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Kim Gordon has dropped a discordant new single, ‘ECRP’, to coincide with a run of dates starting tonight (June 25).Following on from her trap-inspired album ‘The Collective’ earlier this year, Gordon’s new one-off single is a noisy, experimental affair that speaks of “rumours of free speech” and “ashes on the nightstand”.The video, meanwhile, was directed by Gordon’s daughter Coco Gordon Moore and features various shots of New York street scenes.Check out ‘ECRP’ below.Gordon plays London’s Koko tonight, kicking off a European tour, and will head to Birmingham for a gig at the O2 Institute2. The tour also includes various festival appearances at the likes of Glastonbury, Open’er and Roskilde.In a four-star review of ‘The Collective’, NME wrote: “Here the 70-year-old balances her less than commercial sensibilities with crunchily on-trend production and relatable lyrics about rotten capitalism and fragile masculinity – if these sound like themes she explored during Sonic Youth’s ‘90s heyday, it only goes to show how little has changed.”“It’s notable, though, how contemporary her distorted art-punk sounds, given the ongoing grunge resurgence and the fact that Olivia Rodrigo’s taking The Breeders on tour this year.
Despite her new album’s title, here is an icon who’s spent more than four decades making truly individual art.”‘The Collective’ was also named as one of the best albums of 2024 so far, described in a nutshell as “a clangorous, cutting experiment with trap beats and abrasive noise”.Gordon’s second solo album features singles such as ‘Psychedelic Orgasm’, ‘I’m A Man’ and ‘BYE BYE’. It follows Gordon’s 2019 debut solo album ‘No Home Record’.
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Glastonbury 2024 – a first for the festival that celebrates South Asian culture. Check out our video on the Arrivals area above.The Arrivals stage is based in the Shangri-La area of the Worthy Farm site and has been designed by a group of South Asian cultural organisations, including Going South, Dialled In and Daytimers.
Glastonbury Festival 2024‘s grand opening with its first-ever opening drone show has now come to an end – watch footage of the show below.Last night (June 26), Glastonbury held its first-ever drone show, which took place ahead of its regular fireworks display, to open the 2024 festival at Worthy Farm.The drone show is just one of the few new additions to this year’s festival, as it usually opens with a traditional fireworks display which occurs roughly around 11pm on the opening day of Glastonbury for early arrivals. Fans typically gather around on the legendary hill by the park stage to catch a view of the light show.For the opening show, Glastonbury enlisted 576 drones – per the BBC – for a stunning display above the festival grounds.
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Glastonbury festival actually is.Glastonbury has returned to its annual home of Worthy Farm this week – with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline the music festival. A video captured from a hot air balloon 3000ft up in the sky has provided a bird’s eye view of just how gigantic Glastonbury is.
Glastonbury 2024, promising a place for festival-goers to “find themselves” at the Woodsies area. Watch our video on The Tree Stage above.The Tree Stage is Glasto’s new outdoor area, set beneath an oak tree décor canopy with LED screens and state of the art soundsystem – designed to “zero into the immersive, ambient and experimental”.The area is described as a “playground for sound” for artists to indulge in an “audio-visual spectacle”, and is set to see figures from the worlds of the arts, folk, science and music with work and events by Jon Hopkins, Merlin Sheldrake, Ana Roxanne and more“It’s bringing something really new and refreshing to the area,” area organiser Lilith Piper told NME. “It’s very much trying to integrate this whole space into being a new listening experience, quite literally in the trees.
Foo Fighters have returned to the capital for two headline shows at the London Stadium – check out the full stage times below.Dave Grohl and co. are currently on the UK leg of their ‘Everything Or Nothing At All’ tour, which kicked off in Manchester last Thursday (June 13).
Taylor Swift is set to bring her huge ‘Eras Tour’ to Wembley Stadium in London tomorrow (June 21). Check out the full stage times for this week’s concerts below.The ‘Tortured Poets’ pop star will take to the stage in the capital for the first time in six years, having last performed at the same venue on her ‘Reputation’ tour in 2018.In addition to tomorrow’s show, Swift is due to play at Wembley on Saturday (June 22) and Sunday (23) before returning to the stadium for a further five sold-out gigs in August.Paramore are opening for the singer on the current UK and Ireland leg.
