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Foo Fighters have announced that they will release new album ‘But Here We Are’ this summer. Out now is new single ‘Rescued’.The album will be the band’s first since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022.

The Black Keys have today (February 9) shared an emotive new single called ‘I Forgot To Be Your Lover’ – check out the new song below.The second track from their upcoming new album, ‘Ohio Players‘, is a rendition of William Bell’s ‘I Forgot To Be Your Lover’ and features Tommy Brenneck and Kelly Finnigan on the record. It follows on from the previously released single, ‘Beautiful People (Stay High)’. The new album is set release on April 5 via Nonesuch/Warner and you can pre-order/pre-save it here.A statement about the song says: “The reimagined song joins the original tracks on an album unlike any of the band’s others, featuring collaborations among the band’s Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney and various additional friends and colleagues, including Beck, Noel Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, and others.”You can listen to the track here:“We had this epiphany: ‘We can call our friends to help us make music’,” the band’s Patrick Carney said of the collaborative approach the band had towards their new album.

Jess Glynne has opened up about falling “out of love with music”, and hinted she may have new music on the way.The singer gave an interview to the The Telegraph, where she told them she was “deeply unhappy” with music. She further cited her grandmother’s and friend’s passing and being “really burnt out” as the reasons for her hiatus.Glynne also revealed she received a number of death threats following her use of a transphobic slur in 2021.“It felt like the world caved in on me,” Glynne said.

Liam Gallagher has discussed how he decided to collaborate with John Squire, saying that he knew it’d work as “the clothes said it all”.The first taster of the project by the former Oasis frontman and Stone Roses guitarist arrived today (January 5) in the form of the debut single ‘Just Another Rainbow’.The track was officially announced by the two last month after months of hype – including Gallagher describing the upcoming record as “the best record since [The Beatles’] ‘Revolver’”.Now, the former Oasis icon has opened up about how the two began working together, and claimed that he knew they’d get on from the get-go.“I had no doubt that they were going to be fucking cool. I had no doubt the music said it all.

Liam Gallagher has said that he and new collaborative partner John Squire are in the process of planning some debut live gigs.Officially announced last month after months of teasing – with Gallagher hailing their upcoming record as “the best record since [The Beatles’] ‘Revolver’” – the first taster of the project from the former Oasis frontman and Stone Roses guitarist arrived yesterday (January 5) in the form of debut single ‘Just Another Rainbow’.Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Gallagher revealed that plans are coming together for live shows from the pair.“We’ve got a bass player, we’ve got a drummer, we’ve got a keyboard player on hold and that if we need it. We’re going to try and tackle it without a keyboard player [or] piano player and give it a bit of bollocks, mate,” he said.“A bit of rawness to it, but if it needs it, it needs it.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There’s a secret to having a Christmas record that is successful in the 21st century: Put it out before 1970. That’s clear from just looking at the top 10 songs each December, and knowing that Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first two weeks of this month.

Liam Gallagher and John Squire have announced long-awaited details of their collaborative project – with first single ‘Just Another Rainbow’ set to arrive next month.The former Oasis frontman turned solo star and ex-Stone Roses guitarist turned artist have been teasing music together for quite some time. Back in June, Gallagher brought out Squires during his Knebworth shows to perform the 1995 Oasis classic ‘Champagne Supernova’ before Tweeting: “Super group incoming LG JS.”Gallagher would also confirm that the pair were “definitely” going to work together, before teasing that the pair’s joint LP will be “the best record since ‘Revolver’”, in reference to The Beatles‘ seventh album.Now, having launched a website a series of videos from one another this week, Gallagher and Squire have announced that their first single ‘Just Another Rainbow’ will be released on January 5, 2024, with “more new music to follow as the year unfolds”.

Jess Glynne has revealed that she once refused to give one of her songs to Rihanna in a new interview. The ‘Rather Be’ singer recently spoke with You magazine about a variety of topics, including one instance where Glynne was approached by Roc Nation co-founder and vice chairperson Jay Brown on whether her song, ‘Promise Me’, a ballad co-written with super-producer Greg Kurstin, could be used by Rihanna.“I said, ‘No, you’re not sending it to Rihanna.’ I mean, it was the biggest compliment, but I was like, ‘It’s my song, and I’m an artist, too’,” Glynne recounted.She later expressed that conflicts between her and her label’s interests eventually pushed her to fire her management team.

