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• Shawn Mendes postponing tour to focus on mental health

  10-07-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Canadian singer-songwriter had been due to play a gig in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Saturday.
  
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• Jamie T adds extra dates to his 2022 autumn UK tour

  10-07-2022 23:28 via nme.com
  
  Jamie T has added some extra dates to his upcoming 2022 UK tour which is set to take place in November – get tickets here.READ MORE: Jamie T live at Glastonbury 2022: indie national treasure returns in a blaze of gloryThe singer-songwriter, who will release his new album ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ on July 29 via Polydor Records, announced last month that he would celebrate the new record with a nine-date UK tour.
  Originally set to kick off in Newcastle on November
  
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• John Dolmayan says it’s “an insult” System Of A Down doesn’t make new music

  10-07-2022 22:49 via nme.com
  
  System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has spoken out about the band’s lack of new music, having only released two singles in 17 years.READ MORE: Serj Tankian: “I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone”The metal band’s last album was 2005’s ‘Hypnotize’, and since then all they’ve released are two singles in 2020, ‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’.
  Speaking in a new interview, Dolmayan
  
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• Carlos Santana postpones six concerts following health scare

  10-07-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The legendary guitarist fell ill during a performance in Michigan on 5 July.
  
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• Rapper changes lyrics to ‘WAP’ to encourage his kids to do their chores

  10-07-2022 21:25 via nme.com
  
  A rapper has found a creative way of encouraging his children to do their chores – by changing the lyrics to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘WAP’.READ MORE: The good, the bad and the Biffy: the five most, erm, interesting ‘WAP’ coversThe raunchy viral hit originally landed in August 2020, sparking great controversy and racking up 19 Platinum certificates across five countries. It was also named NME‘s song of the year.
  The track opens with the lyr
  
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• Donald Trump calls Elon Musk a “bullshit artist” at Alaska rally

  10-07-2022 20:07 via nme.com
  
  Donald Trump has called out Elon Musk at a recent rally, calling the tech mogul a “bullshit artist”.READ MORE: Who the hell is Elon Musk?On Saturday (July 9), Trump spoke at a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, during which he peddled his right-wing social network Truth Social.
  The former US president called the budding platform “hot as a pistol” and compared it to Musk’s recent bid to buy Twitter for $44billion – a deal the Tesla CEO is now attempting to p
  
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• Kanye West Returns to Stage to Deliver ‘Eazy’ at the Game’s L.A. Show

  10-07-2022 19:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ye, who last performed at his Donda 2 album playback in Feb., scheduled to headline Rolling Loud Miami on July 22
  
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• Thom Yorke confirms new Smile music is in the works

  10-07-2022 18:54 via nme.com
  
  Thom Yorke has confirmed that Radiohead side project The Smile have some new music in the works.READ MORE: The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after allThe band, which features Yorke, his Radiohead bandmate Johnny Greenwood, and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, released their debut album, ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’, in May. In a four-star review, NME‘s Andrew Trendell described it as “showcasing a melodi
  
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• Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Billy Idol’s ‘Rebel Yell’

  10-07-2022 17:53 via nme.com
  
  Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp have shared a cover of Billy Idol‘s ‘Rebel Yell’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked!The clip is the latest in their long-running ‘Sunday Lunch’ series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing playing out live as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
  In recent weeks, they’ve covere
  
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• See Pearl Jam Bring Out Johnny Marr to Cover Neil Young Song in London

  10-07-2022 17:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Smiths guitarist also joins band for concert-ending performance of the Who's "Baba O'Riley" at Hyde Park gig
  
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• Watch Death Cab For Cutie play an unreleased song called ‘Here To Forever’

  10-07-2022 16:08 via nme.com
  
  As they gear up to release their 10th studio album, ‘Asphalt Meadows’, Death Cab For Cutie have started performing a brand new song from it titled ‘Here To Forever’.READ MORE: Ben Gibbard on his new Fender signature guitar – and how it’s influencing the new Death Cab For Cutie albumThus far, the band have performed ‘Here To Forever’ on every date of their current summer tour, with the first show having gone down in Newport, Kentucky on Thursda
  
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• The Radical Openness of Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’

  10-07-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer's groundbreaking debut remains an enduring testament to vulnerability and freedom, with a healthy sense of mischief
  
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• Watch Taylor Hawkins’ son play drums for emotive rendition of ‘My Hero’

  10-07-2022 15:59 via nme.com
  
  Footage has emerged of Taylor Hawkins’ son Shane playing drums on ‘My Hero’ as a tribute to his late father.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showHawkins died in Bogotá, Colombia on March 25 at the age of 50. Foo Fighters announced the news in a statement on social media.
  Now, a clip has been shared of Hawkins’ son Shane playing drums on the band’s 1997 hit, ‘My Hero’.
  “When Tay
  
