Vampire Weekend will return to Saturday Night Live this month. Maya Rudolph will host the May 11 episode, which will mark the band’s fourth time performing on the show. The following installment of SNL, airing May 18, will be helmed by Jake Gyllenhaal, with musical guest Sabrina Carpenter. Carpenter will make her debut on the

Organisers at the Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester have told frustrated fans that they are now “finding a way to help make it right” following show cancellations. After months of planning, the live venue – which has a capacity of 23,500 and will be the biggest arena in the UK – was supposed to open

Mikaela Straus recorded her version of the Can’t Buy a Thrill song for the new season of Hacks Read the original article here

Wolfgang Van Halen recently joined Slash and Myles Kennedy for a cover of AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ in Paris. Check out the footage below. READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework display During the final night of their joint tour on March 29 at Le Zénith

Charly Bliss have announced their first new album in five years: Forever, the follow-up to 2019’s Young Enough, arrives August 16 via Lucky Number. The power-pop band has shared its lead single, “Nineteen,” along with a Henry Kaplan–directed music video that captures the band participating in a cross-country race in various ways. Watch it below.

Fans left angry and disappointed by the latest spate of Manchester’s Co-Op Live arena troubles and postponements have spoken to NME, dubbing the situation “just a joke at this point”. Yesterday (May 1) thousands of people made their way, again, to Manchester’s new Co-Op Live, the recently-built “largest in-door arena” in the UK. With a

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Manchester’s new arena Co-Op Live has postponed Olivia Rodrigo’s shows on Friday and Saturday (May 3-4) following a “venue-related technical issue” that forced them to cancel A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie‘s show tonight. The venue announced just 10 minutes after doors had opened tonight that A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s show could no longer go

Kendrick Lamar has responded to Drake’s latest diss tracks with the new song “Euphoria.” Listen to the new song below. Lamar re-escalated a long-simmering beef with Drake with some pointed lyrics on “Like That.” (The track also had some words for J. Cole, who responded with his own “7 Minute Drill,” but the North Carolina