Dave Grohl has released an extended live version of his 23-minute long instrumental, ‘Play’.Released last week (December 1), the performance was taken from a recording of Warren Haynes’ 30th Annual Christmas Jam benefit concerts, which took place on December 7 and 8, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina. Clocking in at a whopping 36 minutes, the release documents the track’s live debut, and serves as the first-ever official live recording of the instrumental.The live version of ‘Play’ finds the Foo Fighters frontman back behind the drum kit and joined by multi-platinum producer Greg Kurstin on keyboards, Beck sessionist Jason Falkner, Them Crooked Vultures’ Alain Johannes, Barrett Jones, Jane’s Addiction’s Chris Chaney on bass, Drew Hester on percussion, and Asheville-based busker and street-performance advocate Abby the Spoon Lady.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The path from TikTok phenom to career artist is a challenging one, and while Victoria Beverly Walker — a.k.a. 22-year-old British singer-songwriter PinkPantheress — has navigated it far better than most, a big test comes with “Heaven Knows,” her first conventional full-length album.

Greg Kurstin, Mura Masa, Danny L Harle, Count Baldor, Phil and Cash Cobain among others.Speaking of the LP in a press release, the singer said: “The record is about grief for a loss but being at peace with yourself in your aloneness. Journeying from hell into purgatory, but I’m ok with being there.”‘Heaven Knows’ is set for release on November 10 via Warner.

PinkPantheress has shared new single ‘Mosquito’ and has dropped an accompanying music video. Check it out below.The Bath-raised star – real name Victoria Walker – follows up from recent singles including ‘Boy’s A Liar’ and collaborations with the likes of Destroy Lonely, Skrillex and Troye Sivan, as well as contributing the dream-pop song ‘Angel’ to the Barbie soundtrack.Now, PinkPantheress has shared ‘Mosquito’ and its glitzy, Y2K-inspired music video.

PinkPantheress has returned with a new song, titled "Mosquito," and an accompanying music video. The video, which can be seen below, stars the U.K.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s been a challenging time lately for Maren Morris in the country music world, as her views on key issues of the day have been in conflict with those of some of country’s more right-leaning artists or fans. She addresses the toll this has taken on her in a music video that came out Friday morning for a new song, “The Tree,” that makes it clear she’s feeling some estrangement from the genre, or even ready to think about moving on — although, ironically, the style of the song couldn’t be more country.

Foo Fighters have officially revealed their new drummer, who will take over from the late Taylor Hawkins. Josh Freese has joined Dave Grohl and the rest of the band ahead of the release of new album But Here We Are and an upcoming summer of live shows and festival appearances.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The ASCAP Pop Music Awards honored “Stay,” by the Kid Laroi featuring Justin Bieber, as the org’s pop music song of the year Thursday night. That number came out on top as the performing rights organization calculated the most-played affiliated songs of the past 12 months, with results for the 40th annual awards revealed at a private party held for members at Yamashiro in Hollywood. The org’s interest in “Stay” is via ASCAP member Bieber, one of the co-writers on the smash. The song spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-2022. Dr. Luke was named the songwriter of the year, largely for his participation in hits that have continued to do well off Doja Cat’s 2021 album “Planet Her,” primarily “Need to Know,” “Woman” and “You Right.” The success of Latto’s “High Energy” and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” also contributed to the producer-writer achieving the highest number of plays for the year.

Thania Garcia The ASCAP Experience will be hitting the Avalon in Los Angeles on June 21 for its first in-person iteration since 2019 to celebrate, educate and connect aspiring songwriters and composers. The informational event will host an impressive lineup of chart-topping creators such as Sarah Hudson (Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello) and Leon Thomas III (Ariana Grande, Rick Ross), rapper and producer Hitmaka (Big Sean, Nicki Minaj), singer-songwriter and producer Steph Jones (Selena Gomez, Kelsea Ballerini), songwriter and producer Darrell Brown (Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes), producer Neff-U (Justin Bieber, Sia) and more to be announced. Formerly known as the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, the 2023 ASCAP Experience boasts a stacked schedule of curated motivational and informative panels about songwriting and music-making. This year’s panels are “The Hitmakers,” “Social Listening: Building a Music Career in the Social Media Age,” “Get Heard: Live Song Feedback,” “Writers Jam,” and “Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” a special conversation with some of the genre’s most influential contributors.

