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Magdalena Bay are extending their Imaginal Mystery Tour into 2025. Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin will perform in Australia in March before returning to North America for concerts in April and May. Supporting the experimental pop duo at most of the spring shows is Sam Austins. See Magdalena Bay’s tour dates below. Magdalena Bay announced

Elton John has shared his thoughts on marijuana being made legal in the United States and Canada – find out why he thinks it’s “one of the greatest mistakes of all time” below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past”  John – who has

Victoria Monét has released a Christmas album featuring transformed instrumentals from her 2023 record, Jaguar II. On A Jaguar II Christmas: The Orchestral Arrangements, Monét, composer Maurice “Pirahnahead” Herd, and a live orchestra rework songs like “Cadillac (A Pimp’s Anthem)” into “Cadillac Christmas,” and “Stop (Askin’ Me 4Shyt)” into “Stop (Askin’ Me 4Gifts).” Listen to

Elton John has opened up about feeling like he was “just a void” after changing his name in favour of his stage moniker. During an interview with Good Morning America, the ‘Rocket Man’ icon was asked about his real name, Reginald Dwight, while talking about his new documentary film Never Too Late. READ MORE: The NME Big Read

Mustafa has announced a 2025 tour in support of his debut album, Dunya. The musician will begin the tour in North America, in February, before heading to the United Kingdom and Europe for May concerts. He will close out the Lost in the Dunya Tour with stops in Ethiopia and Sudan. See Mustafa’s tour dates

Bill Wyman has opened up about his feelings regarding The Rolling Stones‘ decision to continue as a band after the passing of Charlie Watts. Watts had been a part of The Rolling Stones’s line-up since January 1963 serving as a drummer. His death was announced in August 2021 – shortly after he was forced to pull out

Jack White is adding more stops to his recently announced No Name Tour. The new shows take place in France, the Netherlands, England, and Scotland in the winter. See all of White’s upcoming tour dates below. White spent the summer and autumn playing concerts in support of No Name, but he was announcing the shows

Drake‘s father has fired back at Joe Budden after the broadcaster went on a tirade over the rapper’s recent lawsuits against Universal Music Group (UMG). Last month, the Canadian hitmaker filed two lawsuits against his label UMG over ‘Not Like Us’ – a diss track by Kendrick Lamar aimed at Drake which called him “a

Shygirl has announced a new EP: Club Shy Room 2 is out February 14 via Because Music, and it will include the recent Saweetie collaboration “Immaculate.” The six-track release will also feature “F*Me,” a new song featuring French singer Yseult that’s co-produced by Mura Masa and Shygirl. Find the new track’s video below. This year,

Jack White has announced a UK and European tour for 2025. Check out all the dates and ticket information below. READ MORE: Jack White – No Name review: surprise album is maestro’s punkiest outing since White Stripes Last month, White shared a new B-side from his latest album ‘No Name’ alongside a string of North American tour

“The pleading speaks for itself. This is a very serious matter that will be litigated in court,” Jane Doe’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, said in a statement to Pitchfork. Roc Nation, the management company founded by Jay-Z, posted a lengthy statement on X casting doubt on the claims and alleging that Buzbee sent his lawyer a

KISS’ Gene Simmons has once again doubled down on his assertion that “rock is dead”. The bassist and singer has been declaring the demise of the genre for over a decade now, dating back to comments from 2014 in which he accused record labels of failing to adequately support rock artists. At the time, he

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross scored director Luca Guadagnino’s new A24 movie, Queer. The Nine Inch Nails musicians have now released their official soundtrack album via Milan Records. Listen to Queer (Original Score) below. Reznor and Ross’ new album opens with “Vaster Than Empires,” an original song featuring vocals from the legendary Brazilian artist Caetano

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley reunited on stage together in New York this week – see footage below. On Friday (December 6), the three members of the classic lineup of the band joined together at The Stone venue in Greenwich Village, with drummer Shelley a special guest of guitarists Moore and

On Christmas Day, the much-hyped, Dylan-approved Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is coming to cinemas. In the starring role, Timothée Chalamet himself sings a number of Dylan classics, and his renditions will be collected on A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), also out December 25. Listen to two tracks, “Girl From the North

