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Gorillaz kicked off their 2026 North American dates on Thursday (September 17), using their set to urge the audience not to be “neutral” about the genocide. Damon Albarn and co. played a 24-song set at Orlando’s Kia Center, drawing from their self-titled debut, as well as ‘Plastic Beach’, ‘Demon Days’, ‘Humanz’, and their most recent album, ‘The Mountain’. At one point in the set, Albarn took a Palestinian flag from an audience member, lifting it above his head and telling the crowd: “Don’t forget this. Ever. Stand your position. Don’t ever be neutral.” It comes at a time where artists’…

Madonna has announced a new collaboration with Charli XCX – check out a snippet of ‘Danceteria Afterhours’ below. The Queen Of Pop has reworked ‘Danceteria’ from her recent album ‘Confessions II’ with the ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ singer. A preview video of the forthcoming team-up sees the pair dancing in a white studio space, with Madonna asking: “You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?” She then repeats the duo’s names and delivers a line from the original song: “Everyone here is a work of art.” Charli also trades vocals with Madge, who is wearing a red hoodie featuring a photo of herself in…

There’s a temptation, in America’s coastal liberal enclaves and especially among our self-styled aesthetes, to separate our culture from their culture. Currently it’s popular to call these silos “America A” and “America B,” but the labels are really just a fresh coat of memetic paint. See: “flyover country,” “the bubble,” “‘real’ America.” The latter was a running gag on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, where Alec Baldwin’s Reaganite GE exec insisted that Tina Fey’s brand of feminist sketch comedy was fundamentally incompatible with the middle-American mind. You people still buy CDs?! Well, The Joe Rogan Experience is the country’s most…

Second Song is an act of hypnosis. For all of Neil Young’s enduring and endlessly regenerative influence, that power is what nobody can touch. Imitate his moody, mewing Canadian whine; adopt his verité approach to studio recording; tune your acoustic guitar to drop-D and overdrive your electric through a vintage amp; rip a solo that’s just one note and dig into the fretboard as if a weaker player handed you their instrument to help wear in the neck. But who else can conjure this kind of grainy, autumnal dream state with such effortlessness and patience, using such spare tools? For…

The UK’s song and artist choices for Eurovision are set to be reviewed by MPs, with Ireland announcing that they’ll be boycotting the event for a second year running in 2027. This year’s edition of the competition saw Look Mum No Computer come last, finishing at the bottom of the table in 25th place. The artist (real name Sam Battle) picked up just one point from the jury scores, and received the dreaded zero votes from the public. He was the third UK act in a row to be awarded nul points in the public vote, after Remember Monday fared…

Dropkick Murphys‘ frontman Ken Casey has spoken up about Macklemore being forced off Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour after the rapper made onstage comments in support of Palestinians and criticized Israel’s war in Gaza. In an interview with Boston Public Radio, Casey said, “I know that, as a musician for 30 years, anytime we’ve gone on tour we’ve selected the bands that have opened for us — that’s brotherhood, sisterhood, that’s family. You live or die with the people you bring on the road. They’re your people.” He added: “And the fact that Ed Sheeran took the knee, no matter what…

Twenty years after theaters debuted V for Vendetta, the film is set to return to the big screen. The classic will run for two nights only, on Nov. 1 and Nov. 5, for the anniversary event, courtesy of Fathom Entertainment, Warner Bros., and DC Vertigo. The showings will also be accompanied by a new featurette with director James McTeigue, who reflects on the enduring mythology of V and why the film’s ideas of freedom and resistance still resonate today. To mark the occasion, an anniversary trailer was released on Friday and includes a reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture by Jonathan…

Hayley Williams brought out Rico Nasty to perform B.o.B’s ‘Airplanes’ in New York last night (Thursday September 17). Watch the footage below. The live collaboration took place during the Paramore frontwoman’s solo show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, as part of the current North American leg of ‘The Hayley Williams Show’ tour. “Rico!” Williams shouted, as the American rapper and singer joined her on stage. The pair then hugged each other as the crowd cheered, before Williams sang the first verse of ‘Airplanes’. Nasty rapped over the tune, taking on the role of B.o.B from the original 2010 song.…

Emily Eavis has responded to calls for Oasis to headline Glastonbury Festival 2027. The Manchester band are heading back on the road next year for their huge Live ’27 tour, which includes stadium shows in Glasgow and Manchester in May and June. Their 11-night homecoming residency at the Etihad Stadium – home to Liam and Noel Gallagher‘s beloved Manchester City FC – wraps up on the Saturday of next year’s Glasto (June 26). This means that Oasis are free to top the bill on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm on the Sunday (June 27). Fans soon clocked the suspicious…

Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe has spoken out in support of Ed Sheeran and said that people are focusing on the wrong person and issue. Rowe abandoned opening for Sheeran‘s Loop Tour in the wake of Macklemore being forced off it after making onstage comments in support of Palestinians and criticized Israel’s war in Gaza. “I’m gonna be honest. I think you are all focusing on the wrong person here,” Rowe said in an lengthy, edited video posted to Instagram on Friday. “All I keep hearing is Ed Sheeran this, Ed Sheeran that — when you really should be focusing on the…