Music news

• Watch Iggy Pop cover Lou Reed’s ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ with Duff McKagan, Chad Smith and more

  21-04-2023 23:38 via nme.com
  
  Iggy Pop put his own spin on Lou Reed‘s 1972 hit ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ at a show in Los Angeles – check it out below.READ MORE: Iggy Pop – ‘Every Loser’ review: The Godfather of Punk stages a raucous return to his rootsThe punk legend played the song as the opener of the encore and was accompanied by his all-star band the Losers, made up of Andrew Watt and Jamie Hince (the latter of The Kills fame), Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot
  
  Read more

• The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart dies aged 62

  21-04-2023 23:17 via nme.com
  
  The Pop Group frontman Mark Stewart has died at the age of 62.
  The band confirmed that he had died today in the early hours (April 21) on their official social media accounts. No cause of death has
  “Mark is in Communion with Love. As Sufis say; there is no such thing as death, no one is going to die, but since death is so valuable, it has been hidden in the safe of fears,” the statement began.
  “Mark’s family and friends respectfully ask to be given space at this difficult
  
  Read more

• Assistive vs. Generative AI: What’s the Difference and What Are the Copyright Implications?

  21-04-2023 23:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The music industry, understandably, is deeply concerned about AI’s impact on creativity — and the jobs and companies that could be eliminated in the process. But take a closer look, and the AI picture is far more complicated, with different use cases, applications, and approaches that could prove beneficial to the business. As the discussions […]
  The post Assistive vs. Generative AI: What’s the Difference and What Are the Copyright Implications? appeared first on Digital
  
  Read more

• Mark Stewart, the Pop Group’s Activist-Vocalist, Dead at 62

  21-04-2023 23:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer fused left-wing rally cries with post-punk, reggae, free-jazz, industrial, and hip-hop backing music, depending on the song
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Dream Wife release new single ‘Orbit’ and announce UK and US Tour

  21-04-2023 22:51 via nme.com
  
  Dream Wife have released their new single ‘Orbit’ from their forthcoming third album ‘Social Lubrication’ – as well as announcing details of a UK and US tour.READ MORE: Dream Wife on the cover: “Just because we’ve got vaginas, it doesn’t make us a ‘Girl Band’”‘Orbit’, produced by Dream Wife guitarist Alice Go and mixed by Alan Moulder, is a defiant song which they say was “written through the joy of jamming toget
  
  Read more

• Watch Katy Perry challenge North West to a dance-off at concert

  21-04-2023 22:37 via nme.com
  
  Katy Perry invited Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter North West on stage with her at a recent gig. Check out footage below.READ MORE: Katy Perry – ‘Smile’ review: pop icon sounds somewhat recharged, but lacks the fireworks of oldCurrently, the Santa Barbara star is performing at Resorts World in Las Vegas for her Play residency, which started in December 2021.
  Hosting a “walk-off competition” for her Firework Foundation at her April 15 show, Katy Perry
  
  Read more

• Coachella Officially Taps Skrillex, Fred Again, and Four Tet As Frank Ocean Replacements

  21-04-2023 22:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Skrillex, Fred Again, and Four Tet are officially poised to close out Coachella 2023 after Frank Ocean exited the Indio festival earlier this week. Goldenvoice’s Coachella just recently informed fans of its updated lineup for this coming Sunday. As previously reported, Frank Ocean withdrew from the happening’s second weekend following a lackluster headlining performance on […]
  The post Coachella Officially Taps Skrillex, Fred Again, and Four Tet As Frank Ocean Replacements app
  
  Read more

• Collective of 45 Independent Agents & Mangers Recommend Urgent Changes to Concert Ticketing

  21-04-2023 22:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The North American Talent Organization (NITO) has released urgent concert ticketing changes needed to reform how tickets are sold. 45 independent booking agencies and management companies have signed on to the nine-point platform. With concert ticketing sales front and center in Washington D.C., NITO is hoping to protect the interests of thousands of musicians, independent […]
  The post Collective of 45 Independent Agents & Mangers Recommend Urgent Changes to Concert Ticketing appeared
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 45 Independent Agents & Mangers Recommend Urgent Changes to ‘Broken Ticket-Buying Experience’

