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• Travis Scott Directs Visual for ‘Odyssey’ Song ‘When I’m Home’

  30-07-2026 22:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Scott directs and stars in the new visual with James Blake and Ludwig Goransson following the release of the film’s closing song
  
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• All the Easter Eggs We Found on Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Lost Weekend’

  14-08-2026 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  Subtle references to Elliott Smith, Damien Jurado, Bright Eyes, and more are there if you listen closely enough to the music and lyrics on her new album
  
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• 50 Years Ago Today: The New York Times Calls Elton John ‘Wallpaper Music’

  14-08-2026 15:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  The review from his record-breaking, seven-night stand at Madison Square Garden enraged Elton. "It was the most piss elegant review I’ve ever seen," he told Rolling Stone later that year 
  
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• La Roux faces her demons, auADHD diagnosis and addictions on propulsive new single ‘Lose Myself’

  14-08-2026 15:02 via nme.com
  
  La Roux has shared a new single, ‘Lose Myself’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: La Roux – ‘Supervision’ review: tropical ’80s-style pop inspired by George Michael gets a little sameyThe personal song is the latest preview of the singer’s fourth studio album, ‘Old Flames’, which is released on November 6 via Vertigo.
  “‘Lose Myself’ is me battling between the angel and the devil on my shoulder,” explained La
  
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• Oasis are selling versions of Liam Gallagher’s iconic jacket and Noel’s jumper for Knebworth 30th anniversary

  14-08-2026 15:01 via nme.com
  
  To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their iconic Knebworth gigs, Oasis have launched a new range of merchandise, including replicas of the jacket worn by Liam Gallagher and the jumper worn by Noel at the shows.READ MORE: An Oasis fan remembers the band’s Knebworth shows: “It was a non-stop party”The new collection marks the Britpop icons playing two massive concerts at Knebworth in 1996, which sold out in under 24 hours and welcomed 250,000 fans across both nights.
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• The Molotovs headline King's Cross Summer Sounds opening night

  14-08-2026 14:30 via music-news.com
  
  The Molotovs kicked off London’s King’s Cross Summer Sounds 2026 on Thursday 13 August with an explosive headline set at Coal Drops Yard.
  
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• EMF announce death of keyboardist Derry Brownson: “Fly high brother Derry”

  14-08-2026 14:19 via nme.com
  
  EMF have announced the death of founding member and keyboardist Derry Brownson, aged 55.
  The English alt-rock band announced the news of Brownson’s passing in a new social media post. Shared this morning (Friday August 14), they wrote in the caption that they found out about the loss yesterday night.
  “Late last night we started to hear the news that we have lost our Brother In Arms Derran Brownson,” they wrote alongside a photo of the musician performing on stage.
  “We are
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers explains why Lost Weekend took 'forever' to make

  14-08-2026 14:00 via music-news.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers has discussed the creative process behind her new album, Lost Weekend.
  
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• Becky G's new album 'marries' both sides of her personality

  14-08-2026 14:00 via music-news.com
  
  Becky G has teased her new album, describing it as "sensual" and "vulnerable".
  
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• Massive Attack team up with Bohemian F.C. for new football shirt

  14-08-2026 13:52 via nme.com
  
  Massive Attack have teamed up with Bohemian F.C. to launch a new football shirt. Find all the details below.READ MORE: Massive Attack tell us about tackling the climate crisis at gigs and new musicThe trip-hop duo’s partnership with the Dublin team – one of the world’s oldest fan-owned clubs – sees them unveil the 2026 FAI Cup/Third jersey, raising funds for medical aid to Cuba.
  Thirty per cent of profits will be shared between the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s Cu
  
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• Footage shows Dave Chappelle protesting Fugees’ set being cut short at Lauryn Hill’s Diaspora Calling! festival: “You’re fucking up history”

  14-08-2026 13:17 via nme.com
  
  Footage has emerged of Dave Chappelle getting frustrated with staff at Diaspora Calling! Festival after Fugees set was cut short.READ MORE: Why ‘The Score’ is one of the greatest hip-hop albums everThe set came as part of Lauryn Hill‘s festival, which was held at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on August 7.
  Hill and Wyclef Jean reunited for the event on Friday (August 7) alongside Erykah Badu, Giggs and Hill’s sons YG Marley and Zion Marley – also the grandchildren
  
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• Lewis Capaldi teases new album at Sziget Festival 2026

  14-08-2026 12:54 via nme.com
  
  In partnership with Sziget Festival
  Lewis Capaldi has shared an update on his plans for a third album.
  The Scottish singer was appearing on the main stage at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary yesterday (August 13), where he performed immediately before headliners Florence + the Machine.
  He noted that this was his third appearance at the festival – following shows in 2018 and 2022 – and expressed his pleasure at maintaining a “lovely relationship” with Sziget. “Al
  
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• ‘Elden Ring’ inspired a black metal solo album from Svalbard’s Serena Cherry

  14-08-2026 12:41 via nme.com
  
  Former Svalbard vocalist Serena Cherry has announced her second solo album as Noctule – and it’s inspired by Elden Ring.READ MORE: Ice Nine Kills on their “intense” ‘Dead By Daylight’ collab and why horror will never diePost-hardcore band Svalbard formed back in 2011 and released four albums, but last year they announced they would be breaking up. “We never wanted to create music that was easy to pigeonhole, and I feel proud that we always stayed true to
  
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• Royal Blood announce 2026 UK headline tour

