Holly Humberstone explains why rushing her upcoming album didn’t work

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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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.

Reading & Leeds and environmental campaigners have spoken to NME about the festival’s fight against climate change – and what music fans can do to help.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.Victoria Chapman, head of sustainability at R&L owners Live Nation, explained how the festivals were making practical efforts to stride towards their aim to a 50 per cent reduce in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, increasing renewable energy use and reducing single-use plastics – as well as spreading the green message among festival-goers.“We’re seeing the impact that artists can have at all levels of touring, and how they really inspire fans, the industry and each other towards positive change,” Chapman told NME.

Bombay Bicycle Club have released a new single, ‘I Want To Be Your Only Pet’.The new track is the third single to be taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘My Big Day’, which is due for release on October 20. The band had previously offered previews of the album in the form of the title track and the Holly Humberstone collaboration ‘Diving’.Speaking about the new song, frontman Jack Steadman said: “I was just playing around with guitar sounds at soundcheck, and started playing this riff.

Holly Humberstone has announced details of a short, intimate UK tour to celebrate her upcoming album – find details below.The singer will release her debut album ‘Paint My Bedroom Black’ on October 13, and head out around the country in the days before.The UK tour will begin on October 1 in Liverpool and end five days later in Southampton.See the tour dates below. Tickets will go on sale here from Thursday (August 24) at 10am BST.OCTOBER 20231 – Liverpool, Jacaranda2 – Leeds, Crash3 – Nottingham, Rough Trade5 – London, Banquet6 – Southampton, ViniloSpeaking to NME backstage at Lollapalooza 2023 last month, Humberstone explained why rushing her creative process on her upcoming debut album did not work for her.“I did try to rush and write stuff but it just didn’t really work,” explained the singer.

Reading & Leeds festivals are set to return for 2023 this week – check out the latest weather forecast for both festival sites below.The twin festivals return to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 25-27, with The 1975, Foals, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragons all set to headline.The latest weather forecast suggests that both Reading and Leeds can expect some rain and a gentle breeze over the vast majority of the weekend.Temperatures at Reading are set to peak at 23°, while Leeds’ temperature will rise to 19°.You can check out the latest weather forecast for Reading and Leeds below (via BBC Weather).Thursday August 24: Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 23° and lows of 11°.Friday August 25: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 20° and lows of 10°.Saturday August 26: Drizzle and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 11°.Sunday August 27: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 10°.A post shared by Reading & Leeds Festival (@officialrandl)Thursday August 24: Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 11°.Friday August 25: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 10°.Saturday August 26: Light rain showers and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 10°.Sunday August 28: Drizzle and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 11°.Also set to play the joint festivals are the likes of Wet Leg, Bicep, Becky Hill, Steve Lacy, Central Cee, MUNA, The Snuts and Tion Wayne.Meanwhile, Arlo Parks, Easy Life, Frank Turner, Holly Humberstone, Mimi Webb, The Amazons, Caity

Reading & Leeds festivals are set to return for 2023 next week – check out the latest weather forecast for both festival sites below.The twin festivals return to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 25-27, with The 1975, Foals, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragons all set to headline.The latest weather forecast suggests that both Reading and Leeds can expect some rain and a gentle breeze over the vast majority of the weekend.Temperatures at Reading are set to peak at 21°, while Leeds’ temperature will rise to 19°.You can check out the latest weather forecast for Reading and Leeds below (via BBC Weather).Thursday August 24: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 21° and lows of 12°.Friday August 25: Drizzle and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 11°.Saturday August 26:Drizzle and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 20° and lows of 12°.Sunday August 27: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 11°.A post shared by Reading & Leeds Festival (@officialrandl)Thursday August 24: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 11°.Friday August 25: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 12°.Saturday August 26: Light rain and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 12°.Sunday August 28: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 11°.Also set to play the joint festivals are the likes of Wet Leg, Bicep, Becky Hill, Steve Lacy, Central Cee, MUNA, The Snuts and Tion Wayne.Meanwhile, Arlo Parks, Easy Life, Frank Turner, Holly Humberstone, Mimi Webb, The Amazons, Caity Baser, Sea Girls,

