Author: Amanda Collins
The broadcasting regulator has said the BBC needs to “get a grip quicker” on controversies such as Bob Vylan’s set at Glastonbury 2025. The punk duo’s performance on the West Holts Stage at Worthy Farm last month saw them voice their support for the people of Palestine and display strong criticism for the Israeli government, including leading a chant of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]”. The set provoked a huge reaction, with the BBC apologising to viewers for broadcasting the performance and admitting that it had deemed the set “high risk” in advance, but continued to live…
Los Campesinos! have revealed they turned down a $60,000 advert deal with Airbnb due to the company’s alleged links with “stolen Palestinian land”. READ MORE: Los Campesinos! live in London: celebrations as ‘Hello Sadness’ turns 10 The Welsh indie group shared the news on their social media accounts last week, stating that they did not feel able to accept the offer as they did not wish to “profit” from what they believe are Airbnb’s connections to the ongoing destruction in Gaza. “In April we declined an offer of $60,000 [£45,000] to license a song of ours to an Airbnb commercial,” they…
From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Intocable Teams Up with the Latin Grammys The norteño band will be donating $1 from every ticket sold during their North American Antología Tour 2025 to benefit the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, according to a press release. The donation will support the foundation’s programs dedicated to promoting music education through scholarships, grants and other programs focused on supporting the next generation of Latin music creators. “For us, music has…
Daniel Caesar has teased a new album, ‘Son Of Spergy’, which seems to feature a host of special guests. Find all the details below. In recent weeks, the musician featured on the new Blood Orange single ‘The Field’, and also received production credits on Justin Bieber’s surprise album ‘SWAG’. Now, he’s teasing his own LP, which will be a follow-up to 2023’s ‘Never Enough’. The announcement came last night (July 19), with a video on Instagram with overlain text that read: “I’m trying to write a letter announcing the album, but I want it to be profound and clever. I…
Ghost’s Tobias Forge has hit back at Gene Simmons’ assertion that “rock is dead”, arguing that new bands will continue to rise to the top. The KISS bassist and singer has spoken multiple times in recent years about his belief that the genre is no longer producing major new artists, dating back to comments in 2014 in which he accused record labels of failing to adequately support rock musicians. In 2021, he returned to the topic, saying that contemporary artists may be popular, but that does not mean they are “iconic”, saying new bands “haven’t taken the time to create glamour,…
“We got a lot on our minds tonight,” RZA told the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Friday night (July 18), before the rest of Wu-Tang Clan joined him onstage to close out the final scheduled date of their farewell tour. Since kicking off last month and running through a slew of arenas in North America, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber has been a smashing success, and the Philly performance demonstrated why: for as many personalities roamed the stage and as sprawling of a catalog they possessed individually and collectively, this iteration of the Wu-Tang experience has been focused, cohesive…
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