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The band's frontman: “I need time to understand if I can resume my activity”. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM

Eminem has earned his 11th Number One album with the release of his latest LP ‘The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)‘. The iconic rapper released his 12th album last week and has now landed the top spot on the UK Albums Chart. He joins the likes of Taylor Swift, David Bowie, and U2, who also have 11 chart-topping albums within their current discography. Eminem’s other chart-topping albums include 2000’s ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’, 2002’s ‘The Eminem Show’, 2004’s ‘Encore’, 2005’s ‘Curtain Call: The Hits’, 2009’s ‘Relapse‘, 2010’s ‘Recovery’, 2013’s ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2‘, 2017’s ‘Revival‘, 2018’s ‘Kamikaze‘…

Is titled Another name (MAST For Believe) the new single by Dennisat the time Deddy, available from Friday 19 July. This song inaugurates the beginning of a new artistic and personal path of the young singer-songwriter from Turin, ex Friends 20. Another name comes after a journey that led him to search for his own identity and spontaneity, stripping himself of all the superstructures that were part of his life. In doing so, he then decides to return to his origins, adopting his own name – Dennis – to start a new journey. We also talked about it here. Dennis…

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Wednesday. “Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing mild symptoms,” said Jean-Pierre. “He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time. The White House will provide regular updates on the President's status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation.”…

1967: Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane dies. He was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA, on September 23, 1926. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM

The loose concept behind The Death of Slim Shady, as reinforced through a few skits peppered throughout the tracklist, is that this is the final showdown between Marshall Mathers and Slim Shady. Slim kidnaps Mathers, a nod to his early work, and forces the captive to write the kind of outlandish songs that made him famous. The first half of the album is a dilapidated funhouse, a cheap reconstruction of Slim Shady’s oeuvre. He opens “Trouble” by sneering, “Fuck blind people.” “Brand New Dance,” a leftover from the Encore sessions, is a three-and-half-minute diss track aimed at the late Christopher…

Franz Ferdinand have announced details of some live shows in Scotland – marking their first tour dates in over a year. Find ticket details below. The band first shared an update with fans on Saturday (July 13), when they uploaded a clip to their social media channels confirming that an official announcement about new live shows was on the way. “We’re very excited to announce that we’ve got a few live shows coming up in Scotland,” they wrote in the caption, also adding that the full announcement would arrive on Monday (July 15). In the clip, Alex Kapranos is seen…

Phil Collins has announced a 30th anniversary box set of his 1993 album ‘Both Sides’, due for release on September 20th via Rhino Records. The lavish box set comes with five vinyl records – two of which are the original album remastered at half-speed by Abbey Road Studios’ Miles Showell, and three feature demos, B-sides and live recordings from that era. Some of the rarities included are recordings from Collins’ 1994 MTV Unplugged set, which has yet to be issued officially as a live album, along with B-sides like ‘Don’t Call Me Ashley’, ‘Rad Dudeski’, and ‘For a Friend’. ‘Both…

The first hit album of Frank Zappa's career, Apostrophe (')will be expanded into a comprehensive box set for its 50th anniversary. Available in a variety of formats on Sept. 13, the reissue in its most extravagant form, a super deluxe edition, will feature a remastered edition of the original album with bonus tracks, live recordings from Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, and Dayton from 1974, and a Blu-ray that includes the album in 5.1 surround sound and its original quadrophonic mix in addition to high-res audio. The release, available to pre-order now, will also come out as a double-vinyl set…

The Zombies‘ Rod Argent has announced his immediate retirement from touring following a stroke he suffered. The news of the keyboardist’s retirement was announced by the band’s managers Chris Tuthill and Cindy da Silva today (July 11) on Instagram. They shared that Argent had a stroke shortly after spending a weekend in London with his wife Cathy to celebrate their 52nd wedding anniversary as well as his 79th birthday, saying doctors advised him to take “several months of rest and recuperation”. “He was already preparing to wind down his live performance schedule after health scares on recent tours,” the announcement read.…