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MGMT have shared a ’90s-themed video for their new single ‘Bubblegum Dog’.The track is the second single to be taken from the duo’s recently announced fifth album ‘Loss Of Life’, which will land on February 23, 2024 via Mom + Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.The video finds MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser paying tribute to numerous scenes from classic ‘90s alternative videos.“We all saw the video for ‘Bubblegum Dog’ as an opportunity to combine the charming, DIY, surreal, cardboard craft aesthetic of shows like Yo Gabba Gabba and The Mighty Boosh with these ultra-serious grunge videos we grew up watching on MTV – all that heavy, brooding angst smashed up against absurd childlike fun,” said the video’s directors Julia Vickerman and Tom Scharpling.“Ben and Andrew are legitimately funny guys, so we were excited they got to really go for it with their acting, paying homage to the eternally moody mid-90’s rock stars they looked up to when they were kids,” they continued “They were completely game for everything, playing around with different wigs/costumes/personas/facial hair and continually chiming in with new ideas along the way.“That was a wonderful feeling, because it let us know they were having a good time.

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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Match Factory has acquired the international rights to the recently remastered 4K version of Fatih Akin‘s 2005 documentary “Crossing the Bridge — The Sound of Istanbul.” The film is celebrating its new restored version with the premiere tomorrow at Red Sea Film Festival. In the film, Akin goes on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of East and West.

Boardmasters 2024 have been announced, with Stormzy, Chase & Status and Becky Hill leading the line-up.Next year’s edition of the festival will be held between August 7-11, and take place on the usual sites on the Cornish Coast – Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach.Now, the first wave of artists set to appear at the 2024 installation have been announced, including the first two headliners of the event: Stormzy and Chase & Status.Although the exact dates that each will headline have not yet been announced, it has been confirmed that Chase & Status will be hitting the main stage at the Watergate Bay site, and delivering fan favourites as well as newer hits from the recently shared album ‘2 RUFF, Vol.1’.As for Stormzy, the exact site has not been confirmed yet, but the South London icon is expected to play hits from across his three chart-topping albums: ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’, ‘Heavy Is The Head’ and ‘This Is What I Mean’.Over 30 other acts have also been locked in for the 2024 edition, including Becky Hill, Bicep, Nia Archives, Tom Odell, Soft Play, English Teacher and Katy B.For Becky Hill, the 2024 edition of Boardmasters will mark the singer’s return to the festival, while for Bicep, the event will see the Belfast electronic music duo present their audio/visual DJ set called Chroma.DJ sets from Andy C, Eliza Rose, Hannah Liang and more are also lined-up, and “hundreds” more acts are set to be announced at a later date. Check out the current bill in the poster below.Pre-sale tickets for Boardmasters 2024 are available now, with the general on-sale set to kick off tomorrow (December 1) at 10am GMT.

Reading and Leeds has added three new names to the line-up for 2024.Joining the bill for the annual twin-site festival, which will return for the August Bank Holiday weekend, are 21 Savage, Jorja Smith (in a UK festival exclusive) and The Prodigy.The Prodigy and Smith will take to the stage on Friday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds, while 21 Savage will appear on the Sunday at Reading and Friday at Leeds.They will join the ten acts who were announced for the festivals last week. Next year’s Reading and Leeds will be headlined by Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Fred Again.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen.

LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack and Måneskin among those billed.Next year’s instalment of the iconic Parisian music festival will be returning between August 22 – 25 at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, and feature more huge names from across the rock, pop and electronic scenes.Running across four days in the summer, the first night will be headlined by Eurovision winners and modern-rock icons Måneskin, who will be supported by The Hives. Night two will see electronic music heavyweight Fred Again..

The Orb and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour are offering fans the chance to create remixes of their own music using AI.They teamed up with Sony to launch the project, metallicspheres.io, which was launched today (November 28) and lets you remix songs from The Orb and Gilmour’s collaborative album, ‘Metallic Spheres In Colour’, which was released in September. The album is an extended version of the artists’ 2010 album, ‘Metallic Spheres’.The metallicspheres.io website will enable you to create personalised remixes using AI or piece together a track by using various samples of Gilmour’s guitar, vocals and other elements.It’s even possible to select emotional themes for the album’s artwork and alter preferences regarding mood and tempo, meaning the AI can produce a unique track with these characteristics in mind.You can then share the remixes to social media , along with the reimagined album covers, which will soon be available for download.The AI on the website was created by a company called Vermillio, a pioneering generative AI platform with a focus on creator empowerment and content authenticity.

