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• Watch Robbie Williams reunite onstage with former Take That bandmate Mark Owen

  27-08-2023 23:54 via nme.com
  
  Robbie Williams reunited onstage with his former Take That bandmate Mark Owen on Saturday (August 26) for the first time in 12 years.READ MORE: Robbie Williams live at Mad Cool 2023: still the ultimate showmanThe singer was performing at Sandringham House in Norfolk when he introduced his “oldest friend from the band” and brought out Owen for a rendition of their 2008 single ‘Greatest Day’.
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• Watch a 360 degree video of Aphex Twin’s Field Day 2023 set

  27-08-2023 23:18 via nme.com
  
  A 360 degree video of Aphex Twin‘s entire set from Field Day 2023 this month has been shared online – watch it below.
  The DJ headlined this year’s festival in Victoria Park last weekend alongside a stacked line-up that included Bonobo, Arca, Kelela, Fever Ray, Jayda G, Jon Hopkins, Sudan Archives, Mount Kimbie and more.
  Now, NTS Radio have this evening (August 27) shared a full stream of the entire set using a 360 camera.
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• Ariana Grande Shares ‘Baby I’ Live Performance From London

  27-08-2023 22:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pop star is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Yours Truly
  
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• Spiritbox announce new EP, share single ‘Jaded’

  27-08-2023 22:40 via nme.com
  
  Spiritbox have announced their new EP ‘The Fear Of Fear’ and shared single ‘Jaded’.READ MORE: Spiritbox: “Our fans are accepting of change – we’re still figuring ourselves out”The six-track EP is due to drop on November 3, and will feature their fierce new track alongside April single ‘The Void’.
  “And I’ve always been ashamed that I want to / Fall into a dream with my honour desecrated / Blood is jaded I’ve never found
  
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• Brian McBride of ambient legends Stars Of The Lid dies aged 53

  27-08-2023 21:36 via nme.com
  
  Brian McBride, member of prominent ambient project Stars Of The Lid, has passed away at the age of 53.
  The news was revealed by his bandmate Adam Wiltzie on Instagram. No cause of death has been given.
  “I am deeply saddened to to tell everyone that Brian McBride has passed away,” Wiltzie wrote. “I love the guy & he will be missed.”
  McBride and Wiltzie formed Stars Of The Lid in Austin, Texas in 1993, with the band name said to refer to “your own personal cinema,
  
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• Liam Payne hospitalised with 'serious' kidney infection

  27-08-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Strip That Down singer was forced to postpone his upcoming South America tour.
  
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• Aqua announce US ‘Barbie World Tour’ for 2023

  27-08-2023 20:52 via nme.com
  
  Aqua have announced a 2023 ‘Barbie World Tour’ across the US – check out the full schedule below and buy tickets here.READ MORE: ‘Barbie’ soundtrack review: on-brand songs to leave you tickled pinkThe Danish-Norwegian Europop group – best known for their 1997 hit ‘Barbie World’ – will kick off the aptly named tour at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on November 12, with stops planned for San Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas and many more,
  
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• Baby Queen talks the impact of The 1975’s debut album at Reading Festival 2023

  27-08-2023 20:33 via nme.com
  
  Baby Queen spoke to NME backstage at Reading Festival 2023 about how The 1975‘s self-titled debut has impacted her career. Watch the full interview above.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: all of the weekend’s action as it happensLast night (August 26), The 1975 performed the record – which celebrates its 10th anniversary next week (September 1) – in full as they headlined Main Stage West. “This set does, eventually, remind you what it means for such a
  
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• Brandon Flowers Nixes New Killers LP: ‘I Don’t Think You’ll See Us Making This Type of Music Any More’

  27-08-2023 20:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The frontman says he’s “thinking about the next phase in my life” in an interview with The Times
  
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• Arlo Parks on her surprise Reading Holly Humberstone collab and love of Arctic Monkeys

