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• Watch Lizzo perform medley of ‘Love in Real Life’ and ‘Still Bad’ on ‘SNL’

  13-04-2025 15:56 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo performed a medley of ‘Still Bad’ and ‘Love in Real Life’ on Saturday Night Live yesterday (April 12) – watch footage below.READ MORE: Lizzo – ‘Special’ review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bops Last month, Lizzo revealed that her fifth studio album ‘Love In Real Life’ was “finished”, having previewed the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Special’ with the ti
  
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• Nia Archives launches ‘Up Ya Archives’ records with ‘Get Loose’ by Cheetah

  24-04-2025 16:13 via nme.com
  Nia Archives has launched her own label called Up Ya Archives, and released its first track, ‘Get Loose‘ by Cheetah.READ MORE: Nia Archives – ‘Silence Is Loud’ review: reflective jungle from an essential new starThe jungle producer and DJ won acclaim for her debut album, ‘Silence Is Loud‘, earning BRIT and Mercury Prize nominations.
  The new track fuses elements of soca and jungle, and features vocals and production work from both artists. It pays ho
  
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• Benson Boone: “If you hate me or my music, at least have a good reason for it”

  24-04-2025 15:54 via nme.com
  
  Benson Boone has hit out at the people who “hate” him or dislike his music, saying they should “at least have a good reason” for doing so.
  The US singer-songwriter, who competed on American Idol in 2021, scored one of the biggest songs of last year with his viral hit ‘Beautiful Things’. It peaked at Number One in the UK, and Number Two on the US’ Billboard Hot 100.
  The track was nominated for International Song Of The Year at the BRITs 2025, while Boone
  
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• Imogen Heap Just Went Viral With ‘Headlock’ — Now She’s Letting You Borrow Its Vibe Via AI

  24-04-2025 15:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Heap is the first artist to sign onto to a new feature from AI-music start-up Jen that lets users directly borrow the feel of fully licensed songs
  
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• Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains band’s phone ban on 2025 tour: “You feel relieved of the chains that is the ether” 

  24-04-2025 14:57 via nme.com
  
  Ghost frontman Tobias Forge has explained why he implemented a phone ban on the band’s 2025 tour, saying that he hopes it helps the audience feel “relieved of the chains”.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”It comes as the Swedish metal group brought their largest ever UK ‘Skeletour’ concert to the UK this month. The dates are seeing the group imple
  
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• Picture Parlour return with “red-blooded rock anthem” ‘Who’s There To Love Without You?’

  24-04-2025 14:11 via nme.com
  
  Picture Parlour are back with a new single called ‘Who’s There To Love Without You?’. Check it out below.READ MORE: Introducing Picture Parlour, the fearless rockers ready to take on the worldReleased today (April 24), the track marks the group’s first new music of 2025, and follows on from their breakthrough ‘Face In The Picture’ EP, which was shared last year.
  Filled to the brim with playful guitar riffs and unforgettable, ’70s-inspired vocals, th
  
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• Squid share “punky” new single ‘against “mass censorship and propaganda”: ‘The Hearth And Circle Round Fire’

  24-04-2025 14:10 via nme.com
  
  Squid have shared a new single called ‘The Hearth And Circle Round Fire’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Squid – Cowards review: the Brighton band get freakier and proggierThe frenetic standalone song is an outtake from the sessions for the Brighton band’s third studio album, ‘Cowards’, which was released in February.
  “‘The Hearth And Circle Round Fire’ is a punky tune that came together quite easily but we felt dissatisfied wit
  
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• Lib Dems call to fine “headphone dodgers” £1,000 for blasting loud music on trains and buses without headphones

  24-04-2025 13:40 via nme.com
  
  The Liberal Democrats are calling for “headphone dodgers” to face fines of up to £1,000 for playing loud music on public transport.
  Already, there are laws in place that ban various forms of anti-social behaviour on public transport in the UK. On trains and at stations, this includes using equipment to produce sound without permission which comes as an annoyance to others.
  However, the Lib Dems are looking to take this one step further and want to amend the law to explicitly ba
  
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• Alex Iwobi wants to 'Hop Out!' with teammate Calvin Bassey on new track

  24-04-2025 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  Last night, Alex Iwobi joined Capital XTRA Evenings with Kamilla Rose.
  
