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Dave Kendall, the creator and longtime host of MTV’s highly influential show 120 Minutes, has died. A cause of death and age was not immediately available. Matt Pinfield, D.J. and fellow former MTV host, confirmed the news on social media. “Dave was one of the true believers. Long before alternative music found its way into the mainstream, he was there every week on 120 Minutes, introducing people to bands that would go on to define an era,” wrote Pinfield in an Instagram post. “He didn’t just host a show. He gave a home to music that deserved to be heard.…

When Questlove is hosting one of his star-studded game nights, which by now have drawn everyone from JJ Abrams to Taylor Swift, he makes sure to remember a key detail: The tables need to be round. “The rock manager Shep Gordon told me whenever you throw a social event, make sure the tables are circled and not square,” the Roots drummer, producer, DJ, author, and filmmaker says. That way, the guests are always facing each other. We're in a tucked-away room on the second floor of a princely Chelsea townhouse that I'm told was once owned by Lady Gaga. Tonight…

The singer Aloneat the registry office Luigi Augusto Belliniamong the finalists of Sanremo 2025 areaended up under house arrest. The Rome prosecutor's office is investigating him for kidnapping, torture and aggravated robbery. The news, reported by the Republic and reported by several national newspapers, concerns a beating in October 2025 in a bed & breakfast in the Trastevere district of Rome. Solø and Jenny Matai under house arrest: the accusations Upon delegation from the prosecutor's office, the carabinieri of the Rome Trastevere company carried out three precautionary measures under house arrest with an electronic bracelet. The measures concern Alonehis partner,…

As Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General wrap up this week, anti-abortion activists are demanding that he demonstrate his “concern” for women by protecting them from abusive men — by making it harder for women to obtain abortion medication. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America recently sent a letter urging Blanche to resolve a lawsuit brought by Louisiana challenging the federal policy allowing mifepristone to be dispensed by mail. This time around, the group is particularly focused on horrifying stories of men who secretly administered abortion pills to pregnant women or coerced them into taking the medication. They specifically…

Some three weeks after sharing an album called Standing on the Corner: II, Standing on the Corner have announced SOTC (“II”), an album that is… similar but not the same, apparently. The original record, still on YouTube following its surprise drop on the platform last month, featured cameos from Gang Starr’s Big Shug, Danny Brown, Styles P, and poet Sonia Sanchez, as Matthew Ritchie noted in Pitchfork’s review. Most of them are listed as collaborators on SOTC (“II”), though Big Shug is not named in the press release; Solange, however, is. The album is out September 11 via XL. (The…

Dave Kendall, who created and hosted the influential MTV show 120 Minutes, has died. His friend Matt Pinfield, who hosted the show after Kendall’s tenure, shared the news on Instagram. Bangkok Post, where Kendall worked from 2017 to 2025, also ran an obituary. No cause of death was given. Kendall was 63, according to Bangkok Post.The British-born Kendall got his start writing about music for UK and U.S. publications such as Melody Maker and Spin, he explained in a website bio. He relocated to New York City in the 1980s and created 120 Minutes for MTV, where he spent seven…

Slick Rick also takes the stage as ESPN's annual award show celebrates New York's NBA title The annual ESPYs kept the Knicks' NBA Championship celebration going Wednesday with performances by four New York rap legends. Long Island's De La Soul first took the stage at the Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater, encouraging the audience of athletes to take their feet during a medley that included snippets of “Stakes Is High” and “Run It Back!!” Bronx-via-London's Slick Rick opened his performance in the audience before taking the stage for an abridged version of his classic “La Di Da Di”: Trending…

After Wednesday's nomination hearing by the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, it remains an open question as to whether Dr. Erica Schwartz, a highly credentialed Coast Guard doctor, will become the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But one thing came across clearly during the two-hour hearing: Senators from both parties had more than enough of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and anyone aligned with him. Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, a Republican physician from Louisiana, opened the hearing with a red line. He made it clear, as he addressed Schwartz and…

TTSSFU has spoken about the potential for new music and shaking self-doubt. Watch the full video interview above. The Mancunian singer (real name Tamsin Stephens) spoke to us at Mad Cool Festival, where she gave an update on future new music. Her latest project was ‘Blown’, which she dropped last August. Speaking to NME, she said of her upcoming material: “I would say it’s a lot more synthy, and I’m trying to really connect what I do next with what I’m about passionate about – not that the past hasn’t, but [to] go back to my roots of what inspired…

Chloe Slater has spoken to NME about how she is becoming “desensitized” to politics and social media, while discussing the inspiration behind her debut album 'Riot Youth' and more. Watch the interview in full above. The Manchester-based artist caught up with us at Mad Cool 2026 last week, shortly before she took to the stage in the Cinco Estrellas tent on Thursday (July 9). Her slot at the Madrid festival comes ahead of her releasing her highly anticipated first record on October 9. Speaking to NMESlater revealed that much of the upcoming LP tackles that feeling of being disillusioned and…