Music news

• Shania Twain keen to collaborate with Adele

  11-09-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Shania Twain met Adele at the Grammy Awards earlier this year.
  
  Read more

• Lollapalooza shortens Wolf Alice and Cortis sets after severe flooding causes delays

  02-08-2026 09:54 via nme.com
  
  Lollapalooza was hit with a series of delays, with severe flooding pushing back several artists’ sets for the 2026 edition.READ MORE: Every Lollapalooza line-up poster since 1991The Chicago event kicked off on July 30, with Olivia Dean, Charli XCX, Tate McRae, Lorde and The xx among those at the top of the bill, joined by John Summit, Jennie and The Smashing Pumpkins.
  This year’s line-up spans multiple genres and eras, with some of the other big names in
  
  Read more

• Phil Collins: Taylor Swift deserves to be 'hugest thing in the world'

  02-08-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Phil Collins is delighted Taylor Swift has enjoyed so much success.
  
  Read more

• Boy George splits from record label boss over controversial new single

  02-08-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Boy George has split from his "gutless" record label manager over his controversial new pro-Israel song We Will Dance Again.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Parker McCollum and wife Hallie Ray welcome second baby

  02-08-2026 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Parker McCollum and his wife have welcomed a second son.
  
  Read more

• Watch Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry perform ‘Hive Mind’ at Brooklyn skatepark

  01-08-2026 23:32 via nme.com
  
  Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry have performed their single ‘Hive Mind’ live for the first time at a surprise show in Brooklyn – watch footage below.READ MORE: Knocked Loose: “We’re a heavy band and we’re always going to be a heavy band”The Kentucky hardcore band and Florida rapper released the track in February, combining Knocked Loose’s metalcore sound with Curry’s rapid-fire delivery and trap influences.
  O
  
  Read more

• William Shatner leaks that he and his metal band are on the line-up for Coachella 2027

  01-08-2026 21:47 via nme.com
  
  William Shatner appears to have revealed that he and his new heavy metal band The *uckers will perform at Coachella 2027.
  The 95-year-old Star Trek star is preparing to appear at Riot Fest in Chicago next month, where he will preview material from his forthcoming album with the new group, ‘What The F Is Heavy Metal’.
  Now, in an interview with CNN, Shatner has leaked the band’s apparent booking for next year’s Coa
  
  Read more

• See Phish Bust Out XTC’s ‘Melt the Guns’ for First Time Since 1987

  01-08-2026 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Days after nostalgic MSG run, jam band provides Fenway Park with the biggest "bust out" in Phistory
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Warren Ellis shares story of guitar gifted to him by Glen Hansard: “Everyone Glen crossed in life was richer for the experience”

  01-08-2026 19:46 via nme.com
  
  Warren Ellis has shared the story of a guitar gifted to him by his late friend Glen Hansard, noting that “everyone Glen crossed in life was richer for the experience”.READ MORE: Warren Ellis on nearly 30 years with Nick Cave: “I’m there for him, whatever he wants”Hansard, the Oscar-winning Once star and frontman of The Frames, died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin on Wednesday (July 29). He was 56 years old.
  In the days
  
  Read more

• Boy George parts ways with “gutless” record label manager who refused to release pro-Israel song

  01-08-2026 18:39 via nme.com
  
  Boy George has parted ways with his record label manager after he refused to release the singer’s pro-Israel song ‘We Will Dance Again’.READ MORE: Culture Club’s Boy George: the original gender-fluid pop icon versus the modern worldThe Culture Club frontman shared the controversial pop reggae track on social media last week (July 26), but it has yet to appear on traditional streaming platforms.
  Its opening line, “You say genocide, I say war&
  
  Read more

• Patti Smith meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican: “A spark was lit”

  01-08-2026 18:02 via nme.com
  
  Patti Smith has met with Pope Leo XIV during a 40-minute private audience at the Vatican.READ MORE: Patti Smith live in London: punk’s poet laureate claims legend statusThe punk icon was welcomed to the Apostolic Palace yesterday (July 31), with the Vatican later sharing photographs and footage of the meeting on social media.
  Smith was accompanied by her longtime friend Reverend Antonio Spadaro, who serves as the Vatican’s Undersecretary for Culture and Education. He said t
  
  Read more

• Food stall shut down after dozens fall ill at Truck Festival 2026

  01-08-2026 17:35 via nme.com
  
  A food stall at Truck Festival 2026 has been shut down after dozens of attendees reported falling ill.
  Festival-goers shared posts on social media claiming that they had become unwell after eating food from the Yorky Roast stall at the Oxfordshire event last weekend.
  Truck Festival said it was first alerted on Sunday morning (July 26), when its on-site medical team received reports from “a number of attendees with similar symptoms”.
  “Our health and safety team la
  
  Read more

• See Kylie Minogue Join Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ at Brighton Show

  01-08-2026 17:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Australian legends reunite onstage for first time since 2019 to perform their Murder Ballads duet
  
  Read more

• The Kooks dazzle in spectacular outdoor London show at Old Royal Naval College

  01-08-2026 16:06 via music-news.com
  
  The Kooks delivered a spectacular outdoor performance at London’s historic Old Royal Naval College as part of Labyrinth on the Thames.
  