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• St Vincent, Arooj Aftab, ‘The Traitors’ and more for BBC ‘Dark Till Dawn Prom’ at London’s Royal Albert Hall 

  24-04-2025 12:44 via nme.com
  
  Organisers of The Proms have organised a new ‘after-hours’ showcase, featuring appearances from St Vincent, Arooj Aftab, The Traitors and more.READ MORE: St. Vincent: “When I think about music that I love, I don’t give a shit what the artist was thinkingNew for 2025, the BBC music series will now be hosting a ‘Dark Till Dawn Prom’, which will take place at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London later this year.
  Plans for the new event were shared in the prog
  
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• St Vincent, Arooj Aftab and ‘The Traitors’ for BBC Proms 2025, and new ‘Dark Till Dawn Prom’ set for Royal Albert Hall

  24-04-2025 12:44 via nme.com
  St Vincent, Arooj Aftab, The Traitors and more have been announced for the 2025 edition of the Proms, as well as a new ‘after-hours’ showcase.READ MORE: St. Vincent: “When I think about music that I love, I don’t give a shit what the artist was thinkingNew for 2025, the BBC music series will now be hosting a ‘Dark Till Dawn Prom’ on August 8, which will take place at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London.
  Plans for the new event were shared in the programme
  
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• The Chainsmokers are imminently releasing a remix of Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club

  24-04-2025 12:30 via music-news.com
  
  EDM duo The Chainsmokers are preparing to drop a remix of Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club'
  
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• Macy Gray plans to release first album in seven years in September

  24-04-2025 12:30 via music-news.com
  
  Macy Gray has been busy working on a brand new album to follow 2018's 'Ruby'.
  
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• Jack Black also working on Weezer film, says Rivers Cuomo

  24-04-2025 12:20 via nme.com
  
  Jack Black has been revealed as the latest cast member of the forthcoming Weezer movie, as confirmed by frontman Rivers Cuomo.
  The film was announced by the band during their appearance at this month’s Coachella, with Cuomo telling the crowd: “We’ve been busy making the Weezer movie back in LA the last couple weeks”.
  Journalist Jeff Sneider revealed that the movie would be a documentary, with Keanu Reeves playing the villain, and pitched as a mix of Scott Pilgrim vs. The
  
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• Loyle Carner announces new album ‘Hopefully!’ and 2025 world tour

  24-04-2025 11:50 via nme.com
  
  Loyle Carner has announced details of a new album titled ‘Hopefully!’ and an upcoming world tour. Check out the recent double single, ‘All I Need/In My Mind’ below.READ MORE: Loyle Carner explains the importance of combating toxic masculinity with his live showsThe new record is set to arrive on June 20 via Island EMI, and comes as the highly anticipated follow-up to the hit 2022 release ‘Hugo’ – which saw Carner score his second Mercury Prize nomination
  
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• Glastonbury 2025: Check out the full Woodsies line-up

  24-04-2025 11:45 via nme.com
  
  Glastonbury has announced the 2025 line-up for its Woodsies area – you can check it out below.
  The legendary festival returns to Worthy Farm in Somerset between June 25 and 29, ahead of a fallow year in 2026. Tickets sold out last November, but two official resales will take place this week (visit here for more info).READ MORE: Glastonbury Festival 2025: See the full line-up and stage splits so farEarly last month, the first line-up poster confirmed that The 1
  
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• Haim will release their fourth album, I Quit, in June

  24-04-2025 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Haim announced the album at their first of two intimate shows in Los Angeles this week.
  
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• Addison Rae unveils her 'first and last album' as Addison Rae

  24-04-2025 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Addison Rae will release her debut studio album on June 6.
  
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• Sleep Token announce new single ‘Damocles’ and reveal ‘Even In Arcadia’ tracklist

  24-04-2025 10:54 via nme.com
  
  Sleep Token have announced a new single, ‘Damocles’, and revealed the full tracklist for their upcoming album ‘Even In Arcadia’. Check out the posts below.READ MORE: Sleep Token’s new single Emergence proves metal’s new kings remain fearless as everDue to arrive tomorrow (April 25), the masked metal band’s next “offering” serves as the third preview of their highly-anticipated fourth studio record – which is out on May 9 via RCA (pre-or
  
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• Kneecap respond to Coachella controversy and Sharon Osbourne’s call to revoke their working visa: “We have an obligation to use our platform when we can to raise the issue of Palestine”

  24-04-2025 10:54 via nme.com
  
  Kneecap have spoken out after controversy around their sets at Coachella, and the calls from Sharon Osbourne to revoke their working visas.READ MORE: Kneecap on the cover – giving peace, protest and partying a chanceThe statement from the Irish hip-hop trio comes after their two sets at the festival reportedly left organisers “blindsided” due to their overtly political nature, including showing pro-Palestine projections on the screen behind them and encouraging the audience to
  
