Mura Masa has dropped new song "bbycakes" with Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress and Shygirl. The all-star link-up is the first taste of the U.K.
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win for Group Of The Year at last night’s BRIT Awards, Wolf Alice had a quick chat with NME about their whirlwind year and dreams of partying with Sam Fender and Tom Grennan. Watch out full red carpet interview with the band above.The band were nominated in the category alongside Coldplay, Little Mix, D-Block Europe and London Grammar.“There’s loads of great music in there,” drummer Joel Amey told NME about their fellow nominees. “We’re just happy to be here.
I know everyone says that, but it’s very flatted for Wolf Alice to be at the BRITs for a third time. So yeah, we’ll see what happens?”And what it would it mean to beat a band the size of Coldplay? “That would be a right laugh,” replied bassist Theo Ellis.The four-piece humble about why their acclaimed third album ‘Blue Weekend‘ has had the impact that it’s enjoyed over the last 12 months “it’s not really for us to say”, said singer Ellie Rowsell), and said that they were still very much too deep in the cycle of that record to consider their next move.Asked if they had talked about where they wanted to take their sound on album number four, Rowsell replied, “tonight after a couple of drinks we will” with Amey adding: “Let’s sit down at a table and see what they’ve got. But not yet – we’re still in ‘Blue Weekend’ world and it’s very fun.”Admitting that glamorous awards ceremony still aren’t where they feel most at home, the band said that there were only a select few artists in the room at the BRITs that they were looking forward to catching up with.“We haven’t got any mates!” joked Ellis.
“Tom Grennan is always a laugh. I’m looking forward to seeing him. I’m looking forward to watching Dave, Adele, Liam Gallagher.
Mura Masa has dropped new song "bbycakes" with Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress and Shygirl. The all-star link-up is the first taste of the U.K.
Kelly Clarkson has delivered her take on Bleachers‘ ‘I Wanna Get Better’, performing it live on her daytime TV variety show.The ‘Kellyoke’ segment of The Kelly Clarkson Show sees Clarkson performing a cover version of a song requested by her audience to open the program.Yesterday’s broadcast (February 21) saw Clarkson take on Bleachers’ 2014 track, which was released as a single and appeared on their debut album ‘Strange Desire’. You can watch her performance below.Previous Kellyoke segments have seen Clarkson cover the likes of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘The End Of The World’, Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind’, My Chemical Romance’s ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’, Radiohead’s ‘Karma Police’ and more.Elsewhere, Clarkson has reportedly teamed up with Dolly Parton for a “haunting” new version of ‘9 To 5’.
The Teenage Cancer Trust has announced details of its 2022 season of shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the charity’s first run of fundraising concerts since 2019, after COVID-19 caused the cancellation of its 2020 and 2021 programmes. They will run from 21-27 Mar.On the line-up this year are Don Broco, Yungblud, Madness, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran, plus there’s an acoustic show from the band who played the charity’s first ever Albert Hall fundraiser back in 2000, that being The Who.
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Liam Gallagher has spoken out against Coldplay being nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Rock/Alternative Act.The four-piece were nominated for the award at Tuesday’s ceremony (February 8) along with Glass Animals, Tom Grennan, Wolf Alice and this year’s winner, Sam Fender.Speaking to Absolute Radio ahead of the BRITs on Tuesday, Gallagher was asked for his prediction for which artist would triumph in the Best Rock/Alternative Act category.At the mention of Coldplay, Gallagher said “leave it out”, adding: “They’re not rock, man.”“If they’re rock, man… Jesus!” he continued. “I mean, I like Chris Martin and he wrote some great albums and all that, when I think about it.
London Grammar have revealed that work is progressing well on their upcoming fourth album, and that it’s set to be their “best one yet”. Watch our full video interview with the band above.The Nottingham-formed trio were speaking to NME on the red carpet of the BRIT Awards 2022, where they were nominated for Group Of The Year alongside the likes of Coldplay, Little Mix, D-Block Europe and the winners Wolf Alice.“It feels very surreal after two years to now be putting on a dress and a suit and stuff,” said singer Hannah Reid, before bandmate Dot Major added: “Wolf Alice have been here with us a few times.
NME were interviewing Tom Grennan at the BRIT Awards last night, when Celebrity Juice host Keith Lemon interrupted to deliver a rap and suggest a collab. Watch our full video interview with the pair above.The singer-songwriter was in attendance at the London ceremony last night where he was nominated for Song Of The Year for ‘Little Bit Of Love’, as well as Best Rock/Alternative Act.While discussing the success of the single, we were met with Leigh Francis, aka Keith Lemon, who told us a little bit about their friendship.“Well he’s been on Celebrity Juice and at first we didn’t know each other.
