Metallica, the Strokes, Foo Fighters to Headline Boston Calling 2022 Festival; Rage Against the Machine Pull Out

India.Arie has clarified her reasons for leaving Spotify, after she became one of many artists to boycott the service in recent weeks.When she first pulled her music from the service earlier this month, Arie cited their exclusive hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast and his “language around race” as the reason she left Spotify.“Neil Young opened a door that I must walkthrough,” she wrote on Instagram, explaining how was following on from Neil Young’s exit from Spotify due to Rogan spreading “misinformation” about COVID-19 on his podcast.“I believe in freedom of speech. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons other than his COVID interviews,” she said at the time.Now, in a new interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, Arie has discussed how Spotify’s royalties scheme and business practices also influenced her decision.Asked if Rogan was her enemy by Noah, Arie said: “My conversation has been about Spotify and its treatment of artists.“I have to say that asking for my music to be pulled from Spotify in protest doesn’t actually serve me,” she added, “but I did it in protest just because I felt like my dignity was being … I felt like I was being disrespected.”Discussing royalty payments artists get from Spotify, Arie explained: “What happens is, they say, ‘Well, this is just how it is; this is just what you get paid.

Snoop Dogg wants to turn legendary hip-hop record label Death Row Records, which he recently acquired, into “an NFT label”.The rapper revealed his plans to move further into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via a Clubhouse chatroom on Monday (February 14), which was later recorded and uploaded onto YouTube. During the session, Snoop said that Death Row “will be putting our artists through the metaverse and through a whole other chain of music”.He continued: “Just like how we broke the industry when we was the first independent to be major, I want to be the first major in the metaverse so Death Row will be an NFT label”.Snoop was named the official owner of Death Row Records earlier this month.

Taeyeon has revealed that the team she had worked with for her latest studio album was not in favor of making ‘INVU’ the title track.During a recently press conference for the release of ‘INVU’, the Girls’ Generation leader spoke about the record’s recording process and delved into how the song ‘INVU’ eventually became the title track, despite pushback from her team.“The moment I heard the demo track of ‘INVU’, I immediately thought ‘This is the one’,” Taeyeon recalled. “[But] to be very honest, the team that was working on the album with me wasn’t in favor of choosing this as a title track,”“It was a tricky situation because everybody was saying ‘No’ and I was the only one who was saying ‘Yes!’,” she added.

Neck Deep have reacted to BLACKPINK Rosé’s cover of their 2015 song ‘December’.Earlier this month, the vocalist released her live studio version of the song in commemoration of her 25th birthday. For her rendition, she was accompanied by The Black Label producer LØREN on guitar.A day after Rosé’s rendition of ‘December’ was posted, the pop-punk band took to Twitter to express their appriciation for the cover.

Millie Mackintosh has given a glimpse inside her 'big girl's room' for her eldest daughter Sienna at her new gorgeous London home.The 32 year old, who recently shared a look inside the bedroom for her three month old daughter Aurelia, has now posted a tour of the chic pink space for her two year old. Millie, who shares daughters Aurelia and Sienna with husband Hugo, 35, described how she wanted 'something whimsical and feminine' for the space and enlisted the help of London-based children's interior designer Joanna Landais who has also designed for Binky Felstead.

Prince Harry should not get the blame for bringing "heartache and burden" to the Queen, but says that she is "funding" Prince Andrew's pay off.This comes after it was revealed yesterday that Prince Andrew had settled his civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre out of court.The Loose Women star sent her opinionated tweet in view of her 517,000 followers.She penned: "Prince Harry constantly gets blamed for bringing heartache & burden to the Queen in her final years."Let’s just remember that the Queen is funding this pay off from Andrew her favourite son."Many social media users took to the comments to address the situation and Denise's claims.DavinaMcFaul said: "No amount of money would have been good enough for me.

A council tax rise will be announced in Dumfries and Galloway next week – after it was confirmed that the authority is facing a budget shortfall of more than £5million.

A Lockerbie man has raised enough money to buy two new defibrillators for the community.

A knack for delving into the past to uncover answers has become a “labour of love” for retired New Abbey clinical psychologist, Alverie Weighill.

After spending Valentine's Day and Super Bowl Sunday together, it was back to business on Tuesday for Hailey and Justin Bieber.The supermodel, 25, was seen heading to her usual Pilates class while the musician, 27, made his way to a recording studio.Hailey was dressed in a sweatshirt and leggings while Justin an orange beanie and grey hoodie. Respective schedules: Hailey and Justin Bieber stepped out separately in Los Angeles on TuesdayHailey pulled her long brunette hair into a high ponytail as she prepared to hit the fitness class.She shielded her eyes in a pair of black wayfarer sunglasses and wore small hoops in her ears.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLuis Fonsi, co-writer and singer of the massive global hit “Despacito” and many others, has sold his entire publishing catalog to HarbourView Equity Partners, the global alternative asset management company founded by Sherrese Clarke Soares.Terms of the deal, which an announcement says was negotiated and closed in two weeks, were not disclosed. Billboard reports that the deal includes both the songwriter and publisher share on all songs Fonsi wrote or co-wrote; Sony Music Publishing will continue to administer his catalog.“We are extremely excited to acquire the chart-topping, multi-platinum selling catalog of world renowned artist Luis Fonsi,” said Clarke Soares.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJ. Cole, Halsey and Kid Cudi will headline the 2022 Governors Ball Music Festival, set to take place Friday, June 10 through Sunday, June 12 at the Citi Field complex in Queens, New York, Founders Entertainment has announced.More than 60 artists are slated to perform, also including Flume, Playboi Carti, Roddy Ricch, Glass Animals, Migos, Jack Harlow, Kaytranada, Joji, Louis the Child, Clairo, Jazmine Sullivan, Still Woozy, 100 Gecs, Japanese Breakfast, Becky G, Black Pumas and more.A special presale for 3-day and 1-day GA and VIP tickets will be available exclusively for Citi Cardmembers from today (Jan.

