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Foo Fighters Chose Idles As Their Support Act After Rock Band Made Them A Puzzle
Foo Fighters chose Idles as their support act after Joe Talbot and co made a puzzle with "Pick Idles" on it.Frontman Joe has revealed the unique way they successfully won over Dave Grohl's band and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 February 2024
Idles' Joe Talbot Is Reading A Tale On Cbeebies' Bedtime Stories
Idles' Joe Talbot is set to read a tale on CBeebies’ 'Bedtime Stories'.The 33-year-old frontman of the British rock band is thrilled to have landed the gig as he loves reading to his own child.He...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 February 2024
Gorillaz Add Turnstile And More To All Points East Date
Gorillaz will be joined by the likes of Turnstile, Nia Archives and Willow Kayne at All Points East.Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's animated band will make their UK festival exclusive at London's Victoria Park on...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 April 2022
Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa And More Set For Sziget Festival Return
Dua Lipa, Arctic Monkeys and Kings of Leon are set to headline Sziget 2022.The festival in Budapest, Hungary is set to return after a two year hiatus with three huge acts topping the bill as...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 November 2021
Idles Don't Think Ultra Mono Worked Without Live Shows
Joe Talbot doesn't think 'Ultra Mono' worked "as a home-listening device".The IDLES frontman has opened up on the group's third album - which came out in September 2020, with live music on hold due to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 October 2021
Idles To Play Matinee Slot At London's New Wide Awake Festival
IDLES are set to play a matinee set at the new music festival Wide Awake.The inaugural South London event takes place at Brockwell Park on September 3, and Joe Talbot and co - who released...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2021
Everything You Need To Know About Slowthai's Happyland Festival
To celebrate the release of his second studio album Tyron (after his real first name), Slowthai has announced that he is curating a brand new festival where happiness is the only emotion allowed - and...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 10 May 2021
Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes Release Joe Talbot-featuring Single My Town
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have returned with the new single, 'My Town', featuring Joe Talbot of IDLES.The British rock band are back with their first new music since their third studio album, ‘End Of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 April 2021
Coldplay, Haim And Damon Albarn Set For Glastonbury's Live-stream
Coldplay, Haim, Damon Albarn, and more will play Glastonbury's 'Live at Worthy Farm' live-stream next month.In place of the music festival this year, which was postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, co-organiser Emily...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 31 March 2021
Liam Gallagher Bags One Of The First Official Charts Number 1 Awards For Vinyl
Liam Gallagher has bagged one of the first Official Charts Number 1 Awards for vinyl with 'All You’re Dreaming Of’.The Official Charts Company has expanded their Number 1 Award to include their specialists charts, including...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 January 2021
Pearl Jam To Play Two Bst Hyde Park Gigs
Pearl Jam are set to play two consecutive gigs for American Express presents BST Hyde Park 2021.Eddie Vedder and co were due to play the London festival series this summer, but due to the COVID-19...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2020
September Favourites: The Five Albums That We've Had On Repeat This Month
It's been a bit of a mix of dark truths and determined positivity when it comes to some of our favourite albums of September, but that's exactly the sort of thing we expect as we...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2020
Upcoming Releases: Five Albums We're Looking Forward To In September 2020
As some degree of normality returns to a crazy year and artists stop delaying their overdue album releases (COVID-19 isn't going anywhere any time soon after all), it looks like 2020 may not be a...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 02 September 2020
Idles' Joe Talbot: We're Not A Punk Band
IDLES' Joe Talbot says it's an ''insult'' to blues and reggae to hail them a punk band.The 35-year-old frontman has explained that he believes it's wrong to label artists and bands punk when they are...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 July 2020
The Streets Drop Tame Impala Collaboration From Upcoming Mixtape
The Streets have released their collaboration with Tame Impala from their upcoming mixtape.Mike Skinner's band dropped the track 'Call My Phone Thinking I'm Doing Nothing Better', featuring Kevin Parker.The music video sees Skinner phone the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 April 2020
Seven Non-headliners You'll Be Mad To Miss At Lollapalooza 2019
With the announcement of the Lollapalooza 2019 line-up, many are excited to see the likes of Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots and The Strokes topping the bill at the Chicago festival this year....
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 21 March 2019
From Ariana Grande To Idles: Seven Summer Albums Still To Drop
It's turning out to be a great summer for music, and to think we've still got half the season left. We've already seen Years & Years' 'Palo Santo', Florence and the Machine's 'High as Hope',...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 11 July 2018
Idles Drop Album Two And Announce First World Tour
Post-punk quintet Idles are set to release their second studio album 'Joy as an Act of Resistance' later this Summer, and to celebrate the imminent project they have dropped a new video and announced their...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 06 June 2018
Latitude 2017 Preview
Latitude Festival 2017 is nearly upon us! The line-up promises great sets from some great established names in the music business, with The 1975, Mumford & Sons and Fleet Foxes headlining and the likes of...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2017
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With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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