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Joji has worn many hats since his first brush with fame, but the current mantle of off-kilter R&B superstar seems to be suiting him quite nicely. The "SMITHEREENS" tour ended not too long ago, and now it's time for "PANDEMONIUM." This time, the announcement isn't accompanied by a new single; instead, Joji dropped a video to announce this run of North American dates.

Ellise Shafer When Alex Russell arrived for the first day of shooting his feature directorial debut, “Lurker,” he realized he probably had the least on-set experience of anyone involved. “I had no idea what I was doing,” admits the 34-year-old writer-director, who got his start in the writers’ room of FX’s “Dave” and then moved up to both penning and producing duties on “The Bear” and “Beef.” But once he started filming the first scene — where the tense drama’s two main characters, played by Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe, meet — Russell breathed a sigh of relief.

Jorja Smith and Ashnikko have been added back to the Leeds Festival 2024 line-up today (August 24), after their sets scheduled for the BBC Radio 1 stage this weekend were in doubt due to its closure.The festival has updated its schedule following disruptions caused by Storm Lilian on its first day on Friday, leading to the shutdown of the BBC Radio 1 and Aux stages.Now, Ashnikko is set to perform on the Festival Republic stage at 5.35pm, while Smith has been moved to the main stage for a 3.35pm set.Aside from Smith and Ashnikko, among the acts scheduled for the BBC Radio 1 stage on Saturday and Sunday in Leeds were Confidence Man, Teddy Swims, Flo, The Wombats, and Overmono.Confidence Man confirmed in an Instagram Story today that they will not be playing Leeds this weekend, but will return for a headlining show in the city later this year.

Reading & Leeds saw the festival debut the Chevron stage — a brand-new addition to the music bash. Check it out in action below.The Chevron boasts the world’s first outdoor floating LED video sky canopy and was created especially to host dance music, pop and hip-hop acts.

Leeds Festival have been urged to secure their tents as Storm Lilian continues to bring strong winds to the site.The Met Office have advised festival-goers at Bramham Park to take extra precaution around campsites this morning (August 23), with gusts of up to 60mph expected and a yellow warning in place until 11am.Warnings are also in place for disruption to travel, dangerous conditions on roads and possible power cuts, although Storm Lilian is expected to ease as we head into the afternoon.Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst spoke directly to campers at Leeds Festival (via BBC): “The wind will pick up in that area through the night, particularly strongest towards dawn and then first thing in the morning, before then easing through the morning.Check out one Leeds Festival attendee’s TikTok post showing the effects of the winds on Friday morning:Wind fest 2024!!!! #leeds #leedsfestival ♬ original sound – Kurtis Lee Baker “So there could be potentially some impacts from those strong winds, of 50 to 60mph in the area so it’s worth making sure your tents are secured.”Network Rail have said they are “closely monitoring” the potential impact of the storm on the rail network.Reading & Leeds Festivals 2024 kick off today (August 23) at their usual sites of Richfield Avenue (Reading) and Bramham Park (Leeds) – find the complete list of stage times here and see here for how you can follow along at home on BBC iPlayer and elsewhere if you were not able to secure a ticket.The festival boasts Fred Again.., Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Blink-182 and Gerry Cinnamon as its six headliners this year.Raye,Spiritbox, Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Pendulum, Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats, Beabadoobee, Nia Archives, Two

Reading and Leeds 2024 is just around the corner – but for those unable to head to the festival this year, here’s how you can watch it online and at home.The festival – which is predicted to sell out this weekend – boasts Fred Again.., Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Blink-182 and Gerry Cinnamon as its six headliners this year.Raye,Spiritbox, Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Pendulum, Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats, Beabadoobee, Nia Archives, Two Door Cinema Club, Neck Deep, The Wombats, Ashnikko, Rachel Chinouriri, Hak Baker, The Last Dinner Party and more are also expected to play from Wednesday, August 21 to Sunday, August 25.Sunny intervals are also to be expected from both locations (as of August 19).If you’ve missed out on tickets this year or can’t make the festival, fear not – here are all the ways you can catch this year’s best bits online or at home.BBC iPlayer will air performances from the Main Stage and the “groundbreaking” new stage The Chevron, where The Prodigy, Sonny Fodera and Skrillex are set to headline. Coverage will run across all three days of the festival, and you’ll be able to catch up on key performances and tracks for 30 days after.There will also be 24/7 Reading and Leeds content on the Music Channel in iPlayer, whilst noteworthy performances from previous years are now available to watch.iPlayer will also feature a live stream to run each day, where select performances and highlights will be ready to watch from home.If you’re still hankering for more Reading and Leeds once the festival’s done, you can watch back key moments from August 26, where you can play back-to-back performances on the Music Channel.BBC Radio 1 will also provide on-ground coverage of the festival.

