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Foo Fighters have confirmed Josh Freese as their new touring drummer.The news was confirmed during their Foo Fighters: Preparing Music For Concerts livestream on Sunday (May 21) in which the band prepared for their comeback tour and delivered “a few surprises”.Since the band confirmed that they would be continuing to make music in January following the sudden passing of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022, many famous sticksmen have been linked with the gig.Both Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron and Rufus Taylor (son of Queen’s Roger Taylor) denied speculation that they were involved in the band’s new project, and Freese has now been confirmed as the band’s new drummer.Freese has previously played drums for Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails, Paramore, Devo and more, and fans had anticipated his announcement as the new Foos live drummer recently cancelled planned gigs with The Offspring and Danny Elfman.Foo Fighters’ tour begins next week (May 24) in New Hampshire.Foo Fighters officially have a new drummer !! Welcome Josh Freese !! pic.twitter.com/gcXGMGCV0H— Giuseppe Mercadante (@itsmercadante) May 21, 2023The band are set to head out on a series of headlining concerts in the US between August and October, with festival shows at Boston Calling, Bonnaroo, Riot Fest and more also confirmed.They have also announced a live show in Brazil with Wet Leg and Garbage in support.Last week (May 12) the Foos also teased fans in the UK by suggesting that a new string of live shows are “forthcoming and soon-to-be-announced”.The band also recently shared ‘Under You’ — the latest single to be released from their forthcoming album ‘But Here We Are’.Set for release on June 2 via Roswell Records/Columbia Records, the LP will mark their first

coming to a close, according to the singer.Miley Cyrus, 30, revealed that she doesn’t see herself going on tour again in the foreseeable future, and she’s not sure if she ever will again. “It’s been a minute,” she admitted to British Vogue for the June 2023 issue, where she will grace the cover. “After the last [headline arena] show I did [in 2014], I kind of looked at it as more of a question.”She continued, “And I can’t.

Ben Howard has shared a brand new song called ‘Walking Backwards’ – listen below.The song is the second preview of the singer’s fifth album ‘Is It?’, which lands this summer and was announced recently with first single ‘Couldn’t Make It Up’.Set for release on June 16 via Island, ‘Is It?’ follows Howard’s 2021 release ‘Collections From The Whiteout’.Of the new track, Howard said in a statement: “‘Walking Backwards’ is a song to remind ourselves you are doing just fine. A small, personal resistance to the growing pressure to conform.“To let go of the constant expectation that we should be striving for more and ploughing forever forwards..

Jorja Smith has confirmed details of her second album ‘Falling Or Flying’ alongside a string of UK record release shows.Set for release September 29, ‘Falling Or Flying’ is the follow-up to Smith’s debut album ‘Lost And Found’ and 2021’s “sonic waiting room” EP ‘Be Right Back’.According to a press release, the new album “thrillingly broaches any gap between Jazz, Soul, R&B and Funky House”.Smith said the songs on the record “touch on breakups, relationships with my friends, relationships with old friends, relationships with myself. It’s definitely about a lot of relationships, but every song I write I can sing it to myself,” she added.

Andy Rourke, The Smiths bassist on all four of the band’s album, died today of pancreatic cancer in New York City. He was 59.

is already streaming.The new record was announced ahead of a series of warm-up shows that the band are playing around the UK this month, kicking off at the Colchester Arts Centre later today.Those shows, which also include gigs at Eastbourne Winter Gardens, The Halls Wolverhampton and City Hall Newcastle, precede a summer of festival appearances plus the two dates at Wembley Stadium on 8 and 9 Jul.And now some quotes from the band…Damon Albarn: “This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now”.Graham Coxon: “The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn’t do the job”.Alex James: “For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that”.Dave Rowntree: “It always feels very natural to make music together.

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Blur have announced details of a surprise new album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’ and shared the first single ‘The Narcissist’. Check it out below.The returning Britpop legends first announced their comeback back in November with news of a huge Wembley Stadium show – before going on to reveal a second date at the venue before a run of European festival shows and an intimate UK warm-up tour,  which kicks off in their hometown of Colchester tomorrow (Friday May 19).Now, the band have revealed that the 10-track ‘The Ballad Of Darren’ will arrive on 21 July via Parlophone, and is available for pre-order here.

With two Top 40 singles a 10-date headline UK arena tour under his belt already this year, Tom Grennan is finally ready to unleash his third studio album What Ifs & Maybes.

