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Neil Young has published a searing open letter in which he bashes Donald Trump as “a disgrace to my country”. Young posted the missive online on Tuesday. The Canadian-born musician, an outspoken opponent to the US president, announced last month that he had become a US citizen and intended to use his new voting rights … Read more
The music video for the hit 1985 song “Take On Me” by A-ha now has more than 1bn views on YouTube. It is only the second music video from the 1980s to reach the milestone, following in the footsteps of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. The Norwegian pop three-piece had a number one single … Read more
Dave has resurfaced Boris Johnson’s controversial comments about African people, in order to strengthen his claim that the prime minister is “a real racist”. The rapper added lyrics to his song “Black” at this year’s Brit Awards, saying: “The truth is our prime minister is a real racist.” Home secretary Priti Patel then denied this claim, … Read more
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has confessed that he was too scared to ask Taylor Swift for a collaboration. The singer previously revealed he wants to work on an acoustic album with Swift, but when he met her at this year’s NME Awards, he wasn’t able to broach the subject. Speaking to Zane Lowe on New … Read more
Lana Del Rey has cancelled her entire European and UK tour. The singer announced the news “with regret”, citing illness as the reason. “Sorry to let everyone down so last minute but this illness has taken me by surprise and have totally lost my singing voice,” she said. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing … Read more
Lil’ Kim has announced that her “check has cleared” after being asked to play Snoop Dogg’s music festival, allaying fears it could have been another disaster similar to the fraudulent Fyre. Shortly after Goldenvoice announced Lovers & Friends Festival, artists featured on the poster, including Lil’ Kim and Ma$e, denied having anything to do with the … Read more
Paramore singer Hayley Williams has warned Billie Eilish’s trolls that she will “beat up” anyone who is mean to her. This comes after the 18-year-old “Bad Guy: singer opened up about her struggles with Instagram critics “ruining her life”. In a now-deleted Tweet, Williams wrote: “Who’s been mean to Billie on the internet i will absolutely beat … Read more
A new study has revealed the age at which most of us discover our favourite band. The company TickPick, a ticket selling platform, surveyed 1,010 people on their experiences with music, including 518 people who answered questions about their childhood. Those who spent the better part of their teenage years hunting for new music or listening to … Read more
Stormzy has disappeared from social media, with his Twitter and Instagram accounts seemingly being deleted overnight. Fans trying to access the rapper’s Twitter page are now being shown the message: “This account doesn’t exist.” His former Instagram account bears the error message: “Sorry, this page isn’t available.” On Thursday (20 February) Stormzy had tweeted his … Read more
K-pop stars BTS have released their new album, Map of the Soul: 7. The album features recent single “Black Swan” along with “Louder than Bombs” which was co-written with Troye Sivan, and “Boy With Luv” which features Halsey. Yesterday (February 20), BTS fans crashed TikTok after so many of them logged on to hear the first 30-second … Read more