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Yungblud performed a halftime show at the NFL London Games over the weekend – watch footage below.The musician announced on Friday (September 30) that he would be appearing at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – the first purpose-built NFL stadium outside of the US – on Sunday (October 2) where the Minnesota Vikings were playing against New Orleans Saints.The NFL London Games is a sub-series of The NFL International Series, which is a programme of American football games held during the National Football League’s (NFL) regular season, which are played outside the US.Yungblud performed a number of songs including ‘The Funeral’ and ‘Tissues’, both of which feature on his latest album ‘Yungblud‘.if you missed it, here’s @yungblud performing tissues

Paramore made their live return last night (October 2), with previously axed hit ‘Misery Business’ returning to the setlist – see footage, reaction and the full setlist from their California gig below.In 2018 at the end of their last tour vocalist Hayley Williams publicly announced that the controversial track had been pulled from her band’s live shows amid ongoing debate whether its message was “anti-feminist”. This was due to one particular line in the second verse: “Once a whore, you’re nothing more, I’m sorry that’ll never change.”Two years later Williams reaffirmed her stance on the controversial lyrics of Paramore‘s breakout hit, saying: “I know it’s one of the band’s biggest songs but it shouldn’t be used to promote anything having to do with female empowerment or solidarity.”Earlier this year, however, she joined Billie Eilish on stage at Coachella to perform the song, revealing recently to The Guardian that she tried to talk Eilish out of performing the cover.

Pale Waves lead vocalist and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie opened up about the band’s near-fatal bus crash in this week’s NME Big Read cover story.Three of the four members of Pale Waves — Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar) and Charlie Woods (bass) as well as the band’s crew — were on the bus during the accident which took place in February of 2020. The four-piece had been supporting Halsey on her European arena tour, and were set to play at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin.The vehicle slid into a ditch while travelling between Sweden and Germany.

Machine Gun Kelly has responded to a vandal who spray painted homophobic graffiti on one of his tour buses.One of the musician’s tour buses was painted with the words “RAP DEVIL F****T” on one side and an image of a penis on the other in the early hours of Thursday (August 4).Kelly took to Instagram to tell the unknown assailant(s) that they targeted the wrong bus. “You’re so dumb.

PVRIS feature on a new song released by Bad Suns for the deluxe edition of the latter’s 2022 album, ‘Apocalypse Whenever’.‘Maybe You Saved Me’ features on the upcoming expanded edition of Bad Suns’ fourth album, which features PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn alongside Bad Suns singer Christo Bowman.Bowman said in a statement (via Stereoboard): “When I drove home from the studio after we wrote the song, I immediately knew I wanted to hear Lynn’s voice in the mix, and we’re so grateful she came aboard.“She breathed a new life into the song and helped make it something truly special.”Gunn added: “Christo’s voice is so iconic and distinct, it felt so special to get to sing along with it on this track. I’m so grateful to have been a part of this song, it’s the perfect happy and sad summer bop.

Willow has shared a new single, ‘<maybe> it’s my fault’, along with an accompanying music video.Released on Friday (June 24), the track sees Willow continue on her pop-punk path, this time taking things further with a metalcore breakdown, replete with piercing screams, to close the track.The highly stylised, Dana Trippe-directed music video sees Willow singing along and jamming to the track, as she comes to terms with the possibility that her own actions caused the downfall of a relationship.Watch the music video for Willow’s ‘<maybe> it’s my fault’ below.Speaking of the track in a statement, Willow said: “It’s all too often in tender emotional states we try to blame our hurts on other people. Even though none of us are perfect, in some capacity it’s us who allow ourselves to get into situations that don’t serve our highest purpose.”“‘<maybe> it’s my fault’ explores what it’s like to hold ourselves equally accountable for the emotional pain we feel while also allowing ourselves to be human and fully process all of our feelings without shame,” she added.‘<maybe> it’s our fault> marks Willow’s first solo single since she released her latest album ‘lately i feel EVERYTHING’ in July.

Pinkshift have shared a new single called ‘Nothing (In My Head)’. Watch the video for the track below.The Baltimore pop-punk band has also signed to Hopeless Records, and will be embarking on a tour across the US and UK.

Tomorrow X Together’s Hueningkai Kai has opened up about Avril Lavigne’s response to his cover of her song.Back in February, Hueningkai covered Lavigne’s ‘Sk8er Boi’ song – something that attracted the attention of Lavigne herself. Hueningkai’s cover had come shortly after Lavigne responded to a tweet by Hueningkai, where he had referenced the Canadian singer’s early noughties hit song.“Hope you like my cover!! You are an icon,” Hueningkai wrote to Lavigne on Twitter.

Machine Gun Kelly went undercover to find out what people really think of him. Watch the sketch below.In a sketch for last night’s (April 6) episode of Jimy Kimmel Live! MGK, whose real name is Colson Barker, put on a wig, covered his tattoos, and wore glasses to create a disguise he said looked like “the profile picture of all the people who hate me.”“I’m not a huge fan,” one person responded when Barker asked, “How do you feel about Machine Gun Kelly?” The person then added: “I think his new direction is a little forced.”Another unexpecting interviewee said that though they liked his music they found the whole “blood-drinking thing unusual.”During the segment, he also had his hair compared to Ellen Degeneres’ and was told not to “sacrifice a goat” after his upcoming nuptials.

Sum 41 have confirmed they’ve recorded a double album, with one half of ‘Heaven And Hell’ inspired by the pop-punk of their early albums.In a new interview, Deryck Whibley confirmed that the band’s eighth album is done, but it doesn’t currently have a release date.Speaking to Rolling Stone, Whibley said that the new Sum 41 record came about by “accident” after the label asked him if the band had any leftover tracks from debut album ‘All Killer, No Filler’ for a possible 20th anniversary re-release.They didn’t, but Whibley offered to write some in the same style. “Once I had about four or five songs, I was like, ‘You know what? I like all these.