Evian Christ has unveiled TP Radio, a 24/7 stream featuring sets recorded at his Trance Party events. The online radio station currently features sets from producers and DJs including VTSS, Scott Brown, Hannah Diamond, Pessimist, and Drain Gang's Yung Sherman.

Arcade Fire, Massive Attack, The Prodigy and more for the 2024 line-up.The Spanish festival, which takes place from July 11-13, 2024, will also see Jungle, Overmono, Ezra Collective, Floating Points, Underworld, Noname, Khruangbin, JPEGMAFIA, Death From Above 1979, Alvvays, Los Bitchos, Parcels and more perform.General sale tickets for the festival will go live this Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT from here, or fans can alternatively access a special pre-sale from Wednesday (November 29) at 9am GMT time until 9am December 1.

Four Tet has donated a vinyl copy of his unreleased album ‘⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ’ to Resident Advisor’s charity raffle.Despite a few test pressings being sent to fans, the album, which was created in 2021, never received an official release. The proceeds from the raffle will be donated to War Child, which aids children living under global conflict.Last weekend, Resident Advisor and War Child’s music industry-oriented fundraising platform, the Right to Dance, hosted an in person charity record shop in Hackney Wick, with various artists contributing records to be sold.

The Prodigy have changed the controversial lyrics to their hit song ‘Smack My Bitch Up’.The track, taken from the band’s breakthrough album ‘The Fat Of The Land’, was released back in 1997, and sparked backlash for its lyrics, which were branded by some as celebrating violence against women.Despite the controversy, the single went on to achieve massive success in both the US and the UK, with the album later going on to top the charts in America just over one week after its release.Now, over 25 years since it was first shared, the band have altered the problematic lyrics during some of their recent live shows.It comes as The Prodigy are currently embarking on a European tour, which has included two nights at the Alexandra Palace venue in London over the weekend.

Becky Hill has announced a series of new outdoor shows set to take place in the UK next year.All taking place across the summer, the new dates join a run of previously announced shows that the singer will be playing across the country including shows in Cork, Belfast and New Market.The gigs also come ahead of Hill’s long-awaited new album, which is set to arrive later in 2024.The first of the eight brand-new live performances will take place at Delamere Forest in Northwich on June 13, as part of the Forest Live series. From there, she will also be taking place in the 2024 edition of the Summer sessions – performing in both Derby on July 12 and Edinburgh on August 18.Other newly announced open-air shows lined up for this summer include shows at the Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield, the Alexandra Head in Cardiff, Open Air Theatre in Scarborough and Sheffield’s Don Valley Bowl.

DJ Shadow has to get used to being in the spotlight again. Born Josh Davis, the artist gets his moniker from the idea that producers were meant to be behind the scenes.

Swedish heating technology solutions company Kanthal is expanding its manufacturing facility in Perth.

The Blessed Madonna has responded to the news that Rishi Sunak used one of her songs in an Instagram post.On November 25, Sunak posted a video on Instagram using The Blessed Madonna (real name Marea Stamper) and her hit song with Fred again.., ‘Marea (we’ve lost dancing)’. The Prime Minister recently visited the Nissan factories in Sunderland upon the news it was investing £2billion into electric car production, but posted the video as a general campaign.In response to the news, Stamper took to X/Twitter: “For the record, I’d rather hear my own death rattle echoing in my ears, as I plunge happily into the void than hear the sound of my voice in an ad for the Tories”.It’s been pointed out to me that Rishi Sunak has used We’ve Lost Dancing on an Instagram post.

Disgraced businessman Lawrence Jones was willing to put up £1.4m to secure his release from prison just two months after he was convicted of sexual assault - so he could carry on enjoying his life and doing business, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

Eleven people have been jailed after a 'crime family' which pushed millions of pounds worth of drugs onto the streets was dismantled. Fourteen people have been convicted from the major organised crime group, including a 72-year-old woman nicknamed 'grandma', who told police 'cross my heart and hope to die' as she denied her involvement.

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Chase & Status have teamed up with the grassroots football club Hammersmith FC for a limited edition kit.The London electronic duo will feature on the new strip, which has been made in collaboration with the fashion brand Kappa.The kits will be worn by both the men’s and women’s first and second teams at the football club. Both first teams have won back-to-back league titles, with the former now playing the Southern Amateur League Premier Division, and the latter in the GLWFL Premier Division.Chase & Status’ Saul Milton and Will Kennard both hail from West London, where Hammersmith FC are based.

