Author: Press Room
Something wicked this way comes — a Ryan Murphy show that wants to be narratively enticing, chock-full of thrilling newcomers, and grippy in a way that feels almost illegal. Here we go again. A writer, producer, and director, Murphy is an industry giant, the visionary behind some of the biggest television series of the 21st century. Since 1999, Murphy has had a hand in crafting — often as the sole creator — at least 30 scripted series, from the salacious medical drama Nip/Tuck and the hypersexual high-school drama Glee to the melodramatic network procedural 9-1-1 and the genre-bending anthology franchise American Story…
Taylor Swift‘s song ‘August’ has been removed from a Donald Trump TikTok post that had quipped the artist would be “super excited” about its use. The ‘Team Trump’ social media account uploaded a video earlier this week (August 3) showing the US President watching a fireworks display with his wife Melania, with Swift’s 2020 song playing in the background. The post’s caption claimed: “I’m sure Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!” Now, though, the song has been removed from the post, with the display reading, “This sound isn’t available”. Variety have noted that an earlier Team Trump video…
William Orbit secured his place in music history during the Y2K era, when he made a great electronica album with Madonna (1998’s ‘Ray Of Light’), a great alt-rock album with Blur (1999’s ’13’), and produced two stunning singles for All Saints: 2000’s ‘Pure Shores’ and ‘Black Coffee’. Yet this innovative musician and producer, who has died aged 69, also enjoyed a fascinating career before and after his heyday. Orbit was a musical maverick whose beautiful signature sound – leftfield dance influences accessorised with retro guitars – is destined to sound fresh forever. Born William Mark Wainwright on December 15 1956,…
Phoebe Bridgers will make her acting debut in the upcoming film Primetime inspired by the series To Catch A Predator. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” The indie icon and Boygenius member is set to release her long-awaited third solo record ‘Lost Weekend’ next Friday (August 14) via Dead Oceans. It comes as the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Punisher’, and has already been previewed by lead single ‘Lost Boys’. Ahead of the album’s release, it’s now been revealed that Bridgers will make her acting debut in director Lance Oppenheim’s upcoming new film Primetime, which stars…
Olivia Rodrigo has played a surprise intimate show in Brooklyn and launched her own Bandcamp page – check out footage below. The singer only announced the show at 10am on Thursday (August 6), before taking to the stage that evening to play in front of roughly 1000 people at the Warsaw venue in Greenpoint. Tickets, which cost $25 and had to be collected from the venue’s box office, sold out within two hours. Rodrigo played a 15-song set that was dominated by her new album ‘You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love‘, with four songs – ‘My Way’, ‘U + Me = <3′, Maggots For Brains’ and ‘Expectations’…
Foo Fighters have surprise-released a new live EP, ‘Are Playing Where??? Vol. II’, on Bandcamp – check it out below. It is the second instalment in a series that launched last October with ‘Are Playing Where??? Vol. I’, which gathered live tracks that the band had played around the US earlier in the year. This time around, the six tracks are taken from the band’s intimate shows at Irving Plaza in New York City on April 30 and Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey on May 2, shows that were part of their intimate run of gigs that have run throughout the year. ‘Are Playing Where???…
Chappell Roan has announced a two-night benefit event in Los Angeles to raise money for trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities. The ‘Super Graphic Spectacular’ will take place at the Shrine Auditorium on October 21 and 22, with Roan herself set to deliver special performances at the shows. “It will be filled with drag, dance, guests, surprises, and funnnn!!” she wrote on Instagram to announce the event. “I will be doing a special performance as well!” Proceeds from the shows will go to the Midwest Princess Project, the charity founded by Roan last year to support trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities. Organisations based in Los Angeles that…
Back in 2020, Tom and Ed Russell set out in the footsteps of Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers, Disclosure, and Bicep. After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances. Their goal: the sort of credible ascendance that puts an act into the auteurs’ league—on big stages, on their own terms. No need for gaudy costumes or EDM cake-throwing gimmickry. With successful solo careers carved at the coalface—as Truss and Tessela, respectively—and a short string of inventive club movers under…
Audrey Nuna has dropped the bold new single ‘superHuman’ – her first solo release in two years. The single is the first solo release from the Grammy-nominated Korean-American artist and songwriter since she dropped ‘Trench’ in 2024, and reached new artistic heights by providing the singing voice of Mira in the hit film KPop Demon Hunters. Now looking to channel that momentum back into her own music, she has released the standalone single via Republic Records, and it embraces themes of redemption, validation and more. Made alongside renowned producer Cirkut (Rihanna, Lady Gaga), ‘superHUman’ keeps with Nuna’s theme of blending…
Electronic producer William Orbit has died aged 69. In a statement posted to social media, Orbit (born William Wainwright) was announced to have passed away at home on July 23. No cause of death was given. “We are deeply saddened by his passing,” the statement read. “He will be greatly missed by us and by so many whose lives he touched through his music, friendship and kindness.” A prolific producer in his own right, Orbit worked with a number of musicians including Madonna, Blur, Ricky Martin, Britney Spears and more. He also produced and co-wrote the 2000 hit All Saints ‘Pure…
