Hard-Fi talk playing more reunion gigs and plans for new music

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Harry Styles kicked off his new era with his third solo studio album, led by the smash single «As It Was.» The singer celebrated his new album with a series of  pop-up shops around the world — with locations in Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Toronto. The shops give fans a chance to experience and celebrate live with special activations and exclusive merchandise designs only available at these locations.

Julie Plec has probably had better days.

Naomi” was a DC superhero series written and executive produced by Ava DuVernay.“Naomi,” which starred Kaci Walfall as a teenager who realizes she has a hidden destiny, had The CW’s third-most watched season premiere of the 2021-22 season, but lost more than 40 percent of viewers by the time of its May 10 finale.

The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico will not return after four seasons. Season 4 will air as planned beginning June 6.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Charmed,” “Dynasty,” “Roswell, New Mexico” and “In the Dark” have been canceled at The CW, Variety has learned.Both “Roswell, New Mexico” and “In the Dark” have already completed filming on their upcoming seasons, and will conclude after those episodes have aired.Also canceled Thursday by the younger-skewing broadcast network were “Naomi” and “4400.”Based on the original WB/CW series of the same name, “Charmed” was currently airing its fourth season. The reboot starred Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Lucy Barrett, Rupert Evans and Jordan Donica.

Producers responsible for creating the movie "Rust," which was being filmed in New Mexico before an on-set shooting death resulted in its cancellation, are pushing back on claims that they knew firearm safety was a concern before the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was killed by a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding. Rust Movie Productions LLC filed a notice of contest on Tuesday arguing that the findings by the New Mexico Environmental Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (NMED) – which last month fined the company $136,793 for its "willful and serious" violation of workplace safety procedures – have no clue what it’s talking about in connection to a fire extinguisher that NMED said was not properly inspected and maintained.

penalty from New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Department, which found in a report that the producers used “plain indifference” to firearm safety on set. The producers, in a notice of contest filed Tuesday, pushed back on the report’s claims that “Rust” “willfully” violated safety protocols, including contesting that misfires of firearms were not properly addressed and that the set did not properly use a fire extinguisher.

J. Kim Murphy It’s May in New York City, and what better way to ring in the summer movie season than venturing to AMC Theaters in Times Square for opening night of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”?If you and a friend wanted to be among the first to catch Marvel’s latest, the 3 p.m. screening was the earliest possible.

Rihanna has appeared to get married to boyfriend A$AP Rocky in his latest music video D.M.B. released on Thursday 5 May. The 34 year old, who is currently pregnant with her and A$AP Rocky’s first child, made a cameo appearance in the new visuals for her beau’s single D.M.B.

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna were filming in New York City last summer. In July 2021, the couple were spotted showing all sorts of PDA in New York City’s Bronx neighborhood, enjoying a multi-day shoot for the 32-year-old rapper’s music video. Now, nearly an entire year later, the video has been released along with Rocky’s latest single, “D.M.B.”The video, released on May 5, is a “ghetto love tale” that sees Rocky and Rihanna play true ride-or-die characters, willing to remain by one another’s side despite their less-than-desirable circumstances.

A$AP Rocky has shared a new music teaser which stars Rihanna – you can watch the clip for ‘D.M.B.’ below.Rihanna, who is expecting a child with Rocky, features prominently in the 20-second clip, as she and the rapper are seen walking through crowds of fans and paparazzi.A link from the ‘D.M.B.’ teaser leads to a pre-save page which promises that new music from Rocky will arrive at 5pm today (May 5), with a music video also set to premiere here.The ‘D.M.B.’ teaser, which you can watch in full below, has been accompanied by a movie-style poster for an “AWGE picture”, which promises “a ghetto love tale” and features images of Rocky and Rihanna.The poster also reveals that the likes of Skepta, Hector Delgado, Krash, Nort Ollem, Shlohmo and D33J have all provided additional production on ‘D.M.B.’.It remains unclear whether Rihanna will guest feature on Rocky’s latest new music release, however.A$AP Rocky x Rihanna “A Ghetto Love Tale” releasing this Thursday. pic.twitter.com/MdIFG3EaRU— Rap Alert (@rapalert6) May 3, 2022Rocky’s last solo studio album, ‘Testing’, was released in May 2018.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced details of two upcoming gigs in New York and L.A. as well as confirming new music is due in the fall.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEarly 21 st century New York rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — singer Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Jay Chase — have announced new music and tour dates in the summer and fall. The group, which recently signed with indie powerhouse Secretly Canadian, say they will have new music in the fall.The group will play a brace of dates in Europe and Australia in the summer before hitting North America, with dates at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl in October, where they will be joined by high school punk rockers the Linda Lindas on both dates and (in Los Angeles) by Japanese Breakfast.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs appear to have shared a snippet of new music while announcing headline shows in New York and Los Angeles.After teasing the gigs over the weekend, the Karen O-led trio have confirmed they’ll take to the stage at NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium on October 1 before visiting the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California on October 6.The Linda Lindas will open for the band on both dates, with Japanese Breakfast also appearing as a special guest in LA. An additional support act for the New York concert is still to be announced.It’ll mark the first time be the first time Yeah Yeah Yeahs have played headline shows in New York and Los Angeles since 2017 and 2018 respectively.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (May 6) – buy yours here.

After a roughly three-year hiatus, Rooney Mara returned to the big screen with a starring role in Guillermo Del Toro‘s noir remake of “Nightmare Alley.” And it looks like Mara’s break hasn’t slowed her work ethic. After another lead role in Sarah Polley‘s upcoming Mennonite drama “Women Talking,” Mara already has her next film lined up, and with a filmmaker on the rise.

Hard-Fi have announced a special reunion gig to take place in London and hinted at new music, as well as the potential of a wider tour.The band last performed live together in 2014, the same year that they released the greatest hits album ‘Hard-Fi: Best Of 2004-2014’.After teasing their return with posters around London, the group have now confirmed they will get back together for a show in the city later this year. Speaking to fans on a Facebook Live stream earlier this evening, frontman Richard Archer shared details of the gig, which will take place at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on October 1, 2022.“You may have seen the signs around town – 1st of October 2022, we’re getting the band back together,” Archer began.