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English R&B singer Jorja Smith has taken her time with her follow-up to her 2018 debut Lost & Found, sharing the stopgap project Be Right Back in 2021 and the Joy Orbison collab "Rose Rouge" in 2022. The wait may be finally ending: on Thursday (April 13), Smith shared "Try Me," her first new song of the year and the debut track released on her new label FAMM.

RELEASESPost Malone has released new single ‘Chemical’, taken from his upcoming fifth album.Doja Cat features on a new remix of ‘Kill Bill’ by SZA.Eighteen months on from her debut solo single, ex-Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson is back with new track ‘Bad Thing’.Busted have released a new version of their song ‘Loser Kid’, featuring Simple Plan. “’Loser Kid’ has always been a favourite track of mine”, says the band’s Matt Willis. “It was the end of the first album and summed up that record.

by night or by day) and for the in Los Angeles last night, March 12, she added another naked number to her repertoire. A range of made dramatic impact on the after-party red-carpet (hello, Daisy Edgar-Jones in crystal-swathed transparent Gucci and Janelle Monáe in a cut-out black beaded Area confection), but it was Ratajkowski’s goddess-like chainmail sheath that had the most drama. The brains behind the gauzy silver creation, accented with braided details? Emerging London designer Feben, the Central Saint Martins graduate who has also created pieces for Beyoncé and Erykah Badu and who enlisted Jorja Smith to walk in her recent autumn/winter 2023 show. By Carrie WittmerEmily Ratajkowski’s gown came straight from Feben’s runway, one which also featured a range of artisanal embellishments like molten sequins, which the designer describes as an outré armor.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has promoted Jenna Park Adler to co-head of the agency’s global hip-hop/R&B touring group, alongside current head Mark Cheatham.  Adler personally reps artists across multiple genres as well as hip-hop and R&B, with a client roster that includes Jennifer Lopez, Doja Cat, Charli XCX, Green Day, Chloe x Halle, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Deftones, and Mark Ronson, among many others. She played a key role in Doja Cat’s rise, architected Green Day’s “Hella Mega” tour and helped Lopez develop her multi-dimensional businesses. “Jenna’s an undeniable force in the business and an invaluable member of the CAA team, brilliantly delivering for artists across genres,” said CAA Co-Head of North American Music Darryl Eaton.  “Mark and Jenna bring an incredible level of energy, experience and strategic vision to our industry-leading Hip-Hop/R&B group.  Under their leadership, the future is very bright.” 

Birmingham has been dubbed the ‘home of metal’ for a long time thanks to its long history of producing some of the genre’s most iconic acts. One of the second city’s biggest bands brought the 2022 Commonwealth Games to a thunderous close as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath rocked the city’s Alexander Stadium. The band closed the games time in the city in style following performances from fellow Midlands acts Dexy’s Midnight Runners, UB40, Beverley Knight, Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, Apache Indian, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Jaykae, Ash, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve and The Selecter.

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Naman Ramachandran Rocker Ozzy Osbourne made a surprise appearance in his home city of Birmingham, U.K., and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Monday evening. Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath, featuring Tony Iommi on guitar, Adam Wakeman on bass and Tommy Clufetos on drums, performed their evergreen hit “Paranoid” in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000 at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

Naman Ramachandran A sequence from an upcoming “Peaky Blinders” stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The sequence from U.K.-wide theater show “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” will be staged at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Aug. 8, with a special performance of a newly-commissioned track from Laura Mvula, inspired by Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand,” which is used as the TV show’s theme song.

Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, UB40, Dexys have been announced to perform at the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony tonight (August 8).West Midlands acts and other associated figures Beverley Knight, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Ash, Apache Indian, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve, and The Selecter will appear at the event to round off the multi-sport event that’s been hosted this year by Birmingham.The acts in question have been selected to “celebrate the diverse musical heritage of the West Midlands, championing the genres and trends that run through this great Commonwealth city; from rave to reggae, street and grime to R&B, drum ‘n’ bass and rap”, according to a press release.Masterminded by creative directors Amber Rimell and Bronski from TAWBOX, the ceremony staged at the city’s Alexander Stadium will also feature a sequence from the theatre production Peaky Blinders: The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby. Laura Mvula will perform a freshly commissioned track for the show, which has been inspired by the Blinders‘ theme tune, ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby is written and adapted for the stage by creator Steven Knight, and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer.

