The BandLab NME Awards 2022 return with Halsey, Sam Fender, Griff and Rina Sawayama

Sam Fender seemed to arrive as an everyman hero with his 2019 debut album ‘Hyersonic Missiles‘ – a vivid picture of the frustrations of small-town life via working class struggle, young male suicide and living for the weekend.

Holly Humberstone has been announced as the winner of this year’s BRITS Rising Star Award, after fending off competition from Bree Runway and Lola Young.The 21-year-old now follows in the hallowed footsteps of other artists who have won the prize, including the likes of Adele, Celeste, Florence & The Machine, Sam Fender, Ellie Goulding, and last year’s winner Griff.“I remember watching the BRITs with my parents each year and being totally awe struck by the artists coming together in what felt

Sam Fender and Holly Humberstone are teasing what appears to be the pair collaborating on a new version of hit single ‘Seventeen Going Under’.The duo both shared a picture performing in the studio together tonight (December 8) on their social media accounts with the former posting the caption: “tomorrow” and the latter similarly adding: “Something for u tomorrow.”Fender also shared a short snippet of music from the new collaboration on his Instagram Story page.It is unclear whether the track

The 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards are ready to honor the best television and film of the past year!The nominations for the TV awards were announced on Monday, with HBO's and leading the pack with the fan-fave family-business drama earning eight nods while the Kate Winslet-led series scoring five.

Music’s biggest night is back! The 64th annual Grammy Awards are set to air in January 2022, promising a star-studded bunch of nominees and guests.

K.J. Yossman “Doctor Who” star Peter Capaldi and Raindance founder Elliot Grove have been honored at the first ever British Short Film Awards.Capaldi was given the Icon Award while Grove was handed the Impact AwardThe British Short Film Awards, in partnership with the HearArt Project, were hosted by presenter Alex Zane on Friday evening.

Elton John has shared a new documentary on the creation of his collaborative album ‘The Lockdown Sessions’.Inside The Lockdown Sessions, streaming exclusively on Apple Music, features Miley Cyrus, Rina Sawayama, Stevie Nicks, Eddie Vedder and more, and documents the album John made over lockdown over three parts.“Surprise! Just in time for the holidays, I’m taking you ‘Inside the Lockdown Sessions’,” John wrote on Twitter to announce the new film.“Watch as I go deep into the making of my latest

Bastille and Enter Shikari set to perform.The Revive Live campaign was launched last summer in a bid to help UK grassroots venues survive post-coronavirus.

The BRIT Awards have announced the three finalists for the BRIT Rising Star for 2022. 

Javier Bardem is all smiles as he arrives at the 2022 Goya Awards Candidates Lecture event held at the Cinema Academy on Monday (November 29) in Madrid, Spain.

Sam Fender, Kasabian, Bombay Bicycle Club, Blossoms and The Kooks have been announced for next year’s Truck Festival.The Oxford bash makes its return at Hill Farm from July 22-24 in 2022 for its 25th anniversary, after three years away.This year, the festival was cancelled after the government failed to back up an insurance scheme for live events and it didn’t go ahead in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.Other acts on the bill include Sigrid, Easy Life, Sports Team, Inhaler, Kelis, Black

Halsey has spoken about the honour of receiving the Innovation Award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The New Jersey-born singer, who released her fourth album ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ this summer, will pick up the prize during a ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on March 2.Speaking in this week’s Big Read cover interview, Halsey told NME that she “wasn’t expecting” the award and was “very surprised” to be recognised with the nod.“But it’s really, really awesome – I think

Irish alt-pop artist April has dropped a bouncy new single called Someone That I Made.

TRNSMT Festival 2022 has announced another wave of acts, including Sam Fender, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Self Esteem.The three-day festival will return to Glasgow Green between July 8 and July 10 with headline performances from Paolo Nutini, The Strokes and Lewis Capaldi.Today (November 25) organisers have confirmed that Sam Fender will appear in a special guest slot before Nutini on the Friday night (July 8).

The line-up for TRNSMT festival 2022 has been announced for next year’s musical extravaganza.

It's been announced that next year's BRIT Awards will scrap gendered categories, as well as welcoming first-time host Mo Gilligan.

Mo Gilligan has confirmed that he will be taking the place of Jack Whitehall as Brit Awards host for next year's show held on 8 February 2022.The comedian took to social media to announce the news, posting a photo of himself on Instagram wearing an orange shirt jacket as he beamed at the camera whilst holding an iconic Brit gong. “Excited To Announce I’m going to be your host for the 2022 @brits Awards,” Mo captioned the post.

Sam Fender will front a BBC Four documentary about Lindisfarne’s late frontman Alan Hull later this week.The film Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story will see Fender tracing the ’70s band’s history – who were famous for hits such as ‘Lady Eleanor’ and ‘Fog On The Tyne’ – through Hull.The documentary will also feature a number of celebrity talking heads including Sting, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart and Peter Gabriel.