  14-08-2026 12:24 via nme.com
  
  Royal Blood have announced a 2026 UK tour to celebrate their upcoming album ‘Dead Company’. Find all the details below.READ MORE: Royal Blood: “Every time you open your mouth these days, you’re rolling the dice”The new record was announced by the rock duo earlier this week, and marks their long-awaited fifth studio album and the follow-up to ‘Back To The Water Below’. It is set to drop on November 13 via Warner Records and you can pre-order/pre-save it h
  
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• Jamie T announces surprise intimate London gig

  14-08-2026 12:24 via nme.com
  
  Jamie T has announced a surprise intimate live show in London. Find all the details below.READ MORE: Jamie T – ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ review: liberating return from a star as relaxed as everThe singer-songwriter will return to the stage for a one-off homecoming performance at Scala in King’s Cross next Thursday (August 20), marking his first full gig in two years.
  It’ll also come 20 years after his first appearance at the 1,145-capacity venue, when he played with
  
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• Selena Gomez sued for fraud over mental health start-up

  14-08-2026 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Selena Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey, and Daniella Pierson co-founded Wondermind Global in 2022.
  
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• Nicole Kidman reunites with Troye Sivan for surprise music video appearance

  14-08-2026 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Nicole Kidman and Troye Sivan previously worked together on the 2018 movie Boy Erased.
  
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• Listen to David Bowie’s previously unheard ‘Today’ demo from 1965 Shel Talmy Recordings

  14-08-2026 12:00 via nme.com
  
  A previously unheard David Bowie demo titled ‘Today’ has been released, taken from the upcoming 1965 Shel Talmy Recordings album.READ MORE: David Bowie’s earliest years – as told by the people who knew him bestThe release comes as a series of Early David Bowie songs from 1965 are to be released on a new album featuring a pre-Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page.
  Set to arrive on September 18 via Parlophone (pre-order/pre-save here), the songs were recorded before the singer &ndas
  
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• Erykah Badu and The Alchemist announce long-awaited joint album with soothing single ‘Witch Doctor’

  14-08-2026 11:39 via nme.com
  
  Erykah Badu and The Alchemist have announced their long-awaited joint album – listen to new single ‘Witch Doctor’ below.
  The Texas singer-songwriter has teamed up with the Californian producer, DJ and rapper on the collaborative self-titled record, which is released on Friday August 28 via Control FREAQ/Young. Pre-order/pre-save here.
  Co-produced by the pair, the forthcoming project was recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles.
  The LP is described as “the inevita
  
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• A Weezer movie is coming in 2027

  14-08-2026 11:21 via nme.com
  
  Weezer guitarist Brian Bell has confirmed that the band’s movie is “in the can” and will be arriving next year.READ MORE: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “If Taylor Swift ever wants to make a rock album, I’d love to help out!”The as-yet-untitled film was announced by the band during their appearance at last year’s Coachella, with Rivers Cuomo telling the crowd: “We’ve been busy making the Weezer movie back in LA the last couple weeks”. The
  
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• Suki Waterhouse reveals how Robert Pattinson 'inspired' Weirdo

  14-08-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Actress-turned-musician Suki Waterhouse has admitted to feeling inspired by Robert Pattinson.
  
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• Sam Smith doesn't compare their career to other artists

  14-08-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Pop star Sam Smith insists their career is incomparable to other artists.
  
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• Fans think Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘The Governor’s Waltz’ is about her relationship with Paul Mescal

  14-08-2026 10:53 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers fans are speculating that her new song ‘The Governor’s Waltz’ is about her former relationship with Paul Mescal.READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers – ‘Lost Weekend’ review: indie’s poet laureate returns with a staggering, strange and stirring opusThe track appears on the singer-songwriter’s third studio album, ‘Lost Weekend’, which was released today (Friday August 14).
  Bridgers, who was previously engaged to Mescal, appears to a
  
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• Fan receives response to letter from Elliott Smith 23 years later

  14-08-2026 10:53 via nme.com
  
  A fan of Elliott Smith has discovered an unsent letter that he wrote to her, over two decades after his death.READ MORE: 50 years of Elliott Smith: the tender songwriter’s greatest tracks, as nominated by his close friends and fansThe letter was written in response to a piece of fan mail, which was written by a then-teenage girl called Kirby Van Amburgh from Dallas. She wrote the letter in 2000, three years before Smith died, aged 34, after suffering two stab wounds to the chest.
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• Katseye Bring the Party in Vibrant ‘Hootie Frutti’ Music Video

  14-08-2026 10:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  The girl group's new five-song EP, Wild, is out now
  
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• Watch Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar Perform ‘Joy’ on ‘Fallon’

  14-08-2026 09:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The reunited rock band released their fourth album, All in Now, earlier this year
  
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• Robbie Williams shares autism diagnosis

  14-08-2026 09:34 via nme.com
  
  Robbie Williams has shared that he’s been diagnosed with autism.READ MORE: Robbie Williams – ‘Britpop’ review: a love letter to the ’90s and bid to live foreverThe solo pop star and former Take That member, who has previously opened up about having ADHD, spoke about learning that he is autistic during a recent Q&A session in London.
  “I have ADHD, and I just found out I have a bit of autism as well, which I actually fucking love because it explains so much,
  
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• Orville Peck Resists Rebab on Rowdy Single ‘Already Gone’

  14-08-2026 09:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  The track is the third listen off the country singer's forthcoming album, Mule
  
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• Tyga hits back as Doja Cat slams him over new AI album

  14-08-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Doja Cat took aim at Tyga - with whom she previously collaborated on two songs - during a livestream on social media on Wednesday (12.08.26).
  
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• Becky G's collaboration with Selena Gomez felt 'surreal'

  14-08-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Becky G has admitted her collaboration with Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco - Te Olvido (La La) -felt "surreal" and she's thrilled to have finally been able to work with the fellow singer.
  
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