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• Fontaines D.C. and Kneecap announce outdoor Belfast gig

  22-04-2025 14:00 via music-news.com
  
  Irish groups Fontaines D.C. and Kneecap have announced another gig together.
  
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• Katy Perry’s Mom Won’t Fall for Those Deepfake Met Gala Photos This Year

  06-05-2025 16:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop star once again went viral as fans raved about her her AI-generated look on the blue carpet
  
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• Paloma Faith, Kae Tempest, Amyl & The Sniffers and more lead huge list of additions to letter supporting Kneecap and “freedom of expression”

  06-05-2025 16:08 via nme.com
  
  Paloma Faith, Kae Tempest, Amyl & The Sniffers and many more are amongst the 100 new names that have signed a letter supporting the right to artists’ freedom of expression, following commotion around Kneecap.READ MORE: ‘Kneecap’ review: ballsy, brave and one of the best music biopics ever madeThe Belfast rap trio recently courted controversy after they supposedly “blindsided” Coachella organisers with overtly political statements in support o
  
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• Grandaddy Plot First Tour in 20 Years to Celebrate ‘The Sophtware Slump’

  06-05-2025 16:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The classic 2000 album is turning 25, while the indie rock favorites also released a new LP, Blu Wav, last year
  
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• Rihanna breaks silence over third pregnancy

  06-05-2025 16:00 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna is feeling "good" about her third pregnancy.
  
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• Pierce the Veil Seize the Moment on New Single ‘Kiss Me Now’

  06-05-2025 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song will appear on the deluxe edition of the band's latest album, The Jaws of Life, out May 9
  
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• Julia Michaels Says EP ‘Second Self’ Is Made Up of ‘Raw, Unfiltered’ Storytelling

  06-05-2025 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "It's songs they can dance to or scream at an ex to," singer tells Rolling Stone as she announces new six-song set
  
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• Happy Birthday Bob Seger: 80 Years of Waiting on the Thunder

  06-05-2025 15:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  His mighty Detroit growl and open-hearted generosity define classics like "Night Moves" and “Rock & Roll Never Forgets," and he's made it to 80 with grace and dignity
  
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• CMAT announces intimate Glastonbury 2025 UK warm-up mini tour: “No encores, no phones, just a lot of sexy people living in the moment” 

  06-05-2025 15:00 via nme.com
  
  CMAT has announced a series of intimate UK shows in the run-up to her set at Glastonbury 2025. Check out the details below.READ MORE: CMAT says The Last Dinner Party are marking a new era for women in the indie scene: “It makes my heart sing” The Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist was confirmed as joining the stacked bill for this year’s edition of Glastonbury earlier this year, although it has not been shared which day she will perform, nor which stage.
  Now, in the ru
  
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• Pulp announce vinyl release of ‘Spike Island’ single with new B-side

  06-05-2025 14:46 via nme.com
  
  Pulp have announced their vinyl release of ‘Spike Island’ single with a brand new B-side.READ MORE: Pulp’s Mark Webber on his photo book and the band’s new songs: “It’s somewhere between mature and frothy pop music”The Britpop legends recently dropped the news of their comeback album ‘More’, which lands June 6 via Rough Trade.
  After releasing the festival-ready lead single ‘Spike Island’ in April, Pulp have now announced &lsq
  
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• Jimmy Page hit with new lawsuit for ‘Dazed and Confused’

  06-05-2025 14:45 via nme.com
  
  Jimmy Page has been hit with another lawsuit regarding the songwriting credits to ‘Dazed And Confused’.READ MORE: Becoming Led Zeppelin review: the definitive origin story for Britain’s most explosive bandThe suit against the guitarist and songwriter has once again been put forward by musician Jake Holmes, who is said to have written the original track that inspired the famous Led Zeppelin release.
  Holmes wrote and recorded ‘Dazed And Confused’ back in 1967, an
  
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• Ghost’s official Mother’s Day dildo has now sold out

