Author: Press Room
The Hollies have announced the end of their touring career after 63 years, bringing one of British pop’s longest-running bands to a close. The news was confirmed in a statement yesterday (August 20), which explained that guitarist Tony Hicks was stepping away from touring for health reasons. Drummer Bobby Elliott, the other long-running member still with the group, added that he was also retiring in solidarity with his bandmate. “After more than six decades, The Hollies’ touring career will come to a close with immense gratitude to the fans who have supported them around the world,” the statement read. The Hollies were formed in Manchester in…
Jurors watched portions of a BET documentary Friday in which Duane “Keffe D” Davis recounted the 1996 shooting that killed rap legend Tupac Shakur, echoing an account he first gave police in a secret 2008 interview. Prosecutors say Davis’ decision to participate in the documentary and later publish a memoir stripped away his protections surrounding the earlier interview, helping clear the way for his murder charge now being tried in Las Vegas. “I’m coming out now to tell the story because I got cancer,” Davis said in a clip of the 2018 docuseries played in court. “I got nothing else…
The Daily Mail has been accused of stalking a woman they mistakenly identified as the former White Stipes drummer Meg White. As reported by The Guardian, the newspaper is said to have followed and covertly photographed the individual and published more than a dozen images of her, claiming that she was the drummer, who was now living a “secret new life”. The article, written by Joe Hutchison and published on August 6, said it had located the “reclusive female music superstar” and presented the photos as the first new public images of White in 17 years. The now-deleted report said that when Hutchison approached the woman and…
A new EP from Blackpink’s Jennie is on the way. The three-song Fallen Angel drops next Friday, August 28, via the K-pop idol’s own label, Odd Atelier, and Columbia. Below, check out the project’s cover art and a surreal teaser for the title track’s music video—also out on the 28th.Blackpink returned earlier this year with a new EP of their own, Deadline. Jennie also guested on a remix of Tame Impala’s “Dracula,” which is currently charting at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 after peaking at No. 5 last month.Revisit the review of Jennie’s 2025 solo debut, Ruby.Fallen Angel…
The Weeknd has completed a five-night sold-out run at Wembley Stadium, with his UK stint raising more than $350,000 (£260,000) for charity. The Canadian pop superstar played the final of his Wembley shows on Wednesday night (August 19), and the UK leg of the ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour also included two shows at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium in June. Between the seven concerts, The Weeknd attracted more than 450,000 fans, with tickets purchased by people from nearly 150 countries. The shows also generated more than $350,000 for the United Nations World Food Programme and Global Citizen, after £1 from each UK ticket sold was donated…
A few weeks ago, Tunde Adebimpe woke up to see his phone alit with messages. “That never feels like a good thing,” he tells Rolling Stone, laughing. “The first five things were from friends. They’d be, like, just a gif of Spider-Man from the Sixties series and just one word, like, ‘Yo!’ Nobody explained anything for the first five messages, so I was extra confused. But then somebody wrote and said, ‘It’s in the movie.’” Much to the singer’s surprise, Spider-Man: Brand New Day had prominently featured “Wolf Like Me,” a song he had recorded with his band, TV on…
Turnstile have enlisted artists like Elton John, Hayley Williams, Slayyyter, A.G. Cook and more for a “reimagined” take on their 2025 album Never Enough. Never Enough: Versions, out August 28, features the aforementioned artists plus a diverse array of guests including Panda Bear, Blood Orange, Julien Baker, Dying Fetus, Four Tet, Alex G, Faye Webster and others remaking the hardcore band’s Best Rock Album Grammy-winning LP. Also on the guest list are Oklou, Shabaka, fellow Baltimore native Dan Deacon, Porches, Floating Points, Brandon Woody, Chanel Beads, Angel Du$t, Nourished By Time, Rod Lee, Kettama, and Mustafa. It’s unclear whether the…
New questions are being raised about the relationship between Donald Trump and Natalie Harp after the publication of two letters addressed to the president from Harp by The Daily Beast and Trump biographer Michael Wolff. The letters, portions of which had previously been documented by The New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their book Regime Change, paint a picture of Harp’s deep emotional devotion to Trump — and a relationship that would be highly inappropriate in practically any professional setting. The first letter, a full page apology written to the president after the 35 year old…
The Killers frontman does a solid job channeling his Nashville heroes on Thrasher, but the mystery train doesn’t always stay on track Ever since Bob Dylan cut Nashville Skyline in 1969, rockers have been going to Music City to refresh their sounds, kick it with the world’s best session pros, and drink deep the rejuvenating well of local realness. For his third solo album, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has gone all-in with a full-fledged country record. He says the music harkens back to his Utah youth listening to Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash (music his dad called “country Western”), and he’s…
The country singer’s, ahem, Drought Drops promise to “keep the dry spells away and the good times coming” If you’ve watched the steamy video for Kacey Musgraves’ “Mexico Honey,” it seems as though the country star’s “Dry Spell” may well be over. Now, the Texas-born singer wants to pass on the good will. Musgraves, in partnership with woman’s wellness brand Medicine Mama, just launched her own signature lube titled, appropriately, Drought Drops. Packaged in an eggplant-colored bottle, in tribute to her favorite, uh, vegetable, the product promises to “keep the dry spells away and the good times coming.” Apparently there’s…
