Asylums‘ upcoming album, ‘Genetic Cabaret’, was written “during the most turbulent time I’ve ever experienced socially and politically in the UK,” vocalist and guitarist Luke Branch explains.
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folk hero Billy Bragg and pop legend Taylor Swift became mates at the NME Awards 2020 while crowning Glastonbury boss Emily Eavis as Godlike Genius? That was pretty cool, eh? It did leave us hoping and expecting some kind of collab at Worthy Farm at would would have been Glasto this weekend. Sadly, the pandemic had other plans.
Still, that won’t stop us celebrating. To mark 50 years of Glastonbury, we asked Billy Bragg to record a special set for NME, along with a cover of his new pal Swift for
.Asylums‘ upcoming album, ‘Genetic Cabaret’, was written “during the most turbulent time I’ve ever experienced socially and politically in the UK,” vocalist and guitarist Luke Branch explains.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has continued his No Fun Mondays lockdown cover series – hear his version of Billy Bragg classic ‘A New England’ below.Throughout the coronavirus lockdown, Armstrong has taken on a wide range of new covers every week.“Welcome to No Fun Monday on a Friday because no one knows what day it is anyway,” Armstrong wrote on the description for the new cover, which was shared on Friday (July 10).“I love this song penned by Billy Bragg.
In a new interview on Capital FM, the 35-year-old pop-star, Katy Perry, addressed the fan theory circulating on the internet suggesting that she and Taylor Swift are actually distant cousins. During her appearence on the show, Katy joked that she and Taylor weren’t cousins but they certainly fight like they are.
Katy Perry just heard a wild rumor that she and Taylor Swift might be ninth cousins!
No friendship is perfect. Katy Perry and Taylor Swift “fight like cousins,” even after they ended their years-long feud. The “Teenage Dream” singer was asked about her friendship with the Grammy winner on the Friday, July 10, episode Capital Breakfast With Roman Kemp, where cohost Sian Welby asked Perry about a theory that she and Swift are ninth cousins.
Taylor Swift's great Tayamerica Fourth of July 2020 party isn't happening, and the coronavirus pandemic isn't the only reason that the celeb-filled bash is off (though obviously it is a big one for everyone: large gatherings are generally discouraged because they can easily spread the virus).
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The Mysterines create the kind of music that makes you want to jump in a mosh-pit. Snarling rock that fuses growling riffs and mega sing-a-long-choruses with the group’s no-fucks-given attitude, it’s the sound of dancing in a sweaty crowd with your mates at a festival.And whilst the global pandemic has put an end to festival season this year, The Mysterines are still helping to soundtrack your summer.
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NME about what he’s missing the most about Worthy Farm, and his plans to fill that Glastonbury-shaped hole in his life this weekend.
Taylor Swift has spoken out about the US census, saying it erases transgender and non-binary people.The census collects data on every person living within the United States and its five territories, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.During a speech for Pride Live’s celebration of Stonewall Day, Swift called out the makers of the census for only offering two gender options.
Without a doubt, Taylor Swift, 30, has been an amazing LGBTQ advocate. The Lover singer appeared on Pride Live’s third annual Stonewall Day event on Friday, June 26, and blasted the U.S. Governments choice to not include an option for trans or non-binary people on current census forms. “I got my census the other day and there were two choices for gender. There was male and female. And that erasure was so upsetting to me, the erasure of transgender and non-binary people,” Taylor said.
Taylor Swift, an increasingly vocal pop star and supporter of the LGBTQ community, appeared during the Friday (June 26) Stonewall Day livestream to commemorate the day and speak out against trans erasure.
"The Stonewall Inn has been such a symbol of rebellion in the face of oppression, and such a safe place for people," Taylor Swift said on Friday (June 26), addressing a virtual audience during Stonewall Day. The celeb-stacked Pride Live event honored the legacy of the six-day riots that took place at the New York gay bar in 1969, which launched the gay liberation movement — and today, Pride Month.
Barack Obama, Taylor Swift and Donatella Versace are among the A-list celebrities joining forces to celebrate Stonewall Day via a streaming event.On Friday June 25, celebrities are coming together to take part in Pride Live’s event to mark the anniversary of the historic Stonewall Riots of 1969 and on the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges for marriage equality.Obama is expected to deliver a message to the LGBTQ+ community during the livestream.
With Pride festivals around the world canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Pride Live is ready to celebrate the history of LGBTQ resistance with a special live event.
Taylor Janzen of her recent single. “In the months leading up to me writing it, I felt my mental health slowly deteriorating and felt like nothing I did could stop it.
Elizabeth Hurley has broken her silence following the death of her ex and father of her child, Steve Bing.
Elizabeth Hurley and her son, Damian, paid tribute to her ex Steve Bing after the movie producer died by suicide.“I am saddened beyond belief that my ex Steve is no longer with us. It is a terrible end,” the model, 55, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, June 23, alongside a slideshow with six photos of the former couple.
Elizabeth Hurley and her son, Damian, paid tribute to her ex Steve Bing after the movie producer died by suicide.“I am saddened beyond belief that my ex Steve is no longer with us. It is a terrible end,” the model, 55, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, June 23, alongside a slideshow with six photos of the former couple.