Reading & Leeds is around the corner, and the festival have shared their guide to everything you need to know – take a look at all the essential info below.There’s just 19 days to go until the twin festivals return, where Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Fred Again.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen will headline the 2024 edition.Other acts set to join include 21 Savage, Jorja Smith, Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats, Beabadoobee, Kenya Grace, Nia Archives, Two Door Cinema Club, Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Pendulum, Teddy Swims, Kid Kapichi, FLO and more.Excitingly, this year will also feature two new stages: Chevron and The Aux. The latter will showcase “pioneering digital creators” and will allow festival-goers to attend live podcasts, interactive talks, and livestreams and tune into the current media landscape.Meanwhile, Chevron will replace the festivals’ dual main stage format and will boast the world’s first outdoor floating LED video sky canopy.

Reading & Leeds would look very different this year if it weren’t for grassroots music venues.As revealed in a concept poster shared by the Music Venue Trust, the festival would be missing virtually all of its 2024 artists – including headliners Liam Gallagher, Fred again.., Lana Del Rey, Catfish And The Bottlemen and Gerry Cinnamon – if it weren’t for their foundations in grassroots venues.The reimagined poster highlights how many of today’s most successful artists came up by playing smaller music venues, which continue to face indefinite closure across the UK without urgent government action and investment.“Today’s festival headliners can only sell thousands of tickets because of the essential role played by these venues in their development,” the MVT shared in a social media post today (Monday 25).“Nurtured in grassroots music venues, they built their audiences from tens to hundreds, laying the foundation for their success on the grand stages of festivals like Reading & Leeds.”Check out the bare line-up poster below.The Reading & Leeds festival lineup poster, minus any artists who launched their careers in Grassroots Music Venues….Posted by Music Venue Trust on Monday, March 25, 2024Only artists like Reneé Rapp, who started in theatre, Digga D, who rose to prominence with freestyles, and Kenny Beats, who came from a production and industry background, would remain on the bill.It’s not just the Reading & Leeds line-up that would lose most of its acts were it not for grassroots music venues.

Blink-182, Tyler, The Creator, Hozier, SZA, The Killers and more have been announced as headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza.Other acts set to headline this year’s edition of the annual Chicago Music Fest include Future x Metro Boomin, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, and Skrillex. Lollapalooza will be returning to its home of Grant Park from August 1 through 4.The likes of NME Cover alumnus Been Stellar, Geese, and The Last Dinner Party are also set to perform alongside Deftones, Tate McRae, Laufey (performing with the Chicago Philharmonic), Conan Grey, Reneé Rapp, Faye Webster, Victoria Monét, Sexyy Red, Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Jungle, Two Door Cinema Club, Killer Mike, Vince Staples, Four Tet, Kevin Abstract, Ethel Cain, Chappell Roan, Teeze Touchdown, Kenny Beats, The Japanese House, Romy, Flo, Cults, Slow Pulp, Militarie Gun, Fleshwater, Wisp, and more.A festival pass pre-sale will be available for those who sign up for a pre-sale passcode via the Lollapalooza official website.

IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has revealed how a jigsaw puzzle helped them land a support slot with the Foo Fighters.The opportunity came back in 2017 when IDLES had just released their debut LP ‘Brutalism‘. They found out that they were on a shortlist of bands who could potentially open for Dave Grohl and co at their show at the O2 Arena in London.“They had a shortlist of five to ten bands, I think,” Talbot said while appearing as a guest on SPIN’s Lipp Service podcast.He continued: “And apparently… they pick the bands themselves; they had the shortlist.

Idles frontman Joe Talbot has spoken to NME about the prospect of the band stepping up to headline Glastonbury or Reading & Leeds in the future.The Bristol punk band released their acclaimed fifth album ‘Tangk‘ last week, ahead of a busy summer of major festivals and some of the biggest headline shows of their career. With the band tipped to have another Number One album this week, attention now turns to whether they could be the next act to graduate to topping the bill at the UK’s largest festivals.Asked about the prospect of headlining Reading & Leeds as part of this week’s NME In Conversation interview, Talbot replied: “Do I want it? It was the first and only festival I went to for six years.

Reading & Leeds have unveiled details of a huge and “groundbreaking” new stage, with The Chevron debuting at the festival this summer. Check out video above, with photos and an exclusive interview with festival boss Melvin Benn below.Speaking to NME last year, Festival Republic boss Benn teased that “stage changes” were on the way – potentially seeing an end to the two main stage format of recent years.

IDLES have returned with new single ‘Dancer’ featuring James Murphy and Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem, as well as revealing details of fifth album ‘TANGK’. Check it out below, along with our interview with frontman Joe Talbot.The news comes after the band played a raucous secret show at London’s Village Underground last night (Tuesday October 17), where they performed under the name ‘TANGK’ to a mosh-ready sold out crowd and previewed new songs ‘Gratitude’ and ‘Dancer’ in a career-spanning set.Due for release on February 16 via Partisan Records, the 11-track ‘TANGK’ was produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, The Smile, Beck), Kenny Beats (Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Benee) and IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen.

