Hercules And Love Affair share new song ‘Grace’ and unveil first album in five years

MC5 have announced their first album in over 50 years and a series of US tour dates.The band took to Instagram earlier today (March 9) to post a video, which you can view below, featuring old footage of the punk veterans and a snippet of the album’s title track ‘Heavy Lifting’. The song also features Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello.MC5 have reformed with original member Wayne Kramer, Pollo Elastica’s Brad Brooks, Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), Vicki Randle (Mavis Staples) and guitarist Stevie Salas.The new LP, which is due to drop later this year, will be the band’s first proper studio effort since 1971’s ‘High Time’ and sees Kramer collaborating with Morello, Kesha, Jill Sobule, Tim McIlrath, and Alejandro Escovedo.The band will also hit the road for a US tour in May, dates for which you can view below.A post shared by MC5 (@mc5alive)Tickets for the shows will go on sale this Friday (March 11) and further information is available via Kramer’s Facebook page here.Meanwhile, MC5 were recently nominated for this year’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame alongside Eminem, Kate Bush, Beck, Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Rage Against The Machine, A Tribe Called Quest, Carly Simon, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, New York Dolls, Dionne Warwick, DEVO and Pat Benatar.It is the Detroit rockers’ sixth nomination over the years ahead of the final shortlist in May.A body of more than 1,000 artists, industry members and historians will help decide which five acts out of the 17 will progress into the final round of induction consideration.

Tate McRae has hinted that she’s finished her highly anticipated debut studio album, and previewed a new single.The rising Canadian musician released the EP ‘Too Young To Be Sad’ last year, and has so far previewed her debut album with the 2021 single ‘Feel Like Shit’ and the recent ‘She’s All I Wanna Be’, co-written by Greg Kurstin.McRae took to Twitter this week to seemingly confirm that the album is now completely finished.“I just handed in the official track list for my album oh my,” she wrote, before going on to preview an unreleased song called ‘Chaotic’, which fans can pre-save now.i just handed in the official track list for my album oh my

Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa have teamed up on a new single and the collaboration will be released this week, the Houston rapper has announced.The star previously teased in an interview last month that her next “thing” would feature “somebody you might now” and would be “fire”.Now, Megan has confirmed that she will be joined on a new track by Lipa. Posting on Twitter, the rapper shared an image that featured photos of her and the singer on the icing of four cakes.

BADBADNOTGOOD released their fifth solo studio album, Talk Memory, in October via XL Recordings and Innovative Leisure. The record comprised eight tracks on streaming, but its physical edition also included a slow, moody cut titled "Open Channels." The Toronto-based psychedelic jazz trio have now shared that song as a digital single, along with a short film directed by Sylvain Chaussée.

Mary J. Blige has re-teamed with Lifetime to executive produce Real Love, a new original film inspired by her hit ’90s song of the same name. Blige will executive produce via her Blue Butterfly production banner, alongside Ashaunna Ayars and Nicole Jackson.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCharli XCX has dropped the latest single from her forthcoming album “Crash,” just days before her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” (which was originally scheduled for December but postponed due to omicron) and will perform the song on the show.According to the announcement, the song, which is accompanied by a video directed by Imogene Strauss and Luke Orlando, is one of the first Charli wrote for the album. The disco-fied song is a collaboration with the brother team of Justin and Jeremiah Raisen (a.k.a.

“I’ll never get back what I lost track of” We had that line written for the last year but could never figure out what to do with it. We kept writing it down, not knowing where it should live.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any hotter on “Sex/Life” they go and drop new additions to the season two cast.

Tears For Fears are heading for their third UK Number 1 album this Friday with The Tipping Point.

Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York performed a “Prayer for Ukraine” during the opening of “SNL” on Saturday. Cast members Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong introduced the choir.The choir sang the melancholy tune in front of a live audience and a table of candles that spelled the name of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv.Russian troops launched an attack on Ukraine this week.

Blossoms have shared a new track called ‘Ode To NYC’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest preview of the Stockport band’s fourth album ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’, which is due to arrive on April 29. It follows on from the record’s title track and last year’s ‘Care For’.“This song is a love letter to New York City,” Blossoms wrote while announcing ‘Ode To NYC’ alongside footage of themselves recording it in the studio.

