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Ashnikko spoke to NME backstage at Reading Festival 2023 about their “beautiful” friendship with Ethel Cain. Watch the full video interview above.Earlier this year, the pair hit the studio to work on a track for ‘WEEDKILLER’, the recently-released debut album from Ashnikko (born Ashton Casey). The result was expansive closer ‘Dying Star’, a track that details themes of desire and resolution.
“When we met, I was already a huge fan,” Ashnikko explained. “Ethel came to the studio and we hit it off straight away. It was a really nice experience.”Ashnikko continued to praise her collaborator, who released her breakthrough album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ in May 2022.
“She has the most beautiful voice. It makes you feel like you’re in a cave but also in church in the middle of the Earth, but also like you’re in a forest at midnight,” she said of Cain. “That’s how it feels listening to her sing.”They added: “She also did a lot of production on that song.
She is a once-in-a-generation type of artist – I really love her. It was such a pleasure with her.”Elsewhere, Ashnikko, who appeared on The Cover earlier this week (August 21), discussed the journey to unveiling ‘WEEDKILLER’, which follows her 2021 mixtape ‘Demidevil’. “I’m really proud that I took the time to really think through all the songs on the album and really pour everything into my visuals,” they said.
“I’m proud that I did my best. I approached songwriting in a different way with this album.”On Friday (August 25), Ashnikko made their third consecutive appearance at Reading, following a slot on the Radio 1 Dance stage in 2022 and the Lock Up tent the year prior. For the 2023 edition of the festival, she performed a surprise at the Festival Republic tent.Check back at NME h
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Florence Welch has returned to the stage for the first time since undergoing emergency surgery last month, and performed two duets with Ethel Cain.Taking place at the MEO Kalorama festival in Lisbon, Portugal, the performance marked the first headlining set by Florence + The Machine since the band were forced to cancel several live shows in August.At the time, Welch declared that although she doesn’t “really feel strong enough” to share details on her ordeal with fans just yet, the emergency surgery last month “saved her life”.“I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple of shows,” she wrote, explaining that it was unrelated to a broken foot that caused the postponement of a UK tour at the start of the year.A post shared by Florence Welch (@florence)Now, it seems that the singer is on the road to recovery, as she not only made her return to the stage for her headline slot but also surprised fans by joining Ethel Cain on stage.Before the headline set with her band, Welch made a surprise appearance during Cain’s afternoon set, joining her for a duet of ‘Thoroughfare’ from the latter’s debut album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’, which arrived last year.Cain then went on to return the favour during the headline set later that day, and joined Welch and co. for a powerful joint performance of ‘Morning Elvis’ – the closing track from Florence + The Machine’s 2022 record ‘Dance Fever’.‘Morning Elvis’ was first performed by the two last year, when they both joined forces in Denver.
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Florence Welch has disclosed that she recently underwent emergency surgery which “saved [her] life.” Welch revealed the news in an Instagram post explaining the recent cancellation of two Florence and the Machine festival dates in Europe. The band were forced to pull out of Zurich Open Air Festival and and Rock En Seine, both of which were due to take place this past weekend, on "medical advice." In a follow-up post shared on Sunday, Welch revealed a little more information as to why the shows were affected, stating that she underwent the surgery "for reasons I don't really feel strong enough to go into yet." Read Next: Ethel Cain joins Florence + The Machine on “Morning Elvis” "I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple shows," she wrote.
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Baby Queen spoke to NME backstage at Reading Festival 2023 about how The 1975‘s self-titled debut has impacted her career. Watch the full interview above.Last night (August 26), The 1975 performed the record – which celebrates its 10th anniversary next week (September 1) – in full as they headlined Main Stage West. “This set does, eventually, remind you what it means for such a characterful and often misunderstood debut album to still be so beloved,” said NME in a four-star review of the performance.Speaking of what it meant to grow up with ‘The 1975’, which spawned hit singles ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Sex’, the artist – born Bella Latham – explained: “I was 17-years-old and still in South Africa when it came out, and it was when I started to go off the rails.
The Killers brought a fan on stage to play drums with them during their Reading Festival 2023 set. Watch clips for the moment below.“Go faster,” Flowers said, before joking, “More cocaine than marijuana”.
Holly Humberstone brought out Arlo Parks during her Reading Festival 2023 set today (August 26). Watch a clip of the moment below.The pair performed a surprise duet of Humberstone’s ‘Room Service’, a track from her upcoming debut album ‘Paint My Bedroom Black‘ which is set for release on October 13.Recently speaking of the slow strumming track, Humberstone said that she wrote it “a little while ago when I’d just started touring full time” adding that she’d found herself stressed out at the time even while having fun.“I was really missing home and my friends,” she said.
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Ashnikko is set to play a secret set at Reading Festival 2023 today (August 25) – get all the details below.On the day the pop star releases their debut album ‘WEEDKILLER’, they will play the Festival Republic Stage at Reading at 4pm.It’s not yet clear whether a set at Leeds later in the weekend will follow.Reviewing Ashnikko’s debut album, NME said: “The North Carolinian could have made a killing shilling vague platitudes over punky trap instrumentals, as she did on her previous mixtape, 2021’s ‘Daredevil’.
Trippie Redd has cancelled his performances at this weekend’s Reading & Leeds Festivals due to illness.The news was shared today (August 25) on the festivals’ social media, where they shared a statement from the rapper.“I’m so sorry to announce that I can’t perform this weekend,” he told fans.“I was really looking forward to coming to Reading & Leeds Festivals but due to illness I have to cancel my visit to the UK. I hope to see you soon!”Reading & Leeds haven’t yet shared news of a replacement.Unfortunately we have to announce that Trippie Redd is having to cancel his performances at both Reading and Leeds due to illness.Trippie Redd’s statement: “I’m so sorry to announce that I can’t perform this weekend.
Ashnikko has shared what it was like working with Ethel Cain on their track ‘Dying Star’, calling it “quite magical”.The two singers teamed up on the final track featured on Ashnikko’s debut album ‘WEEDKILLER‘. The song wraps up the entire LP which was based on a short story Ashnikko wrote about about a race of AI robots who destroy a fae forest.Speaking to NME as the latest star of The Cover, they shared the process of creating ‘Dying Star’ saying :“I wrote the first verse of the song in a session, and I didn’t know what to do with it and was sitting on it for a while.”They continued:“Then I played it to Ethel, and ‘Dying Star’ came out.
Reading & Leeds festival have spoken to NME about the help they’ll be offering on site this year, and how fans can access it.Returning this weekend, the twin-site festival will see headline performances from Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender, Imagine Dragons, Foals and The 1975 – with the likes of Loyle Carner, Central Cee, Wet Leg, Inhaler, Holly Humberstone, Arlo Parks, Rina Sawayama, Becky Hill and many more also appearing. Check out the full line-up and stage times here.With R&L being a first-time festival for many revellers, some may be feeling overwhelmed at concerned at the idea of being among such a huge crowd for a few days.
Thousands of festival-goers will descend on Reading and Leeds this weekend as the festival returns for another three-day music extravaganza.