Author: Press Room
The 2026 edition of Reading & Leeds is set to kick off later this week – but what does the weather have in store for both festival sites? Check out the weather forecasts for both locations below. As usual, the dual festival is set to take place across the August Bank Holiday Weekend, with gates opening to punters later this week. The line-up this year will see headline performances from Florence + The Machine, Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., Dave, RAYE and Chase & Status. The Leeds event has now got permission to perform music on the Thursday, and will do…
Big Thief surprised fans at a recent Nashville gig by previewing their next album in full – check out the details below. Read More: How Big Thief found a new flow and entered ‘Double Infinity’ The New York indie-folk trio released their sixth record, ‘Double Infinity,’ last year, and soon after its release, revealed they had already made their next studio album, telling fans it is “not what you expect”. In fittingly surprising fashion, they debuted their next album at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Saturday night (August 22). Titled ‘Horsepower’, it’s a triple album and features Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, and…
American actress Shelley Fabares, known for her work with Elvis Presley and for starring in popular TV series The Donna Reid Show and Coach, died at 82. Her death was confirmed by her family, who said in a statement to People that she died in Los Angeles on Aug. 22 “surrounded by those who loved her.” A cause of death was not given. “To her family and friends, Shelley was a source of love, strength, laughter, and comfort,” her family said. “She was a devoted wife, cherished stepmother, daughter, sister, niece, aunt, family member, and loyal friend whose warmth, generosity,…
Even the most brazen so-called gangster rapper wants us to believe in their ruthlessness as a concept, not a reality. Perhaps that’s why Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty placed a disclaimer at the outset of his recent studio debut, All Eyes on Shiest. Shiesty is facing potential life imprisonment on kidnapping and armed robbery charges for allegedly strong-arming his 1017 Records boss, Gucci Mane, on camera—he was seeking a release from the very label that dropped this album. As humorous as some may find the disclaimer, it could very well be a court exhibit during pretrial motions. When he was charged…
For nearly a decade and a half, Chris Stewart has been diligently plugging away at a very specific kind of synth pop. His earliest music was bleary eyed and hypnagogic, and sounded like he had spent a lot of time hanging out with Blank Dogs and Wild Nothing, as well as his collection of OMD and Human League records. There was a hint of goth, too, but just a smidge, like a guy who only puts on eyeliner when no one else is around to see. Over time, the fog cleared, and Black Marble became a dependable act for purposefully…
“I’ve shed a thousand skins,” Chelsea Wolfe sang on the opening track of 2024’s She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She. She added, in a vicious whisper, “That shit does not define me anymore.” With its grimy production and rusty industrial edge, She Reaches Out was the sound of Wolfe standing atop a turret in a lightning storm, calling down the heavens and casting off old versions of herself. It was the most well-rounded album of her nearly 20-year career, one that felt like the full realization of a project that long swirled dark folk, doom, industrial, and…
After 30 years as a band, Weezer finally took the terrible but inevitable trip to a place called “Cuomoville”—that is, a song from the band’s four-part SZNZ slog where Rivers Cuomo sang of his homestead like the fabled setting of some Shakespearean saga. Despite the thrash-metal bridge, the band sounded utterly exhausted, their what-are-we-doing-here sigh audible amid the plod. Weezer soon decided the time had come for drastic change. For the last decade, the quartet has struggled through concept records that better bands would have simply laughed at in the group chat before moving on to most anything else—a covers…
Suge Knight has claimed that Tupac Shakur‘s friends and relatives smokes some of his ashes following his death. The Death Row Records co-founder, who was driving the car in which Shakur was fatally shot in September 1996, shared his memories in a new interview with TMZ from prison. According to Knight, Shakur’s mother Afeni asked for her son to be cremated immediately after his death. He claimed that he approached a funeral home worker and initially offered him $200,000 (£148,000) to carry out the cremation that night, before increasing the alleged payment to $1.2million (£889,000). Knight said Afeni subsequently invited a group of Shakur’s friends and relatives to…
A new app described as “Letterboxd for clubbing” has launched, allowing music fans to give star ratings to DJ sets, festivals and live shows. Called Seen Live, the free app serves as a personal archive where users can record the club nights, concerts and other live music performances they have attended. It allows you to search for past and upcoming events, rate shows out of five stars, share your experiences, upload photos and videos and create a personal timeline of your nightlife and live music activity. Seen Live also includes social and discovery features, allowing people to follow friends and other music fans, browse popular performances…
BBC Introducing has announced a month-long programme of events for emerging artists across 10 UK locations. The string of shows will take place throughout November, hosting performances, workshops, educational panels, open mic sessions and networking opportunities in Belfast, Bridgend, Gateshead, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Sunderland. The announcement follows the confirmation last month that the BBC Introducing Stage had been axed from Reading & Leeds after 18 years. Launched in 2008, the festival stage had hosted artists including Ed Sheeran and The 1975 early in their careers, and the BBC said it had supported approximately 70 per cent of the British artists appearing across…