Taylor Swift was all smiles as she was spotted leaving a recording studio with her rumoured new beau Matty Healy. US pop sensation Taylor, 33, and The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, 34, have set the rumour mill ablaze after being pictured together on numerous occasions since Taylor split from her long-term boyfriend, actor Joe Alwyn, last month. Taylor had been in a relationship with Joe, 32, since 2017.

Travis Scott‘s upcoming album ‘Utopia’ could be arriving soon, as the rapper has previewed the record for Houston’s professional baseball team, the Astros.In a clip posted to social media, Scott was seen preparing before sharing the album with the Astros, telling KRIV’s Sports Director Mark Berman: “It’s on the way now, Mark”. Elsewhere in the clip, Scott can seemingly be heard saying that he is in the process of finishing the album’s mastering.No footage of Scott’s ‘Utopia’ preview session with the baseball team was shared.Watch the clip below.Travis Scott (@trvisXX) at Minute Maid Park pic.twitter.com/qmqcw08WfI— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) May 15, 2023While a release date for ‘Utopia’ – and further details including its tracklisting – has yet to be announced, the record has been teased by Scott for awhile now, dating back to 2021.

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor has spoken to NME about the chances of her representing the UK at Eurovision, and what to expect from her “psychedelic, proggy” new album ‘Hana’.The British pop icon was speaking to NME backstage after her performance at Liverpool’s Eurovision Village on ‘EuroEve’, the night before the Song Contest’s Grand Final in the city (Friday May 12).Stepping off stage, she told NME: “I really enjoyed myself, the crowd were gorgeous. I was up in Liverpool yesterday so I already had a sense of the atmosphere here and I was really looking forward to tonight.“I’ve loved Eurovision since I can remember.

Shares of Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch owner News Corp. rose 6.5% in morning trading after the news and book publisher posted a slight decline in revenue for its fiscal third quarter as the advertising market softened, but reported progress on cost-cutting measures it said would save $160 million this year.Shares gained $1.02, or 6%, to $17.85, in morning trading after earlier reaching as high as $18.68.

Queens Of The Stone Age have announced their new album ‘In Times New Roman’ and shared the single ‘Emotion Sickness’. Check out the song and album details below.Having been teasing their return this week with online videos and billboards in London, the band have now revealed details of the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains‘ with their eighth album ‘In Times New Roman’ arriving on June 8 via Matador Records.The launch single ‘Emotion Sickness’ calls back to the band’s jagged ‘Rated R’ era, but with a psychedelic twice.

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Ozzy Osbourne has revealed in a new interview that he wants to keep performing, despite retiring from touring earlier this year.Speaking to Tenacious D‘s Jack Black and Kyle Gass for Metal Hammer, Osbourne shared that though he’s done with lengthy tours, the Prince of Darkness isn’t ruling out more performances, saying “I don’t know how to do anything else. The thought of sitting in my house all day… I’m a road dog, you know? I’ve been doing it fucking 55 years. It’s the best thing to have ever happened to me”.“I mean, doing a live show is what I live for,” Osbourne said.

King Charles is finally being crowned this weekend, and Westminster Abbey will be filled with members of the Royal Family as they watch his coronation.

The Hives have announced their first new album in over a decade, ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’, and shared lead single ‘Bogus Operandi’ — check it out below.The Swedish rock band will release ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ on August 11, 2023, via Fuga — you can pre-order the album here.The announcement arrives with the release of opening track ‘Bogus Operandi’, complete with a horror music video directed by Aube Perrie (Harry Styles, Megan Thee Stallion).Listen to the new track below.“There’s no maturity or anything like that bullshit, because who the fuck wants mature rock’n’roll?,” frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist said of the new album in a press statement.“That’s always where people go wrong, I feel. ‘It’s like rock’n’roll but adult,’ nobody wants that! That’s literally taking the good shit out of it.

Met Gala on Monday night. The Vogue titan, 73, arrived at the fashion gala arm-in-arm with the “Love Actually” actor, also 73, following months of dating speculation. The new couple, who are both Brits, first set tongues wagging last December when they were spotted together at a New York screening of Nighy’s Oscar-nominated film, “Living.”Friends of Wintour told the Post on Monday that they are “thrilled” the fashion icon is “finally” making her red carpet debut with Nighy.