  06-05-2025 14:12 via nme.com
  
  The sex toys launched by Ghost in time for Mother’s Day have fully sold out.READ MORE: Tobias Forge on new material and the future of Ghost: “If fans need the lore to like the band, that element will be over quite soon”The range was first shared by merchandising site Rockabilia, and saw the Tobias Forge-led metal group share a raunchy new package designed for Mother’s Day 2025. Described as “the MOTHER of all Ghost Merch”, it came featuring a new range of Ghos
  
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• Wu Lyf announce London residency and Manchester MIF 2025 performance

  06-05-2025 13:48 via nme.com
  
  Wu Lyf have announced a three-night residency in London along with a performance at Manchester’s MIF 2025.
  The indie band recently announced their long-awaited return since their split in 2012, releasing the newest single ‘A New Life Is Coming’ in April.
  Now, following on from their first shows in over a decade, Wu Lyf have announced a handful of new gigs. They will play a three-night residency at The Horse Hospital in London, set to kick off on May 20. Presale commences on Thu
  
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• Bella Ramsey had to make their acoustic A-Ha cover “worse” in ‘The Last Of Us’

  06-05-2025 13:44 via nme.com
  
  Spoilers ahead for ‘The Last Of Us’ season two.
  Bella Ramsey had to make their acoustic cover of A-Ha‘s ‘Take On Me’ “worse” in The Last Of Us TV series than the version in the video game, according to co-star Isabela Merced.
  READ MORE: Here’s every song on ‘The Last Of Us’ season 2 soundtrack
  In the latest episode of the HBO series, Ellie (Ramsey) and Dina (Merced) are en route to Seattle when they find an abandoned record store t
  
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• Pink Floyd Poised for Seventh UK No. 1 Album with Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII

  06-05-2025 13:03 via music-news.com
  
  Pink Floyd are on course to claim their seventh UK Number 1 album this week, as Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII dominates the midweek Official Albums Chart.
  
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• Listen to Man/Woman/Chainsaw’s roaring new single ‘MadDog’

  06-05-2025 12:44 via nme.com
  
  Man/Woman/Chainsaw have released their roaring new single ‘MadDog’.READ MORE: Man/Woman/Chainsaw – ‘Eazy Peazy’ review: a raw, ambitious and electrifying debutThe track is part of a one-off double A side release with So Young Records. Its first song ‘Adam & Steve’ was revealed earlier in April, which the band described as “our own bittersweet take on the heart-on-sleeve love song.”
  Now, the London-based quintet have dropped ‘MadDog&
  
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• Baxter Dury tells us about teaming up with Paul Epworth for ‘Allbarone’: “I was born into chaos, he framed that”

  06-05-2025 12:30 via nme.com
  
  Baxter Dury has teamed up with Paul Epworth for his dance-leaning new album ‘Allbarone’. Check out the title track, along with details of his 2025 headline tour and our exclusive interview with Dury below.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Baxter DuryDue for release on September 12 via Heavenly Recordings, the indie veteran’s ninth LP ‘Allbarone’ was produced by Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence & The Machine, Rihanna, U2) – ma
  
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• Killswitch Engage announce huge 2025 UK and European tour

  06-05-2025 12:29 via nme.com
  
  Killswitch Engage have announced details of a huge UK and European tour, set to kick off later this year. Find the details below.READ MORE: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach: “This year I had my entire life turned on its head”The new dates will see the metalcore group head across the pond later this year, and play 25 live dates across the continent.
  Kicking off in September, the gigs will see members Jesse Leach, Adam Dutkiewicz, Joel Stroetzel, Mike D’Antonio, and Justin F
  
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• The Dammed guitarist Brian James buried at sea

  06-05-2025 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  The Dammed guitarist Brian James was buried at sea off the coast of Newhaven in East Sussex, England, his widow Minna has revealed.
  
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• Stevie Wonder and Usher headline 2025 Met Gala concert

  06-05-2025 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Stevie Wonder and Usher closed out this year's gala with a duet.
  