BRIT Awards 2022 attracted its lowest audience ever in overnight figures when it was broadcast on Tuesday (February 8).According to figures published by Broadcast, ITV pulled in 2.7 million viewers during the show, which spanned two-and-a-half-hours from 8pm.While this is the lowest in the show’s history, a drop from 2.9 million viewers for 2021’s event, this figure doesn’t count viewers around the world who streamed it digitally on YouTube or catch-up service ITV Hub.The show also went up against BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt starring Ben Whishaw, which attracted a bigger audience of 3.2 million viewers in overnight ratings.This year’s BRIT Awards featured performances from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz, Dave, Liam Gallagher and Sam Fender – along with a surprise appearance from Bring Me The Horizon.Adele was the big winner on the night, taking three awards including the coveted Album Of The Year for her fourth LP ‘30’.
Liam Gallagher performed his new single ‘Everything’s Electric’ for the first time during last night’s BRIT Awards (February 8) – you can watch his performance below.The track is the first to be previewed from the former Oasis frontman’s upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, which is set for release on May 27 and is the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Why Me? Why Not.’.After releasing ‘Everything’s Electric’ – which was co-written with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – last Friday (February 4), Gallagher gave the song its live debut at last night’s BRITs at The O2 in London.The performance began with footage of Gallagher being helicoptered into the venue, before he then made his way to the stage to perform ‘Everything’s Electric’ with his live band – you can see his performance below.‘Everything’s Electric’, which was also co-written by its producer Greg Kurstin, was inspired by Beastie Boys’ ‘Sabotage’ and The Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’, according to a press release.Gallagher will play his biggest solo shows to date in June, including two sold-out gigs at Knebworth.
It was a successful night at the 2022 BRIT Awards with many talented musicians walking away with gongs.
Adele was the big winner at the 2022 BRIT Awards.
Wolf Alice won Group Of The Year at tonight’s (February 8) BRIT Awards 2022, taking home their first trophy from the prestigious awards.The band were nominated in the category alongside Coldplay, Little Mix, D-Block Europe and London Grammar.Wolf Alice were presented with the award by Italian Eurovision winners Måneskin. “That’s absolutely unbelievable,” bassist Theo Ellis said, receiving the trophy. “I think we’re quite shocked.
BRIT Awards 2022 is underway at London’s The O2, where the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz and more are all in the running for awards.Tonight’s (February 8) event will be hosted by Mo Gilligan for the first time, while the show will also not hand out trophies in gendered categories. Instead, they will be replaced by Artist Of The Year and International Artist Of The Year fields.Four new genre categories have also been added – Alternative/Rock Act, Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Dance Act and Pop/R’N’B Act – which fans were able to vote for via TikTok.Adele, Sheeran, Little Simz and Dave led the nominations going into the night with four nods each.
The Chemical Brothers have announced a huge show in Yorkshire for this summer – get all the details below.Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons will play in the grounds of Castle Howard just outside York on June 26 this year, and will also headline London’s All Points East later in the summer alongside Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The National, Tame Impala, Kraftwerk, Disclosure and Gorillaz.Tickets for the new Yorkshire date will go on sale this Friday (February 11) at 10am GMT here, while fans can also sign up here for presale tickets, which go on sale on Wednesday (February 9), also at 10am.The Chemical Brothers have just announced a live performance at @CastleHowardEst on 26th June 2022! Pre-Sale tickets go on sale on Wednesday 9th Feb at 10AM – sign up now to get access: https://t.co/7F3zsZm4Wm#castlehoward #chemicalbrotherslive pic.twitter.com/gLJyVOJqBs— The Chemical Brothers (@ChemBros) February 7, 2022The Chemical Brothers released their last album, ‘No Geography’, in 2019, returning in 2021 with the single ‘The Darkness That You Fear’.They returned to the stage last summer after the pandemic to headline Latitude 2021 alongside Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club and Wolf Alice.Last year, the band also shared a new mix which explores their love of dub music. The hour-long mix was the first in a planned series of themed mixes by the production veterans as they launched a new station, ‘Radio Chemical’, for Sonos Radio.
Halsey has shared a new music video for her song ‘Girl Is A Gun’, which takes place in a colourful period drama setting.The track is taken from the star’s latest album, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’, which was released in August 2021.The video was directed by Colin Tilley and features Halsey dressed in a big purple and green wig and voluminous, corseted green dress. Joined by a gaggle of female friends, they bowl around the streets of an old-fashioned town, drinking, dancing and knocking over apple carts.Towards the end of the video, they ride out of town on horses, with only Halsey shown at its conclusion, standing precariously at the edge of a rocky cliff.
Wolf Alice will tour North America this March and April, taking in shows across the US and Canada on a 20-date run.READ MORE: Wolf Alice live in London: spellbinding small venue show from snarling rock superstarsThe tour, announced yesterday (February 1), is part of the band’s ongoing world tour in support of their third studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’. It marks their second tour of North America in as many years, following their run of dates in late 2021.Along with their headlining dates, the band will also play two shows in June as a support act.