Author: Tom Skinner

During a recent show at Latitude 2024, Justin Hawkins, the frontman for The Darkness, came across a former high school classmate, David Matthews, in the crowd. The band was playing a set on the main stage at the Southwold festival on Sunday when Hawkins asked if anyone in the crowd had been in his year… Continue reading The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins spotted “cool” ex-classmate in crowd at Latitude 2024

Hozier performed a cover of The Band’s ‘The Weight’ at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island last week. The singer-songwriter was joined at Fort Adams State Park by Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, The Lumineers, Nathaniel Rateliff, Allison Russell, Madison Cunningham and others for the live rendition of the 1968 track towards the end of… Continue reading Watch Hozier cover The Band with Mavis Staples, Joan Baez and more at Newport Folk Festival

Scottish alternative rock band, Twin Atlantic, have dropped a new single titled ‘Meltdown’ from their upcoming seventh album with the same title. The band’s lead singer, Sam McTrusty, described the track as “raw and honest”, reflecting on the difficulties of the past year and how everyone’s going through some form of meltdown. Co-produced by McTrusty… Continue reading Twin Atlantic share “raw” title track from new album ‘Meltdown’ and announce November UK tour

The singer Halsey has released a new single entitled ‘Lucky’, which can be streamed below. The track samples both Britney Spears’ 2000 track of the same name and Monica’s 1998 hit ‘Angel Of Mine’. Halsey switches the original lyrics to a first-person narrative and the song was produced by Michael Uzowuru, Rahm Silverglade, and Dylan… Continue reading Halsey shares Britney Spears-sampling new single ‘Lucky’

New York rapper Ice Spice is set to release her debut album ‘Y2K’ on 26 July and has teased that fans can expect something “kind of crazy” from her after the release. During an interview on Capital XTRA Breakfast, the artist also spoke of her nerves ahead of the full record drop and her excitement… Continue reading Ice Spice teases “crazy” and “risky” plan after releasing debut album ‘Y2K’

The late artist SOPHIE has released a second posthumous single, ‘One More Time’ featuring Popstar, from her upcoming album, due on September 27th. The album will be the artist’s second and final studio album. ‘One More Time’ was released shortly after ‘Berlin Nightmare,’ which featured Evita Manji. The visualizer for the single is a dark… Continue reading Here’s another posthumous new SOPHIE single, ‘One More Time’

Taylor Swift marked the fourth anniversary of her lockdown album ‘Folklore’ in Hamburg, Germany on July 24. She gave a live debut to her song ‘Run,’ which features on ‘Red (Taylor’s Version).’ Swift played the second show in the European leg of her ‘Eras Tour’ at the city’s Volksparkstadion stadium. During the ‘surprise songs’ part… Continue reading Watch Taylor Swift give ‘Run’ its live debut at ‘Eras Tour’ show

Loyle Carner, the South London artist, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Arts London (UAL). The ceremony was held in London last Friday (July 19th). Carner posted a series of images on social media from the event, revealing “10 years ago, in heavy times I dropped out of uni after… Continue reading Loyle Carner receives honorary degree from University Of The Arts London

Manchester’s Blossoms preview their fifth studio album Gary with the release of new single Perfect Me. The group has already given fans a taste of their forthcoming release with the title track and What Can I Say After I’m Sorry?. Perfect Me is described as a “driving, anthemic” song and lead singer Tom Ogden explains… Continue reading Blossoms share new single ‘Perfect Me’: “It’s a subconscious nod to ABBA, Springsteen and The Killers”

Pop trio MUNA’s Katie Gavin has announced the release of her debut solo single, ‘Aftertaste’. The singer has been giving fans a sneak preview of the song on her TikTok account, and the full track is due to be released on Tuesday, July 23rd. Gavin has announced on social media that the song can be… Continue reading MUNA’s Katie Gavin announces debut solo single, ‘Aftertaste’