  27-08-2023 20:10 via nme.com
  
  Arlo Parks caught up with NME backstage at Reading & Leeds 2023 to discuss her upcoming book of poetry, surprise apperance with Holly Humberstone, and her love of Arctic Monkeys’ debut album. Check out the full interview above.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: All of the weekend’s action as it happensThe singer, songwriter and poet kicked off her performance yesterday afternoon (August 26), with two tracks from her new album, ‘My Soft Machine’, long befo
  
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• Watch Phoebe Bridgers make another surprise appearance with Christian Lee Hutson at Connect Festival

  27-08-2023 19:59 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers made another onstage appearance with Christian Lee Hutson at Connect Festival today (August 27), after the pair performed together at an Øya festival spin-off show earlier this month.READ MORE: Boygenius live in London: a utopia of vulnerability and communityPerforming at the Edinburgh festival at Royal Highland Showground today, where Boygenius – Bridgers’ band with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus – are due to headline, she came out to sing ‘Lose This
  
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• Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Hives for Sunday Lunch

  27-08-2023 19:59 via nme.com
  
  Toyah Willcox and husband Robert Fripp have shared a new cover of The Hives for their Sunday Lunch series – watch below.READ MORE: Toyah and Robert Fripp talk the future of Sunday Lunch at Glastonbury 2023While the summer has mostly seen the pair revisiting old entries into their legendary lockdown series, today (August 27) they have shared a brand new cover.
  The version of ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’ sees Fripp dressed as a bee as they rage through a cover of the Swe
  
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• ZAND on their queer community, touring with Peaches and collab with Jeremy Corbyn: “He was a G”

  27-08-2023 19:41 via nme.com
  
  ZAND has spoken to NME about their Reading Festival debut, queer community of fans, touring with Peaches and recent collab with Jeremy Corbyn. Watch our full video interview above.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: all of the weekend’s action as it happensThe rising alternative star caught up with NME backstage, shortly after performing at the festival for the first time – something they have dreamed of doing since they first came as a 16-year-old.
  “This has been o
  
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• Sound It Out: The legendary last surviving vinyl record shop in Teesside will close following owner’s death

  27-08-2023 19:19 via nme.com
  
  The last surviving vinyl record shop in Teesside is set to close following the death of its owner.
  Sound It Out has been under the ownership of Tom Butchart since 1998, but the owner passed away in June, and the shop will now close at the end of the month.
  In a post on Facebook, Butchart’s wife Clare said of the closure: “It has not been an easy decision. The shop was Tom’s baby and his passion of which I am and always will be immensely proud.
  “Sound It Out Records d
  
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• Andy Taylor says the reason he quit Duran Duran was “creative, not personal”

  27-08-2023 19:11 via nme.com
  
  Andy Taylor of Duran Duran has revealed that the reason he quit the band was due to “creative” reasons, and was “not personal”.READ MORE: Duran Duran: “We’d love to do Glastonbury – we just need the right slot”Taylor played with Duran Duran on-and-off between 1980 and 2006, and was set to reunite with them last year when they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, but a setback in his treatment for stage 4 metastatic pr
  
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• Florence Welch reveals that she has had “emergency surgery” that “saved my life”

  27-08-2023 18:32 via nme.com
  
  Florence + The Machine‘s Florence Welch has revealed that she has undergone “emergency surgery” that “saved my life”.READ MORE: Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer rebornThe band had to cancel a pair of recent shows at the Zurich Open Air and Rock en Seine festivals “on medical advice,” and Welch has now explained the reasons to fans on Instagram.
  “I’m so sorry that I had to c
  
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• Watch Taylor Swift Deliver Fan-Favorite ‘Cornelia Street’ in Mexico City

  27-08-2023 18:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician also performed “You’re On Your Own, Kid” for the third time during the Eras tour
  
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• Watch Miguel perform while suspended from hooks pierced in his skin

