The BBC’s children’s channel CBeebies have elected to suspend the Bedtime Stories segment, starring Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, after an incident involving the lead singer and a photographer at a recent gig. The ‘incident’ was in fact Homme, following his KROQ performance, kicking a female photographer, Chelsea Lauren, in the face. As […]
Help Musicians UK (HMUK), the country’s leading independent music charity, has just launched its new 24/7 mental health service ‘Music Minds Matter’ for anyone working in the music industry. This service is very comprehensive because it combines and makes available to the music industry a mix of advice, signposting, clinical pathways and professional therapeutic services,
Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Ozzy Osbourne and other musical stars have joined the ‘End The Silence’ campaign that was launched by Hope and Homes for Children. They aim at finding aid for 120,000 children in Ugandan and Rwandan orphanages. Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Mark Ronson, Emeli Sande and more had already previously made exclusive videos
Spotify has announced its annual review of its streaming numbers and there are few surprises. The site’s most popular artist of 2017 is Ed Sheeran, succeeded by Drake, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and The Chainsmokers. As well as the Grammy nominations, this top 5 alludes to the supremacy of R&B and Hip-Hop music within popular
The Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has given Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo Metallica a vinyl box collection as a gift during a state visit at the Bogor Palace in Indonesia. The present came after the Indonesian head, also known as Jokowi, declared his admiration of metal music after being pictured wearing the British metal
Live at Leeds have released the line up for their 2018 festival, which features both recognized and up- and-coming talent. Some of the biggest names include The Horrors, Circa Waves, British Sea Power and Anteros. BBC Sound of 2018 nominees Tom Walker, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Fender and Pale Waves are also integrated into the announcement,
Sadiq Khan has declared a new ‘London Plan’, which aims to safeguard buildings of cultural significance, such as music venues. The scheme would place the liability and financial burden on developers to sufficiently soundproof residential homes near to venues. Noise complaints are a huge issue facing music venues and an ongoing nuisance for those who
Directed by Jon Favreau, this remake will reimagine the 1994 Disney classic. Beyoncé debuted a cast poster on Instagram earlier this month. The new Lion King is labeled as a live-action CGI film. The film is set to release on July 19, 2019 in the United States. What exactly is a live-action CGI film one
A halt to Shakira’s El Dorado World Tour was announced as it planned to kick off in Cologne, Germany on November 8th for her 11th studio album, El Dorado released in May. Several dates were cancelled after this statement. Recently, she announced that the entire European leg of the tour is canceled due to a
He predicted his marriage to Kim Kardashian. He’s running for president in 2020. He continues to write new music. And now he’s filing a trademark for ‘Yeezy Sound’? Yes, it’s true. In total, four federal trademark applications were filed by Kanye West for the title ‘Yeezy Sound.’ The trademark was filed in November and is
The nominees for the 60th anniversary of the Grammy’s demonstrate just how much Hip-hop and R&B govern the prevailing musical landscape. In recent years acts such as Adele, Daft Punk and Mumford and Sons have won the highest accolades. Many commentators are speculating that this is Hip-hop’s year. Only Lauryn Hill (1999) and OutKast (2004)
Stormzy, the popular grime MC was the chief recipient of the big awards at the 2017 MOBO awards. The 24-year-old won honours for the best album- in the wake of his Gang Signs & Prayer debut, the best grime act and the best male artist. Not only was grime at the fore front of the
HMV predicts biggest year for UK vinyl sales in 30 years. Sales are expected to exceed four million by the end of the year in the UK, with its demand soaring across all genres. The reason for this increase is in large part due to new albums released this year by Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher,
DID YOU KNOW? Nicki Minaj’s net worth is 75 million dollars as of July 2017…pretty impressive!. Onika Tanya Maraj, known professionally as Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian-American rapper, singer, songwriter and actress. Born in St James, Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Queens, New York, she gained public recognition after releasing three mixtapes between 2007
DID YOU KNOW??? Stormzy got six A*s, three As and five Bs at GSCE level. Clever clogs. Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr., known better by his stage name Stormzy, is an English grime and hip hop artist. He originates from Croydon, Sloth London and is of Ghanaian descent. He started rping at the
Actor and DJ Idris Elba, 45, born in Hackney, got a commemorative paving stone from the organisers of the MOBO Awards. The stone will be embedded in London, at a location where the star grew up. The MOBO Awards stands for “Music of Black Origin” and was established in 1996. The MOBO Award show is
Nine Inch Nails, the American industrial rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, that was founded at the end of the ‘80s by Trent Reznor, have just announced their first live show of 2018. They confirmed their forthcoming festival appearance at the Mad Cool Festival 2018, in Spain. The band – that released the EP ‘Add Violence’
DID YOU KNOW? Taylor Swifts net worth is 280 million dollars as of June 2017 and she is also the seventh most followed user on Instagram with 104 million followers. Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer and songwriter. One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she ois known for narrative songs about her personal
It’s always so nice when a friend turns you on to an artist you had no idea existed. In the summer of 2015, I was at a party with my then fiancée hanging out with one of her old friends. Her friend Michelle had just started dating a nice dude named Kevin, who immediately proved
TRNSMT organisers have announced Liam Gallagher will headline the festival in 2018. His performance at Glasgow Green on Saturday 30 June will be his biggest solo show in Scotland next year. TRNSMT 2018 is Scotland’s biggest music festival and the first four acts on the bill have just been confirmed. Besides the former Oasis frontman,
