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Shania Twain has revealed that she rejected Prince‘s offer to make “the next ‘Rumours'” together. Twain said in a new interview that the late star contacted her in 2008, around the time that she was planning her divorce from her then-husband Matt “Mutt” Lange following his infidelities. Prince saw it as an opportunity to make the ultimate heartbreak album akin to the Fleetwood Mac classic.

Brian May has said Queen used to get “irritated” by crowds singing every line to their songs during their earliest days as a band. Speaking to Total Guitar magazine, May said initially, they just wanted fans to listen to the lyrics they’d spent hours coming up with.

RAYE has celebrated the release of her debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’ by building an installation of the structure on the cover outside her former record label’s office. The artist has had a hard-fought battle to release her debut album. Despite signing a four-album deal with...

Gaz Coombes has spoken about how “nervous” he was about reuniting Supergrass following the success of his solo albums. Coombes has released four solo albums, the most recent of which, ‘Turn The Car Around’, was released just last month. His second solo record, ‘Matador’, was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2015.

Nirvana have picked up a lifetime achievement award at the Special Merit Awards ahead of tonight’s (February 5) Grammys. Novoselic spoke at the awards and said he still reads fan mail from around the world, sensing that a new generation of fans are still discovering Nirvana’s music. Novoselic...

Pedro Pascal starred in a spoof Mario Kart trailer inspired by HBO’s The Last Of Us while appearing on Saturday Night Live last night (February 4) – check it out below. “HBO’s The Last Of Us is a hit, proving that a video game can become a prestige dystopian drama. This Spring, HBO is doing it again with another iconic game,” started the voiceover to the parody Mario Kart trailer.

Jay-Z is set to perform at this year’s Grammys as part of a star-studded rendition of ‘God Did‘. As first reported in Variety, Jay-Z will perform ‘God Did’ with DJ Khaled at the awards. The track is up for three nods on the night, including song of the year.

“My dad [poet and lyricist Paul Haines] wrote the lyrics for the album, ‘Escalator Over The Hill’. It’s this really epic double album, a very avant garde jazz experiment. We were in India, where I was born, when he was working on it. My family was pretty steeped in music when I was growing up – and pretty weird music too! The first line is: ‘They check her flavor/By sticking straws into her eyes‘.”

Glorilla has shared a new track today (February 3) called ‘Internet Trolls’ – check it out below. The 23-year-old rapper, who’s from Memphis, Tennessee, features in this year’s NME 100 – a round-up of the essential emerging acts for 2023. Her latest single follows...

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has weighed in on the ongoing speculation around a potential Oasis reunion, telling the Gallagher brothers to “grow up” and reform. The comments came from the oft-outspoken singer during an interview on Q with Tom Power, a radio show aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). In the closing question, Power asked Healy what he was most proud of in the band’s achievements across their 20-year career.

Depeche Mode have today (February 3) unveiled details for their upcoming new single, ‘Ghosts Again’. It comes after the band started to tease the imminent release of new music last week (January 27). The song is the first single from their upcoming 15th album, ‘Memento Mori’, which is due out on March 17 via Columbia and Mute.

A new documentary about iconic disco singer Donna Summer will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival next month. The film, titled Love To Love You, is described as an “deeply personal portrait” of the “Queen Of Disco” and her rise to fame with hits such as ‘I Feel Love’, ‘MacArthur Park’, ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘Hot Stuff’.

Seth Rogen says that Marvel films are made predominantly for kids. The Pineapple Express star has skin in the game when it comes to superhero movies, given that his production company helps make Amazon Prime‘s The Boys. Speaking about the genre from which the show comes, Rogen admitted that Marvel and its ilk are “not for me”.

Drake has suggested that musicians get “bonuses like athletes” when they reach streaming milestones on Spotify. Yesterday (February 2), it was reported that Drake had surpassed 75billion streams on the platform, making him the first artist in its history to achieve such a milestone. Following the announcement, Drake re-shared a graphic detailing his feat – it includes the Spotify’s logo, but doesn’t appear on any of the platform’s official accounts.

Phoebe Bridgers has teamed up with Catbird on a new lyric-themed jewellery collection. The collection, which is now available to shop online, features a variety of new and previously sold-out charms with designs that have been inspired by Bridgers’ music. The charms are available in sterling silver and recycled...

Brendan Fraser has swept awards season with his critically acclaimed performance in The Whale, which has a particularly emotional climax. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film follows morbidly obese literature teacher Charlie (Fraser) as he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink), who is torn up after Charlie left her and her mother to start a relationship with a man years earlier.

Peter Gabriel has released new song ‘The Court (Dark-Side Mix)’ to coincide with this month’s full moon – check it out below. Released today (February 5) ‘The Court’ is the second track to be taken from Gabriel’s upcoming album ‘i/o’. According...

Korn have surprised their fans by releasing new EP, ‘Requiem Mass’ this week. It comes amost a year to the day that Korn released their last album ‘Reqiuem‘, and to mark the milestone, the band have surprised released a new EP to fans. Reviewing Korn’s ‘Requiem’...

David Byrne‘s latest instalment of his monthly playlist series has a Valentines theme. The Talking Heads frontman has featured the likes of Billie Eilish, The 1975, SZA, Rosalia and FINNEAS in the playlist, though not all of its songs are love songs. Instead, Byrne explained they are mostly his general recent discoveries.

Hayley Williams has opened up about her love of Shame, saying she wants to play shows with them in the future. Speaking in a new interview with The Guardian, Williams opened up about her love of the band’s music. Williams said: “There’s a lot of really great punk music...