Author: Max Pilley

The BRIT Awards 2024, which was held last weekend at London’s The O2, experienced the worst TV viewing figures in the history of the event, averaging 2.5 million viewers. ITV1 and ITVX in the UK broadcasted the event live, which peaked at three million viewers, almost a million fewer than the previous year. These figures… Continue reading BRIT Awards 2024 viewership drops by 900,000 from last year

Gina Carano, the former MMA fighter turned actor, has expressed her struggles to find employment after being fired by Disney in 2021. In an interview with The Post Millennial, Carano said she felt like she was “sitting in the desert” and had found it difficult to get acting work or a new agent. Carano was… Continue reading Gina Carano says struggle for work after ‘The Mandalorian’ like “sitting in the desert”

Jasmine Boatswain, star of the reality TV show The Traitors, has spoken out about the negative impact of social media on her mental health. The Londoner, who made it to the semi-finals of the show’s second season, revealed in an interview with the BBC that online hate had made her “really, really low”. The 26-year-old… Continue reading The Traitors’ Jasmine Boatswain says “hate on social media” left her scared to go out

Nick Cave, the musician known for his work with The Bad Seeds, has launched a mysterious 24-hour countdown on his website. Fans have begun to speculate what the countdown could be for. The clock will end at 17:15 GMT on March 6th, which is 12:15 ET/ 9:15 PT in the United States. Some fans think… Continue reading Nick Cave launches mysterious countdown clock

English rock band Kaiser Chiefs have once again confirmed that they turned down lyrics written by the late David Bowie. In a recent segment on Virgin Radio UK, band members Ricky Wilson and Andrew White recalled a time when they were missing a lyric on an album several years ago and contacted Bowie for help.… Continue reading Kaiser Chiefs double down on claims they once turned down lyric from David Bowie

London-based punk duo Bob Vylan have released their latest single, “Makes Me Violent,” as part of their upcoming album, “Humble As The Sun.” The album, set to be released on April 5th under Ghost Theatre, is the band’s first full-length album since their 2022 release, “Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life.” The song is… Continue reading Listen to Bob Vylan’s cathartic new single ‘Makes Me Violent’

Irish rock band U2 ended their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas by playing alongside Daniel Lanois and Neil Finn. Lanois, who co-produced the band’s classic albums The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby, joined them on stage to play the latter record’s “One”. U2 played a version of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,”… Continue reading Watch U2 joined by Daniel Lanois and pre-recorded Neil Finn at final Vegas Sphere show

Israel’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest this year has caused controversy and led to requests for lyric changes. The song, entitled ‘October Rain’, has lyrics that appear to reference a recent attack by Hamas. Public broadcaster KAN submitted a request to change the lyrics after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), who organises the contest,… Continue reading Israel requests to change the lyrics to its controversial Eurovision entry

James Blake has taken to Twitter to voice his concerns over the challenges many musicians face in getting paid fairly for their work in the TikTok era. The musician posted a string of comments, expressing his thoughts on the current financial state of the music industry and what he perceives as the unreasonable obstacles facing… Continue reading James Blake on TikTok and fairness for artists: “The brainwashing worked and now people think music is free”

Following the recent resurfacing of a note promoting conspiracy theories relating to vaccines that seems to have been written by Aphex Twin back in 2014, the electronic musician has once again clarified his stance on vaccines. The note read, “vaccines are poisonous, mercury, aluminum can+ autism, cancer”, and references other conspiracies including 9/11 and chemtrails.… Continue reading Aphex Twin clarifies his stance on vaccines once again