Glastonbury Festival has announced the 2023 line-up for its Silver Hayes area – check it out below.The first wave of acts for this summer’s event arrived early last month, with Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses joining Elton John at the top of the bill.As has become customary for the legendary festival, organisers began rolling out separate area-by-area announcements in mid-March, beginning with West Holts where Kelis, Loyle Carner and Rudimental will deliver headline sets.Today (April 13), Glastonbury has detailed its plans for Silver Hayes where “forward-thinking electronic artists, debate, technology and club culture fuse together to explore the future of tomorrow”.To mark the 10th anniversary of the dance music area, while ushering in its “next evolution”, Silver Hayes will this year introduce “three new stage creations”.‘The Levels’ is described as “a new open-air nightclub inspired by the crossover of architecture, lighting and experimental musical art forms”.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Clipse (a.k.a Pusha T and No Malice), Grace Jones, Lil Wayne, Skrillex, Lil Uzi Vert, Mumford & Sons, Lil Yachty, Summer Walker and more top the lineup for Pharrell Williams’ Something in the Water festival, returning to Virginia Beach from Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30. Presented by Walmart and produced by IMGoing and Live Nation, the full lineup is 100 Gecs, Aminé, Ayra Starr, Babyface Ray, BadBadNotGood, Black Sherif, CHIKA, Clipse, Coi Leray, d4vd, Doechii, Feid, FLO, Flo Milli, gigi, Grace Jones, Jay Pharoah, Jazmine Sullivan, Jessie Murph, Kamasi Washington, KayCyy, Kaytranada, Kehlani, Kenny Beats, Kid Cudi, Kitty Ca$h, Latto, Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty, Machine Gun Kelly, Maren Morris, Masego, Mumford & Sons, Nile Rodgers & Chic, NLE Choppa, Polo G, Remi Wolf, Riovaz, Saucy Santana, Skrillex, Summer Walker, SWV, The Kid Laroi, UMI, Wale, Weston Estate, Wet Leg, Wu-Tang Clan, Yendry, Yvngxchris and Pharrell’s Phriends. Tickets are available now.

Kenny Beats has shared his debut solo album, a largely instrumental project recorded after learning that his father had been diagnosed with cancer. Press materials for the album state that Benny Sings, Dijon, Fousheé, JPEGMAFIA, Mac DeMarco, Pink Siifu, Omar Apollo, Paris Texas, Remi Wolf, slowthai, Thundercat, and Vince Staples are among the contributors.

Kenny Beats has announced details of his debut solo album. The instrumental LOUIE will be released on August 31 (next Wednesday) via XL Recordings.

Kenny Beats has unveiled details today (August 25) of his debut solo album, ‘Louie’.The album from the super-producer will arrive next week on August 31 via XL recordings. You can pre-order it here.A press release says that on the album, “Kenny subverts expectations with an almost entirely instrumental artist record that acts as a deeply personal tribute to his ailing father.”During lockdown, Kenny’s father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and the musician turned to mixtapes his father made for solace.A press release states: “When news of his father’s illness hit Kenny, he found himself constantly returning to these tapes to process his grief and feel familial connectivity in a remote locale. The mixes didn’t merely offer reassuring anthems, they transported him back to times that felt simpler–before the turbulence of the last two decades took its toll.”Using the mixtapes as inspiration, Kenny Beats went on to create his debut album, ‘Louie’, in tribute to his father.The press release added: “The time spent with those mixes bore an idea.

Rick Ross has expressed his upset after being denied entry into Buckingham Palace after a visit to London.On his Instagram story, Ross explained how he tried to get into the royal residence, but was denied entry. In a tongue-in-cheek post, the rapper joked that not even his illustrious CV was enough to gain access to the palace.He wrote: “Alright so y’all saw me go to Buckingham Palace.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorYouTube has announced the Foundry Class of 2022, welcoming 30 new artists to its global artist development program. The Class of 2022 is Foundry’s biggest class to date, featuring indie talent spanning genres and continents.Created in 2015, Foundry is YouTube’s incubator for independent music, supporting indie artists at all stages of their careers through annual artist development classes and ongoing release support campaigns.

LCD Soundsystem have added another date to their 2022 tour, headlining Miami’s III Points Festival alongside Flume and Rosalía.James Murphy and co. made their comeback last year with a multi-night residency at Brooklyn Steel in New York, playing 17 shows of a planned 20-show run before the run ended prematurely due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.They held smaller residencies at the Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia and Roadrunner in Boston this year, and later this month, they will head to the UK for six shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.On the weekend of October 21-22, they will headline III Points at the Mana Wynwood venue, with James Blake, Orbital, Kenny Beats, A.G.