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• Irenegarry on her upcoming EP ‘Mandona’ and new single ‘Contéstame a La Historia’

  10-07-2022 15:27 via nme.com
  
  Irenegarry has discussed her upcoming debut EP telling NME we can expect to hear it later this year. Watch our video interview above.
  Speaking to NME at Mad Cool 2022,  confirmed that the EP would “come out in September if everything goes well,” adding: “It’s called ‘Mandona’, which means bossy.”READ MORE: Irenegarry shows us around Madrid ahead of Mad Cool FestivalThe NME 100 alumni revealed that the project has been in the works since last Decembe
  
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• Rage Against The Machine Roar Back to Life at Explosive Reunion Tour Launch

  10-07-2022 15:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  At Wisconsin tour kickoff, Rage proved that they don't need new songs to speak to this exact moment in American history
  
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• Watch Kanye West and The Game perform ‘Eazy’ in LA

  10-07-2022 14:52 via nme.com
  
  Kayne West made a surprise appearance in LA on Friday (July 8), joining The Game to perform their recent joint single ‘Eazy’.
  READ MORE: On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ event in Miami: “It felt like a cult convention”
  As he’s known to do in recent times, West appeared onstage clad entirely in black, wearing a mask and gloves to conceal his face and hands. After performing ‘Eazy’ with him, The Game spent a minute gassing West up o
  
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• Arlo Parks forced to cancel appearance at Mad Cool festival

  10-07-2022 13:48 via nme.com
  
  Arlo Parks has cancelled her appearance at today’s (July 10) Mad Cool festival.READ MORE: The story of Mad Cool Festival 2022 – in beautiful photos
  The musician announced the news on her Instagram Stories early this afternoon, saying that it was due to a COVID outbreak in her team.
  Parks wrote in a statement: “Madrid! I am so sorry to announce that because of the covid outbreak within my team, we are forced to pull out of our show today at Mad Cool.
  “We’ve been look
  
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• Panda Bear seems to be teasing that new music is coming soon

  10-07-2022 13:28 via nme.com
  
  Panda Bear seems to be teasing that new music is on the way soon.READ MORE: Animal Collective – ‘Time Skiffs’ review: adventurers get back on the right trackOn Twitter, the Animal Collective musician, real name Noah Lennox, shared a 13-second clip of what appears to be a new song, along with the caption: “somethin’s [sic] coming round the bend…”, which is also the lyric he sings in the teaser clip.
  Panda Bear’s last album was 2019’s &ls
  
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• Foals clarify comments on telling Strokes tour managers to “eat my ass”, manager responds

  10-07-2022 13:13 via nme.com
  
  Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has clarified what happened at TRNSMT festival after rumours emerged of a rift with The Strokes.READ MORE: Foals on fanboying over Deftones and Dan Carey remixing their albumBoth artists were appearing at the festival in Glasgow and at one point, a tweet from Philippakis’ official Twitter account led fans to think that a disagreement had taken place between the two bands.
  “Hey one of the 5 unnecessary tour managers of @thestrokes come meet me in cate
  
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• Foals clarify comments on telling Strokes tour managers to “eat my ass”

  10-07-2022 13:13 via nme.com
  
  Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has clarified what happened at TRNSMT festival after rumours emerged of a rift with The Strokes.READ MORE: Foals on fanboying over Deftones and Dan Carey remixing their albumBoth artists were appearing at the festival in Glasgow and at one point, a tweet from Philippakis’ official Twitter account led fans to think that a disagreement had taken place between the two bands.
  “Hey one of the 5 unnecessary tour managers of @thestrokes come meet me in cate
  
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• Listen to Waterparks’ punchy new single ‘Self-Sabotage’

  10-07-2022 13:04 via nme.com
  
  Waterparks have shared the second preview of their forthcoming fifth album: a punchy, pop-leaning rager titled ‘Self-Sabotage’.READ MORE: Waterparks’ Awsten Knight: “Maybe I’ll leak our unreleased demos”True to its title, the song explores themes of anxiety and self-hatred, as frontman Awsten Knight sings with a bruised tone in its pre-chorus: “What the fuck is wrong with me?” 
  It’s a quintessential inclusion in the Waterparks catalogue,
  
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• Strokes fans express concern after Julian Casablancas’ performance at TRNSMT

  10-07-2022 12:58 via nme.com
  
  Fans of The Strokes have expressed concerns online about frontman Julian Casablancas’ well-being following his performance at Scotland’s TRMSMT festival last night (July 9).READ MORE: The Strokes’ world-changing ‘Is This It’ at 20: “They had a ‘last gang in town’ mentality”Fans commented on his “worrying” behaviour on stage, saying they felt he needed an “intervention” claiming that he appeared to be heavily intoxicate
  