Machine Gun Kelly has spoken about his success as a pop punk artist, explaining that he’s “earnt that shit”.2020’s ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ gave Machine Gun Kelly (real name Colson Baker) his first US Number One album and with new album ‘Mainstream Sellout’ out later this week (March 25), he’s been confirmed to headline festivals like Lollapalooza alongside a lengthy arena tour of his own.However, he’s long been criticised for his pivot from rap to rock. Speaking about the backlash in a new interview with Billboard, Baker explains: “I know it kills certain bands in that community that I got the success that I got.

Alissic has shared her third single, a brand new track called ‘Superstitious’ – you can watch the song’s video below.The Brazilian-born, Sheffield-based avant-pop singer returns with her first new material since last October’s ‘Piano’, which itself followed her debut single ‘Like’.‘Superstitious’ is a hypnotic, alt-pop ode to the summer, and it’s the first track Alissic has released to feature some vocals in her native Brazilian tongue.“It makes me feel warm and like home with its Latin American influence,” Alissic said of the single. “The super spacey and lush sound in the pre-chorus gives it a really ethereal vibe.

Machine Gun Kelly has added a new EP to streaming services that features three songs from his recent lockdown sessions  – you can check it out below.Back in 2020, the rapper/rocker delivered a series of cover songs recorded while the world was in self-isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak.Some of the songs MGK has covered as part of his #LockDownSessions included Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, The Beatles‘ ‘Here Comes the Sun’, John Mayer‘s ‘Waiting On The World To Change’,  and KiD CuDi‘s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’.Today (March 2), he’s dropped off a trio of tracks from the sessions including ‘Roll The Windows Up’, which pays homage to Mike Posner’s ‘Smoke and Drive’; ‘Pretty Toxic Revolver’, which samples Shawn Mendes‘ ‘Mercy’; and a PVRIS mash-up, ‘In These Walls (My House)’.“It’s been two years since ‘lockdown sessions’ hit youtube, finally time to upload on streaming platforms,” MGK tweeted, announcing the EP. “All this in celebration of Mainstream Sellout coming 3.25.2022.”You can listen to MGK’s ‘Lockdown Sessions’ below:Kelly’s new album ‘Mainstream Sellout’ is set for release on March 25; it was previously titled ‘Born With Horns’.The most recent single he shared from the project is ‘Emo Girl’ featuring Willow. It marks Kelly’s first new single of 2022, and follows on from his August single ‘Papercuts’.

Cassyette has shared her riotous new single, ‘Mayhem’ today (February 17) – listen to it below.The punk influenced track is said to “detail a love that has run its cause and the mayhem that ensues as a result.”Speaking about the new track, Cassyette said: “Over the last year I’ve learnt that nothing good lasts forever and sometimes you have to let things go. I loved him, and he loved me, but after going through so much, it changed things between us and we had too many problems beyond repair.“I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach that our time was up, and we both wanted to let go. We had reached the bottom line and my whole world turned upside down.I don’t think you ever fully get over heartbreak.

New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert has announced he is “cancer free” after having “half a liver, a gallbladder and one adrenal gland” removed.In December, the New Found Glory vocalist took to social media to reveal he was “minutes from death” when his wife found him unconscious.Following numerous tests, he was told he had a “very rare tumour called a Pheochromocytoma! It’s a tumour that grows on your adrenal gland and messes up all of your hormones. It was eating all my glucose, changing my hormones, and raising my blood pressure.

Avril Lavigne has shared more details about her upcoming pop-punk album, saying it’s inspired by Green Day and that “it’s a love letter to women”.Lavigne’s seventh record is due “at the top” of 2022 on Travis Barker’s label DTA Records (home of fellow pop-punker Jxdn).

Avril Lavigne has revealed that she’s going to turn her 2002 hit ‘Sk8er Boi’ into a film.The pop-punk singer said in a new interview that the song’s story about a “missed opportunity at love” will be explored in a movie, however, she did not confirm if she’s had anything green-lit by film production companies.Lavigne was addressing the track’s upcoming 20th anniversary while speaking on the podcast She Is The Voice on iHeartRadio when she made the comments.“Recently with it being almost the 20th

Chloe Moriondo has shared a new video for ‘Favorite Band’ – check it out below.The video features a number of cameos from members of All Time Low, Simple Plan, Pierce The Veil, Girlpool, Great Grandpa and Joy Again.The song, lifted from Moriondo’s 2021 major label debut ‘Blood Bunny’, sees the Gen-Z star singing about how her favourite bands understand her better than their current partner.The lyrics namedrop every band that features in the video, as well as Paramore and Hayley Williams.Watch it

Machine Gun Kelly has shared a new video for his recent single ‘Concert For Aliens’ – you can watch it below.Set to land on his upcoming new album, ‘Tickets To My Downfall’, the track, which features Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, was first released last week with an animated lyric video.Now arriving with a colourful new video, the Mod Sun-directed clip sees Machine Gun Kelly appear as the host of a zany game show that gets invaded by aliens.Elsewhere in the video, Kelz introduces his “Sea-men”,

Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World. But by 2017, the poppier moments of their third album ‘The Peace And The Panic’ suggested a new direction was on the cards for the Wrexham quintet.Produced by Matt Squire, who’s known for his punchy work with Ariana Grande, Avril Lavigne and One Direction, Neck Deep’s fourth album, ‘All Distortions Are Intentional’, is sleek and smooths down their serrated edges.

Their first new music for 2020