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Doyoung of K-pop boyband NCT has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘Dear Youth’ tour, featuring concerts in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and more.Today (May 9), NCT’s Doyoung revealed that he is set to embark on his first-ever solo tour later this month. Titled the 2024 ‘Dear Youth’ tour, the K-pop idol will kick things off with a three-date concert in Seoul, South Korea from May 25 to 27.Doyoung will then head to Japan in June 2024, featuring a two-date stop in Yokohama and a one-night show in Osaka.

Nirvana‘s social media accounts have shared the four-page letter Steve Albini sent to them, proposing that he produce their landmark album ‘In Utero’.Today (May 9), Nirvana’s X (formerly Twitter) account published the four-page proposal, in which Albini wrote of his approach and methodology to music and how he planned to handle the recording of ‘In Utero’.The post comes after it was revealed yesterday (May 8) that Albini had died at the age of 61 due to a heart attack. The legendary producer and musician’s death was confirmed by his recording studio, Electronic Audio.In Albini’s four-paged proposal, he famously declared that “if a record takes more than a week to make, somebody’s fucking up”.“I think the very best thing you could do at this point is exactly what you are talking about doing: bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bulletheads,” he wrote.

Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun is coming out in June.The singer has been re-recording her first six studio albums after Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group, which included Swift’s early work.Now, a two-episode docuseries titled Taylor Swift Vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, will premiere on Discovery+ in June 2024.The series, which will consist of two hour-long episodes, will explore the dispute and the lead-up to Swift’s re-recording decision.According to Rolling Stone, the series is set to explore gender dynamics and fandom culture within the music industry.Swift, who has released the re-recordings of four of the six albums as ‘Taylor’s Version’, has been vocal about the dispute over her masters, arguing that she was prevented from bidding on the purchase. She said in 2019 that she “learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world”.Braun, however, maintains that Swift created a public feud by turning her fans against him, and “refused to negotiate”, according to a description of the upcoming series.Back in 2022, Braun addressed the issue, saying: “I think a lot of things got lost in translation.

Universal Music Group has denied reports that it requested that Kendrick Lamar and Drake end their much-publicised feud.Over the past month, Lamar and Drake have been trading blows over a constant back-and-forth of diss tracks. Earlier this week, Drake dropped his new diss track ‘The Heart Part 6’, on which the Canadian rapper suggested that Lamar’s disses are based on false information fed to him by Drake’s team. He also denied allegations of paedophilia lobbied against him by Kendrick Lamar on ‘Meet The Grahams’.The feud stems from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ back in March.

The Office is to begin filming this summer.Peacock announced today (May 8) that the new, and as yet untitled, series will not be a reboot, as per previous rumours, but will be instead set in the same universe as the US version of the hit show. It will feature a new cast and have its own storyline.The US Office – a reboot of the British mockumentary series starring and created by Ricky Gervais – ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013, and followed fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Noel Gallagher has created a playlist spanning Paul Weller’s entire career filled with “two hours of music, anecdotes, and impressions”.The former Oasis member was asked by BBC 6 to create a playlist of his favourite Weller tracks. According to the playlist’s description, Gallagher created a collection of tracks from Weller’s work in “The Jam to recent releases interspersed with personal recollections, anecdotes and impressions.”It continued: “The programme also includes highlights from The Jam recorded live during what Noel Gallagher describes as their ‘imperious phase’ at the Rainbow Theatre in 1979 and the Golders Green Hippodrome in 1981.”Noel was recently asked by @BBC6Music to put together a playlist of his favourite @paulwellerHQ tracks, which you can listen to now via @BBCSounds.

Funeral For A Friend, The Blackout, Holding Absence and more will come together to pay tribute to Linkin Park at a huge show in Birmingham later this year.Taking place at the Utilita Arena on August 18, the show is being put on by the Uprawr Foundation, a local charity founded by an alternative club night in the city to raise money to help provide free mental health counselling and services to the alternative community.The show was christened ‘1,000 Lights’ in reference to Linkin Park’s final album ‘One More Light’. Indeed, the Utilita Arena was the last place late frontman Chester Bennington performed before he took his own life in 2017 at the age of 41.The show will also feature talks and video messages from famous faces in the alternative music world as well as a performance from tribute band Linkin P4rk.Musicians can sign up to participate and will be tasked with fundraising for the charity via JustGiving.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced the Asia and Australia leg of her 2024 ‘Guts’ world tour set to kick off later this year.The Asian leg of the tour will kick off on September 16 at the Impact Arena in Bangkok. From there, the ‘Love Is Embarrassing’ singer will be making stops in Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.

