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Soccer Mommy has performed live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the first time this week, playing her recent single ‘Shotgun’ on Tuesday night (April 26).The performance saw Sophie Allison playing the alongside her four-piece backing band – guitarist Jules Powell, keyboardist/guitarist Rodrigo Avedano, bassist Nick Widener and drummer Rollum Haas. ‘Shotgun’ served as the lead single from Soccer Mommy’s third studio album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which is set for release this coming June.Watch the performance of ‘Shotgun’ below:Since the release of ‘Shotgun’ and the announcement of ‘Sometimes, Forever’ back in March, Soccer Mommy has released a second single from the album, entitled ‘Unholy Affliction’.
A UK tour for Allison and her band has also been announced for August and September 2022, which will include a performance at Dorset’s End Of The Road festival. Soccer Mommy is one of several indie rock bands to perform as musical guests on episodes of The Tonight Showthus far in 2022Others that have appeared on the late-night talk show this year include Gang of Youths (performing ‘In The Wake Of Your Leave’), Big Thief (performing ‘Spud Infinity’) Yard Act (performing ‘The Overload’) and Fontaines D.C.
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Ed Sheeran performed ‘2step’ live in Belfast for the Billboard Music Awards 2022 earlier this week (May 12, 13).The star performed a pair of shows at the city’s Boucher Road Playing Fields last week, with footage from one of the concerts aired during tonight’s (May 15) awards ceremony.The BBMAs 2022 is taking place tonight at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Diddy. Sheeran won the award for the Top Billboard Global (Excl.
Celebs flocked to Old Trafford cricket ground for a glam evening with Dragons' Den star Steve Bartlett. Coronation Street, The Apprentice, Love Island and The Real Housewives of Cheshire stars had flashbulbs popping as they headed to The Point at Old Trafford cricket ground for the Isoclean Presents Steven Bartlett event.
Snail Mail was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (May 13) – watch her perform ‘Glory’ below.The track is a highlight from Lindsey Jordan’s second album, ‘Valentine’, which came out late last year via Matador.June will see Snail Mail head abroad for a 17-date tour of Europe and the UK. That run was initially slated to kick off earlier this year, but was postponed after Jordan underwent surgery on her vocal cords.She opened up about her road to recovery last month, saying she was “silent for the entire month” following the surgery in December, and found the experience to be “really hard”.Watch the passionate performance of ‘Glory’ on Fallon below.In a five-star review of ‘Valentine’, NME’s El Hunt wrote: “As a songwriter, Jordan continues to cut straight through to the messy, conflicted, hopelessly infatuated guts of life.
EXCLUSIVE: Screen icon Sean Young (Blade Runner, Dune) has signed on for a role in the horror film Ouija Witch, which is currently in production. She’s set to star alongside Miley Rose, Jeremy Dean, Cheyenne Phillips, Ryan M. Shaw, LeJon Woods, Rivera Reese, Maggie Wagner and Sean Michael Conway.
Florence Welch covered ‘Margaritaville’ alongside Jimmy Buffet on a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – check out the video below.Welch appeared on the US chat show twice this week in support of Florence + The Machine‘s fifth album ‘Dance Fever’, which came out today (May 13). The band performed their single ‘My Love’ on Wednesday’s edition (May 11), with a live version of ‘King’ airing on Fallon last night (May 12).Welch was also interviewed by Jimmy Fallon after participating in the host’s ‘Audition Suggestion Box’ segment on the former episode.
Florence + The Machine performed their recent single ‘King’ on yesterday’s episode (May 12) of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – check out the video below.The London band appeared on the US chat show for the second night after playing ‘My Love’ during Wednesday’s instalment (May 11), which also included an interview with frontwoman Florence Welch.Welch and co. delivered a dramatic live rendition of the Jack Antonoff co-produced/co-written song, the first to be lifted from F+TM’s fifth album ‘Dance Fever’ (out today, May 13).Watch Florence + The Machine perform ‘King’ on Fallon here:Elsewhere on Wednesday’s episode, Welch joined Fallon for the ‘Audience Suggestion Box’ segment of his show – where she, Fallon and Jimmy Buffett sang the latter’s 1977 song ‘Margaritaville’ – before speaking to Fallon more in-depth about the making of her new record.In a four-star review, NME said that ‘Dance Fever’ boasts “gorgeously expressive songs”, adding: “This 14-track collection reflects a new sense of resolve, packing an invigorated spirit into powerful, sneakily thrilling pop.”Florence + The Machine will showcase the album on a UK and Ireland headline tour in November.