Coheed and Cambria have shared their latest single ‘The Liars Club’ and announced details of a North American tour.The song is taken from the four-piece’s upcoming new album ‘Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind’, which is set for release on May 27 via Roadrunner Records.Speaking about ‘The Liars Club’, Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez said in a statement: “When the truth is such a mess, who doesn’t want to live out a different reality? Who doesn’t want to embrace a lie?”You can hear ‘The Liars Club’ in the band’s accompanying animated music video below.Coheed and Cambria have also announced their ‘A Window Of The Waking Mind’ tour, which will see them tour North America in July and August with Dance Gavin Dance and Mothica.You can see Coheed and Cambria’s upcoming tour dates below, and find tickets here when they go on sale on Friday (February 25).July12 – FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami, FL13 – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL15 – 713 Music Hall, Houston, TX16 – Whitewater Amphitheater, New Braunfels, TX17 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving, TX19 – Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta, GA23 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN24 – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC26 – The Anthem, Washington, DC27 – The Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA29 – Agganis Arena, Boston, MA30 – Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY August1 – Stage AE Outdoors, Pittsburgh, PA2 – Crofoot Festival Grounds, Pontiac, MI3 – RBC Echo Beach, Toronto, ON5 – Armory, Minneapolis, MN6 – SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview, IL7 – Saint Louis Music Park, St Louis, MO9 – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Denver, CO10 – The Lot at The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT12 – Shrine LA Outdoors, Los Angeles, CA

Shannon Singh may have been in the Love Island villa for literally 48 hours but she's definitely one of the standout starts of the 2021 series.Throughout the entire series there was talk that Shannon could potentially return, there were rumours surrounding Shannon and a Casa Amor bombshell and while she was only on the show for two days she's still got waaay more Instagram followers than the majority of bombshells.Shortly after her stint on the show Shannon actually reunited with her ex-boyfriend Ben Sterling and it's safe to say that things are going well because they bought a house together.Posting a photo of herself and her hot DJ boyfriend, Shannon wrote on the 'gram, "And just like that we have a house!!!!!"Sun was majorly blinding us guys I swear we’re absolutely buzzing

Afghan Whigs have returned today (February 22) with their first new music since 2017 – listen to ‘I’ll Make You See God’ below.The track features in the upcoming PlayStation game Gran Turismo 7, released March 4, and the single is also being released via Royal Cream/BMG.Speaking about the new single, frontman Greg Dulli said: “That’s one of the hardest rock songs we’ve ever done.“It was written and performed on sheer adrenalin.”You can listen to the new song here:The band – comprising frontman/guitarist Greg Dulli, bassist John Curley, multi-instrumentalist Rick Nelson, drummer Patrick Keeler and new guitarist Christopher Thorn  have also announced a brief U.S. tour dates beginning May 11.You can see the full list of dates below and buy tickets here:MAY 202211- Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room12 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum13 – Orlando, FL – The Social14 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle17 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East18 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall20 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall21 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom22 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue24 – Pittsburgh,  PA – Mr Smalls Theatre25 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of WilliamsburgBack in 2017, the guitarist of the Afghan Whigs, Dave Rosser, died aged 50 following a battle with colon cancer.The band announced over Facebook: “It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our friend, brother and inspiration,” they continued.

Cults have shared a new bonus track called ‘Valentine’, taken from the 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut album.The New York band was formed in 2010 by Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin, with their first record released in June 2011 via In The Name Of.Cults shared the previously unreleased track yesterday (February 14), to coincide with Valentine’s Day. “Go, go on and show me those things that I used to know,” Follin sings on the song.

In April of last year, Vince Staples revealed that he was working on two new albums, a self-titled LP and another called Ramona Park Broke My Heart. The former dropped in July and was one of our favorite projects of the year.

Sara Pascoe has delighted fans as she has announced the news that she has become a mum at age 40.The comedian shared the happy news as she posted the happy news on her Instagram page. New mum Sara shared a photo of her adorable newborn tot being fed by Sara's husband Steen Raskopoulos.