  27-08-2023 17:56 via nme.com
  
  Miguel performed a showcase of tracks from his new album ‘VISCERA’ this weekend, during which he performed one song suspended from hooks that were in his bare skin.READ MORE: Miguel on viral TikTok hit ‘Sure Thing’: “I always felt it had something special”The R&B singer hosted the invite-only ‘The Viscera Experience’ at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Friday (August 25), which was also available to watch on a livestream.
  Before performi
  
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• Killswitch Engage’s tour bus involved in collision with an elk

  27-08-2023 17:43 via nme.com
  
  Killswitch Engage‘s tour bus was involved in a collision with an elk while on tour in Sweden this week.READ MORE: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach: “This year I had my entire life turned on its head”As frontman Jesse Leach revealed in a statement, the band were driving to In Flames’ festival Dalhalla Brinner in the town of Rättvik when the accident occurred.
  Alongside video and photos of the aftermath, Leach said on Instagram: “You never know what tomorrow
  
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• Knocked Loose talk going viral and UK metal at Reading 2023

  27-08-2023 15:50 via nme.com
  
  Knocked Loose’s Bryan Garris has spoken to NME backstage at Reading 2023, and discussed going viral at Coachella and how his Kentucky upbringing shaped their sound. Watch our full interview above.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: All of the weekend’s action as it happensWhile Loyle Carner brought an emotional message to the Main Stage, the US hardcore giants tore up the Festival Republic stage on the opening day of the festival — proving to Reading punters how they lef
  
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• Adele stops Vegas show to defend fan from security guard

  27-08-2023 15:05 via nme.com
  
  Adele stopped a show at her Las Vegas residency this week to defend a fan from security guards.READ MORE: Adele – ‘30’ album review: dependable pop titan finally mixes things upThe singer’s ‘Weekends With Adele’ residency has continued across the summer, and took in two more shows this weekend (August 25-26).
  As footage posted online shows, Adele paused one of the shows during a rendition of ‘Water Under The Bridge’ to acknowledge a distressed
  
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• Green Day are selling ‘Nimrod’ merchandise with Donald Trump’s mugshot for charity

  27-08-2023 14:51 via nme.com
  
  Green Day have announced the limited-time sale of a t-shirt featuring Donald Trump‘s mugshot for charity.READ MORE: 10 albums that wouldn’t exist without Green Day’s ‘Dookie’The t-shirt, titled ‘Ultimate Nimrod’, is currently available for a limited amount of time, with proceeds from the sale of the merchandise being used to “bring food to those affected by the Maui wildfires,” per a post from the band on Instagram. Green Day are teaming
  
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• Watch Tom Morello play the opening of America’s only unionised strip club

  27-08-2023 14:30 via nme.com
  
  Tom Morello played a set at the re-opening of the United States’ only unionised strip club this week – see footage below.
  Last year, workers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Los Angeles went on strike, criticising a workplace “full of belligerently drunk men who push our boundaries and often scare us.”
  Since then, they have become members of the Actors’ Equity Association and become the only unionised strip club in the country.
  During the re-o
  
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• ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’ singer Oliver Anthony says left-wingers “misunderstood my words”

  27-08-2023 13:13 via nme.com
  
  Oliver Anthony, the singer of viral hit ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’, has hit out at both those on the left and right for “weaponising” his song.READ MORE: Who is viral ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’ singer Oliver Anthony and why is he controversial?Released on August 8, the song has since hit Number One on the iTunes Country Charts, soared to the top spot on Apple Music’s Global Music Charts, and racked up over 32million views on YouTube.
  It then mad
  
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• Watch The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess join Johnny Marr for Electronic’s ‘Getting Away With It’

  27-08-2023 12:29 via nme.com
  
  Johnny Marr was joined at his Halifax show this weekend by The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess – watch them cover Electronic below.READ MORE: Johnny Marr on his “expansive” ‘Fever Dreams’ project and hopes to rejoin Modest MouseDuring his gig at the Piece Hall on Saturday (August 26), Marr welcomed Burgess on stage for a rendition of the track ‘Getting Away With It’.
  “We’re going to play a disco song from Manchester, from the Haçien
  