Florence + The Machine performed their song ‘My Love’ on last night’s episode (May 11) of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – you can watch their performance below.The track, which was co-written with Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley (and remixed by the band last month), is taken from the Florence Welch-led band’s new album ‘Dance Fever’, which is set to be released tomorrow (May 13).Welch and her band brought ‘Dance Fever’ to the Tonight Show last night with a theatrical performance of ‘My Love’.You can watch Florence + The Machine perform ‘My Love’ on The Tonight Show below.Elsewhere in the episode, Welch joined Fallon for the ‘Audience Suggestion Box’ segment of his show – where she, Fallon and Jimmy Buffett sung the latter’s 1977 song ‘Margaritaville’ – before speaking to Fallon more in depth about the making of ‘Dance Fever’.You can watch both clips below.Speaking about ‘Dance Fever’ in a recent interview with Vogue, Welch said that the new album is like her 2009 debut ‘Lungs’ but “with more self-knowledge”.“I’m kind of winking at my own creation,” she added. “A lot of it is questioning my commitment to loneliness; to my own sense as a tragic figure.” Florence + The Machine will embark on a UK and European arena tour in November.
Sigur Rós recently kicked off their 2022 world tour and have debuted new material – watch below.The band announced details of their huge world tour in February, which would be their first in almost five years. As well as Mexico, Canada and the United States, they’ll be heading to New Zealand and Australia in August, followed by Asia, and then the UK and Europe from September onwards.The Icelandic post-rock band started their tour in Mexico City on April 28, where they opened their 20-song set with ‘Svefn-g-englar’, marking the first time they’ve played the track since 2013.They then following this with ‘Rafmagnið búið’, giving the track from their 1999 album ‘Ágætis byrjun’, its live debut.
Arcade Fire have shared their performance of ‘End Of The Empire II’ from their appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend – watch below.The Canadian band featured on the hit US show on Saturday (May 7) in support of their sixth studio album ‘WE’, which came out the day before (May 6).Introduced by guest host Benedict Cumberbatch, Arcade Fire played their recent singles ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ and ‘The Lightning I, II’ in the legendary New York studio. Frontman Win Butler ended the powerful latter performance by speaking out about abortion rights.In a rare move, SNL allowed its most recent musical guests to play a third track.
Kelly Clarkson has given an emotional performance of one of Harry Styles’ singles in a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.The long-running US TV series features a segment called Kellyoke, which sees the host and singer perform different covers from an eclectic range of artists.During Thursday’s (May 5) episode of the show, Clarkson chose to air her own rendition of Styles’ ‘Falling’, the original version of which appeared on his second album ‘Fine Line’. Backed by her band Y’all, the star added new layers to the powerful ballad, bringing guitar and drums to its central piano line.Watch Clarkson’s take on ‘Falling’ below now.Styles is set to release his third album ‘Harry’s House’ on May 20.
Father John Misty delivered a live rendition of ‘Kiss Me (I Loved You)’ on US TV last night (May 3). Check out the video below.The singer-songwriter – aka Joshua Tillman – appeared as the musical guest on the latest episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in support of his fifth album ‘Chloë And The Next 20th Century’, which came out last month.Having recently shared its David Raboy-directed video, FJM played ‘Kiss Me…’ in Fallon’s New York City studio with the help of a small orchestra.
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Naman Ramachandran India will be the official country of honor for the Cannes Film Market (May 17-25) this year.This is the first time the market is having an official country of honor and the new tradition will be continued annually with different nations at future editions.There s a neat coincidence: India is celebrating its 75th year of independence from British rule. The Cannes festival is also celebrating its 75th anniversary.The market celebrations will lick off on May 18 at the Majestic Beach with an introduction from market executive directors Jérôme Paillard and Guillaume Esmiol and a welcome address from Anurag Singh Thakur, India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting.India will be prominently visible throughout the festival this year.
Big Thief took to The Late, Late Show With James Corden to perform ‘Certainty’ last night – check it out below.‘Certainty’ is taken from Big Thief’s fifth album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, which was released in February.The performance on Corden rounds off a hat trick of late night American talk show appearances, with the band using the same living room practice space to air ‘Spud Infinity’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and ‘Simulation Swarm‘ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.Watch ‘Certainty’ below: Big Thief are currently touring North America ahead of a string of UK and European festivals, including Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Best Kept Secret and Tempelhof Sounds. You can find the band’s full live schedule here.In a video message to fans though, frontwoman Adrianne Lenker has asked fans to stop talking through their support acts’ sets.“It’s really come forward in the last few days that: when music is happening in a room, there’s a performer on stage playing and doing their craft, when you enter into that space, try to be mindful of what’s happening and pay attention and don’t talk,” she said.Hello.