Listen to Korn’s first new song of 2022, ‘Forgotten’

YouTube guitarist Sophie Lloyd has joined Machine Gun Kelly‘s live band. The London-based guitarist and content creator, who boasts 722,000 YouTube subscribers and 604,000 Instagram followers, has previously been endorsed by Muse‘s Matt Bellamy, who sent her a guitar as a gift in March 2021. In an Instagram...

Lorde has praised Kendrick Lamar‘s new album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, particularly noting the record’s emotional maturity and attempt to process difficult subjects through creative expression. “I’m loving Kendrick,” the singer-songwriter said in the latest instalment of her fan newsletter. “I cannot get over...

Brandy has delivered a rapid-fire freestyle over the Fergie-sampling beat for Jack Harlow‘s hit ‘First Class’, a fortnight after joking that she would “murk [Harlow] in rap”. Earlier this month, Harlow appeared on New York radio station Hot 97 and, during an on-air game, wasn’t...

Over the weekend, Rockin’1000 – a group of over a thousand musicians, primarily from Italy, who perform rock covers live – paid tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during their concert in Paris. A group of musicians originally assembled under the Rockin’1000 banner in July...

Chicago Fire's cast and crew is mourning the loss of one of their own. Just days ahead of the Wednesday night Season 10 finale, beloved canine sidekick and firehouse Dalmatian Tuesday died after working on the series alongside stars including Daniel Kyri, Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, and more for the past four years.

Taylor Swift has said that she is “filled with rage and grief” following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas which left 19 young children and two adults dead. An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, which teaches children aged seven to 10,...

Middle Kids frontwoman Hannah Joy is set to make her starring debut in an upcoming feature film, entitled Christmess. The film was written and directed by Heath Davis (Book Week, Broke, Locusts) and sees Steve Le Marquand (Last Train to Freo) and Darren Gilshenan (No Activity) star alongside Joy. Per...

Alan White, who was the long-time drummer in the prog band Yes, has died, aged 72. His family confirmed the news on Facebook today (May 26), writing that he had passed away after a “brief illness”. White had been a member of Yes since he joined in 1972...

Kristen Stewart has discussed the audience reaction during the premiere screening of David Cronenberg’s Crimes Of The Future. The body horror film premiered during the Cannes Film Festival on Monday (May 23) and reportedly sparked walkouts within the first five minutes due to a number of gory scenes. Speaking...

The Lord Of The Rings‘ cast of young hobbits celebrated a “successful” meal together, two decades on from the release of The Fellowship Of The Ring. Dominic Monaghan, who played Merry in the hugely successful film franchise based on JRR Tolkien’s series of books, shared a photo from a reunion dinner he shared with his former co-stars Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam), and Billy Boyd (Pippin) – now aged 45, 41, 51, and 53 respectively.

When season three of Stranger Things ended with a mall-based battle to the death with a many-tentacled beast from the Upside Down, it was hard to imagine how the Netflix show’s creators could top such darkness and horror. You don’t have to get too far into season four’s epic-length episodes, though, for them to show you just how they’ve managed to raise the bar once again.

Justin Timberlake has sold his song catalogue to Hipgnosis Song Management, in a deal that gives the company all the rights to the artist’s previously released music. Hipgnosis Song Management have bought 100 per cent of Timberlake’s rights, including to tracks like ‘SexyBack’, ‘Rock Your Body’, and ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’. The deal pertains to Timberlake’s publishing rights but not his recording rights, which means songs that he either wrote or co-wrote.

Editor’s Note: While this interview was conducted with all six members of LE SSERAFIM, NME has made the editorial decision to exclude Kim Ga-ram’s answers from this interview due to the controversy surrounding the singer, as well as her ongoing hiatus from the group. “I want to become...

NME has partnered with American Express to launch American Express Gold Unsigned, a groundbreaking new music initiative for unsigned artists in the UK. The initiative will give new bands, producers, singer/songwriters, rappers and rising pop stars alike a shot at securing their first big break in a burgeoning music career.

Supermassive’s upcoming narrative teen horror The Quarry will not have online multiplayer at launch. In a tweet on May 26, Supermassive announced that The Quarry would not have an online multiplayer component at launch. The reason given was simply “to deliver the best possible experience” for players.

The 6 Music stage at this year’s All Points East festival will feature performances from Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Sherelle and more. Returning to the Victoria Park festival as official broadcast partners, 6 Music has today (May 25) announced the line-up for its stage at the two-weekend event, taking place August 19-20 and August 25-28.

On which of her albums did Sinéad O’Connor cover your 2010 track ‘Queen of Denmark’?. “Oh man! I still don’t believe that happened. It’s like when I recently gave Cocteau Twins their Visionary Award at the Ivor Novellos; these are moments I only dreamt about. Sinéad covering ‘Queen of Denmark’ was how we met. I then reached out to her and played her some demos from my [2013] ‘Pale Green Ghosts’ record and she said: ‘I’ll sing on everything!’ And she almost did! She did her stuff in Ireland and I was doing the record in Iceland. Growing up, I’d loved her voice from the first time I heard her 1987 song ‘Mandinka’, so I almost couldn’t reconcile her singing backing vocals on three tracks on ‘Pale Green Ghosts’ with my reality.”

Austin Butler has said he was rushed to hospital after he finished filming Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley biopic. Set to be released in cinemas on June 24, Elvis charts the iconic musician’s career through his complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). Butler, who plays...

Bright Eyes have released their first set of ‘Companion’ re-recordings – check them out below. Earlier this year, Bright Eyes announced plans to reissue their entire back catalogue. The band – comprised of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcot – will reissue all nine of their...

Kanye West‘s collaboration with the late XXXTentacion has been released – listen to ‘True Love’ below. ‘True Love’ appears on West’s recent ‘Donda 2’ album, which until now had only been available on the Stem Player that was launched to release the rapper’s album in February. West premiered ‘Donda 2’ at a Miami event on February 22.