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Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello played a surprise set on the picket line in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood yesterday (August 14).SAG-AFTRA – Hollywood’s largest union, which represents 160,000 actors and performers – and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are both currently on strike as they seek an increase in base pay and residuals in the age of streaming. They are also hoping to negotiate safeguards against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence in the film industry.Speaking before the performance, Morello told NME he wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with striking actors and writers: “They’re making history here on the sidewalk in front of Paramount Studios and I’m here to support them and express my solidarity.”The guitarist, who described himself as a “proud union man”, applauded the actors and writers for “flexing their power and showing what solidarity means.”Tom Morello singing the final verse of union bop This Land is Your Land to an energized WGA/ SAG AFTRA picket line pic.twitter.com/WO9o8HUiMd— Clara (@thatclarafied) August 14, 2023He added that the ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry are part of a wider movement of organised worker power across the country that some have dubbed ‘Hot Labor Summer’.

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One director Christopher McQuarrie has explained why a major character had to die – warning spoilers below.Ilsa Faust played by Rebecca Ferguson, who has been in the franchise since 2015’s Rogue Nation, was surprisingly killed off by the lead villain Gabriel (Esai Morales) during a fight scene in Venice.In a new interview with Empire, McQuarrie discussed why he and Tom Cruise felt the need to kill off Ferguson’s character.“We knew that that emotional arc was of a certain emotional tone… Ilsa is a wonderful character, and a character of which I am enormously proud, and Rebecca is an actor of such unmitigated power and presence,” the director said.“And yet, where we had gone with the character from Rogue to Fallout…[the] place you took that character would either make less of her, it would suddenly become frivolous… or she would just become a romantic interest, and it was never about creating a character who was defined by her love story with Ethan Hunt.“Their relationship transcends a traditional loving story… They’re doomed to be together and yet doomed never to be together… It felt like that story was looking for its resolution and so we said this has got to happen.”McQuarrie went on to explain the decision to conclude her story dovetailed with their desire to give a sense of genuine stakes in the movie.“What really needs to happen in the story is the stakes have to be real, they can’t be implied,” he added.

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BBC News.Femi Kuti, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cinematic Orchestra, Soul II Soul, Emicida, 47Soul, Jungle Brothers, Ana Tijoux, Tank & The Bangas and ENNY were among the acts performing this year.Dr Alasdair Wood from UKHSA South West said investigations are ongoing to establish any “common links” between those affected by the illness.He told BBC News: “People have reported experiencing diarrhoea, stomach cramps and a high temperature. People who become unwell with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting need to drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated and should stay off work, education and childcare settings until symptoms have stopped for two days, as this is when you’re most infectious.“We also advise that people wash their hands thoroughly when handling food and after using the toilet, to help prevent the spread of infection.”Dr Wood went on to say if symptoms do not settle after two days people should call their GP or NHS 111 for medical advice.Meanwhile, Bombay Bicycle Club recently teamed up with Holly Humberstone on their latest track ‘Diving’ from their forthcoming album.It is the second track from Bombay Bicycle Club’s upcoming sixth album ‘My Big Day’, which is out on October 20.

Holly Humberstone has shared what it was like working with D4vid on their collab track ‘Superbloodmoon’ at Lollapalooza 2023.Speaking with NME backstage at this year’s edition of the Chicago music festival, Humberstone shared: “Working with D4vid was so cool. I’ve been a fan of him forever, since he started releasing music.

is no exception to the complaints.In a recent interview with Insider, Nolan divulged the artistic choice that makes the dialogue difficult to understand: he doesn’t request actors to come back to do additional dialogue recordings in post-production. ADR is a commonality in the TV and Movie industry. “I like to use the performance that was given in the moment rather than the actor re-voice it later,” he said.

Christopher Nolan has explained why some audience members may have difficulty hearing the dialogue in Oppenheimer.The movie, which stars Cillian Murphy as Robert J. Oppenheimer — the real-life American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb — has received rave reviews and become a box office hit, but some fans have raised complaints about the film’s sound quality.Nolan’s films have long been criticised for hard-to-hear dialogue, with The Dark Knight Rises and Tenet being two notable examples.