Metallica’s Kirk Hammett shares new solo song ‘High Plains Drifter’

Alison Hammond and her new co-host Craig Doyle have been exchanging sweet messages on social media after delighting fans with their This Morning appearance. Fans of the ITV daytime show were treated to a new face on the Bank Holiday Monday show.

Anderson .Paak has shared a brand new track called ‘Yours To Take’ via a new advertisement for Budweiser – scroll down the page to hear it now.The track marks the first piece of new solo material, the rapper, singer, drummer and producer has released since the 2020 single ‘Jewelz’.“Are you sure you can be like them?” he asks at the start of the song. “Do you have what it takes to win?” Later, he adds a promise and a warning: “We can book a show on the moon, but my band ain’t playing no EDM / I’m in the Sunshine State but they’ll be the shadiest / Young, Black, gifted and dangerous / Don’t play with us.”The accompanying advert is subtle on the Budweiser branding and follows numerous creatives, including a drummer, artist, fashion designer and more through their journeys.

This Morning viewers were full of compliments as Alison Hammond showed off a new look on Friday's show. The presenter was back fronting the ITV daytime show alongside co-host Dermot O'Leary after jetting back from Dubai.

When it comes to all things home renovations and garden ware, there's one shop that springs to mind before any others - B&Q.

Young Nudy's dark and playful take on trap music has made him one of the most thrilling artists to emerge from Atlanta in the last few years. His songs often sound like abandoned carnivals where murderous clowns lurk around broken-down rides to lure unsuspecting explorers into their traps.

Klaxons member James Righton has shared a new collaboration with ABBA‘s Benny Andersson – listen to ‘Empty Rooms’ below.The track is the latest preview of Righton’s new solo album, ‘Jim, I’m Still Here’, which was announced this month and will land on July 8 via Soulwax‘s label DEEWEE and made in collaboration with David and Stephen Dewaele.Righton met Andersson when putting together the live band for ABBA’s forthcoming Voyage live residency in London, which begins next month.“He’s never done anything like this before,” Righton said of Andersson’s contribution to the track. “I nervously sent him the track and a couple of days later he sent back this keyboard line which was perfect“’Empty Rooms’ is about silent conflicts,” he added.

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.

Grace Warrior is on the move! Bindi Irwin took to Instagram Saturday to share a sweet snap of her daughter, Grace Warrior, 1, walking hand-in-hand with mom as they spent the evening at Australia Zoo.«Evenings @australiazoo with my little love.

Alfie Templeman has shared a new song called ‘Living In A Universe’ for Earth Day, with proceeds going to Brian Eno’s climate change charity EarthPercent.To mark Earth Day (April 22), EarthPercent shared a list of exclusive tracks – including live versions, collaborations and previously unreleased songs – that have been donated by such artists as Coldplay, Michael Stipe, Anna Calvi and Jarvis Cocker‘s JARV IS…, while Declan McKenna also shared a new track called ‘Elephant’.“Buy the track to help fund the most effective organisations working on the climate emergency, under the guidance of an advisory panel of climate experts, leading scientists & youth activists,” Templeman wrote of the release of ‘Living In A Universe’.At least £1.30 of the £1.99 price tag goes to EarthPercent and it can be purchased here.Today, I released 'Living In a Universe' via @earthpercentorg. Buy the track to help fund the most effective organisations working on the climate emergency, under the guidance of an advisory panel of climate experts, leading scientists & youth activists.https://t.co/TwB8Laor3B— Alfie (@alfietempleman) April 22, 2022Proceeds from sales of these songs will go towards funding EarthPercent’s five core areas of work: “greening music, energy transition, climate justice, legal and policy change, and protecting nature”.

After releasing his new mixtape Two-Face Bang 2 last week, Fredo Bang still has more gas in the tank. Today, he's dropped a new song featuring YNW Melly called "Brazy." Check it out above.

Gallery: All I'm askin' is for a little RESPECT! Remembering the Queen of Soul on her 80th birthday. . . (BANG Showbiz)In an interview with Rolling Stone, Aimee - who has largely kept out of the public eye and chose not to participate in her family's raucous reality show 'The Osbournes' in the early 2000s - has loved getting to bond with her 73-year-old father over their art.

aespa have shared new details about their upcoming projects, including their Coachella debut this weekend and an upcoming album.In a recent interview with Billboard, the K-pop quartet dropped several hints about new projects, including their debut performance at the upcoming second weekend of the Coachella festival. aespa will be appearing on the festival’s main stage on April 23.Earlier this week, in an announcement confirming aespa’s Coachella appearance, it was confirmed to NME that the group are set to perform an unreleased track during their set, which will also include other past hits such as ‘Savage’, ‘Next Level’ and ‘Black Mamba’.Winter has since revealed details about the unreleased track, titled ‘Life’s Too Short’, telling Billboard that it will be a cut from a new album from aespa.

