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Teen drumming sensation Nandi Bushell has announced that she is opening her own music school, helping children and adults who dream of one day performing with Foo Fighters. Or who just want to make some noise.“I am so proud to announce I am opening my first music school with my family and music teachers”, she wrote on Instagram.Open to all ages and abilities, the school in Ipswich will be run by Bushell’s family and that of Ashley Howard, who began teaching Bushell to play drums when she was seven years old.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Fresh off a summer concert run headlining Re:Set Concert Series and more, Boygenius — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — have announced further touring dates for the fall in support of their debut full-length album “The Record.” Kicking off in September in Boston, the band will make stops in New Haven and Philadelphia before two final performances at venues Madison Square Garden and a special Halloween event at Hollywood Bowl.  Support comes from Muna, Samia, and Palehound and a special Halloween event with 100 Gecs and special guest, Sloppy Jane (for whom Bridgers used to play bass — a guest appearance seems inevitable). 

Amazon has sent customers wild after slashing the price of its most powerful Echo Dot speaker to date in its huge Prime Day sale. People are rushing to get their hands on one of the speakers, which been hailed as a 'crystal clear' and 'amazing quality' by those who have tried them.

The former frontman of the Beautiful South has put money behind the bar in five Glasgow pubs so revellers can have a drink on him, prior to his appearance at TRNSMT on Friday.

Vampire Weekend‘s new album is inspired by raga and “close to being done” according to drummer Chris Tomson.The band last released an album with 2019’s ‘Father of the Bride’ and recently announced a new vinyl-only live album series.In a newsletter revealing the news, Thomson shared what frontman Ezra Koenig has been up to since the band’s ‘Father Of The Bride’ tour finished, and what it could mean for the new material.“Ezra [Koenig] took a raga singing lesson with Terry Riley in rural Japan and wrote what he considers to be 7 of his all-time top 10 best songs,” he added.Discussing how the band were then able “to connect, jawbone, and jam” together, Thomson said: “I personally found an immense peace and pleasure from creating with the guys like we had in the Ruggles days. The vibe was strong.”He added that the album is “close to done,” with Thomson promising updates before the end of the year and saying: “I feel like it just might be our best yet.

William Earl Medium Rare, an entertainment and live events production firm that handles festivals for Shaquille O’Neal and Guy Fieri, is expanding into talent management. The new division will be overseen by Medium Rare co-founders Adam Richman and Joe Silberzweig. The move to create a formal management arm stemmed from the duo’s work with Gordo, a prominent DJ previously known as DJ Carnage, and with NBA great O’Neal in his forays into high-level DJ work as DJ Diesel. Richman and Silberzweig aim to work with established DJs and artists, celebrities and athletes.

Fans were thrilled with the Jonas Brothers reunited after their 2013 breakup — but not as thrilled as JoBros member Kevin Jonas.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Is it heresy to say that one of the greatest albums of all time just got a little bit better, 57 years after the fact? Possibly, but it doesn’t feel like too strong a statement to make after hearing the just-released Dolby Atmos mix of the Beach Boys’ 1966 classic “Pet Sounds,” as played back in one of the most state-of-the-art Dolby rooms in the world. It’s going to sound different under other listening circumstances, of course, whether the spatially immersive mix is being heard in a home with dozens of carefully calibrated speakers or through one of the all-in-one Atmos boxes that are now coming out. But what’s almost certain is that any status Brian Wilson’s masterpiece might’ve had as your own personal pet project is only going to be elevated with a lusher and richer audio interpretation of the work.

, now Joe Keery. Taylor Swift continues to befriend and collaborate with the Stranger Things cast, first by directing Sink as a younger version of Taylor's character in the All Too Well short film, and now by, apparently, inviting Keery into the recording studio.Keery, who is also a musician under the alias “Djo” (his Nils Sjöberg?), was photographed leaving a “Taylor Swift Studio Session,” per Splash News, at Electric Lady Studios, which is where Taylor has been recording .

The Daily Beast, during this time Rajaraman “observed a freewheeling, unchecked culture in which married, older and more senior NBC employees regularly targeted far younger women… for sexual harassment.”The assault, the suit says, occurred when Bass was a coordinating producer for NBC, handling late-night coverage of the games. He was also a producer on NBC’s “Today Show.” Rajaraman worked for Bass and, along with other staff, accompanied him to Atlanta for the Olympics.

"Jeopardy!" is still a game show mainstay for many viewers, but there is no denying that it has been getting a huge amount of criticism recently. James Holzhauer, one of the most successful contestants of all time, has an idea about why fans are getting so frustrated about the show lately: behind-the-scenes issues with the show's crew.

Amazon fans can buy a £55 Echo Dot for £8.99 in part of the online retailer's pre-Amazon Prime Day sale. And it's all thanks to an online code that's available to all Amazon customers - whether they have Prime or not.