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney has spoken to NME about the band’s upcoming tour of the UK and Europe, their “epic” new album, working with Noel Gallagher and why they’ll never play Glastonbury.The blues rock duo are set to kick off their European tour in Paris on June 19 before playing their first UK headline tour in over 10 years.“We’re both excited to get over there but we don’t feel any pressure about playing,” drummer Carney told NME. “Our first show in London was at the Camden Barfly to maybe 30 people and for a decade, we played every single venue imaginable to get to Ally Pally and The O2.“When you’re coming up, it can often feel like competition and you’re constantly stressed.

Foo Fighters are healing through music. The rock band announced the forthcoming release of their first new music since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last year.  will be out on June 2 while a new single, "Rescued," is available now. «A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year,  is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family,» states a press release announcing the news.

Foo Fighters will release the band’s first album since longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins died in March, the group’s label has announced.

After a year of loss, mourning and personal reflection, Foo Fighters are ready to release their first new album following the death of the rock band’s drummer, Taylor Hawkins, in March 2022.

Ellise Shafer Foo Fighters has announced its first album since the sudden death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. “But Here We Are” is set to arrive on June 2, with its lead single, “Rescued,” available now. “A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year, ‘But Here We Are’ is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family,” according to a press release. “Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, ‘But Here We Are’ opens with newly released lead single ‘Rescued,’ the first of 10 songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between.”

Ellie Goulding has spoken to NME about new album ‘Higher Than Heaven’, her Calvin Harris-collab ‘Miracle’ riding high in the charts and the possibility of representing the United Kingdom in Eurovision.Goulding’s fifth album ‘Higher Than Heaven’ was released on Friday (April 7) – and was written intentionally as purely escapist pop.“My new thing is acknowledging the things I’m good at, and I’m good at writing pop songs,” Goulding told NME. “I’ve made a classical album, I’ve made electronic music and I regularly give my vocal away to producers like Four Tet.

Miley Cyrus kicked off her endless summer vacation, albeit a few months early, with a star-studded soiree to celebrate the release of her eighth studio album.The 30-year-old «Flowers» singer arrived Thursday night arm in arm with boyfriend Maxx Morando dressed to the nines as they sauntered into Gucci's Osteria da Massimo Bottura (that's Gucci House's fancy talk for contemporary Italian restaurant) in Beverly Hills. It was a rare public appearance for Cyrus and the Lilly rock band drummer, but it was very much warranted.Cyrus on Friday dropped, a 13-track album recorded in Los Angeles and produced with Mike WiLL Made-It, Greg Kurstin and GRAMMY Award-winning Album of the Year producers Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson.

Miley Cyrus has shared the official music video for her latest single, ‘River’ – you can watch it below.The track appears on the pop star’s eighth studio album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’, which came out today (March 10).Cyrus sings over pulsating synths: “Heart beats so loud that it’s drowning me out/ Living in an April shower/ You’re pouring down, baby, drowning me out/ You’re just like a river/ You go on forever/ You’re just like a river.”In the stylish black-and-white visuals, the singer dances under a spotlight on a raised, lit-up platform before she’s joined by a group of topless men. Later, water begins to rain on the performers as ‘River’ intensifies towards the end.Tune in here:Prior to dropping ‘River’, Cyrus described the tune as a “dancefloor banger” with a “nasty” sound.

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Miley Cyrus has revealed that her eighth album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ will be split into two parts, ‘AM’ and ‘PM’.The pop star is due to release the 11-song record this Friday (March 10) via Columbia – you can pre-order it here. She released the lead single from the project, ‘Flowers’, in January before posting the full tracklist last month.In a new video on social media, Cyrus offered fans some more information about the themes she explored on the forthcoming LP, which follows on from 2020’s ‘Plastic Hearts’.“When it comes to the sequencing of ‘Endless Summer Vacation’, I divided it by two parts, ‘AM’ and ‘PM’, to kind of represent almost an act,” she explained in the clip.“The ‘AM’ to me is representing the morning time, where there’s a buzz and an energy and there’s a potential of new possibilities. It’s a new day.”As for the ‘PM’ part, the singer said: “At nighttime, it feels like there’s a slinky, seediness and kind of a grime but a glamour at the same time.

