Author: Press Room

Twenty years ago, Patti Smith played one of the greatest concerts of her career — a three-and-a-half hour, 27-song rock & roll exorcism featuring special guests Flea and Richard Lloyd — to a capacity audience crammed into CBGB to experience one final night of punk chaos before the legendary club closed its doors. “CBGB is a state of mind,” she told the press that night. “There’s new kids with new ideas all over the world. They’ll make their own places — it doesn’t matter whether it’s here or wherever it is.” On Sept. 26, Smith will make her grand return…

Things were tough all over in 1933. For Samuel Murphy (Ethan Hawke), life is especially hard. A widower with a young daughter (Avy Berry), he’s trying to find steady work. Murphy’s a whiz with cars, both fixing them and driving them fast, yet those skills only mean so much when the Great Depression is threatening to turn Eugene, Oregon, into a ghost town. They’ve just been evicted from their apartment, coming home from church to find all of their worldly possessions on the stairs. Their spirits are close to broken, but at the least they have each other. Then Murphy…

Former Pink Floyd singer-songwriter Roger Waters, who has long been a vocal supporter of Palestinians, called Ed Sheeran a “little prick” on Tuesday night in an Instagram message in the wake of Macklemore getting fired from Sheeran’s tour over his statements supporting Palestinians living in Gaza. “I just have a little message for you,” he said, after the screen showed the words “Ed Who?” and a snippet of Waters’ cover of “We Shall Overcome” played in the background. “There’s two kinds of people in this world. There’s people who do the right thing, that rapper Macklemore would be one of…

The 2026 Latin Grammy nominations are here — with a few surprises. For starters, a recording artist isn’t at the forefront of the pack. Instead, superproducer Edgar Barrera leads this year’s nominations with 13 nods. Barrera was recognized in the Producer of the Year category and in major categories like Album of the Year and Song of the Year for his work on albums like Karol G’s Tropicoqueta and Carín León’s Muda, as well as Becky G and Santana’s powerful anti-ICE collaboration. Beyond Barrera, some of the biggest names in Latin music also notched numerous nominations. Karol G, Rosalía, CA7RIEL…

The 2026 Latin Grammys are just two months away, and today, the Latin Recording Academy revealed a list of nominees. Leading the pack this year with 10 nods is songwriter Edgar Barrera, who is nominated for collaborations with Karol G, Carín Leon, and more. He’s followed by Karol G herself, Rosalía, Jorge Drexler, and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, who have seven each. Check out a full list of nominations here.Rosalía’s Lux is up for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year (the latter two for “La Perla” with Yahritza and Su Esencia). She’ll duke…

Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul are back with their first single in four years. The introduction to the next era after 2022’s Topical Dancer is “Googoo Gaga,” another co-production from Pupul and the duo’s longtime collaborators (and fellow Belgians) Soulwax. Check out Lennert Madou’s video below.Adigéry and Pupul said of the song—an account of mothering a young child hood—in a press release: “‘It takes a village, and yet you’re doing it alone.’ This record was made as we both became parents: ‘Googoo Gaga’ is about feeling drained, the self-sacrifice, the overwhelm, yet embracing all of it.” The single is released via…

Massive Attack have weighed in on the decision to have Macklemore kicked off Ed Sheeran’s tour due to his on-stage comments in support of Palestine. When on stage in New Jersey recently opening for Sheeran, the rapper made an impassioned speech calling for “all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality” and for a “free Palestine”. He was later taken off the tour following the Israeli-American Council calling for his removal – claiming he had used his platform to “advance a one-sided political agenda”. Macklemore defended his comments, saying striving for equality “should never be controversial, and…

Ash have shared a “long lost” song, ‘Bittersweet Blue’, which they say was “30 years in the making”. Listen below. The track was originally written before the Northern Irish trio recorded their seminal 1996 debut album, ‘1977’, which is being reissued to mark its 30th anniversary. They subsequently performed it live while supporting Therapy? in 1995, before committing it to tape in early ’96. ‘Bittersweet Blue’ was becoming a beloved song among the band, though frontman Tim Wheeler improvised the lyrics on stage due to it remaining unfinished. Now, three decades on, ‘Bittersweet Blue’ has finally been completed. Fans can…

Tove Lo has spoken to NME about her upcoming sixth album ’Estrus’, as well as being inspired by Robyn and Lykke Li, her journey from depression through therapy, and the legacy of smash hit single ‘Habits (Stay High)’. Previewed by singles ‘I’m Your Girl Right?’, ‘DNH’, and Stromae collaboration ‘Des Fleurs’, ‘Estrus’ marks Tove Lo’s first solo record in four years – the longest break she’s ever taken between studio albums, thanks to a period of writer’s block following her 2024 collaborative project with SG Lewis, ‘Heat’. “After that, I felt kind of creatively satisfied for a while,” Tove Lo…

Noel Gallagher has promised that Oasis‘ ‘Live 27 tour will be “so much better” than their comeback shows in 2025. The Britpop icons confirmed their tour earlier this week (Monday September 14), with plans for 38 shows kicking off next May. Dates open with five nights at Glasgow’s Celtic Park, before an impressive 11 gigs at The Etihad in Manchester, followed by shows across Europe. In August, there are three shows in Boston and three in Las Vegas, and the tour then wraps up with two stops at Slane Castle in Ireland and four at Knebworth. The announcement comes following…