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• Paul Mescal shares Andrew Scott advice after Phoebe Bridgers break-up

  27-08-2023 11:42 via nme.com
  
  Paul Mescal has shared the advice Andrew Scott gave him after his break-up with Phoebe Bridgers.
  Bridgers and Mescal were reportedly engaged in 2022 before breaking up. Mescal then said he intends to keep his relationship status private in future owing to interest around that break-up.
  Now, he has told Esquire of the words of wisdom shared to him by Scott, his co-star in upcoming film All Of Us Strangers.
  Quoting Scott, Mescal said: “The only thing you’re left with after love is grie
  
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• Watch The Killers debut new single ‘Your Side Of Town’ at Reading 2023

  27-08-2023 11:31 via nme.com
  
  The Killers have given their latest single ‘Your Side Of Town’ its live debut at Reading 2023 – watch footage of the performance below.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: all of the weekend’s action as it happensDuring their headlining set at the festival yesterday (September 26), Brandon Flowers and co. performed ‘Your Sound Of Town’ live for the first time ever. Watch a snippet of the performance below."Your Side Of Town" hace su debut en vivo en
  
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• Miley Cyrus discusses Sinéad O’Connor row as ‘Wrecking Ball’ turns 10

  27-08-2023 10:45 via nme.com
  
  Miley Cyrus has discussed her 2013 public argument with Sinéad O’Connor to mark her song ‘Wrecking Ball’ turning 10.READ MORE: Sinéad O’Connor, 1966-2023: an artist of integrity, intensity and honestyUpon the song’s release a decade ago, O’Connor wrote an open letter to Cyrus after the pop-star cited the late Irish singer as an inspiration for her explicit video for ‘Wrecking Ball’.
  In the letter, O’Connor warned Cyrus
  
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• Claire Richards explains Steps' ongoing success: 'We were never cool - and most people aren't!'

  27-08-2023 10:14 via music-news.com
  
  Claire Richards explains why she thinks Steps are still selling out arenas and releasing hit albums more than 25 years on from their '5,6,7,8' debut.
  
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• Brandon Flowers discusses Russia incident, says he’s scrapped new Killers album

  27-08-2023 09:59 via nme.com
  
  The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers says he has scrapped the band’s new album halfway through.
  The band returned this week with new single ‘Your Side Of Town’, which marked the band’s first single of the year, as well as their first release since last year’s standalone single ‘Boy’.
  However, in a new interview with The Times, Flowers has revealed that the band’s planned new album has been scrapped.
  “Halfway through recording I realised,
  
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• 'I'm not 20 anymore!' Why The Killers star Brandon Flowers is 'in a crisis' over his music career

  27-08-2023 09:49 via music-news.com
  
  Brandon Flowers is "in a crisis" over his music career because he is "more fulfiled" over his newer music rather than The Killers' early hits.
  
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• Duran Duran's Andy Taylor had a creative, not personal rift with his bandmates

  27-08-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Andy Taylor hated that the band thought they needed to bring in other people to write their songs.
  
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• Watch The Killers invite fan to play drums with them at Reading 2023

  27-08-2023 01:12 via nme.com
  
  The Killers brought a fan on stage to play drums with them during their Reading Festival 2023 set. Watch clips for the moment below.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: all of the weekend’s action as it happensThe fan, named Ozzy, was holding up a sign, asking to play drums with them, which has no become a tradition during The Killers set.
  “We have one large stipulation,” frontman Brandon Flowers asked Ozzy, before letting him on stage. “Let me see your face? I
  
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• Billie Eilish announces last minute intimate London show

  27-08-2023 00:10 via nme.com
  
  Bille Eilish has announced a last-minute intimate show in London. Earlier today (August 26) the pop star took to her Instagram stories to announce the gig. Check out the event poster and details below.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023 liveblog: all of the weekend’s action as it happensThe poster, which you can view below, reads “Electric Ballroom” and “one night only in London”. The performance will occur at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on Tuesday August 29.
  
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