Author: Emma Wilkes

Camden’s Electric Ballroom will host London’s first-ever ‘indie sleaze’ themed daytime club event, Daytime for Heroes, on June 22. The event will run from 3 pm to 8 pm and will have DJs from Club NME, Panic!, and Transmission performing. Bloody Awful Poetry and Alexandra Palace will also have their respective DJs performing at the… Continue reading London’s first “indie sleaze” day club to launch this month

With 75,000 people expected to attend this year’s Download Festival from June 14-16, attendees have been issued advice ahead of the event to avoid a repeat of last year’s unprecedented congestion. The 4-day event in celebration of the festival’s 20th anniversary caused traffic jams on the surrounding roads, with some festivalgoers waiting up to seven… Continue reading New traffic advice issued for Download 2024 after “unprecedented” congestion at last year’s festival

Speculations regarding the identity of the 28 mystery acts playing the secret sets at this year’s Glastonbury Festival have caused excitement among fans. After the announcement of the stage timings and the most recent additions to the line-up list, fans quickly noticed the gaps where secret sets would be taking place. The Woodsies Stage at… Continue reading Who will play the big Glastonbury ‘TBA’ secret sets? Fans are guessing…

Rock band Queens of the Stone Age will conclude their ‘The End Is Nero’ global tour with gigs in the US in the autumn. The band will play Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin, before playing two festivals: Soundside in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Mempho Music in Memphis, Tennessee. Pre-sale tickets are available and general ticket sales will be available… Continue reading Queens Of The Stone Age announce final ‘The End Is Nero’ tour dates with The Kills

Singer Halsey has shared her new single ‘The End’ while reflecting on experiences with her health. The artist shared a collection of photographs and videos on Instagram presenting various points throughout her treatment with added captions explaining her journey.  The post also highlighted that the charities Lupus Research Alliance and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society were… Continue reading Halsey reveals she’s “lucky to be alive” after health struggles as she shares new single ‘The End’

Funeral For A Friend has been announced as the replacement for Bad Omens at the upcoming Download Festival. Bad Omens was slated to headline the second stage on the first day of the festival but withdrew due to frontman Noah Sebastian’s extreme burnout. He stated in a press release that their album cycle has pushed… Continue reading Funeral For A Friend to replace Bad Omens at Download Festival

Kyiv is set to play host to Ukraine’s largest music festival, ATLAS, for the first time since the Russian invasion, now rebranded as ATLAS UNITED. The event will take place at the city’s Blockbuster Mall from July 12-14, owing to its hiatus as a result of the conflict that began in February 2022. Over 70… Continue reading Ukraine’s largest music festival returns for first time since war with Russia

Jennifer Lopez has cancelled her upcoming summer tour ‘This Is Me… Live’ in order to spend more time with her family. In a message to her fans via her newsletter on May 31, the singer expressed sadness at having to cancel the tour, but stated that it was absolutely necessary. She added that she will… Continue reading Jennifer Lopez cancels ‘This Is Me… Live’ tour “to spend time with family”

Jonny Greenwood, famous for his work as a multi-instrumentalist in Radiohead, performed in Tel Aviv, Israel, at the Barby club on May 26 alongside Israeli musician Dudu Tassa. The pair played music from their collaborative album, ‘Jarak Qaribak’, which was released last year. This comes just after Greenwood reportedly attended protests the day prior, which… Continue reading Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood plays show in Israel, reportedly protests for hostage deal and elections

Jodie Foster has spoken out about the prevalence of sexual assault in female characters’ backstories, saying that she was continually shocked by the over-reliance on the subject by male screenwriters. The actress pointed out that “rape or molestation seemed to be the one kind of lurid, big emotional backstory that they could understand in women.”… Continue reading Jodie Foster says she was “always shocked” by how frequently women had rape backstories in scripts