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Shania Twain declined Prince’s invitation to make “the next ‘Rumours'”
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.
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Gaz Coombes was worried Supergrass reunion would be a “backward step”
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.
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Brian May says Queen used to get “irritated” when audiences sang along to songs
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.
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Watch Pedro Pascal in ‘The Last Of Us’-inspired ‘Mario Kart’ adaptation on ‘SNL’
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.
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RAYE installs album artwork display outside former label’s office
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...
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Jay-Z will perform at this year’s Grammys in star-studded rendition of ‘God Did’
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.
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“Weird Al” biopic finally getting Australian streaming release months after he encouraged fans to pirate it
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is finally getting an official Australian streaming release, months after “Weird Al” Yankovic himself encouraged local fans to pirate the film. The Daniel Radcliffe-starring biopic satire will be available to stream in Australia via Paramount+ on March 2, a week before Yankovic himself...
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Skrillex links up with Palestinian artist Nai Barghouti for crisp new single ‘Xena’
Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) has returned with his fifth single in less than a month: the sharp and dynamic ‘Xena’, for which he linked up with Palestinian singer and composer Nai Barghouti. The song itself has long held a near-mythical status with Moore’s fanbase, as the EDM titan...
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Netflix ridiculed over resurfaced “love is sharing a password” tweet
Netflix has been mocked online over a resurfaced tweet following the company’s plans to crack down on password sharing. Last year, the streaming giant announced it would start charging subscribers worldwide an additional fee to share accounts between households from early 2023. Netflix hasn’t officially announced the details of...
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Michelle Yeoh says Jackie Chan did her a “huge favour” by rejecting ‘Everything Everywhere…’ lead role
Michelle Yeoh has revealed that Jackie Chan texted her after she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. The madcap comedy sees Yeoh play Evelyn Quan, a laundromat owner who discovers that she’s able to access the memory and skills of alternate versions of herself throughout the multiverse.
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Lizzo secures trademark for the phrase “100 per cent that bitch”
The US Patent and Trademark Office has finally conceded that Lizzo is, after all, “100 per cent that bitch”, formally granting her a trademark for the phrase made iconic by her 2017 single ‘Truth Hurts’. Lizzo had been gunning to make the phrase a trademark since...
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‘The Day Before’ fans aren’t impressed with long-awaited gameplay trailer
Fntastic shared new footage of The Day Before for the first time since 2021 yesterday (February 2), but fans weren’t impressed. Earlier this year, Fntastic promised a gameplay reveal trailer for The Day Before would be released in January. However, developers postponed both the launch of the game and the premier of the trailer due to legal issues that stemmed from Fntastic forgetting to trademark the name of their game.
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Matty Healy wants Oasis to reunite: “Stop messing around”
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.
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Phoebe Bridgers has teamed up with Catbird for new lyric-themed jewellery collection
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...
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‘Stranger Things’ Eddie Munson’s ‘Master of Puppets’ scene made into Funko POP! figures
A scene from the last season of Stranger Things, in which Eddie Munson plays Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’, is being made into a special Funko POP! figure. The scene in season four, which arrived on Netflix last summer, saw Munson (played by Joseph Quinn) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) do battle against some flying demonic bats while shredding to the famous Metallica song.
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Liam Gallagher reveals recovery from hip operation: “Riverdance here I come”
Liam Gallagher has revealed that he’s recovering from a hip operation. The former Oasis and Beady Eye frontman took to Twitter to tell fans that he had the operation last week and that “all went well”. He joked that he would soon be taking part in ‘Riverdance’ – a reference to the Irish dance group known for their fast routines. He also thanked all the doctors and nurses who looked after him.
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Soundtrack Of My Life: Metric’s Emily Haines
“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‘.”
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SM Entertainment announces plans to debut four new K-pop acts in 2023
K-pop label SM Entertainment has announced plans to debut four new musical acts sometime this year. Earlier today (February 3) in a video announcement, SM Entertainment CEO Sung Su-lee and COO Young Jun-tak outlined plans to establish a “multi-production center/label system” – or a music production strategy designed to help SM release more music and debut more artists by transitioning from one executive producer overseeing the production process to several “production centers” that can focus on different projects.
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The Weeknd announces ‘Live At SoFi Stadium’ concert special
The Weeknd has shared details of a new concert special called Live At SoFi Stadium. The pop star is treating fans to a recorded special of his recent stint at the Inglewood, California stadium as part of his ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour. Fans can watch the special...
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Listen to Glorilla’s fierce new track, ‘Internet Trolls’
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...
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