Ethan Hawke has chastised young people for “not watching more movies” in a new interview.Speaking to MovieMaker, the actor said he can’t understand why they aren’t watching more movies at a time when they are readily available on streaming platforms.He told the publication: “The thing that I don’t understand — and this makes me sound old — but what I don’t understand about young people today is why they don’t watch more movies.“I mean, they’re perfectly willing to binge watch, for weeks of their life, something they know is really super okay, and the Criterion Channel is right there. Like, they could be watching Badlands as we speak,” he told the publication.He also went on to say that he thinks there is a lack of education surrounding great filmmakers.“They don’t know who Fassbinder is and they don’t know who Éric Rohmer is and they don’t know who Kurosawa is.

Apple‘s new iPad Pro advert, which sees a selection of vintage instruments being destroyed, has caused controversy among music fans.The advert was shared by company CEO Tim Cook and features vintage, guitars, pianos, trumpets, and metronomes, as well as turntables, speakers, and arcade games being crushed to a soundtrack of Sonny and Cher‘s ‘All I Need Is You’.Fans have flocked to social media to share their outrage at the advert. “Can’t recall the last time I saw a promo that so immediately and completely turned me against the product it was supposed to be selling,” one wrote.Check out the advert – and the displeased response to it – below.Meet the new iPad Pro: the thinnest product we’ve ever created, the most advanced display we’ve ever produced, with the incredible power of the M4 chip.

Netflix has edited out a clip of Kim Kardashian getting booed during a Tom Brady roast special.During The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady, Kardashian was one of the celebrities who roasted the legendary NFL player. However, her roast was greeted with boos from the audience in attendance on Sunday (May 5).Kevin Hart introduced Kardashian and while her initial appearance was met with cheers, it soon turned sour, promoting Kardashian to say: “All right, all right, all right.” Hart can also be heard saying, “Whoa! Whoa!” in response to the boos.Kardashian made several jokes about Brady who she was once rumoured to be dating.She said: “I’m really here tonight for Tom.

FKA Twigs will play the mother of Jesus in a new horror film alongside actor Nicolas Cage.As per Deadline, Twigs has been cast in The Carpenter’s Son, a horror film centred around Jesus’ childhood. Twigs will play the role of “the Mother”, according to the outlet, alongside Cage, who will play “the Carpenter” and Noah Jupe, who will play “the Boy”.The film was written and directed by Lotfy Nathan, whose debut feature Harka premiered at Cannes back in 2022.According to the official synopsis of the film: “The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt.

Lily Allen has revealed that she held a grudge against Elton John for years because he didn’t reply to her letter – until realising that she hadn’t actually sent it.During the most recent episode of her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver (released on May 6), Allen recalled once being “managed by a management company that was owned by Elton John” and his husband David Furnish.The singer and actor was on the Rocket Music Entertainment Group roster when she was making and promoting her second studio album, 2009’s ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’.“I loved being managed by them,” Allen explained. “And every year Elton would put on a Christmas party, and I’d always sit next to him and he’d make me feel really special.”She continued: “He would call me, like, once every couple of weeks to check in and say hi and make sure that I was OK.

Jenna Ortega is set to star in a new movie premiering later this year at the Tribeca Film Festival.Ortega will appear alongside her Wednesday co-star Percy Hynes White, who plays Xavier Thorpe in the Addams Family spin-off series.The film, titled Winter Spring Summer Or Fall is reportedly a romantic drama “loaded with classic tropes” of romcoms, but “with a generous helping of YA fizz.”It was directed by Holidate and About Fate writer Tiffany Paulsen and was written by Dan Schoffer. The movie has been produced by Brad Krevoy, Josh Shader and David Wulf.Its official description on the Tribeca Film Festival website reads: “Following a chance encounter, wunderkind Remy (Jenna Ortega) and music-obsessed slacker Barnes (Percy Hynes White) become inexorably entwined in each other’s lives.”It continues: “As winter turns to spring and spring turns to summer, the two find themselves falling in love.