Calvin Harris has released another song from his forthcoming album ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’ – listen to ‘New To You’ below.The R&B-style single, which features Normani, Offset and Tinashe, follows ‘Stay With Me‘ (feat.

Calvin Harris has shared an official video for his new single ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams – watch it below.The track, set to feature on Harris’ upcoming album ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, was released yesterday (July 15) as the latest preview of the record.‘Stay With Me’ follows the tracks ‘New Money’ featuring 21 Savage and ‘Potion’ (feat.

Calvin Harris has shared his new single ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams.The funky disco track was teased by the superstar DJ last week and is set to feature on ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, his first album in five years.The song, which you can listen to below, sees all three guest artists swapping vocals with Halsey picking up a section where she sings: “I’ve been waiting for you all year/ Come play, make a mess right here/ Do whatever, I like it weird/ Okay, let ’em disappear/ Say whatever you want to hear/ Just stay.”‘Stay With Me’ comes a couple of weeks on from ‘New Money’ featuring 21 Savage.

On Wednesday, Scottish mega-producer Calvin Harris shared the star-studded features list for his next album, Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 2, featuring Pharrell, Pusha T, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Tinashe, Swae Lee, Halsey, Jorja Smith, Lil Durk, 6lack, and Charlie Puth, as well as Young Thug and Dua Lipa, who appeared on the record’s first single, “Potion.” He’s now released a second offering, “New Money” feat.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDay N Vegas — which was scheduled to feature Travis Scott’s first festival appearance since the Astroworld disaster in which four people died during his headlining set — has been canceled, organizers announced Friday. Produced by Goldenvoice, the festival was scheduled to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Labor Day weekend, Friday, September 2nd through Sunday, September 4th.“We’re sorry to announce that a combination of logistics, timing and production issues have forced us to cancel Day N Vegas for 2022,” read the announcement on the festival’s socials.

Jacquemus, headed over to Arles in the south of France to present his AW/22 collection.Since the brand launched back in 2009, it has enjoyed huge success with its playful pieces. Jacquemus' iconic micro bags and enormous straw floppy hats are adored among fashion circles.MORE: The hat Kendall Jenner can’t get enough of is on Etsy'Le Papier' is the name of Jacquemus' latest line, created for both men and women.

FKA twigs has revealed in a new interview that she and Jorja Smith are cousins. The pair, who worked together on this year's "darjeeling," had no knowledge of their family status prior to their collaboration, which featured on twigs' latest mixtape, Caprisongs.

FKA twigs has revealed that she recently found out that she and Jorja Smith are cousins.Speaking in a new interview, the ‘Tears In The Club’ singer said she only discovered Smith was her relative after the pair teamed up on twigs’ recent single ‘Darjeeling’, taken from her January mixtape ‘CAPRISONGS’.“I’d never met her before, and I jumped in her car with her,” twigs told GQ, “and I remember thinking to myself, ‘Gosh, that’s really strange. We’ve got exactly the same kind of skin.'”She continued: “A few months later, I was on the road to go to LA and [Smith] left me a voice note saying, ‘You’re never going to believe this, but I’ve just spoken to my dad and he’s spoken to his sister and we’re related.'”Elsewhere in the interview, twigs (real name Tahliah Barnett) talked about the creative process for ‘CAPRISONGS’, admitting that she felt a lot of freedom creating the 17-track project.“I didn’t feel trapped, I felt like I was just being myself,” she said.

Drake has previewed two new songs on the debut episode of his new Table For One radio show.On Friday (June 17), the rapper surprised fans with the release of his seventh studio album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’. The 14-track record arrived on streaming platforms at midnight just hours after announced its arrival on Instagram.Right before the album dropped, Drake premiered it on his brand new SiriusXM Sound 42 show Table For One.

We don't know exactly when Brent Faiyaz will share his second solo studio album, but on Monday, the R&B star shared a big hint that it could be coming soon. On Twitter, Faiyaz posted a new trailer detailing the featured artists and producers on his upcoming full-length, a project Faiyaz said in 2021 was titled Make It Our Alive but may now be titled Wasteland.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTravis Scott will headline the Day N Vegas festival slated for the weekend of September 2-4, sources confirm to Variety. The performance will be his first U.S.