Epik High have released a music video for their latest single, ‘Antihero’.‘Antihero’ is the lead single off Epik High’s new mixtape, ‘Pump’, which also includes the song ‘I Was Happy’, featuring Kim Jong-wan of NELL. Notably, the project is also the trio’s first full body of work since Part Two of their tenth studio album ‘Epik High Is Here’ dropped in February 2022.Speaking with Billboard about the mixtape, the group said that the mixtape format of ‘Pump’ “frees us from having to make radio hits, allowing us to refocus on the irreverent and raw side of Epik High that our core fans love”.
Self Esteem and Moonchild Sanelly have teamed up for a collaborative new single, ‘Big Man’. Check it out below.The song marks the first release from the former – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – since her BRIT and Mercury Prize-nominated 2021 album, ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, and “explores the nuances of modern masculinity and gender roles”.“I’m a big man/ Yeah, I’m a fucking big man/ What are you?” the pair sing over an electronic beat.Speaking about working with South African musician and dancer Sanelly, Taylor explained: “Me and Moon wrote a song from the perspective of a good boyfriend.
Father John Misty has teased two new songs, with one rumoured by fans to be titled ‘Josh Tillman And The Accidental Dose’. Check them out below.Short clips of the songs were shared earlier this week by Father John Misty – real name Joshua Michael Tillman – on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube.
Kwon Eun-bi has officially dropped her second single album ‘Sabotage’, alongside a music video for its title track.The former IZ*ONE singer released both the single and accompanying visual on June 18. In the music video for ‘Sabotage’, Kwon Eun-bi is cast under a love spell by a stranger and sings of the inescapable impulse of falling hard and fast.“Boy, that is sabotage / Baby, you really know, really know, know what’s the deal / Oh, that is sabotage / This feel awakening in my deepening heart / ‘Cause when you look at me, look at me, can’t tell what’s real,” she croons on the chorus.Aside from its title track, the ‘Sabotage’ single album includes two other B-side tracks: ‘Unnatural’ and ‘Bad Blood’.
Sabrina Carpenter has covered Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ For BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge.The ‘Espresso’ chart-topper stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Lounge earlier today (June 18) and performed her newest single ‘Please Please Please‘ and sang a stripped-down rendition of Roan’s ‘Good Luck Babe’.Her cover of Roan’s song began with an acoustic version of the track’s intro, turning it into a ballad before bringing the tempo up back to its original pop sound. The singer previously told Rolling Stone that she’s had ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ on “loopty loop.”pic.twitter.com/eD1P5vToPO— Media SCBR (@mediascbr) June 18, 2024Elsewhere, Carpenter is set to release her sixth album ‘Short N Sweet’ on August 23 via Island Records.Last week, she gave ‘Please Please Please‘ its live debut at Gov Ball in New York.
Liam Gallagher has compared Manchester’s new Co-Op Live arena to New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden – despite the venue’s recent problems.The venue in Gallagher’s hometown has had its fair share of teething problems this year, mired in controversy after myriad delays. It was due to open on April 23 with a show from comedian Peter Kay, but after power supply issues at a test event featuring Rick Astley, Kay’s show was first postponed by a week and then for a second time as the venue “wasn’t ready“.Shows by The Black Keys, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Olivia Rodrigo and Keane were all postponed, too, while Take That decided to move their five concert dates to the AO Arena instead.
Katy Perry was in tears when she said “goodbye” to American Idol last month, but today she teased the first single of her post-Idol music career with a celebratory announcement.
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Donald and Melania Trump, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, and Katie Holmes have been celebrating their kids’ achievements. Scroll down to learn some of their future plans: Roger Federer’s inspiring speech for Dartmouth University graduates goes viralWhy Kim Kardashian has to blow-dry her jewelry before wearing itBarron Trump graduated from Oxbridge Academy earlier this year, with his parents and his grandfather attending the ceremony. Donald Trump revealed that his son was interested in following in his footsteps and attending the University of Pennsylvania, but the news have yet to be confirmed.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dana White, chief executive of UFC, is one of the stars of the new Roku original docuseries “Fight Inc.: Inside the UFC,” touted as an “unprecedented” insider’s look at the company, marking its 30th anniversary. Earlier this month, White — a well-known supporter of Donald Trump — played a starring role in different production: Trump’s first TikTok video. Following footage of the ex-president greeting fans at UFC 302 in Newark, N.J., on June 1, the video shows White with Trump backstage at the fight.
Reading & Leeds 2024 have been revealed – check them out below now.As is tradition, the twin festivals will take place over the upcoming August bank holiday (23-25) and will return to the usual sites of Richfield Avenue (Reading) and Bramham Park (Leeds). They will both be headlined by Fred Again.., Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Blink-182 and Gerry Cinnamon.