Announced last week, When We Were Young will take place in October and be headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore, with fellow ’00s emo acts like Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Eat World and pop-punk revivalists Meet Me @ The Altar also playing.After the initial date on October 22 sold out, When We Were Young will return with the same line-up the following day at Las Vegas Festival Grounds.Tickets for the second date are on sale now here.

When We Were Young festival, has released a statement addressing safety concerns following the Astroworld tragedy.Announced earlier this week, When We Were Young will be headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore, with fellow ’00s emo acts like Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Eat World and pop-punk revivalists Meet Me @ The Altar also playing.The first date sold out instantly, as did the second. However, fans have taken to Twitter to voice their concerns after realising Live Nation were also behind Travis Scott’s Astroworld, where 10 people tragically lost their lives during a crowd crush and hundreds more were injured.The company has been named in a number of the nearly-300 suits filed in Harris County but in December, Live Nation and its subsidiary ScoreMore, Astroworld’s promoters, denied in filed documents all the allegations against them.“The safety of fans, artists and staff is thoroughly planned for among event organisers and in coordination with local authorities,” Live Nation wrote in a statement in response to concerns about When We Were Young.We are incredibly humbled by the support of this community.

Ethan Shanfeld Due to overwhelming demand, Las Vegas’ stacked When We Were Young festival has added a second date, on Sunday, Oct. 23.Now taking place Oct. 22 and 23, the second date will feature the same lineup as Day 1, the festival announced on Twitter.

Avril Lavigne got affectionate with boyfriend Mod Sun on Thursday while out and about in West Hollywood, California.The 37-year-old rocker beamed as she and Mod, 34, embraced on a sidewalk in a public display of affection.Avril recently added orange tips in her blonde hair that contrasted nicely with her all-black leather ensemble. Matching outfits:Avril Lavigne got affectionate on Thursday while out and about with boyfriend Mod Sun in West Hollywood, CaliforniaThe Sk8er Boi singer wore a black leather jacket along with matching hip-hugging leather pants and completed her ensemble with black boots.She also carried an orange Hermes handbag that matched the streaks in her hair.

A Day To Remember have released a new version of their single ‘Re-Entry’ featuring Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus.The release marks another major return to recording music for Hoppus since breaking the news that he was cancer-free last September. The singer and bassist had previously been diagnosed with 4-A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.On re-recording the song with Hoppus, A Day To Remember vocalist Jeremy McKinnon said: “When this song originally took shape it was without a doubt massively influenced by Blink-182, so when the idea came up to do a remix of sorts for it, Mark was immediately who we pictured.“We sent him the track with no second verse and said to do whatever he was inspired to do and what he sent back genuinely makes the song for me.

Avril Lavigne has spoken about the “huge honour” of collaborating with Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus on her forthcoming new album.As announced last week, Lavigne’s seventh studio record ‘Love Sux’ – released on February 25 – will contain a track called ‘All I Wanted’, which features Hoppus.During a recent conversation on the bassist’s Apple Music Hits show, After School Radio, the Canadian singer-songwriter said: “I was really excited to work with you. I mean, to be honest, you’re one of my favourite artists.”Lavigne continued: “[1997 Blink album] ‘Dude Ranch’ and ‘Enema Of The State’ [1999] … those were the records I was listening to in high school, and as a teenager and I feel like they were really impactful on me as I was coming into my own musical identity.The ‘Sk8er Boi’ artist went on to say that the pair worked on ‘All I Wanted’ together remotely “over Zoom, which was different”.“I mean, I was so excited and I was really impressed with how efficient you are in the studio,” she recalled.

My Chemical Romance and Paramore as headliners.The festival, described as “an epic line-up of emo and rock bands from the past two decades”, will take place this October in Las Vegas. Fans can sign up for the pre-sale, which starts on Friday January 21, here.My Chemical Romance and Paramore will headline the event.

The When We Were Young Festival is coming!

Ethan Shanfeld The Warped Tour may have hung its hat back in 2019, but the spirit of the pop-punk and Emo-heavy festival is alive and well, as demonstrated by today’s announcement of Live Nation’s upcoming When We Were Young festival.The one-day event, taking place on Oct. 22 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, boasts headliners Paramore and My Chemical Romance, alongside dozens of other throwback emo-pop acts, including Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember, Avril Lavigne, Bright Eyes and Jimmy Eat World.When We Were Young marks Paramore’s first performance in four years, as singer Hayley Williams announced a couple months ago that the band would return in 2022. Meanwhile, My Chemical Romance recently reunited after a six-year breakup, which lasted from 2013 until 2019.