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The 1975’s Matty Healy has given fans an exciting update on the band’s long-awaited new album, revealing that it is “almost done”. The update came in a video that was played on big screens at an event for Sunday For Sammy, the North East charity of which Healy is a patron. Tribute act The 9075 were playing at the event at Salt Market Social in North Shields yesterday (September 25), and Healy thanked those in attendance in the video, before giving the tantalising news. Healy initially joked about progress on the record, saying: “I’m never going to finish it.” However,…

Chuck Varga, a founding member of the shock metal band GWAR who performed as the character “the Sexecutioner,” has died at the age of 68. Varga’s death was announced Friday by GWAR bassist Casey “Beefcake The Mighty” Orr; in June, the band started a fundraiser in support of Varga as he battled cancer. “Chuck Varga has left this earthly realm. He passed peacefully, his beloved wife Bambi holding his hand,” Orr wrote. “He was one of a kind. As an artist, as a performer; as a scholar and a gentleman. I’m better for having known him and the world is…

From the second Nene Royal stepped onstage for her America’s Got Talent audition, it was clear she was going to be totally different from most contestants. She stood shyly, explaining she was a 16-year-old girl from Thailand, while her electric guitar rested at her hips. Then, she picked it up and began shredding as she launched into a thrashing, face-melting version of “Zombie” by the Cranberries. Within minutes, she had a standing ovation and a wildly viral moment on her hands: The audition clip currently has a whopping 21 million views and quickly made Royal a fan favorite on the…

Longtime Paul McCartney drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. has joined Pearl Jam behind the kit during a surprise performance at Ohana Festival. The appearance came last night (September 25) during a festival headline slot that had been billed as “Eddie Vedder and Friends” at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. Instead, Vedder was joined by his Pearl Jam bandmates, who opened with ‘Corduroy’ before running through ‘Hail, Hail’, ‘Scared Of Fear’, ‘Wishlist’ and ‘Dark Matter’, with Laboriel making his debut behind the kit. The show marked Pearl Jam’s first live performance since Matt Cameron announced that he was leaving the…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews are getting the Farm Aid crew back together. Farm Aid returns Saturday, Sept. 26, for another marathon of live music benefiting family farmers, this time taking over Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Willie Nelson and Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds lead the bill, alongside Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, and more. At a Glance: How to…

Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden joined Niall Horan on stage in Manchester last night for a surprise performance of ‘Charlemagne’ – watch footage below. Horan brought his ‘Dinner Party Live On Tour’ to Co-op Live yesterday (September 25), and welcomed Ogden to the stage seven songs into the set for Blossoms’ breakout hit. ‘Charlemagne’ was originally released in 2015 and later appeared as the opening track on Blossoms’ self-titled debut album, which reached Number One in the UK in 2016. Footage from the arena shows Horan and Ogden sharing vocals as the crowd loudly sings back the song. Watch the collaboration below.…

Olivia Rodrigo has kicked off her huge ‘Unraveled’ world tour in Connecticut – check out the full setlist below. The singer began the tour at Hartford’s PeoplesBank Arena last night (September 25), with Wolf Alice serving as special guests. The two-hour show was based around six seasonal acts – ‘Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Summer Twilight’, ‘Autumn’, ‘Winter’ and a second ‘Spring’ section – and drew heavily from Rodrigo’s third album, ‘You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love’. She opened with the album’s lead single ‘Drop Dead’, followed by ‘U + Me = <3’, before early hits ‘So American’ and…

It’s official: Wounds are healing. Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her Unraveled Tour last night in Hartford, Connecticut, with an opening-night triumph that proved she might be feeling unraveled, but totally unvanquished. What a night — O-Rod held the stage for nearly two hours, going on at 8 p.m. sharp to storm through 23 songs, without an encore or a dull moment. She did nearly every song from her new You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love — it was a barrage of one killer tune after another, from her three already-classic albums. Flowers. Rain. A dissolving dress.…

Ed Sheeran’s two shows at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium have been cancelled due to “severe weather warnings” – bringing an unexpected end to weeks of controversy around whether the gigs would go ahead without Macklemore. The ‘Loop’ tour dates had been scheduled to take place at the Foxborough, Massachusetts stadium yesterday and today (September 25 and 26), but promoter Messina Touring confirmed shortly before the first show that both had been scrapped. “Due to the severe weather warnings in place in Boston and across New England throughout the weekend and following consultation with local officials, we have made the difficult…

Singer’s “House Tour” video partner Margaret Qualley will portray Adele Astaire in estate-approved film Sabrina Carpenter will return to her acting roots when she plays the role of Ginger Rogers in the upcoming Fred Astaire biopic starring Tom Holland. Carpenter’s “House Tour” video cohort Margaret Qualley will also portray Fred’s sister and dance partner Adele Astaire in the long-in-the-works film, director Paul King announced Friday; while Fred Astaire and Rogers made Hollywood history together as a dancing duo, the Astaire siblings’ pioneering work on the stage is often forgotten. “I am thrilled and honored to have been entrusted with telling…