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has released new track ‘High Plains Drifter’ from his debut solo EP ‘Portals’, which is out this Friday.The music on ‘Portals’ is intended to be “soundtracks to the movies in your mind”, although – whatever might be screening in your mind right now – ‘High Plains Drifter’ takes its inspiration from the 1973 movie of the same name.“[The song] was not meant to be specifically music for that film, but it was once it was written, I immediately thought it conveyed the same sentiment as the film, so the piece was christened accordingly”, says Hammett.“The music for ‘High Plains Drifter’ initially came from a Flamenco piece I had written”, he goes on. “It was a two-and-a-half-minute piece, and I really liked it, but it was one of those riffs that would be hard to integrate into Metallica.

Lykke Li has shared a new song, ‘Highway To Your Heart’, and announced new UK/European tour dates – see the dates and watch the new video below.The new track is the second preview of the singer’s upcoming album ‘EYEYE’, which was announced last month and has been described as an “immersive audiovisual album”.The album, out on May 20 and available to pre-order here, sees Li reunite with longtime collaborator Björn Yttling, their first time working together since her 2014 album ‘I’ll Never Learn’. He had previously worked with Li on her first three albums.‘Highway To Your Heart’ comes complete with its own video by director Theo Lindquist, who worked on the entire visual accompaniment to ‘EYEYE’ – watch it below.After the album’s release, Lykke Li will play six special gigs across the UK and Europe in October, beginning in Stockholm in her native Sweden on October 17.A London gig is set for October 22 at the Barbican, and you can see the full list of dates below.OCTOBER17 – Stockholm, Cirkus19 – Copenhagen, Vega21 – Amsterdam, Royal Theatre Carré22 – London, Barbican24 – Berlin, The Metropol26 – Paris, Le TrianonAccording to a press statement, ‘EYEYE’ was recorded in her bedroom in Los Angeles and is the musician’s “attempt to compress a lifetime of romantic obsession and female fantasy into a hyper sensory landscape”.It added: “There were no click-tracks, no headphones, and no digital instruments.

Yung M.A has shared a new track and video titled "Aye Day Pay Day" alongside the release of an NFT capsule that celebrates her career. The new song finds the Brooklyn rapper riding an aqueous beat by Amadeus, Buda & Grandz, and MadeByMarz with characteristic confidence.

Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that she would love to be asked to record the next James Bond theme song.Exclusive: Nicole Scherzinger reveals rare insight into romance with Thom EvansThe American songstress told HELLO! that she would love to be given herown variety show that is a "modern day version of Cher meets Bette Midler meets Shirley Bassey meets the Pussycat Dolls and Nicole Scherzinger", adding: "And it makes complete sense because I come from cabaret theater, with grand vocals—I am putting it out there that I want to do the next Bond theme song."WATCH: Nicole Scherzinger shows off insane dance moves in skin-tight sportswearThe 43-year-old also reveled that she plans to throw more "intimate" showcases similar to a recent one she organized in Los Angeles to remind the industry of her range and background in musical theater."I was fortunate to do Annie Live on NBC and it reminded me of my love for musical theater, and so many people don't know I come from that theatrical space and sing Broadway, pop-rock and jazz blues," she shared.MORE: Nicole Scherzinger poses in daring red gown with dangerously high slit"I threw an intimate showcase and I think I will do more because I want to share with the industry and remind them - they associate me with the Pussycat Dolls and put me in that box - that I can do more things."Speaking at the DIRECTV SPACE activation at Neon Carnival with Levi’s® and Tequila Don Julio on Saturday evening, Nicole also spoke of her romance with Brit, Thom Evans.

Cardi B has shared a new drill track called ‘Shake It’ with Kay Flock, Dougie B and Bory300 – watch its official video below.The new track is only the rapper’s second piece of new material of 2022 so far, following her Summer Walker and SZA collaboration ‘No Love’, which came out last month.The Bronx rapper told fans in early 2020 that she was “going away for a very long time” in order to finish her second studio album. She then revealed back in December that she’ll release the ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ follow-up at some point in 2022, before revealing that she was at work on the record in a “ghetto ass studio”.Her four-way collaboration sees her pay tribute to the sounds of the New York borough she was raised in.

A former “American Idol” contestant is out with a new song.

Tampa rapper, singer and dancer Doechii has released a new song "Crazy." The song was produced by Kal Banx and arrives alongside a video directed by C. Prinz.