ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog returns with new single ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ and announces album ‘A+’

Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls has hit out at Barbie on his first new song in five years – listen to ‘Must Crush Barbie’ below.The band’s bassist calls the summer blockbuster the “embodiment of lukewarm water” with a press release adding that the song is a “much-needed antidote to the ubiquitous pinkness that has spilled out of movie theatres this summer and onto the high streets with wall-to-wall media coverage.”In the song, Smalls sings about the film having “too much pink” and being a waste of “film and ink”.He said: “Been spending the last year or so as Brand Ambassador for BruegelCoin, the Dutch cryptocurrency.“Since it was cratering this past spring, I was following the news more than usual, which is where I got bombarded by all the Barbie BS. I don’t know which angered me more, but it’s really hard to write a song about crypto.

An unlikely club reportedly rejected the chance to sign Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek.

Bombay Bicycle Club have released a new single and revealed details of four intimate acoustic sets across the UK, set to kick off this month. Check out the song and find ticket details below.Titled ‘Turn The World On’, the new track is the latest single to be taken from the indie veteran’s forthcoming album ‘My Big Day’.

Hearst Media Production Group’s Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien returns this weekend with an updated look and a new set.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Derek Smalls, the legendary bassist with the ultimate heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, has returned with a brutally contemporary new single: “Must Crush Barbie,” which is described as “an excoriating attack on the pink sensation … that advocate of everything pink and fluffy, Barbie.” The vividly worded announcement continues, “The self-described embodiment of lukewarm water reaches boiling point with Smalls’ first track in five years.” The song is available now via Bottomland Productions / Immortal Records. “Been spending the last year or so as Brand Ambassador for BruegelCoin, the Dutch cryptocurrency,” says Smalls — who may or may not be actor Harry Shearer, co-star of the 1984 classic film “This Is Spinal Tap,” which may or may not be getting a sequel.

Adam Sandler is hitting the road. The 57-year-old comedian and Live Nation announced that Sandler’s embarking on “The I Missed You Tour”, a 25-city endeavour, next month.

Adam Sandler is going on tour!

Sia has shared a new single titled ‘Gimme Love’ – listen to it below.The song will appear on the singer’s forthcoming album ‘Reasonable Woman’, her first full-length project in eight years, which is set for release in spring 2024 via Atlantic Records. Pre-order the LP here.“Come now do this just for me, yeah / I don’t ask for much / Gimme love, gimme love, gimme love, baby,” pleads Sia in the anthemic chorus of the track.

Sia is back!

Geese have announced details of a new EP called ‘4D Country’ and released its first single – listen to ‘Jesse’ below.The release follows the band’s second album ‘3D Country’, which was released earlier this year via Partisan/PIAS.‘4D Country’ will be released on October 13 and feature a re-working of the title track from their recent album.Of its first single, which you can hear below, frontman Cameron Winter said: “‘Jesse’ started as a really fast song, then morphed into a slower, psych-ier, more soulful track.“It got left off of the album because we didn’t feel like there was a good place for it, but we’ve always really enjoyed playing it live.”Geese are currently midway through a UK headline tour, and play Glasgow’s King Tut’s tonight (September 10).See the remaining dates below.SEPTEMBER 202310 – Glasgow, King Tut’s11 – Dublin, Academy 212 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club13 – Manchester, Band On The Wall14 – Nottingham, BodegaReviewing ‘3D Country’, NME said: “This is an album made by young people who’ve – quite literally – watched the world burn before their eyes.

Michaela Zee Drew Barrymore is returning for the fourth season of her eponymous daytime talk show sooner than expected. Barrymore announced on social media that “The Drew Barrymore Show” will begin its fourth season soon, in accordance with the rules of the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes. The actor first referred to her decision to step down as host of the MTV Film and TV Awards in May, in a show of support and solidarity to the striking WGA members.

