Author: Amanda Collins
The forthcoming Netflix series Black Rabbit stars Jude Law and Jason Bateman as the brothers behind a white-hot restaurant and VIP lounge in New York City. If that premise isn’t enticing enough, the show will also get a heavy dose of glamour via RAYE, who will appear in an episode of the show playing herself while performing the show’s titular establishment. Billboard is premiering exclusive images from her appearance on the show. In tandem with the news, RAYE has released a cover of “What a Difference a Day Makes,” a beloved standard whose 1959 recording by Dinah Washington won a…
Tones And I will get the place bouncing when she performs next month for an historic series of pre-season NBA games in Australia. Association franchise New Orleans Pelicans will make the long haul to Melbourne, where they’ll tackle NBL finalists Melbourne United on Friday, Oct. 3, and semi-finalists South East Melbourne Phoenix, Oct. 5th, 2025, both at Rod Laver Arena. Confirmed today, Sept. 5, the “Dance Monkey” star is the halftime entertainment for the Friday spectacle, and she’ll headline a “Fan Night” the following evening. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Tones (real name Toni Wilson) is a regular…
Limp Bizkit‘s Fred Durst has “confronted” an Instagram drummer for supposedly leaking new music from the band on social media. On Thursday (September 4), a clip was shared to their official account that sees social media star Kristina Rybalchenko playing a beat reminiscent of the band’s ‘Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water’ era, featuring lines: “When you’re hot, you’re hot, when you’re not, you’re not.” The whole thing, however, is soon revealed to be a marketing tactic by the band, as the Los Angeles-based drummer is then interrupted by frontman Fred Durst himself, who pops around the door…
Kevin Parker is taking the Deadbeat route. The celebrated psychedelic pop artist and production wizard is lining up his fifth Tame Impala album, Deadbeat, for a global release Oct. 17th — his first through the Sony Music machine. Deadbeat is inspired by the “bush doof” culture of his native, Western Australia rave scene, and recasts his ongoing art project as “a kind of future primitive rave act in the process,” reads a statement. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The second taste from Deadbeat is “Loser,” a track that’s accompanied with a music video directed by Kristofski and starring…
Paramore are not broken up, according to Hayley Williams. Paramore have had a rocky start-stop career, along with numerous line-up changes over the years. Things proved to stabilise with the release of ‘This Is Why’ in February 2023. That album marked the first time the band have consisted of the same members who worked on the album that came before it. However, with the release of Williams’ latest solo album ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’, fans have picked apart the project’s songs and lyrics and have sparked fears of a Paramore split – especially with the singer now selling…
The Weeknd has announced a new string of 2026 ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ stadium tour dates, including two massive shows at Wembley Stadium in London – see all the details below. The Canadian pop and R&B star yesterday announced the extension of his record-breaking stadium tour, which will now see him play new shows in North America, South America, Europe and the UK between April and August 2026. These include shows in London, Mexico City, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, São Paulo, Milan and many more. He’ll play two shows in London at Wembley Stadium on August 14 and 15, while the…
After years building up their repertoire of powerful, edgy pop bangers, in 2024, aespa finally clinched their first chart-topper on Circle Digital Chart – Korea’s equivalent of the Billboard Hot 100 – with the hyperpop phenomenon ‘Supernova’. The song would herald the start of a landmark year for the K-pop girl group, who would go on to release their acclaimed debut album ‘Armageddon’ and embark on a huge world tour. Just over a year on from that moment, and aespa have kicked off yet another world tour. Days before sitting down to speak with NME, the group played three sold-out…
The story of Paul McCartney‘s long-lost bass guitar is set to be told in an upcoming documentary. READ MORE: Inside ‘Now And Then’: With a little help from AI, The Beatles live again The Höfner 500/1 bass guitar – which has been dubbed the most important bass in history for its role in recording numerous Beatles hits – was stolen from the musician in 1972, only to be returned to him last year. The Höfner bass was the first bass the Beatles star ever bought. He had purchased it in 1961 for £30 ($38) in Hamburg, Germany. McCartney and longtime fans of The…
Ladder safety is no laughing matter. Saturday Night Live vet Jorma Taccone, a member of The Lonely Island comedy troupe, shattered his pelvis and detached his sacrum in a fall from a 20-foot ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut. The accident was on Aug. 31, his daughter’s 5th birthday. “It wasn’t the coolest way to start the day,” Taccone said. Taccone, 48, recounted the scary incident from his hospital bed during Tuesday’s episode of The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow Lonely Island members Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer and late-night talk show host Seth…
Crime Scene Australia have announced Sovereign Day Out, a snap action protest that will feature performances from a litany of Indigenous Australia bands and artists. The event will take place tomorrow on Saturday, September 6th at Camp Sovereignty, located in the King’s Domain of Melbourne – which was the scene of a Neo-Nazi attack earlier this week following Sunday’s so-called “March For Australia”. “An attack against one of us is an attack on us all,” a statement from the group read. “So, we come together. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.” In addition to the performers – which include…