Taylor Sheridan is finally speaking out about the end of Yellowstone and Kevin Costner‘s exit.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone have boarded “Relighting Candles: The Tim Sullivan Story” as executive producers. The documentary short, co-directed by Zeberiah Newman (“Unexpected”) and Michiel Thomas (“Game Face”), is a portrait of West Hollywood candlemaker Tim Sullivan. It chronicles the 82-year-old Bronx native’s journey coming out as a gay man, how he got sober more than 40 years ago and his tradition of hiring homeless and newly sober people at his company, Timothy Jay Candles. McCarthy and Falcone tell me in a statement, “Once we heard the lovely story of Tim Sullivan and began to understand how many people he’s helped in his life through the making of beautiful candles, we realized these filmmakers were telling exactly the kind of story we want to help get out into the world.”

Boy Meets World alum Danielle Fishel got candid about the harrowing experience of being sexualized as a teenager — and how it’s affected her personal relationships over the years.  

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are continuing to hit the road on their Restless Leg Tour!

Watch out Samsung and Sony - Amazon has dropped the price of its new Fire TV and it could be one of the next biggest budget competitors on the market. Amazon's Fire TV 2-Series features a 720p 32-inch screen and gives you quick access to plenty of popular apps include Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus and more.

​DJ Jumpin Jack Frost will be the special guest when High Rollaz return to Embe in Peterborough city centre next month with Soul Food Part 3. There will be deep soulful liquid funk, jungle and drum n bass on the menu across both floors at the soul food restaurant in Cowgate from 10pm – 3am on July 7. Alongside the likes of Fabio, Grooverider, and Bryan Gee, in the late 80s Frost was a founder of the Rave, Drum n Bass and Jungle scene.

More festival goers have come forward claiming they were assaulted and stripped of their gold chains at Parklife festival.

Haim have hit back at claims that Este Haim pretends to play bass live on stage.Last weekend (June 9), the sister trio performed at New York City’s Governors Ball Music Festival, where they played hits like ‘Now I’m In It’ and ‘Summer Girl’.In a clip posted to NME‘s Instagram of the band performing ‘My Song 5’ from their 2013 debut studio album ‘Days Are Gone‘, one comment read: “Is it just me or is that bassist just acting”.The band replied: “Lol, I can’t believe this shit is still happening.”In a longer post shared on Haim’s Instagram Story, they wrote: “I’m so used to seeing this shit on every fucking video of us playing ever.”“I’m so over it,” they continued. “Don’t ever say we don’t play our own fucking instruments.”The band have long been outspoken about women in the music industry, their third studio album ‘Women in Music Pt.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Sherri Shepherd’s daytime talk show, “Sherri,” is shaking up its executive ranks, setting a new senior producing team ahead of its second season. The inaugural season of the top-rated freshman show carried over the production staff from “The Wendy Williams Show,” which was replaced in its time slot on the Fox stations by “Sherri” when Williams’ show ended in 2022. Now, Shepherd’s show has parted ways with some of Williams’ top producers, who helped launch “Sherri,” which has been renewed through 2025. “Sherri” hails from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, the same company that was behind “The Wendy Williams Show” for its 13-year run.

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A man who claims he was robbed of his £3,000 gold chain at Parklife festival has spoken of the terrifying moment he was knocked unconscious during the middle of a DJ set.

Clearing the air. Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins spoke out on why the team cut Anthony Bass following the backlash he received from his anti-LGBTQ post.

This journalist is doubling down. So who’s lying??

“1883,” a prequel to Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” is coming to the network. Beginning Sunday, June 18, the first two episodes of the series will premiere at 8/7c p.m. After that the series will move to a weekly release schedule.To be clear, this is not a second season of the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Western drama.

Earlier today, OK! exclusively revealed that former TOWIE star Nicola Bass is expecting her second child - just seven months after giving birth to daughter Bella Rose. The 31 year old reality favourite discovered she was pregnant around the three to four week mark after experiencing symptoms such as headaches and tiredness.

She only welcomed her first child, daughter Bella Rose, last November, and now former TOWIE favourite Nicole Bass is getting ready to do it all over again – as we can exclusively reveal she’s expecting baby number two. Nicole, 31, excitedly tells us she’s having another girl, due two weeks after Bella Rose’s first birthday. And while Nicole knows she will have her hands full, she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Earlier today, OK! exclusively revealed that former TOWIE star Nicola Bass is expecting her second child - just seven months after giving birth to daughter Bella Rose.The 31 year old reality favourite discovered she was pregnant around the three to four week mark after experiencing symptoms such as headaches and tiredness. But Nicole - who is expecting another girl, due two weeks after Bella Rose’s first birthday - also experienced another key medical condition, which led her to discover she was pregnant again. "I also started to get sore boobs and I kept getting toothache, which I Googled and that’s a common sign of pregnancy, which I never knew," she says.

City Girls seem intent on owning the weekend. Yesterday (June 8) they released “I Need A Thug,” a track that interpolated LL Cool J‘s “I Need Love” and kept the Miami duo in their lyrical comfort zones, outlining exactly what they need out of a partner and what they can offer in return.