Metric have shared their new single ‘Who Would You Be For Me’ and announced a handful of intimate UK and EU gigs.‘Who Would You Be For Me’ is the third single Metric – comprised of frontwoman Emily Haines, guitarist James Shaw, bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key – have released from their forthcoming album ‘Formentera II’. It follows ‘Nothing Is Perfect‘ and ‘Just This Once‘.Speaking of the track in a press release, Haines said: “‘Who Would You Be For Me’ is a throwback lullaby set in NYC in 2002.

CMAT has released her latest single ‘Stay For Something’ – listen to the song below.Taken off her upcoming album ‘CrazyMad, For Me’ (out October 13), the single is accompanied by a music video which sees CMAT frolicking around a lush castle in a bright neon outfit.“It’s basically just about questioning why I stayed / suffered in a bad relationship for as long as i [sic] did,” said CMAT (real name Ciara Alice-Mary Thompson) of the track. “Trying to desperately find some kind of meaning in the mess and then being embarrassed when i remember the good parts.“It’s not very lyrical or poetic, it’s just a lot of emotion and energy – this song, to me, sounds like going for a run at 1am with your headphones on full blast, screaming through the streets in order to get away from your problems.

Marika Hackman has shared her first single in four years, ‘No Caffeine’.The uplifting track is her first new material since her 2019 album ‘Any Human Friend’.“’No Caffeine’ is a list of what to do to avoid having a panic attack and looking at my anxiety as an abusive partner,” said Hackman of the new song.“Occupy your mind / Don’t stay home / Talk to all your friends, but don’t look at your phone / Scream into a bag / Try to turn your brain off,” she sings on the track.The singer-songwriter has also shared a video for the song, which sees her getting a bloody nose before she is physically sick. You can view it below.Despite it being her first new material in four years, Hackman did release a covers album during the pandemic in 2020, featuring songs by Grimes, Sharon Van Etten, The Shins and Beyoncé.“I wanted to spend the majority of lockdown writing my fourth album, but I found it very hard to be creative in that way: to start with a blank page and make something out of nothing,” Hackman told NME at the time about the motivation behind ‘Covers’.

Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist Cammy Barnes sent shivers down the spines of passers by in Glasgow on Thursday afternoon with a surprise performance of his new single. The Scots star gave an emotional rendition of Bonnie's Song on the steps of the Royal Concert Hall, supported by the award-winning Rock Choir.

Beirut has announced his first new album in four years, ‘Hadsel’.Zach Condon’s follow-up to 2019’s ‘Gallipoli’ is set to arrive on November 10 via his own Pompeii Records and is preceded by the new single ‘So Many Plans’.Per a press release, the story of ‘Hadsel’ began when Condon set out to escape to a small cabin to recover from the persistent throat issues that forced him to cancel the end of his ‘Gallipoli’ tour in 2019. In early 2020, he travelled to the island of Hadsel in the northern part of Norway, where he met a a collector and fellow organ enthusiast named Oddvar, who gave him access to the local Hadselkirke, a wooden, octagonal structure housing a church organ that dated back to the early 1800s.

‘Utopia Presents Circus Maximus Tour’ in early August, Travis Scott just unveiled new dates for his 28-concert fall jaunt.The 32-year-old rapper is now scheduled to headline at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Dec. 18, New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Dec.

Though it’s true that streaming services are seemingly tightening their purse strings and canceling high-profile shows left and right, there are still quite a few gems to be found. Over on Max, one such gem is “Starstruck.” READ MORE: Fall Film Preview: 60+ Most Anticipated Movies To Watch As we approach the third season of the series, we now have a trailer for the upcoming episodes of “Starstruck.” As seen in the footage, the series continues the story of a woman who has broken up with a film star and now has to figure out how to navigate the life of a single woman.

Olivia Rodrigo has shared the advice that both Jack White and St. Vincent have given her while writing her album ‘Guts’.In a recent interview with The New York Times, Rodrigo explained how she turned to White for help amid the pressure of creating her new album.“He wrote me this letter the first time I met him that said, ‘Your only job is to write music that you would want to hear on the radio,’” she said.

Alissa Simon Film Critic After a one-year hiatus, the much-missed El Gouna Film Festival (Oct. 13 – 20) is back and poised to make an increased impact.