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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by music producer Rodney Jones Jr., also known as Lil Rod, who accuses him of sexual assault, grooming, and improper payment for his work as a producer on The Love Album: Off the Grid, among other claims. Jones filed the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan earlier today,

Charlotte Church has defended her actions after receiving criticism for leading a controversial pro-Palestinian chant at a recent charity live event. On Saturday (February 24), Church played at Bedwas Workmen’s Hall in Caerphilly at a concert to raise money for the Middle East Children’s Alliance, which supports children in Gaza. To end the show, she

PC Music founder A. G. Cook has announced a new album; Britpop arrives May 10 via New Alias, his new record label. Cook has also unveiled the title track from the record, which features Charli XCX. Listen to that below. Billed as a 24-song odyssey in three parts, Britpop is a snapshot of the musician

Paul McCartney has revealed for the first time the inspiration behind a lyric in one of his most famous songs, The Beatles’ ‘Yesterday’.  The line in question is “I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday” in the song’s bridge, which appears twice in the song.   In his podcast A Life in Lyrics,

Atlanta rapper 21 Savage was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. He first performed American Dream’s “Redrum,” before returning to the New York stage to do a medley of “Should’ve Wore a Bonnet” (with Brent Faiyaz) and “Prove It” (with Summer Walker). Watch the performances, as well as 21 Savage’s

The organisers of Scotland’s Connect Festival have said that the event will not be held in 2024 now while they try to build the “next edition” of the festival. The festival first ran between 2007 and 2008 at Inveraray Castle in Argyll before later being re-launched in 2022 at the Royal Highland Centre near Edinburgh.

Free Nationals are back with their first new music in four years. The neo-soul group have tapped A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak for the song “Gangsta.” Bringing the track to life is a François Rousselet–directed music video in which the three artists are portrayed by children as they handle a court case in a child-governed

An anti-racism protest rave march is to take place in London next month. The ‘House Against Hate’ march will take place on March 16 through the streets of central London. The event will also coincide with the United Nations Anti-Racism Day calling for “the UK establishment to stop the hate.” The “mobile protest” is organised

British grime pioneer Wiley has been stripped of his MBE for “bringing the honours system into disrepute,” BBC News reports. The decision from the Honours Forfeiture Committee comes nearly four years after the musician made numerous antisemitic statements online. Wiley was appointed to be a member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order

AURORA is set to front the new season of Tearjerker podcast on BBC Sounds about the “healing power of emotional music”. The artist will be hosting the fourth season of the podcast, following in the footsteps of Jorja Smith, Jordan Rakei and Sigrid. Per a press release, AURORA’s music choices range from classical to electronica,

Justin Timberlake has shared another new song from his next album, Everything I Thought It Was. Timberlake wrote his new track, “Drown,” with Louis Bell, Henry Walter, Amy Allen, and Kenyon Dixon, and Bell co-produced it with Cirkut. Listen to the song below. “Drown” is the second single from Everything I Thought It Was, following

IDLES has opened up about some key life – and coffee – lessons learnt from LCD Soundsystem. In NME‘s most recent In Conversation series, we sat down with frontman Joe Talbot to discuss his experiences touring and working with LCD Soundsystem. James Murphy and Nancy Whang of the band recently teamed up with Talbot to feature

A federal judge has dismissed a sexual assault lawsuit against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan (of New York) ordered yesterday (February 21) that the plaintiff, Jeanne Bellino, did not take action against Tyler in a timely enough fashion. Bellino had sued Steven Tyler in a New York state court last November. The

Lionel Messi has curated and shared a special warm-up playlist for Apple Music – stream the playlist below. Messi said via the description of the playlist for Apple Music: “Music has always played a significant role in my life, especially on match days. Music calms my mind, helping me maintain composure and relaxation.” The playlist

At long last, Normani has announced the title of her debut solo studio album, Dopamine. The album does not yet have a release date. See the album cover below. Normani got her start with Fifth Harmony in 2012, and she featured on all three of the girl group’s LPs: 2015’s Reflection, 2016’s 7/27, and 2017’s

Digga D‘s home was visited by armed police while the rapper was in the middle of a broadcast on Instagram Live. A 40-second clip of the live video recorded by a fan shows the 23-year-old London rapper – real name Rhys Angelo Emile Herbert – shouting at officers who are attempting to enter his property.