Joe Biden‘s campaign team has used Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Euphoria‘ lyrics to diss former US president Donald Trump.The current US President’s campaign team hit out at Trump via social media on Monday (May 6) by using the viral track in a video clip that features various photos of the former president as the song plays in the background.“It’s always been about love and hate, now let me say I’m the biggest hater. I hate the way that you walk over women’s rights, the way that you talk about immigrants.

Steve Albini‘s proposal for producing Nirvana‘s landmark album ‘In Utero‘ following the news of his death.It was reported via Pitchfork today (May 8) that Albini died of a heart attack in his recording studio, Electronic Audio. His death was confirmed by the studio’s staff members.Albini wrote a four-page proposal to the grunge trio when he agreed to work on ‘In Utero’ with them in which he explained his philosophies around recording music.

Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer, will give her first TV interview tomorrow (May 9).Baby Reindeer, which has topped Netflix UK viewership charts for the last three weeks, is a semi-autobiographical series adapted from a one-man play, written by and starring Richard Gadd.The story follows a struggling comedian named Donny (Gadd) who is stalked and harassed by an older woman named Martha (played by Jessica Gunning). The final episode of the show reveals how Martha, who had already served more than four years in prison for a previous stalking conviction, was jailed for nine months.Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey, 58, has come forward and claimed to be the inspiration behind Martha, but has dismissed Baby Reindeer as “a load of rubbish”.She has reportedly made herself known to the press “because people have to know what is going on,” and has threatened legal action against Gadd.Now, Harvey will give her first interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, in an attempt to “set the record straight”.*WORLD EXCLUSIVE*The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer breaks cover and gives me her first TV interview about the smash hit Netflix show.

Hinds have shared their latest track ‘Boom Boom Back’ featuring Beck, and announced their new album ‘VIVA HINDS’.Serving as the album’s lead single, ‘Boom Boom Back’ the breezy track features a crisp guitar riff with the duo – Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote – and Beck asks “If you wanna fall in love in a bar tonight / Do you wanna fall in love with a broken heart? / Do you wanna ride? Ride in my Mirage? / Do you wanna be the one that feels the “Boom-Boom” back?”The song was the first track the duo wrote for the album following a creative rut in 2020 after the release of their third album ‘The Prettiest Curse’. They went on to join forces with Beck after the duo met by chance at a film screening on a trip to LA.Directed by Perote and Cosials, the track’s accompanying music video sees the two walking and driving all around Los Angeles in matching black outfits. The single is the second song to be released from the Spanish indie rockers’ upcoming album ‘VIVA HINDS’.

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes at the movie’s premiere.Easton Simpson deliberately mumbled his words while interviewing the film’s lead actors Owen Teague and Freya Allan, making it difficult for them to understand and answer.The repeated mumbled questions led to Teague eventually realising he was set up and walking away, and caused Allen to joke that the prank was “evil”.When speaking to Teague, Simpson started asking: “Acting in this movie, it’s a little different because you’re not playing a human.

Slash has opened up about which metal bands he would consider to be his favourites.As you can tell from his style of playing, the guitar icon and Guns N’ Roses star is most famously a fan of blues and classic rock. In fact, he has a blues album on the way, ‘Orgy Of The Damned’, which will include a number of blues covers.However, in a new interview ahead of the release, the guitarist has opened up about other artists he is vibing with at the moment – in particular, those from the metal scene.Speaking on the YouTube channel Coffee With Ola, he was asked about what he has been listening to lately, to which he revealed he is mainly listening to older bands who have been sharing new material.“AC/DC had a new record that was really good, Queens of the Stone Age have got a new record,” he said, referring to the 2020 album ‘Power Up’ and last year’s ‘In Times New Roman…’ respectively.Going on, he went on to name some heavier artists, including the eco-conscious French metal band Gojira, and thrash veterans, Metallica, as some of his current favourites.“I love Gojira, it’s great, and the new Metallica record [‘72 Seasons’] is fucking amazing,” he explained.