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• Kneecap respond to Coachella controversy and Sharon Osbourne’s call to revoke their working visa

  24-04-2025 10:54 via nme.com
  
  Kneecap have spoken out after controversy around their sets at Coachella, and the calls from Sharon Osbourne to revoke their working visas.READ MORE: Kneecap on the cover – giving peace, protest and partying a chanceThe statement from the Irish hip-hop trio comes after their two sets at the festival reportedly left organisers “blindsided” due to their overtly political nature, including showing pro-Palestine projections on the screen behind them and encouraging the audience to
  
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• Jack Black Joins the Cast of Weezer’s Upcoming Movie

  24-04-2025 10:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Frontman Rivers Cuomo confirmed the film during the band's set at Coachella earlier this month
  
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• Riot Fest 2025: Green Day, Blink-182 and Weezer to headline

  24-04-2025 10:16 via nme.com
  
  Riot Fest has announced its line-up for 2025, with Green Day, Blink-182 and Weezer set to headline. See the official poster below.READ MORE: Green Day – ‘Saviors’ review: their best work since ‘American Idiot’The 20th anniversary edition of the three-day punk rock festival will take place at Douglass Park in Chicago, Illinois, between September 19-21.
  Blink-182 are due to close out the event on Friday night, ahead of bill-topping sets from Weezer (playing a spe
  
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• ’10 Things I Hate About You’ being adapted for Broadway, Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham confirmed in creative roles

  24-04-2025 09:44 via nme.com
  
  A Broadway adaptation of the 1999 teen film 10 Things I Hate About You has been confirmed, with Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham landing creative roles.READ MORE: Romcom queen Julia Stiles reflects on the ’90s: “I wish I’d been more careful about some of the things I said”Per a Billboard report, 10 Things I Hate About You – which was itself a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1594 play The Taming of the Shrew – is receiving a Broadway musical. While a premiere
  
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• Watch Haim Debut ‘Blood on the Street’ With Help From Addison Rae

  24-04-2025 09:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band also announced the name of their new album, I Quit, out June 20
  
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• Tributes paid after Pere Ubu’s David Thomas dies, aged 71: “A true pioneer of the avant-garde”

  24-04-2025 09:14 via nme.com
  
  Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas has died, aged 71.
  The musician, who also performed with Rocket From The Tombs, and made numerous solo projects, passed away in his home town of Brighton & Hove yesterday (Wednesday April 23).
  The news was shared via a statement on the official Pere Ubu page on Facebook, which said Thomas died after a “long illness”. His wife and youngest step-daughter were by his side.
  “MC5 were playing on the radio,” the message continued. “He wi
  
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• Pere Ubu’s David Thomas dies, aged 71

  24-04-2025 09:14 via nme.com
  
  Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas has died, aged 71.
  The musician, who also performed with Rocket From The Tombs, and made numerous solo projects, passed away in his home town of Brighton & Hove yesterday (Wednesday April 23).
  The news was shared via a statement on the official Pere Ubu page on Facebook, which said Thomas died after a “long illness”. His wife and youngest step-daughter were by his side.
  “MC5 were playing on the radio,” the message continued. “He wi
  
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• Watch Toronto Grunge Punk Band Metz Reunite on ‘Everybody’s Live’

  24-04-2025 09:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The group performed their 2020 song “A Boat to Drown In”
  
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• Haim announce fourth album ‘I Quit’ and debut new songs at LA show

  24-04-2025 08:39 via nme.com
  
  Haim announced their fourth album ‘I Quit’ during a show in LA last night (April 23), where they also debuted a new track called ‘Blood On The Street’ and performed their recent singles. Check out the footage below.READ MORE:  Haim live in London: sisters make huge return to spiritual homeThe sister trio took to the stage at The Bellwether – “LA’s premier independent music venue” – for their first full gig since September 2023. They
  
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• Addison Rae officially announces debut album, ‘Addison’

  24-04-2025 08:01 via nme.com
  
  Addison Rae has officially announced her anticipated debut album, ‘Addison’.READ MORE: Japanese Breakfast’s journey of growth: “Have fun. Don’t overthink it”Rae made the reveal via social media last night (April 23), revealing its name, release date and cover art. ‘Addison’ is due for release on June 6 via Columbia Records – you can pre-save the album on digital streaming platforms or pre-order the album now.
  In a social post, the rising pop
  
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