Will.I.am has admitted that he was skeptical about Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’ and its “impossible” hype. Read More: Taylor Swift live in Edinburgh: The ‘Eras Tour’ finally hits the UK In an interview on radio station SiriusXM’s Hits 1 Miami With Mack & Jen, Will.i.am spoke about the Black Eyed Peas’ upcoming residency in Las Vegas,

Thursday are closing out 2024 with another new song. Following the April comeback track “Application for Release From the Dream,” they’ve now released “White Bikes,” along with a black-and-white video created by Duran Levinson and Nick Scholey. Watch the video for the new song below. Thursday recorded “White Bikes” in June at Hansa Tonstudio, the

London nightclub Heaven has been permitted to re-open tomorrow (December 7) after it was shut down by police last month. The move came after a woman was allegedly raped “in the vicinity of the venue” by a member of Heaven’s security staff on November 1. The police statement continued that other staff then “allegedly ignored

Pearl Jam will continue to tour their new album, Dark Matter, into 2025. The ‘90s Grunge stalwarts will hit the road again in April for a run of U.S. dates, which will kick off in Hollywood, Florida, on April 24th and wrap up May 18th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Scroll down to see the full list

Taylor Swift’s Eras book has sold more than 800,000 copies during its first weekend on sale, new figures have revealed. According to data from Circana (via The Hollywood Reporter), the book sold 814,000 copies during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the US. The book was sold exclusively through Target in the US and hasn’t been

Sky Ferreira is back with her first new music since 2022. The new song, “Leash,” was written specifically for the upcoming A24 movie Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman. Co-written by Ferreira and Jorge Elbrecht, “Leash” features lyrics about working through shame, feeling trapped, and fighting for yourself to persevere. Listen to “Leash (Babygirl Original Soundtrack)” below.

A new wave of artists have been added to the Øya line-up for 2025, including Charli XCX, Queens Of The Stone Age and Fontaines D.C.. Next year’s instalment of the festival will be held at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway and run between August 5 and 9. It’ll also mark the 26th edition of the live

Bob Dylan has been an active X user lately, and he’s shared a new message about the soon-to-be-released new movie about him, A Complete Unknown. “There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” the 83-year-old singer-songwriter began his post. “Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a

Charli XCX has opened up about her debut mixtape ‘14’, admitting that she “hates” it, while also saying that it has “style” and “direction”. READ MORE: Charli XCX – ‘Brat’ review: pop pioneer fully embraces the dancefloor The singer has had a huge 2024 with her sixth studio album ‘Brat’, but when she was making her

Clairo has released the music video for her Charm single “Sexy to Someone.” In the visual, the singer-songwriter builds a fire in the woods and pals around with a Yeti, the costume apparently provided by Charm producer Leon Michels. Watch it below. Charm came out in July. The following month, Clairo shared her first music

Duff McKagan and Slash have released a new single ‘I Can Breathe’, which was recorded for a charity project by guitar brand Gibson. Listen to the track below. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses live at Glastonbury: a solid performance… to the wrong crowd The Guns N’ Roses bandmates are the latest rock veterans to participate in

The YSL trial is over. Two months after Young Thug walked free from jail, the longest trial in Georgia history concluded on Tuesday (December 3) with the acquittal of the final defendants, Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell, on the murder, racketeering, and gang charges against them, The New York Times reports. Stillwell, who

Will Smith has been confirmed as one of the artists performing at the Positiv Festival in France next year. It comes as the world-renowned actor is returning to his musical roots, and has been booked to play his first concert in the European country. He will take to the stage on July 31, for a

Bob Bryar, the longtime My Chemical Romance drummer who played on The Black Parade and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, has died, the band confirmed on Instagram. “It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Bob Bryar, our former bandmate and an important part of the history of

Gwenno and rEDOLENT have been announced as ambassadors for the 2025 edition of Independent Venue Week. The seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues is returning, running from January 27 to February 2, with hundreds of live shows to take place across the UK. Singer-songwriter and Mercury Prize nominee Gwenno has been named as