Reading & Leeds line-up are set to be announced tonight (November 23).It has been confirmed that they will be revealed on Clara Amfo’s BBC Radio 1 Future Sounds show from 6pm GMT.Among the acts rumoured to perform are Blink-182 with fans recently speculating that they will headline the festivals over the weekend of August 23-25 in 2024.They are scheduled to perform at Belfast’s SSE Arena on August 26, followed by Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham on August 27 and the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on two nights, August 29 and 30.They currently don’t have any other gigs planned for that month, suggesting a return to R&L could be on the cards.We’ve got something for you… tune into BBC Radio 1 from 6pm TONIGHT for the exclusive

We’ve all been there. You’ve flicked one of your wireless headphones out your ear by accident and it’s been launched further than an Olympic discus thrower could ever dream of, never to be seen again.

At least five people had to be made redundant after a newly-employed assistant accountant stole more than £35,000 from work, a court has heard.

Daft Punk have officially released the ‘drumless edition’ of their last album, ‘Random Access Memories’.The French house pioneers have dropped the track-by-track reimagining of the iconic 2013 record, all without drums.“This version strips away all drum and percussive elements from the album, giving listeners the ability to dive deeper into the layers of instrumentation on each track,” the duo previously said. Take a listen to one of the tracks below:This year marks the 10th anniversary of the iconic album, which Daft Punk have celebrated with a special anniversary edition containing 35 minutes of outtakes and unheard demos.In a documentary series about the album, Pharell Williams opened up about working with the duo, even filming his reaction to hearing future hit ‘Get Lucky’ for the first time: “Wow,” he said.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sting, Jonas Brothers, Halsey and OneRepublic are among the headline acts set to perform at Lollapalooza India. The music festival is set for a second edition Jan.

Valerie Wu Intern Cineverse’s Bloody Disgusting multimedia horror brand has announced its expansion with the creation of a publishing imprint, Bloody Press, and new forays into audio. Bloody Press will act as the publishing arm of the company, which will create audiobooks, ebooks and print books. Its first title will be an adaptation of the 2022 hit horror film “Terrifier 2″ starring David Howard Thornton as iconic villain Art the Clown.

We all know Taylor Swift LOVES a rain show — which is why she was super bummed to postpone the first international tour date her boyfriend Travis Kelce was set to attend!

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry album has been announced, with the first single featuring Greentea Peng released today (November 15).The influential Jamaican singer and musician passed away aged 85 on August 29, 2021. No cause of death was given.Two years later, a posthumous album entitled ‘King Perry’ will be released on February 2, 2024, via False Idols. The album was written, recorded, and produced by Perry together with producer Daniel Boyle before his death during the COVID pandemic.

Basement Jaxx and 100 Gecs have teamed up on a remix of their 2001 track ‘Where’s Your Head At’ – check it out below.Back in March, hyper-pop duo 100 Gecs – consisting of Laura Les and Dylan Brady – went viral with their debut Boiler Room Set in Los Angeles which saw them open with their energetic dub-take of Basement Jaxx’s 2001 hit. Their remix ended up racking up over 1.3million streams and counting.

A thug who torched two cars at a firefighter 's home was jailed for 15 months on Monday. The vehicles were targeted shortly before Scott Kennedy was due to give evidence in a court case.

Air have announced a 2024 UK and European tour that will see the French duo perform their debut album ‘Moon Safari’ in its entirety for the first time.Having celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year, Air will tour their ‘One Night Only’ experience for ‘Moon Safari’ in February and March, which will include a show at London’s Coliseum.The tour – which will be the first time ever the duo have performed the 1998 album live – will kick off at Anitgel at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, continuing on to Milan, Vienna, Belgium, Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam, before concluding in London.Pre-sale starts this Thursday (November 16) at 10am local time, while general sale goes live Friday (November 17) at 10am local time. You can buy tickets for the London show here, and all remaining dates here.“We were a duo doing some electronic thing, dreaming of selling 10,000 copies and being recognised by other musicians as cool,” said Jean-Benoît Dunckel of the record in a press statement.

A suspect in a murder investigation was out on licence from prison and wearing a tag following a previous violent offence - and had been seen by neighbours 'hiding in bushes' before the tragedy, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. An investigation into the death of mother Perseverance Ncube, 35, in Little Hulton, Salford, is ongoing.

The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, taking place on February 4, 2023, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. AI has become a major talking point in the run-up to the 2024 ceremony. In June the Recording Academy updated their rules to account for the rise of generative AI as a songwriting and production tool.

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