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• Nicki Minaj addresses rumours that she may or may not be pregnant

  10-07-2022 12:29 via nme.com
  
  Nicki Minaj has officially responded to the rumour that she’s expecting her second child, taking to Instagram Live over the weekend to answer a fan’s question about it.READ MORE: Nicki Minaj: every album ranked and ratedLooking surprised, Nicki exclaimed: “Am I pregnant!?” She then smirked and darted her eyes back and forth, before telling her viewers that she “did mean to tweet this: I’m not fat, y’all, I’m pregnant.”
  Roughly 40 seconds afte
  
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• Cardi B uses microphone to keep fan at bay during Wireless set

  10-07-2022 11:52 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B appeared to struggle with a crowd member during her first set at this year’s Wireless Festival, using her microphone to push them away when she hopped down into the crowd.READ MORE: How Cardi B squashed the concept of the female rap beefThe moment happened at the very end of her set, when she hopped into the crowd to perform her 2017 hit ‘Bodak Yellow’. In a video posted to social media, Cardi can be seen forcefully pulling back from a punter that appears to try snatchi
  
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• Watch Johnny Marr join Pearl Jam on stage at BST Hyde Park

  10-07-2022 11:12 via nme.com
  
  Johnny Marr joined Pearl Jam on stage at BST Hyde Park last night (July 9) – check out the moment below.READ MORE: From the archives – Pearl Jam rock for freedom and equality in the free world at Mad Cool 2018Marr appeared with the band when they sung ‘Throw Your Hatred Down’, a song that appears on the album ‘Neil Young And Pearl Jam’. Marr appeared for the song’s extended guitar solo, earning a rapturous response from the 65,000 in attendance.
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• Steve Jones' post-Sex Pistols heroin hell

  10-07-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Steve Jones admits he sunk into a heroin addiction after the Sex Pistols split and it got in the way of him makinga go of his and Paul Cook's new band The Professionals.
  
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• Pearl Jam pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins at BST Hyde Park show

  10-07-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Pearl Jam paid tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins on their second night headlining American Express Presents BST Hyde Park on Saturday (09.07.22).
  
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• Rage Against The Machine cover Springsteen, deliver hits at first show in 11 years

  10-07-2022 10:52 via nme.com
  
  Rage Against The Machine performed their first show in 11 years last night (July 9), treating fans in East Troy, Wisconsin to 15 of their biggest hits and a classic Bruce Springsteen cover.READ MORE: Tom Morello: “In the past, I’ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice”The cover in question, ‘The Ghost Of Tom Joad’, was a staple of Rage’s setlists in the late ‘90s. But although it was laid to tape on their 2000 album ‘Renegades&
  
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• Snoop Dogg was 'anxious' prior to Super Bowl Halftime Show

  10-07-2022 09:31 via music-news.com
  
  The hip-hop legend joined Dr Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, and Mary J. Blige for the widely-praised spectacle back in February.
  
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• Lisa Scott-Lee: Steps is not just a job, it's my life!

  10-07-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lisa Scott-Lee thinks that being in Steps is "her whole life" as she celebrates 25 years of success with her 'Tragedy' hitmakers.
  
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• Christine McVie: I'd always want Lindsey Buckingham back in Fleetwood Mac

  10-07-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Christine McVie would love to see Fleetwood Mac reunite with Lindsey Buckingham - but thinks a reunion is highly unlikely.
  
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• Paris Texas share new single featuring Cryogeyser, ‘Cyanide’

  10-07-2022 06:24 via nme.com
  
  Alt-hip-hop duo Paris Texas have linked up with fellow Los Angeles outfit Cryogeyser for their first new single of the year, titled ‘Cyanide’.
  Arriving on Friday (July 8), the track sees the pair embrace a grungy, rock sound, with scratchy guitars and backing vocals from Cryogeyser’s Shawn Marom.READ MORE: Paris Texas: thrilling and gloriously unpredictable alt-hip-hop duoAn accompanying music video was also released alongside the single, directed by their longtime collabo
  
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• Listen to Doechii’s new single ‘Bitch I’m Nice’

  10-07-2022 04:41 via nme.com
  
  Florida rapper Doechii has shared her third new single of the year, titled ‘Bitch I’m Nice’.
  It’s a short but punchy track from the Top Dawg Entertainment-signed artist, running just shy of a minute and a half. Glitchy production and resounding bass create the backdrop for Doechii’s sharp bars, featuring lines like “know this p*ssy good and it purr but it still got bite” and “go back to the hood hit a jugg and bring a knife to a fight“.R
  
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