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This helps explain the potency of Their Greatest Hits, too. Heard beginning to end, the first four Eagles albums are suffer-fests, capturing the band as they learn not only to write but also to tell bad from good. They released four albums, or 40 songs, in their first three years, and the great majority of them simply fill space. “Most of Us Are Sad,” “Early Bird,” “My Man,” “After the Thrill Is Gone”: Henley and Frey loved to talk about their quality control, how hard they worked to find le mot juste, but I’ve never heard those records as much…
Maisie Peters covered Dolly Parton’s ‘Here You Come Again’ during her set at Reading Festival – watch footage below. The British singer-songwriter performed on the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – at Little John’s Farm today (August 29). Her set included a touching tribute to Parton with a performance of her 1977 country-pop classic, in honour of the music legend, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 80 following a brief battle with cancer. Peters also played ‘Questions’, ‘Girl’s Just Flying’ and ‘My Regards’ from her latest album ‘Florescence’, alongside earlier fan favourites including ‘Lost The Breakup’, ‘Body Better’, ‘Villain’…
RAYE headlined Reading Festival for the first time in her career tonight – see the full setlist and footage below. The South London singer took to the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – at Little John’s Farm tonight (August 29), following Dave’s co-headline performance. RAYE played at Reading for the first time ever two years ago, earning a five-star review from NME at the time, and she opened her first headline set with her breakout 2022 single ‘Escapism’, to huge singalongs from the crowd. Backed by her familiar horn and string sections and full band, she blended pop, soul, jazz…
Royal Blood spoke to NME backstage at Reading 2026 about their upcoming album ‘Dead Company’, and reflected on their debut appearance at the festival back in 2014. The Worthing-formed band, comprised of singer and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher, caught up with us just after they played a mid-afternoon secret set at the Gallery stage, which attracted a huge audience. Reflecting on the show, Kerr said: “We’re really happy. It went really well. We’re playing live again after two years of not doing anything, so we’ve had a real road to Reading. We’ve done a bunch of shows…
Dave welcomed guests James Blake, Central Cee and Kano during his headline set at Reading 2026 – see the full setlist. The South London rapper took to the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – at Little John’s Farm tonight (August 29). It marked the first time Dave had headlined the event since 2022 and came at the end of his ‘The Boy Who Played The Harp’ world tour, which is due to conclude at Leeds Festival tomorrow (August 30). In a rich, musically diverse set, Blake was the first guest for a version of ‘Both Sides Of A Smile’, from Dave’s 2021 album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together‘. The extended guitar…
The Who appear to be bringing Zak Starkey back into the fold, just over a year after their acrimonious split. Frontman Roger Daltrey shared the news during a solo show at the Encore Theater in Las Vegas on Wednesday (August 26), telling the audience that The Who had recently rehearsed with their former drummer. “We had a rehearsal recently to make sure we can think about doing some shows in Europe,” he said, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Daltrey added that Starkey had been behind the kit and that “it sounded great”. Starkey later shared a screenshot of the report on Instagram. “Nice…
Singer also dedicated “Rainbow” to the late country icon, revealing that Parton was the inspiration behind the song Kacey Musgraves covered Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again” and dedicated her “Rainbow” to the late country icon during her concert Friday in Boston. Musgraves hadn’t performed her Golden Hour ballad “Rainbow” on her Middle of Nowhere Tour, but she brought it back Friday to honor Parton, telling the crowd that the country legend — who died Monday at the age of 80 — was the inspiration behind the track. “Let’s all sing this together for her memory,” Musgraves told the TD…
Slayyyter walked Sombr from an ambulance stretcher to the stage to kick off his performance at Reading Festival today – watch footage below. The US pop singer performed on the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – at Little John’s Farm earlier today (August 29), ahead of headline performances from Dave and RAYE. His performance attracted one of the biggest crowds of the weekend so far, and began with an elaborate entrance broadcast on the stage’s screens. The footage showed the back doors of an ambulance opening to reveal Sombr lying on a stretcher, with Slayyyter sitting alongside him. After climbing down, the pair took each…
Follow-up to 1990 racing movie roars into theaters in summer 2028 Tom Cruise has officially announced the sequel to Days of Thunder, with Anne Hathaway joining the cast for the follow-up to the 1990 racing film. The stars made the announcement Saturday at an empty Daytona International Speedway — home of the Daytona 500 — in front of a scuffed-up, lime green NASCAR touting a Summer 2028 release. While the film was rumored to be fast-tracked in recent months, shooting won’t happen right away: “I’m gonna have this baby, then we’re gonna make this movie,” the pregnant Hathaway quipped in the…
Turnstile brought out Faye Webster for ‘I Care’ during their set at All Points East in London – watch footage below. The Baltimore hardcore band performed on the West Stage at Victoria Park last night (August 28), ahead of the first of Tyler, The Creator’s two headline sets at the festival. Webster, who was not on Friday’s advertised line-up but is due to play her own All Points East set today (August 29), appeared four songs into Turnstile’s performance to join them for ‘I Care’. The appearance coincided with the release of the band’s reimagined album ‘Never Enough: Versions’, on which Webster’s reworked version of ‘I Care’ appears. Another notable…
