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Stella Lefty is facing allegations of plagiarism once again – this time concerning similarities between her song ‘Misery’ and The Greatest Showman track ‘A Million Dreams’. Comments comparing the two started appearing in the comments of the ‘Misery’ YouTube video about a month ago, and the comparison drew wider attention on social media over the weekend – likely off the back of her repeatedly making headlines for similar plagiarism allegations, prompting some to dub her “Stella Thefty”. At present, chatter about the striking similarities remains limited to social media, and there’s been no reported legal claim over the similarities. ‘Misery’…

A little over a year after Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis committed suicide, the remaining members of the band — who were already touring and recording under the name New Order — released the compilation album Still. It’s a collection of studio outtakes and live performances, including Joy Division’s final concert.  “We felt that was everything,” Joy Division/New Order drummer Stephen Morris says today, sitting in the office of his home in Rainow, England. “We were tying up all the loose ends. ‘Thank you, there won’t be anymore.’ We were naive because that never really happens, does it? There’s always…

Kristian Matsson, otherwise known as the Tallest Man on Earth, was up at 5 a.m. to play the fiddle.  He spent the rest of the morning getting his hands dirty: foraging for mushrooms, doing chores around his property, surveying progress at the concert hall he’s renovating ten minutes away, where he’s functioning right now as both owner and janitor. “I’ve been a caricature of myself today,” says Matsson, calling on Zoom in a red flannel while light pours in through the window behind him. A lot of his days are just like this. Fixing things and writing songs, touring around…

The nominees for the 2026 Abbey Road Music Photography Awards have been announced, and they include shots of Oasis, Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., Geese. This year’s ceremony will take place on September 24, and marks the fifth edition of the awards, which celebrate the art of music photography while elevating and empowering the talents behind the lens. Over 24,500 images were submitted from across 42 countries for the 2026 edition, and included shots of Oasis, Charli xcx, Florence + The Machine, FKA Twigs, Fontaines D.C., Ho99o9, Yungblud, Kendrick Lamar, Tame Impala, Billy Idol, Lambrini Girls, Warren Ellis, Sombr, Billie Marten,…

Stevie Wonder is celebrating 50 years of his seminal album Songs in the Key of Life with a series of anniversary shows. The tour, which will see Wonder perform the record in full each show, kicks off in October in the United Kingdom and concludes at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome on December 19. Check out a full list of dates below.Released in 1976, Songs in the Key of Life gave Wonder his third Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and features modern standards like “I Wish,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” “As,” and “Sir Duke.” Although Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Minnie…

Fabric has announced that it has signed a four-year partnership with St Paul’s Cathedral to host live music events – however the move has already faced some backlash. The club announced last week that it had signed a new deal with the historic cathedral, which would see it become the “exclusive partner for contemporary music events from 2026 through to 2030”. It cited how the collaborations with the venue started back in 2024 when it hosted a performance from RY X at the space – the first time it had brought live music into one of London’s most iconic buildings.…

Working Men’s Club have returned with the Atticus Ross-produced new single ‘Devout’, which they say introduces a new chapter. The standalone single follows on from critically-acclaimed albums ‘Working Men’s Club’ (2020) and ‘Fear Fear’ (2022), and is the first release they’ve shared since signing to Domino. Said in a press release to herald the beginning of a new era for Working Men’s Club – aka songwriter-singer-producer Sydney Minsky Sargeant – the track sees Working Men’s Club join forces with Grammy-winning composer and Nine Inch Nails’ Atticus Ross. The song takes on an intense, looming electronica sound as it fades in,…

Nate Amos has always been a shapeshifter. Across a rather sprawling back-catalogue – upwards of 30 EPs, mixtapes and compilations make a treasure trove of his Bandcamp page – the musician’s solo venture, This Is Lorelei, has veered fluidly between lo-fi bedroom indie and brash hyperpop to hushed alt-country, sometimes within the space of a single tracklist. Alongside his work in experimental New York-based duo Water From Your Eyes, that refusal to stay comfortably in one singular box has earned him increased attention as of late. It has positioned him among the buzzy likes of Cameron Winter and MJ Lenderman…

Macklemore has responded to critics of his recent onstage pleas for a “Free Palestine”, saying striving for equality “should never be controversial”. After making an impassioned speech calling for “all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality” while opening for Ed Sheeran across recent dates in New Jersey, the rapper has faced calls for his removal from the tour by the Israeli-American Council, who claimed he had used his platform to “advance a one-sided political agenda”. Speaking from the stage at MetLife Stadium over the weekend, Macklemore told the crowd that he wanted those in Gaza and…

Ariana Grande has surprise-released ‘Petal (The Complete Live Album)’ exclusively on iTunes – check out all the details below. The pop singer took to social media today (September 8) to announce the album, which features live versions of all 12 tracks on ‘Petal‘. Also included on the record – which is available for download exclusively on iTunes here – is a version of the record’s lead single, ‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’, recorded during a rehearsal for her ‘Eternal Sunshine’ run. It comes shortly after Grande wrapped up a series of shows at London’s O2 as part of…