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It's 1998. The World Cup is in France. But a new era of globalization and international trade has created a rising demand for Latin music, and the world's biggest soccer tournament needs anthem. Enter Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. A global sex symbol. A man blessed with a divine voice and the charisma to sell it anywhere. He is asked to write that year's official song of the tournament, and boy does he deliver. “La Copa de la Vida,” or “The Cup of Life,” immediately defined both a generation of music and the musical impact of the biggest sporting event…

Teddy Swims performed a cover of Van Halen’s 1984 classic ‘Jump’ during his set on the second night of Electric Castle 2026. Scroll down to watch footage now. Slotting the track into the closing section of his Main Stage set, the cover arrived before Teddy Swims launched into his mega-hit single ‘Lose Control’ and the recently released ‘Break Up In Reverse’. Teddy Swims covers @VanHalen’s ‘Jump’ on the main stage at @electric_castle 2026 🤘🎸 pic.twitter.com/oQgiTjanjm — NME (@NME) July 17, 2026 Swims first covered ‘Jump’ at Coachella in April where he was joined by Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth.…

vote7.0 Bands: PSYCROPTIC Duration: 00:38:38 Available from: 07/17/2026 Label: Metal Blade Records If it is true that perseverance pays, Psycroptic could become an exemplary element of this principle: after their distant debuts released independently, the subsequent move to a record giant like Nuclear Blast and the return to a minor label like Prosthetic, the Australians today release their first work under Metal Blade Records and marking, twenty-seven years after their formation, the band's return to the “world that matters”. We had left them, now four years ago, to a particularly experimental period attentive to the development of atmospheric passages contained…

In partnership with Electric Castle Words: David Renshaw and Laura Molloy Electric Castle 2026 is well underway, with Friday (July 17) seeing the main stage open up and the crowds roll in. On Thursday, we saw the likes of Sleaford Mods and Kneecap deliver high-octane performances in the grounds of Bánffy Castle (did we mention this festival takes place in the grounds of an actual Transylvanian castle?!) While, after dark, DJ sets from Kitty Amor and SG Lewis kicked off a weekend of 24-hour dancing – you can read a full report here. We’ve now caught both Teddy Swims and Twenty…

vote7.0 Bands: FINAL RESTING PLACE Duration: 00:27:19 Available from: 10/07/2026 Label: Mass Casualty Recordings There are those who recover the death metal of the Nineties by limiting themselves to a few stylistic references and those who, instead, decide to immerse themselves completely in a specific historical moment, bringing both its merits and imperfections back to life: Final Resting Place undoubtedly belong to the second category.Coming from a hardcore background and with members who have passed between Simulakra, Sanction, Vomit Forth and other realities of the US scene, young Americans are building their identity around that groovy brutal death metal which,…

The Rolling Stones have drawn level with The Beatles after scoring their 15th UK Number One album with ‘Foreign Tongues’. The band’s 25th studio record, which was released on July 10, debuted at the top of the Official Albums Chart yesterday (July 17), matching the success of their previous record, 2023’s ‘Hackney Diamonds’. The achievement puts the Stones alongside the Fab Four on 15 UK Number One albums each, with only Robbie Williams ahead of them on the all-time list. Williams overtook The Beatles in January when ‘BRITPOP’ became his 16th solo chart-topper. Taylor Swift follows The Stones and The Beatles with 14 Number Ones, while Elvis Presley and Madonna have 13 each. The Stones’ first…

When U2 opened the Sphere in Las Vegas in 2023, Lars Ulrich was also in the audience. Today, as Metallica prepares to debut in the venue with the residency Life Burns Fasterthe drummer talked about how much that evening affected him. Guest of Close To The Edgand on SiriusXM, Ulrich recalled the impact of the Irish band's show: «I was there on opening night and I was fucking breathless, inspired, full of energy. I said to myself: holy shit, this is somehow another frontier.”Addressing The Edge, he then added: «Obviously you were the first ones in there and it was…

Travis Scott, James Blake and Ludwig Göransson have shared ‘When I’m Home’, the end credits song from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey – listen below. The track was released yesterday (July 17) as the closing song on Göransson’s original soundtrack for the film, which also arrived in cinemas on Friday. The atmospheric five-minute track sees Scott reference Homer’s original epic poem, while Blake provides the song’s ghostly chorus, and Göransson – who composed the wider score for the movie – steers the track with sparse production that gradually builds in intensity. Scott also appears in The Odyssey, playing a bard who recounts tales from the Trojan War near the beginning of the film and briefly returns…

Mariah Carey has released a 30th anniversary edition of her album ‘Daydream’, featuring previously unheard recordings from her private writing sessions. READ MORE: Mariah Carey: “You know what? I love Christmas!” The 33-track digital edition arrived yesterday (July 17), combining the original album with unreleased material, rare B-sides, remixes, acapellas and live performances. Most notably, the collection also marks the first time Carey has agreed to release excerpts from her private writing sessions for ‘I Am Free’, which she made with Walter Afanasieff, as well as the Babyface collaboration ‘Melt Away’. Announcing the release on social media, Carey reflected on the making of the original record, writing: “This…

Ariana Grande brought out Ty Dolla $ign for a surprise performance of ‘Safety Net’ during her latest ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour date – watch footage below. The pop star played the third night of her five-show residency at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Thursday (July 16), as part of her first headline tour since 2019. During ‘Safety Net’, which appears in the third act of the show, Ty Dolla $ign emerged through the door of the elaborate house constructed on stage, prompting huge cheers from the crowd. The pair then performed their 2020 collaboration together, which originally appeared on Grande’s sixth album ‘Positions‘, with Ty telling Grande afterwards: “The queen, Ari. Love…