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James Bay has said he’s begun work on a new album which he hopes will “showcase his guitar playing”.The artist has said he is set to return to his more guitar-oriented roots for the follow-up to last year’s ‘Leap’, harking back to his days of playing open mic nights when he was first starting out as a musician.In an interview with Guitar.com, he said: “With all my heroes, a lot of my favourite work of theirs was recorded in the first or second take. It had that sort of carefree [nature], ‘Let’s just do it. Emote and move on to the next thing.’ I’m trying to do that at the moment.”He continued: “[Recording an album] piece by piece by piece? I’ve done that a lot.
I totally respect it, it really worked for me in the past. But lately, I’ve been standing in front of a microphone with my acoustic guitar, like I used to do on an open-mic night. I’m just singing the song in.
No click. Nothing. Just a performance.
And it’s fun! It’s sort of freeing to not have to sort of stress over all the minute details.”Bay also said he is hoping to hone in on his guitar skills more on his next record. “I do see myself moving towards showcasing more guitar playing in my songs. So maybe [fans’ perceptions] will change as time goes by … but it depends on what the songs dictate.“The songs are still the most important thing to me, what the melody is doing, what the lyrics are saying, the performance and the delivery of the song.
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Miley Cyrus is back with a new album and she celebrated the release with her boyfriend, Maxx Morando.
Miley Cyrus is celebrating the release of her album Endless Summer Vacation with her boyfriend Maxx Morando by her side!
TWICE has dropped their new album and we also have new photos of the group!
NYC indie rock band Beach Fossils have announced details of a new studio album, their first since 2017. Bunny is due on June 2 via Bayonet with lead single "Don't Fade Away" streaming below. Bunny is the band's third studio album and first since Somersault, released six years ago, and was produced by the band's Dustin Payseur.
Aaron Dessner has opened up about his experience of working with Ed Sheeran on the latter’s upcoming fifth album, ‘-‘ (‘Subtract’).Sheeran announced the 14-track record earlier this week, saying that it reflects his “deepest darkest thoughts” against a backdrop of personal turmoil.“It’s opening the trapdoor into my soul,” the singer-songwriter explained. “For the first time I’m not trying to craft an album people will like, I’m merely putting something out that’s honest and true to where I am in my adult life.”The National’s Dessner teamed up with Sheeran on writing and production for the LP.
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Sparks have shared the title track for their new album ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’.The Los Angeles duo – comprising brothers Ron and Russell Mael – also announced that the song, which you can listen to below, will come with a video featuring actress Cate Blanchett at 5pm GMT tomorrow (March 3) here.They said via press release: “We met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the César Awards last year, little knowing that a year later, one of the great actors of our time (and a splendid person!) would graciously consent to lending her bootie-shaking skills to the first video from our new album, ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’. Dreams really do come true.
Molly-Mae Hague has shared a new look after her man Tommy Fury's victory in Saudi Arabia on Sunday night (February 26). Manchester boxer won his long-awaited and much-anticipated fight with Jake Paul
Thania Garcia It seems LL Cool J will not be releasing his next album anytime soon. The rapper vented his frustrations on social media early Wednesday morning, writing that his next project is not “worthy of being released.” It’s been nearly a decade since LL dropped his last full-length album “Authentic” in 2013, and for the past few years, the rapper has been teasing the release of a new collection. However, sometime after midnight on Wednesday, the rapper sent out a few tweets — some of which have since been deleted — talking about his recording process. In the deleted tweets, LL said he was “really trying” to figure it out but he’s “not feeling like this album is worthy of being released.” He did leave one tweet up where he simply states he’s “not dropping it.”
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Michelle Keegan has announced a brand new career move after teasing fans with a poolside snap. The former soap star, who played Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street for six years, has revealed she is taking on a brand new TV project which will see her in a completely different role to the ones fans have seen her in before.
Anne-Marie, The Kooks and James all topping the bill.After making its debut at Old Park Farm in Margam, South Wales last year, the 30,000-capacity festival will be returning across the late May Bank Holiday weekend, from 26-28 of the month.Jake Bugg, James Bay, Twin Atlantic, Vengaboys, The Vamps, Melanie C and UB40 also feature as part of the line-up, with Natalie Imbruglia also appearing to entertain festivalgoers who arrive at the site a day early.Check out the line-up poster below:New for this year at In It Together is the Steelworks stage, which is designed to showcase local homegrown talent. The Rewind arena has also been added, featuring throwback DJ sets.The Paddock Stage is also set to return which showcases local talent, including artists who perform in both English and Welsh.Speaking about this year’s festival Mark Hopkins, Head of Festivals said: ‘‘We can’t wait for this year’s festival, we built the excitement with our inaugural festival in 2022 we’re thrilled to be back for 2023 with even more stages, activities and an incredible line up to match.
50 Cent is open to writing new music when the time is right.The rapper hasn’t released an album since 2014’s ‘Animal Ambition’, choosing instead to focus on other projects.In a new interview with Billboard, Cent was asked whether he “misses” being in the recording studio and he admitted he would consider the possibility of new music if it aligned with his other endeavours.“I get the attention that I want from music when I want it,” he said. “I just went out and toured 45 countries, and everywhere was sold out. That made me want to offer new music that I could integrate into everything now.