  Read more

• Lollapalooza 2026 Day Two: Smashing Pumpkins, Charli XCX Deliver Rock Music to Massive Crowds

  01-08-2026 16:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Charli appears at first festival date following the release of Music, Fashion, Film
  
  Read more

• Patti Smith Meets Pope Leo XIV: ‘A Moment That Shall Forever Produce a Smile’

  01-08-2026 15:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Meeting was "a conversation between two people discovering they were old friends, sharing memories woven from words and music, dreams, visions, and hopes," Vatican undersecretary writes
  
  Read more

• 50 Years Ago Today: An Exhausted Elvis Presley Plays a Lackluster Matinee in Virginia

  01-08-2026 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We had a late show last night, and I only got two hours sleep," Presley told the crowd at the Hampton Coliseum. "Good afternoon. God that sounds strange. I just got up"
  
  Read more

• Listen to Tom Waits’ darkly comic new spoken-word track ‘The Fly’

  01-08-2026 12:32 via nme.com
  
  Tom Waits has released the full version of his sardonic spoken-word track ‘The Fly’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Massive Attack tell us about tackling the climate crisis at gigs and new music incomingThe track serves as the B-side to ‘Boots On The Ground‘, Waits’ politically charged collaboration with Massive Attack, which was released online in April and marked the singer-songwriter’s first new original music since his 2011 a
  
  Read more

• Watch Kylie Minogue reunite with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at mammoth Brighton gig

  01-08-2026 12:15 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds reunited with Kylie Minogue for an emotional performance of ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ at the band’s mammoth homecoming Brighton gig last night (Friday July 31). Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more from what went down throughout the day below.READ MORE: Nick Cave interviewed: “There’s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art”The Preston Park gig served as a UK-exclusive performance and homecoming of sorts for t
  
  Read more

• Watch Sombr bring out 5 Seconds of Summer at Lollapalooza set

  01-08-2026 11:29 via nme.com
  
  Sombr brought out 5 Seconds of Summer at Lollapalooza, joining forces with the band for a rendition of ‘She Looks So Perfect’.READ MORE: Sombr at the BRITs 2026: “I love America, but I think music from the UK beats them”The US pop artist played the Chicago festival on Thursday (July 30), telling the crowd a “special surprise” was in store before introducing the band. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “the greatest band in the fucking worl
  
  Read more

• Glen Hansard’s family announce details of public wake and funeral

  01-08-2026 11:29 via nme.com
  
  Glen Hansard’s family have announced details of a public wake and funeral for the late Irish singer-songwriter.
  Hansard, the Oscar-winning Once star also known as the frontman of The Frames and one half of The Swell Season, died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin on Wednesday (July 29). He was 56 years old.
  His family have now confirmed that a public wake will take place at the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, on Monday (Aug
  
  Read more

• White House slammed for using Bad Bunny song in new ICE deportation video

  01-08-2026 10:51 via nme.com
  
  The White House has come under fire for using a Bad Bunny track in promotional videos for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).READ MORE: Bad Bunny live in London: history-making stadium show is a reminder of the power of communityA video posted Thursday (July 30) to the White House’s TikTok account features Bad Bunny’s ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ track ‘La Mudanza’. The song plays out over spliced up footage of ICE detaining undocument
  
  Read more

• "I haven't sacrificed any of myself to be in this position" Charli xcx opens up to Zane Lowe

  01-08-2026 10:44 via music-news.com
  
  In a wide-ranging sit-down on The Zane Lowe Show, Charli xcx opened up about the creative evolution behind her new album, Music, Fashion, Film
  
  Read more

• Watch The Smashing Pumpkins bring out Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud for Lollapalooza 2026 headline set

  01-08-2026 10:30 via nme.com
  
  The Smashing Pumpkins brought out Olivia Rodrigo, Yungblud and Melissa Auf der Maur during their headline set at Lollapalooza 2026 – see footage and setlist below.READ MORE: Billy Corgan on his new podcast ‘The Magnificent Others’: “I’d like to celebrate people in the culture who are misunderstood”The Chicago alt-rock veterans topped the bill on the festival’s Bud Light Stage last night (July 31), ma
  
  Read more

• Slipknot’s Jim Root responds to rumours of Sid Wilson’s exit from band: “Don’t believe everything you read”

  01-08-2026 09:55 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot‘s Jim Root has seemingly responded to rumours that Sid Wilson has been axed from the band, pointedly telling fans: “Don’t believe everything you read.”READ MORE: Clown talks Slipknot’s 25th anniversary tour and future: “We probably have several albums in us right now”On Friday night (July 31), TMZ reported that Wilson, the band’s longtime DJ and keyboardist, had been permanently kicked out of the band – although no official word
  
  Read more

• Elastica tease their return: “Missed us?”

  01-08-2026 09:35 via nme.com
  
  Elastica have teased their return after 25 years, telling fans that they have been “busy behind the scenes”.READ MORE: ‘The Rise And Fall Of Britpop’: what happened to the key players nextThe Britpop band split up in 2001, but yesterday (July 31), they shared a vintage photograph on their official Instagram account, alongside a cryptic message suggesting that new activity is on its way.
  “Missed us?” They wrote. “We’ve
  
  Read more

• The Maccabees 'aim' to make new album

  01-08-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  The Maccabees are hoping to make a new album, their first since 2015.
  
  Read more

• Sam Fender and Olivia Dean beat UK chart record with Rein Me In

  01-08-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Fender is "completely lost for words" after Rein Me In, his duet with Olivia Dean became the longest-running number one single in UK chart history.
  
  Read more

• Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud Join Smashing Pumpkins for Nostalgia-Fueled Lollapalooza Set

  01-08-2026 05:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Billy Corgan delivered "Luna" and "Thirty-Three" with his surprise guests
  
  Read more

• Modest Mouse Drops Guitarist Simon O’Connor From Upcoming Tour

  01-08-2026 05:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Guitarist was accused of sending inappropriate messages to teenage fan on social media; Les Savy Fav's Seth Jabour enlisted to take O'Connor's place
  
  Read more

Follow @Music_News_US on Twitter!