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• Miranda Lambert to 'keep the outlaw movement going' with her Big Loud Texas record label

  06-05-2025 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Miranda Lambert and her fellow artist and collaborator Jon Randall launched their record label, Big Loud Texas, in 2024, and she wants to continue keeping the "outlaw movement going" for artists under the label.
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion breaks Met Gala's no-phone rule

  06-05-2025 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion gave fans a glimpse inside the exclusive event.
  
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• Timothée Chalamet reportedly rumoured for secret Bob Dylan set at Glastonbury 2025 

  06-05-2025 11:45 via nme.com
  
  Timothée Chalamet has been rumoured to make a secret appearance at Glastonbury 2025.READ MORE: ‘A Complete Unknown’ review: don’t think twice about seeing this brilliant Bob Dylan biopicThe speculation comes after the actor recently took on the role of iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for the critically acclaimed biopic A Complete Unknown. Earning a BAFTA nod and eight Oscar nominations, the film saw Chalamet perform some of Dylan’s biggest hits himself, rather t
  
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• Liam Gallagher responds to reports Oasis have dropped ‘Hello’ from reunion tour setlist

  06-05-2025 11:04 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has responded to reports that Oasis have dropped ‘Hello’ from their upcoming reunion tour setlist.READ MORE: Supersonic setlist: what Oasis need to play on their 2025 reunion tourIt was recently reported that Oasis axed the song from their setlist over lyrics that referenced convicted pedophile Gary Glitter.
  ‘Hello’, which serves as the opening track for their 1995 classic ‘What’s The Story (Morning Glory)’, features the words: “Hell
  
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• Gloria Gaynor on why the “biggest misconception” about her is that she’s a feminist

  06-05-2025 11:04 via nme.com
  
  Gloria Gaynor has revealed in a recent interview that she doesn’t consider herself to be a feminist.
  The disco icon shared the update during a recently-shared interview with Metro, where she was asked what she considers to be the thing that the public have gotten wrong about her over the years.
  “The biggest misconception about me? It may be dangerous to say this, but… that I’m a feminist,” she told the outlet, before going on to say that her relationship with the m
  
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• Hurts on 15 years of ‘Happiness’: “We thrived off the divisiveness of the band”

  06-05-2025 11:00 via nme.com
  
  With Hurts gearing up to celebrate 15 years of their seminal debut album ‘Happiness’, frontman Theo Hutchcraft has spoken to NME about the legacy of the record and plans for the future. See part one of ‘The Making Of Happiness’ documentary exclusive on NME above, and our interview with Hutchcraft below.
  Released back in 2010, the Manchester synth-pop duo’s ‘Happiness’ became the fastest-selling debut album of that year in the UK. The band would top of th
  
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• 'Even at the Nokia video shoot he had a bunch of producers and he was just recording...' Smiley reveals Drake is working on new music

  06-05-2025 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Rapper Smiley - who is signed to Drake's record label, OVO Sound - claimed in a video shared to his Instagram Stories that the 'Hotline Bling' megastar has been working on new music during parties, as well as on the set of Drake's 'Nokia' music video.
  
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• Andre 3000 drops new EP following Met Gala appearance

  06-05-2025 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Andre 3000 created one of the moments of the 2025 Met Gala as he walked the carpet with a piano strapped to his back, and following his appearance at the world's biggest fashion event, he dropped his new EP, '7 Piano Sketches'.
  
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• Jonny Greenwood posts lengthy statement about recently cancelled shows with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa

  06-05-2025 10:23 via nme.com
  
  Jonny Greenwood has posted a lengthy statement about his recently cancelled shows with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa.READ MORE: The Smile live in London: a jazz-punk adventure in an entirely new world to RadioheadThe Radiohead guitarist addressed the cancellations in a lengthy statement, writing that the shows were cancelled “with regret”, adding: “The venues and their blameless staff have received enough credible threats to conclude that it’s not safe to proceed.&rdqu
  
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• Cardi B dazzles in green Victorian-inspired outfit at 2025 Met Gala

  06-05-2025 10:00 via music-news.com
  
  Cardi B collaborated with stylist Law Roach and Burberry designer Daniel Lee on the striking ensemble.
  
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