Thania Garcia Skrillex surprised fans on Saturday night by dropping “Don’t Get Too Close” (via Owsla/Atlantic), which arrived less than 24 hours after his LP “Quest for Fire.” The new set includes features from Yung Lean, Bladee, Chief Keef, Justin Bieber, PinkPantheress, Trippie Redd, Bibi Bourelly, Kid Cudi, and more. The announcement came during the producer-DJ’s massive Madison Square Garden rave on Saturday night with Fred Again and Four Tet. According to a press release, bootleg CDs of the album were handed out at the event that will not be available anywhere else. The show, and his back-to-back full-length releases, mark the conclusion of a jam-packed week of activity for Skrillex that kicked off with a Valentine’s Day pop-up in New York’s Good Room and concluded with a massive MSG pre-party in the middle of Times Square for the Lot Radio on Feb. 17.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Matt Damon revealed he was in the “early stages” on a project about Ukraine during the press conference for “Kiss the Future” at the Berlin Film Festival. Damon is a producer on the documentary which chronicles the struggle of Sarajevo citizens during the Bosnian War. World premiering in the Berlinale Special section, the politically minded documentary is directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and based on “Fools Rush in: A Memoir” the memoir of Bill Carter, an aid worker. It shows how his determination resulted in the enlistment of the world’s largest rock band, U2, to help shine a light. Fifth Season and WME handling worldwide sales. Asked if he was considering following the footsteps of Sean Penn with “Superpower” with a film on the war in Ukraine, he said he’s “watched as everyone has with horror that unfolded there in the last year,” and although they “don’t have anything on it right now there isn’t any doubt that we’ll be doing.”
Skrillex has surprise released his second new album ‘Don’t Get Too Close’ – check it out below.The EDM superstar released ‘Quest For Fire’ on Friday (February 17) after announcing it less than a week before. It was the first Skrillex album since his 2014 debut ‘Recess’ but now he’s followed it up with another new album.‘Don’t Get Too Close’ features Skrillex’s already-released collaborations with PinkPantheress and Trippie Redd (‘Way Back’), Bibi Bourelly (‘Don’t Get Too Close’) and Bladee (‘Real Spring’) alongside new tracks with Justin Bieber, Kid Cudi and Circa Survive/L.S. Dunes vocalist Anthony Green. Check out ‘Don’t Get Too Close’ below alongside the complete tracklist:1. ‘Don’t Leave Me Like This’ (ft. Bobby Raps)2. ‘Way Back’ (ft. PinkPantheress, Trippie Redd)3. ‘Selecta’ (ft. BEAM)4. ‘Ceremony’ (ft. Yung Lean, Bladee)5. ‘Real Spring’ (ft. Bladee)6. ‘Summertime’ (ft. Kid Cudi)7. ‘Bad For Me’ (ft. Corbin, Chief Keef’)8. ‘3am’ (ft. Prentiss, Anthony Green)9. ‘Don’t Go’ (ft. Justin Bieber, Don Toliver)10. ‘Don’t Get Too Close’ (ft. Bibi Bourelly)11. ‘Mixed Signals’ (ft. Swae Lee)12. ‘Painting Rainbows’ (ft. Bibi Bourelly)Skrillex celebrated the release with a sold-out show at Madison Square Gardens alongside Four Tet and Fred Again… after playing on top of a school bus in the middle of New York’s Times Square.A post shared by Sonny (@skrillex)Back in May 2022, Skrillex confirmed that he had at least two new albums on the way and started 2023 by teasing a double album.Skrillex also revealed that his recent absence from music came down to 2022 being “the toughest year of my life”, during which he felt “no drive and purpose for the first time”.“For the first time in 4-5 years I’ve found a new sense of peace.
Rihanna fans have been eagerly waiting for the release of her next album, which has been many years in the making. Now, following her show-stopping performance at the Super Bowl, the singer has finally given them an update on the much-anticipated project.“I want it to be this year,” Rihanna said during a cover story interview with British Vogue.
Zack Sharf Does Hollywood still produce movie stars? Jennifer Aniston proclaimed last year that the movie star is dead, and it’s a sentiment Ana de Armas somewhat agrees with. The “Blonde” Oscar nominee was asked about the state of movie stardom by Vanity Fair as part of its 2023 Hollywood issue, to which she said movie stars no longer exist for younger generations because of social media. “I feel like the new generations don’t have that concept, because of social media,” de Armas said. “There is so much information out there and oversharing. The concept of a movie star is someone untouchable you only see onscreen. That mystery is gone. For the most part, we’ve done that to ourselves — nobody’s keeping anything from anyone anymore.”
EXCLUSIVE: Luxury labels are “naturally evolving” toward producing and making their own indie feature films, says Charles Finch, founder and chief executive of Finch and Partners, the consulting firm that has been the prime mover in enabling “a synergy of content” between the entertainment sector and the crème de la crème of brands.