Taylor Swift tickets.READ MORE: Taylor Swift: – ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstepRecent weeks have seen many Facebook users fall victim to a scam, in which accounts are hacked and hijacked to sell fake tickets to her upcoming ‘Eras Tour’ shows.Now, after many have come forward and revealed that they and their friends have lost hundreds of pounds because of the scam, Facebook is being accused of “doing nothing” to protect users and respond to those who have been affected.The increasing popularity of the hacks comes in the run-up to the pop star’s huge ‘Eras Tour’ coming over the pond later this week, and performing a series of UK shows throughout June and August with support from Paramore.Just last month, Lloyds Bank reported that Swifties in the country have lost around £1million in online ticket scams recently, and around 90 per cent of which were said to have originated on Facebook (via BBC News).Speaking to the outlet, various fans affected by the issue outlined how either themselves or people they knew had lost money due to accounts being hacked, and messaging them saying that they had tickets for sale.One of which was a fan in Worcester called Kerry Plant, who revealed that her account had been hacked and led to two of her friends losing over £300 each.

Steve Albini – the indie rock icon and legendary record producer – has died at the age of 61.Per Pitchfork, Albini died of a heart attack at Electronic Audio – his recording studio in Chicago. His death was confirmed by the studio’s staff members.Albini fronted the likes of underground bands such as Shellac, Big Black, Rapeman and Flour. He was most well known for being the producer of major albums such as Nirvana’s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’, PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’, Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ and more.Shellac recently announced ‘To All Trains’, their first album in 10 years which is set for release next week (May 17) and were preparing to embark on a tour.RIP Steve Albini pic.twitter.com/qQjEQla0mF— PIXIES (@PIXIES) May 8, 2024Ugh man, a heartbreaking loss of a legend.

Amy Winehouse‘s parents have accepted the BRIT Billion award on behalf of their late daughter.Mitch and Janis Winehouse were presented with the statue to mark the ‘Back To Black’ singer-songwriter posthumously reaching one billion online streams in the United Kingdom.“We of course wish that Amy was here today accepting this award in person, but it’s amazing that she is still winning awards for her incredible talent and achievements,” the pair said in a joint statement.“It’s wonderful that her music is being discovered by new audiences of young people who love it just as much as her contemporaries. We are so proud of Amy.

Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd has opened up further about his creative process behind the hit Netflix series, and how he viewed his real-life stalker.Earlier this week he appeared alongside co-stars Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau at the Directors Guild of America to speak in a panel with the series’ director Weronika Tofilska and its editor Peter Oliver.The semi-autobiographical series, which was adapted from a one-man play, follows a struggling comedian named Donny (a fictionalised version of Gadd, who created and starred in the show) who is relentlessly stalked by an older woman named Martha (Gunning). With the guidance of his girlfriend, Teri (Mau), Donny attempts to understand and resolve his situation, but is in the process affected by traumatic events of his past.One of the show’s most talked about elements is the nuanced relationship between Donny and Martha, with the protagonist often feeling sorry for his stalker, and even developing some sort of attraction towards her.Gadd has admitted previously that he felt sorry for his real-life stalker, and elaborated on this during the panel.

Kanye West has seemingly scrapped his plans for ‘Yeezy Porn’.The hints that the controversial rapper – who now goes by the name Ye – would be turning his sights to the porn industry arose last month, when TMZ reported that a representative for West had got in touch and claimed that a “Yeezy Porn Studio” was on the horizon.According to the report, the rapper was “dead set” to get the business off the ground, and was in “advanced talks” with new business partner Mike Moz, who is a porn producer and the ex-husband of Stormy Daniels.Shortly afterwards, the artist took to social media to confirm the rumours – posting a six-second clip on X that read “Yeezy Porn Is Cumming”, while a female voice appeared over the top, telling viewers to “go to yeezy.com.”Fuel was then added to the fire when Ye’s reported new business partner Mike Moz revealed that he had been working with the musician to create something “like nothing we’ve ever seen before”.“I’ve been having discussions with Ye about a potential collab between Yeezy brand and my team at Vixen Media Group. While it’s too early to give any details I’m excited about where Ye’s vision takes this,” he said (as per Hot New Hip Hop).

Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun is coming out in June.The singer has been re-recording her first six studio albums after Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group, which included Swift’s early work.Now, a two-episode docuseries titled Taylor Swift Vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, will premiere on Discovery+ in June 2024.The series, which will consist of two hour-long episodes, will explore the dispute and the lead-up to Swift’s re-recording decision.According to Rolling Stone, the series is set to explore gender dynamics and fandom culture within the music industry.Swift, who has released the re-recordings of four of the six albums as ‘Taylor’s Version’, has been vocal about the dispute over her masters, arguing that she was prevented from bidding on the purchase. She said in 2019 that she “learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world”.Braun, however, maintains that Swift created a public feud by turning her fans against him, and “refused to negotiate”, according to a description of the upcoming series.Back in 2022, Braun addressed the issue, saying: “I think a lot of things got lost in translation.

Noel Gallagher made a surprise appearance at The Black Keys‘ show in London last night (May 7). Check out footage of the moment below.The US duo – comprising Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – are currently on the UK and Ireland leg of their ‘International Players Tour’, where they are showcasing their latest album ‘Ohio Players’.Gallagher is credited as a co-writer on the songs ‘You’ll Pay’, ‘Only Love Matters’ and ‘On The Game’ from the record, and he contributed backing vocals and electric guitar to the cuts.During the first of three Black Keys dates at the O2 Academy Brixton, the band invited the former Oasis musician to perform with them in the encore – which began with the latter two tracks.Watch the fan-shot footage of the guest appearances here:‘I Got Mine’‘Gold On The Ceiling’ ‘Your Touch’ ‘Tighten Up’ ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ ‘Everlasting Light’ ‘Next Girl’ ‘Lo-Hi’ ‘This Is Nowhere’ ‘Heavy Soul’ ‘Weight Of Love’ ‘Howlin’ For You’ ‘Beautiful People (Stay High)’ ‘Fever’ ‘Wild Child’ ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ (Gladys Knight & the Pips cover) ‘She’s Long Gone’ ‘Little Black Submarine’Encore ‘Only Love Matters’ (with Noel Gallagher) ‘On The Game’ (with Noel Gallagher) ‘Lonely Boy’Speaking to NME last year, The Black Keys recalled their time working with the “incredible” Gallagher in the studio.

Arkane Austin was working on updates for Redfall hours before Microsoft confirmed it was closing down the studio.According to reports, Arkane Austin had been developing an offline mode for the first-person shooter as well as working on Redfall‘s Hero DLC, which had been sold as part of the £80 ($100) Bite Back edition. The studio had been hoping to finally launch the DLC this Halloween.IGN sources claim the studio had been expecting to release an offline mode for the “always online” Redfall later this month, a feature fans had been requesting since before the game had even launched.

50 Cent has filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend after she accused him of rape online.The defamation case was issued by the rapper against Daphne Joy Narvaez, after the model, entrepreneur and mother of his 11-year-old son accused him of rape on Instagram in March.The two were in a relationship between 2011 and 2013 and, in his recent filing, 50 Cent claims that Narvaez “retaliated” against him and shared “false” rape allegations after discovering that he was planning to seek sole custody of their son.According to reports by Rolling Stone, the rapper decided to file for sole custody in a bid to “protect the interests of his minor child”. It came after he learned of the high-profile lawsuit filed by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, which alleged that Narvaez was a “sex worker” employed by Combs.In response to the accusations by Combs, she shared a post on Instagram reading: “I am deeply hurt by the lies in Rodney Jones’ lawsuit.

ABC7‘s Eyewitness News.During the segment, the channel was reporting on the recent news that a man had been left seriously injured after a shooting outside the musician’s home in Toronto. However, when describing the incident, one of the hosts fumbled his words and labelled the artist as a “raper”, before quickly correcting himself.“Lots of questions tonight about a security guard who was shot outside the mansion of the raper… rapper, I should say, Drake,” he said in the clip, which has now been posted to the network’s YouTube channel.Not only is the moment hard to watch, it also comes at a particularly bad time for the rapper, as it happened to have taken place amid accusations thrown at Drake by rap rival Kendrick Lamar in recent weeks.