Ellie Goulding has announced that the release of her upcoming album Higher Than Heaven has once again been delayed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Just hours after Pink dropped her ninth studio album, “Trustfall,” the singer has announced a brace of fall arena dates that will launch just a week after her summer stadium tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 14-city tour kicks off on October 12, making stops at arenas across North America, including a date at Madison Square Garden in New York. The previously announced 2023 “Summer Carnival Stadium Tour” features special guests Brandi Carlile and 2022 Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo on select dates, along with Grouplove and KidCutUp on all tour dates. “Trustfall” features collaborations with Chris Stapleton, the Lumineers, and First Aid Kit, as well as songwriters and producers Max Martin, Shellback, Greg Kurstin, Fred Again, Billy Mann and others. Pink will be appearing on NBC’s “Today,” CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and a a show takeover special on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

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Ellie Goulding has announced her fifth studio album, ‘Higher Than Heaven’ – listen to the new single ‘Let It Die’ below.The record is due to arrive on February 3, 2023 (pre-order/pre-save here), and follows on from the pop artist’s 2020 album ‘Brightest Blue’.Speaking about the forthcoming project, Goulding explained: “There was definitely a darkness about [the past two years] that was palpable in the studio, with everyone having gone through it differently.“I think for that reason, nobody wanted to sit and agonise over some relationship or some drama. So that’s how this album came together.”She continued: “[‘Higher Than Heaven’ is] about being passionately in love. But it’s a hyper form of love, almost like a drug induced feeling.

Mike Wass From familiar faces to rising stars and living legends, the producer of the year, non classical category promises to be one of the most hotly contested fields at the 2023 Grammy Awards. The leading contenders helped craft some of the year’s most acclaimed projects — elevating, refining, and, in some cases, reinventing the sounds of awards favorites like Beyoncé, Adele, and Brandi Carlisle. With Adele’s “30” very much in the mix this year, Greg Kurstin is a frontrunner to nab his fifth nomination. The producer-musician, who helmed the “30” hits “Easy On Me” and “Oh My God,” as well as crafting tracks for Maren Morris, Tate McRae, and Gorillaz, previously won in 2017 and 2018. He joins fellow frequent flier Jack Antonoff, who could repeat last year’s win thanks to his production on Florence + The Machine’s “Dance Fever” and singles such as the 1975’s “Part of the Band” and Tame Impala and Diana Ross’ “Turn Up The Sunshine.”  

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It wasn’t quite a proper Spinal Tap reunion, but there was some implicit history happening Tuesday night at Largo in Los Angeles as Michael McKean and Christopher Guest joined Loudon Wainwright III, the headliner for the latest in a series of Judd Apatow-hosted “Juddapalooza” benefit concerts at Largo. Besides going back together about five and a half decades as friends on the musical-comedy scene, Wainwright, as hardcore fans will know, was seen as a member of Spinal Tap in a cameo in the very first filmed comedy sketch featuring the faux group in the late ’70s. Tuesday’s Largo show featured a healthy intermingling of Wainwright performing songs from his new album, “Lifetime Achievement,” and Guest and McKean bringing back some of the very earliest Spinal Tap “hits,” along with some folk-scene collaborations. Also on tap as unadvertised guests: Beck, who sang a few of his own songs and Neil Young’s “Old Man” along with assisting others in the hootenanny, and top producer Greg Kurstin, who proved game for completely unrehearsed piano contributions and even solos over the course of the two hours-plus.

Damon Albarn has revealed that Gorillaz‘ forthcoming collaboration with Stevie Nicks was originally meant to sung by Julian Casablancas.The animated band enlisted the Fleetwood Mac star for the song ‘Oil’, which will appear on their forthcoming eighth album ‘Cracker Island’.Nicks recently spoke in an interview about her experience of becoming “an honorary Gorilla” on the Greg Kurstin-produced track.“I can’t wait till it comes out because I’m so proud of it,” she said.During a new conversation on Apple Music 1, Albarn explained that ‘Oil’ came together “very quickly” as he had previously recorded a demo version in London. However, he’d initially set his sights on The Strokes‘ frontman as a guest vocalist.“At first I was thinking of Casablancas for the voice, but that didn’t work out,” Albarn said.

Tate McRae is not resting on her laurels and has released a brand-new single, UH OH, coming this Friday. 

Tate McRae is not resting on her laurels and has released a brand-new single, UH OH, coming this Friday.