  21-04-2023 22:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The North American Talent Organization (NITO) has released urgent concert ticketing changes needed to reform how tickets are sold. 45 independent booking agencies and management companies have signed on to the nine-point platform. With concert ticketing sales front and center in Washington D.C., NITO is hoping to protect the interests of thousands of musicians, independent […]
  The post 45 Independent Agents & Mangers Recommend Urgent Changes to ‘Broken Ticket-Buying Experience&r
  
  Read more

• 45 Independent Agents & Managers Recommend Urgent Changes to ‘Broken Ticket-Buying Experience’

  21-04-2023 22:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The National Independent Talent Organization (NITO) has released urgent concert ticketing changes needed to reform how tickets are sold. 45 independent booking agencies and management companies have signed on to the nine-point platform. With concert ticketing sales front and center in Washington D.C., NITO is hoping to protect the interests of thousands of musicians, independent […]
  The post 45 Independent Agents & Managers Recommend Urgent Changes to ‘Broken Ticket-Buying Exper
  
  Read more

• Beabadoobee and Clairo team up on dreamy version of ‘Glue Song’

  21-04-2023 21:53 via nme.com
  
  Beabadoobee has shared a new version of her latest single ‘Glue Song’ featuring Clairo. Check it out below.READ MORE: Beabadoobee on the cover: “I have so much more art to share with the world. I’m not going to stop”With the original released back in February, the new version of the love song features a new verse by Clairo with the lyrics: “You’ve been hiding in plain sight / And it appeared, oh I know / Loving you once only feels wrong / I need you
  
  Read more

• Chapel Hart Are Reality TV Darlings Who Write Answer Songs to Dolly and Loretta Hits

  21-04-2023 21:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  The family trio won't be defined by that, though. On their new album Glory Days, they tackle loss, love, and home in three-part harmony
  
  Read more

• The 1975’s Matty Healy apologises to Ice Spice over offensive podcast comments

  21-04-2023 21:27 via nme.com
  
  The 1975‘s Matty Healy has publicly apologised to Ice Spice over controversial comments he made on a podcast earlier this year.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – The 1975: “I’d rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero”Healy was widely criticised online back in February for his appearance on The Adam Friedland Show, during which he discussed how he believes Harry Styles “gets a pass” on criticism over alleged “queer-bai
  
  Read more

• Kelly Clarkson Adds Her Own ‘Magic’ to Coldplay Cover for Kellyoke

  21-04-2023 21:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Earlier this week, the singer performed renditions of "La Bamba" and "Faithfully" as well as her latest single, "Mine"
  
  Read more

• Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic Buddies Include Tyler Childers, Dwight Yoakam, and More

  21-04-2023 21:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 50th anniversary of Nelson's Independence Day blowout will ring in America's birthday with music and fireworks in an Austin stadium
  
  Read more

• Calvin Harris and Kygo Team Up for 2023 Palm Tree Music Festival

  21-04-2023 20:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Loud Luxury, Sam Feldt, and Chantel Jeffries will join for additional performances
  
  Read more

• Bad Bunny and Grupo Frontera, SUGA, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  21-04-2023 20:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Looking for the week's best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
  Read more

• Bad Bunny and Grupo Fontera, SUGA, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  21-04-2023 20:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Looking for the week's best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
  Read more

• Jessie Ware Can’t Help But Feel! Good!

  21-04-2023 20:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  The U.K. pop star talks about her latest album, a bombastic, liberating project that feels like a dance party that's really starting to rev up
  
  Read more

• Hear Violinist/Arranger Rob Moose Collaborate With Brittany Howard on Powerful New Song

  21-04-2023 19:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I Bend but Never Break" will feature on Moose's first solo release, 'Inflorescence,' which also features guests Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, and more
  
  Read more

• Hear Violinist-Arranger Rob Moose Collaborate With Brittany Howard on Powerful New Song

  21-04-2023 19:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I Bend but Never Break" will feature on Moose's first solo release, 'Inflorescence,' which also features guests Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, and more
  
  Read more

• It’s Barbie and It’s Kim Petras: Pop Singer Recruits Nicki Minaj for New Single ‘Alone’

  21-04-2023 19:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I love her and I'm so inspired by her always, it's crazy to me. I don't know how she does it, but she's just the greatest ever. I'm so happy that she likes the song," Petras told Apple Music
  
  Read more

• LiveMixtapes Helped Launched a New Generation of Rappers, Now It’s Preparing a Second Act

  21-04-2023 19:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The founder of the site that hosted early mixtapes from rappers like Future and Gucci Mane discusses its legacy and upcoming relaunch
  