One of Beyoncé’s new songs, “Texas Hold ’Em,” has landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, Billboard reports. She is now the first Black woman to ever hold the spot, Variety notes. The superstar’s “16 Carriages,” released simultaneously, also charted at No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Both songs are Beyoncé’s

It has been revealed that the best-selling cassettes in the US last year were all Taylor Swift or Guardians Of The Galaxy. According to a new report shared by Billboard, Swift has earned two spots on the top five best-selling cassettes from 2023. ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)‘ holds the Number Two spot and ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s

Each of the Beatles will be the subject of his own biopic in a new Sam Mendes tetralogy set for 2027—the first scripted Beatles films with rights to the band’s life stories and music catalog. Mendes, the director of American Beauty, Skyfall, and 1917, conceived the project and will direct the four movies, one from

Swedish House Mafia have announced a huge six-week residency at the famed Ushuaïa venue in Ibiza later this year. The trio of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso took to social media this past weekend to announce the residency, their first in Ibiza in over a decade. Per their post, they will perform for six

The 2024 Roots Picnic lineup is here, with top billing for a special New Orleans celebration from Lil Wayne and the Roots, featuring Trombone Shorty, PJ Morton, and others. Jill Scott co-headlines, with André 3000, Nas, Gunna, and Victoria Monét among the other big names. The festival takes place at the Mann in Fairmount Park,

McFly have announced a 21st anniversary show taking place at the O2 in London this October. More than two decades since the pop-rock boyband formed, the group are celebrating their “21st birthday” with a special show on October 10, where they’re set to play hits and fan favourites from across their career. The O2 is

Brian Wilson’s family is seeking a conservatorship for the Beach Boys star, saying in a filing that he is “unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter” due to a neurocognitive disorder similar to dementia. The family said in a statement, shared on Wilson’s Instagram, that it

Sophie Ellis-Bextor took to the stage at the BAFTA Film Awards tonight to perform her resurgent hit ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ – watch the footage below. The song features memorably over the now infamous final scene of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, and since the film’s release at the end of 2023, it has became a viral

Russell Simmons has been sued for defaming the former Def Jam Recordings executive Drew Dixon, who accused him, in 2017, of sexual assault. The lawsuit cites a Graham Bensinger interview last December in which Simmons, who has denied assault allegations by Dixon and other women, suggested accusers might “want notoriety in the market where people

Éric Cantona has announced the release of his first ever live album, ‘Cantona Sings Éric – First Tour Ever’, to be released on March 29. The football icon made his debut tour in 2023, and this live album will draw 17 tracks from multiple dates of the run of shows, and will feature many of

At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Paramore formally won their first two trophies: Best Rock Album (for This Is Why) and Best Alternative Music Performance (for “This Is Why”). Another Tennessee-based artist also won her first Grammy: Eight-time nominee Allison Russell earned Best American Roots Performance for “Eve Was Black.” In celebration, Nashville Democrat Justin Jones

Jordan North has officially announced his departure from BBC Radio 1. Yesterday, the BBC announced that the Lancashire host was leaving the radio station after a decade of working there. He has hosted the drivetime show with Vick Hope since 2021, along with other shows at the station. Now, North has shared his own statement

Ridley Scott is in negotiations to direct and produce the long-teased Bee Gees biopic, Deadline reports and Pitchfork can confirm. If confirmed, Scott will produce alongside Stacey Snider, GK Film’ Graham King, and Scott Free Productions’ Michael Pruss. Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb is the executive producer of the new biopic, which will be distributed globally

English Teacher have dropped their seething new single ‘R&B’. The post-punk band have shared the latest song from their upcoming album ‘This Could Be Texas‘, due out April 12 via Island. ‘R&B’ was previously released in 2021, and has been re-recorded for their new record. Frontwoman Lily Fontaine has said this single is about a