American-British singer Celeste wowed viewers during the Platinum Party at the Palace with her chilling rendition of What A Wonderful World, but who is the 28 year old star? She joined the ranks of some of the biggest names in music, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and Alicia Keys, on stage as the nation said "thank you, ma'am" with a series of musical, theatrical and comedy performances. Celeste, accompanied by composer Hans Zimmer, sang her heart out in a cover of Louis Armstrong’s famous track while millions of people looked on. A user praised the vocalist on Twitter: “Kudos to Celeste at #PlatinumPartyatthePalace.

Chanel Cruise 2016/17 went down as one of the most memorable shows in recent fashion history. Held in downtown Havana, Cuba, just a few months after the country restored diplomatic relations with the US, it marked the first international fashion show in the capital since 1959 Communist revolution – and the Maison went all out for the occasion.

Ibeyi have released their BERWYN-featuring rework of Black Flag‘s punk anthem ‘Rise Above’, taken from their upcoming album ‘Spell 31’.Ibeyi – the twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz – released their latest single from ‘Spell 31’ on Tuesday (April 26). It’s a complete reimagining of ‘Rise Above’ that retains only the lyrics of the original Black Flag song and features a rap verse from the Trinidad-born, Romford-raised BERWYN.Listen to Ibeyi and BERWYN’s take on ‘Rise Above’ below.Speaking to NME last month about ‘Spell 31’, Ibeyi revealed that they had never heard the original version of ‘Rise Above’ prior to putting their own spin on the track, only going off the lyrics that producer Richard Russell had shown them.“The reason why we don’t want to listen to [the original]… I feel like we’re super-protective of the lyrics, and we didn’t want to be influenced by [Black Flag’s] melodies,” Lisa-Kaindé explained.“When it gets into your brain, then suddenly you can’t create something new because it has become the norm… the seed in your head.” Ibeyi are set to release their third studio album ‘Spell 31’ on May 6 via XL Recordings.

Naman Ramachandran A concert by Arcade Fire will headline the reopening of iconic London music venue KOKO on April 29. Arcade Fire last played London in 2018 and the KOKO show will celebrate the release of their sixth studio album “We,” out May 6. The historic live music venue, which first opened as the Camden Theatre in 1900, shut down in Jan.

Ibeyi, the duo of Afro-Cuban French twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, have begun to roll out offerings from their third album, Spell 31, in anticipation of its May 6 release via XL Recordings. Thus far, they've shared three of its tracks: November 2021's "Made Of Gold" featuring Pa Salieu, February's "Sister 2 Sister," and last week's "Lavender & Red Roses" featuring Jorja Smith.

Ibeyi have announced a global headline tour supporting their upcoming album ‘Spell 31’ with stops in North America, the UK and Europe.Fresh off the release of their single ‘Lavender & Red Roses’ featuring Jorja Smith, twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz have announced a world tour that kicks off September 15 in Los Angeles, California. The duo will be touring all the way till February 2023, when they close the tour in their hometown of Paris.Find the full list of dates and cities for Ibeyi’s tour below.

Jorja Smith has teamed up with Ibeyi for a radiant new R&B track called ‘Lavender & Red Roses’ – watch the song’s video below.The latest preview of Ibeyi’s forthcoming album ‘Spell 31’, which is set to arrive May 6 via XL Recordings, follows on from the singles ‘Sister 2 Sister’ and ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu.According to Complex, Smith dropped in at the Afro-Cuban French duo’s studio to hear their upcoming album, but she was immediately enamoured with ‘Lavender & Red Roses’, so Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz made space on the track for her. Smith also appears in Lucrecia Taormina’s desert-set video for the song.“‘Lavender & Red Roses’ is a song about the feeling we all experience when we love someone troubled. It could be a partner, a sibling, a parent, a friend,” Lisa-Kaindé said of the song.

Mood queen Jorja Smith is dropping something sexy and with a beat!!!

Ibeyi have revealed another single from their upcoming album Spell 31. "Lavender & Red Roses" features Jorja Smith and comes with a video in which the Ibeyi twins, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, are joined by Smith playing three sisters on a journey through the desert. Check it out below.