  Read more

• LiveMixtapes Helped Launch a New Generation of Rappers, Now It’s Preparing a Second Act

  21-04-2023 19:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The founder of the site that hosted early mixtapes from rappers like Future and Gucci Mane discusses its legacy and upcoming relaunch
  
  Read more

• Independents Command a Combined 27.1% Share of the Global Publishing Market, Report Shows — More Than Sony Music Publishing

  21-04-2023 19:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Independent companies now command a combined 27.1 percent share of the global publishing market – or a larger piece of the pie than Sony Music Publishing, according to a new report. This and other noteworthy stats came to light in an analysis from the Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF), which receives funding from the […]
  The post Independents Command a Combined 27.1% Share of the Global Publishing Market, Report Shows — More Than Sony Music Publishing app
  
  Read more

• Logan Ledger’s ‘Ripple’ Cover Would Make Jerry Garcia Proud

  21-04-2023 19:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The California singer-songwriter leans into his Golden State roots for a faithful rendition of the Grateful Dead song
  
  Read more

• See Paul Mescal Make Music Debut With ‘Slip Away’ From ‘Carmen’

  21-04-2023 19:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Actor and Melissa Barrera star in Benjamin Millepied-directed cinematic update of classic opera
  
  Read more

• Metallica secure first Number 1 album in 15 years with '72 Seasons'

  21-04-2023 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Metallica achieve their fourth UK Number 1 album, and first in 15 years, with 72 Seasons.
  
  Read more

• Lewis Capaldi scores fifth Number 1 single with 'Wish You The Best'

  21-04-2023 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Lewis Capaldi’s Wish You The Best debuts at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
  
  Read more

• Check out Bebe Rexha and Snoop Dogg’s new stoner anthem ‘Satellite’

  21-04-2023 18:51 via nme.com
  
  Bebe Rexha has enlisted help from Snoop Dogg for the 4/20-friendly stoner anthem, ‘Satellite’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Bebe Rexha on Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga & being in a wedding bandReleased yesterday (April 20) to mark to mark the unofficial counterculture day of weed-smoking celebration, ‘Satellite’ is a disco–pop track telling the simple story of a blissful high: “Last night I got higher than a satellite / I took a one-way ticket,
  
  Read more

• Listen to Bloc Party’s uplifting new single ‘High Life’

  21-04-2023 18:14 via nme.com
  
  Bloc Party have shared their new upbeat single, ‘High Life’ – released midway through their extensive tour with Paramore. Check out the track belowREAD MORE: Bloc Party on ‘Alpha Games’: “We’re not the same band now. The chemistry is different” Earlier this month, the band teased fans by confirming that new music was on the way. Now, that has come in the form of a new single, which marks their first new music since sixth album ‘Alpha Gam
  
  Read more

• ‘Almost Famous’ Didn’t Last on Broadway. But Cameron Crowe Won’t Let the Music Die

  21-04-2023 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Crowe and legendary Broadway composer Tom Kitt walk us through the Almost Famous original Broadway cast recording — and Crowe shares his complete liner notes
  
  Read more

• SUGA’s New Solo Album Is All About Freedom

  21-04-2023 17:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  It's the BTS member's third release under the name Agust D
  
  Read more

• Rita Ora says husband Taika Waititi “changed her forever” and inspired new album

  21-04-2023 17:46 via nme.com
  
  Rita Ora has spoken of how her marriage to Taika Waititi “changed her forever”, and that her husband inspired her to write music again.READ MORE: Rita Ora: “Men don’t get asked how old they are all the time”The Kosovo-born singer has been teasing her third studio album since 2019. After releasing launch single ‘You Only Love Me’ in January, she announced new album ‘You & I’ and revealed the new track ‘Praising You‘ featuring F
  
  Read more

• Baaba Maal is United Nations’ newest Goodwill Ambassador

  21-04-2023 17:45 via nme.com
  
  The Grammy Award-winning musician Baaba Maal has been appointed a new Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations.READ MORE: Baaba Maal talks new album ‘Being’ and the importance of African storiesMaal will become an honorary spokesperson representing the UN’s interests, raising awareness and mobilising support.
  “Being made a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador opens up new possibilities for me,” the musician and Mumford & Sons collaborator said of the role. &ldquo
  
  Read more

• Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Hot for Teacher’ Guitar Sells for $3.9 Million at Auction

  21-04-2023 17:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Custom-made guitar sets new record sales price among Van Halen's famed Frankenstrats
  
  Read more

• Diddy Helps Give James Corden a New Post-Late Night Era Moniker During ‘Carpool Karaoke’

  21-04-2023 17:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician also revealed that the only people allowed to call him Sean are his mother and Jay-Z
  
  Read more

• Tessa Majors’ Final Gift

  21-04-2023 17:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  More than three years after the 18-year-old musician was killed in a New York park, her parents break their silence and release a posthumous album of their daughter’s recordings
  
  Read more

• Listen to The Weeknd and Future’s sultry new single ‘Double Fantasy’

  21-04-2023 16:55 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd and Future have released the new collaborative single k ‘Double Fantasy’ for the soundtrack to new HBO drama The Idol.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsightThe track is the first to be released from the official soundtrack of the new HBO Max series The Idol. The Weeknd co-created the show with Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim, and is said to be “one of HBO’s most provocative” shows
  
  Read more

• Iggy Pop Unites With Duff McKagan, Chad Smith at Ferocious ‘Every Loser’ Tour Launch in L.A.

  21-04-2023 16:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Watch the supergroup tear through "The Passenger" and "Walk on the Wild Side" at the tiny Regent Theater in Los Angeles
  
  Read more

• The 1975’s Matty Healy Apologizes for Offending Ice Spice, But Not for Those Same Offensive Jokes

  21-04-2023 16:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  During an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show, the frontman, Friedland, and Nick Mullen made derogatory comments about the rapper and mocked Chinese and Hawaiian accents
  
  Read more

• John Mellencamp Asks If Weapons Are Really Our Right in New ‘Hey God’

  21-04-2023 16:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The brooding song helps announce the Indiana songwriter's new album, Orpheus Descending
  
  Read more

• Mac DeMarco Just Handed 199 Unreleased Songs to Fans

  21-04-2023 16:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  One Wayne G collects three-and-a-half hours of music that the indie artist recorded between 2018 and 2023
  
  Read more

• Madness announce 2023 UK arena tour with The Lightning Seeds

  21-04-2023 15:36 via nme.com
  
  Madness have announced a new UK arena tour taking place this winter, where they will be joined by special guests The Lightning Seeds.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – MadnessAnnounced today (April 21), the upcoming tour will kick off in Aberdeen at the end of November and hit arenas across the UK, before closing with a performance in Birmingham.
  It will feature appearances in cities including Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool, as well as a penultimat
  
  Read more

• Frank Zappa’s ‘Hot Rats’ Sequel Sessions Unearthed for New Release

  21-04-2023 15:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Funky Nothingness, due out June 30, collects over three hours of unreleased music that Zappa envisioned for possible second installment to his jazz-rock masterpiece
  
  Read more

• The Black Keys tell us about returning to the UK and their “epic” new album

  21-04-2023 15:10 via nme.com
  
  The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney has spoken to NME about the band’s upcoming tour of the UK and Europe, their “epic” new album, working with Noel Gallagher and why they’ll never play Glastonbury.READ MORE: The Black Keys – ‘Dropout Boogie’ review: down-the-line rock destined for good times The blues rock duo are set to kick off their European tour in Paris on June 19 before playing their first UK headline tour in over 10 years.
  “We’r
  
  Read more

• SUGA shares debut solo album as Agust D and Disney+ doc about the journey

  21-04-2023 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  The BTS star has completed his trilogy under the solo moniker Agust D.
  
  Read more

• Taylor Swift’s ‘Willow’ and ‘Cardigan’ were originally meant for The National

  21-04-2023 13:26 via nme.com
  
  It has been revealed that two of Taylor Swift’s songs were originally intended to be released by The National.READ MORE:  The National on new music: “It’s the whole history of the band, but with a new exploration”The news was revealed by The National’s own Aaron Dessner and Matt Berninger in a new interview yesterday (April 20). According to the members, the Taylor Swift songs ‘Willow’ and ‘Cardigan’ were handed over to the pop star afte
  
  Read more

• Mac DeMarco drops epic 199-song album

  21-04-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mac DeMarco recorded the songs over a period of five years.
  
  Read more

• Ed Sheeran rides the waves of grief and depression in new music video for Boat

  21-04-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran has released the second track from his upcoming album 'Subtract'.
  
  Read more

Follow @Music_News_US on Twitter!