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Bob Dylan, Foo Fighters, Eurythmics, The Clash and more acts are being re-released for UNICEF’s ‘Blue Vinyl’ fundraiser.The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) has pressed limited edition releases of 10 acclaimed albums for its charity series to raise money for the UNICEF UK Children’s Emergency Fund, which helps children affected by conflict and disaster.Only 48 ‘Blue Vinyl’ copies have been pressed for each of the 10 albums. The 10 albums are: Dylan’s ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’; Carole King‘s ‘Tapestry’; The Clash’s ‘Combat Rock’ (40th anniversary edition); Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’; Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine At Midnight‘; Janis Joplin‘s ‘Pearl’ (50th anniversary edition); Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Live At Monterey’; Leon Bridges‘ ‘Coming Home’; Little Mix‘s ‘Confetti’; and Prince’s ‘The Rainbow Children’ (20th anniversary edition).Fans can enter a prize draw for each artist on the ‘Blue Vinyl’ Crowdfunder website here to be in with a chance of winning one of the available albums.The campaign will highlight “UNICEF’s ability to respond to an emergency affecting children wherever they are, whenever crisis hits, within 48 hours”, according to a press release.Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix said: “What an honour for ‘Confetti’ to be part of the incredible ‘Blue Vinyl’ album list alongside some iconic artists! As a UNICEF UK Supporter, I know how vital the money raised is for children around the world.

Updated, March 27, 2025: A new trailer, set to “Texas Sun” by Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, has arrived for Netflix’s latest Wester TV series Ransom Canyon, based on the book by Jodi Thomas.

Latitude 2025 line-up, including Air, Kaiser Chiefs, Reggie Watts and more.This year’s instalment will see the festival return to Henham Park in Suffolk between July 24 and July 27. Back in October, organisers confirmed the first three headliners for the main stage – Sting, Snow Patrol and Fatboy Slim.

Fall Out Boy, Luke Combs and Dave Matthews Band are set to headline the Memorial Day weekend event.The festival returns to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston’s Lower Allston neighbourhood from May 23 to 25, with country star Combs closing out the Friday. Also on the same day, the likes of Megan Moroney, Sheryl Crow, T-Pain, TLC, Infinity Song, Kyle Dion, Bebe Stockwell and Holy Roller will be on the line-up.Pop-punk behemoths Fall Out Boy are set to headline the Saturday, and will be joined by acts including Avril Lavigne, Cage The Elephant, The Black Crowes, All Time Low, James Bay, The Maine, Lucius and Valley.2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Dave Matthews Band will close out the festival on the Sunday, before performances from Vampire Weekend, Sublime, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, Goth Babe, Tom Morello, The 502s and Spin Doctors, among other artists.A range of local and up-and-coming artists will also be playing Boston Calling over the weekend, including Timmy Skelly, Simon Robert French, Rebuilder, Sidebody, Pinklids, Mo Lowda & The Humble, Mon Rovîa and Amble.A post shared by Boston Calling (@bostoncalling)General admission and VIP tickets will go on sale on Wednesday (January 8) at 10am EST, and you can find tickets here.

Barack Obama has published his annual favourite songs of the year list, with Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C. and more making the cut in 2024.Lamar’s ‘Squabble Up’, Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’, Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ and Billie Eilish’s ‘Lunch’ all feature on the list, which also included tracks by Jack White, Leon Bridges, Central Cee, Artemas, Hozier and more.“Here are my favorite songs from this year!” Obama wrote on Twitter/X today (December 21) “Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.”Last year, the former President denied claims that his often indie-centric playlists – which have previously featured likes of The War On Drugs, Little Simz and Mitski – weren’t curated by him, saying he was “scrupulous” about making sure his recommendations were songs he liked.Here are my favorite songs from this year! Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.

Mad Cool have announced the first run of artists set to perform at the 2025 instalment, withOlivia Rodrigo, Kings of Leon and Noah Kahan leading the line-up.Next year’s edition of the long-running festival will run between July 10 and 12. It will see the event return to the Villaverde site in Madrid, which festival organisers announced this year had undergone a series of improvements including a reduction in the number of stages, as well as a general reduction in public capacity to reduce schedule conflicts and artist overlaps.Mad Cool members will be able to access a presale on Friday (December 20) at 9am GMT until Monday (December 23) at 8:59am GMT.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 10 of “The Masked Singer,” “Quarter Finals: Merging of the Masks,” which aired Wednesday, December 4 on Fox. Sorry, Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Kobie Turner just wasn’t quite Goo enough to move on to “The Masked Singer” semi-finals. Turner was unmasked on Wednesday’s episode as Goo, after narrowly losing out to Strawberry Shortcake. This repped the second time Goo was on the chopping block – he was saved during the Group B finales, when he was about to be eliminated in that round.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 6 of “The Masked Singer,” “60s Night,” which aired November 6 on Fox. Recording artist Natalie Imbruglia (“Torn”) was an excellent contestant on “The Masked Singer” this season — but the conversation has run dry. That’s what’s going on. Nothing’s fine, she’s torn… and revealed on Wednesday’s episode as the celebrity under the Bluebell costume.

Austin City Limits is bringing in over 130 (!) acts to Zilker Park on Oct. 4-6 and 11-13 for two supersized weekends of rock, pop, Hip-Hop, R&B, punk, country, soul, Latin, psychedelia, dance music and more.Just a few of the most noteworthy names on this year’s bill include pop icon Dua Lipa, it girl Chappell Roan, country superstar Chris Stapleton, punk heroes Blink-182 and trippy group Khruangbin.They’ll be joined by Sturgill Simpson, Norah Jones, Tyler, The Creator, Teddy Swims and Benson Boone.Pretty Lights, Leon Bridges, The Marías, Dom Dolla, Carin León will be there too over the two long Friday, Saturday and Sunday stints.Plus, classic rock legends Grand Funk Railroad will be there, too.If you want to be there to witness the madness, last-minute ACL tickets are still available.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on three-day general admission passes was $266 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $140 before fees.Still need a few more pieces of information before smashing that buy button?You’re in the right place, Austin weirdos.Our team has everything you need to know and more about the star-studded 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of the best prices on three-day general admission passes can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Thania Garcia St. Vincent translated her entire recent album “All Born Screaming” into “Todos Nacen Gritando,” her first full-length Spanish-language album. The set, slated for release on Nov.

Leon Bridges has announced a North American tour to take pace this autumn, in support of his upcoming album ‘Leon’ – see all the dates below.Earlier this month, Bridges announced details of his fourth studio album, and shared the record’s sun-drenched lead single ‘Peaceful Place’, which you can listen to below.The album is due to come out on October 4 via Columbia and you can pre-order/pre-save it here.Now, he has shared information of a North American tour for October and November, which kicks off on October 4 at Austin City Limits Festival and concludes on November 17 at Mexico City’s Corona Capital. Support at the majority of dates will come from Hermanos Gutiérrez.Tickets go on sale at 10am local time on Tuesday (August 20), and you can get yours here.“I wanted to bring the magic and connection that made this record to this tour, so I felt it was important to pick the right rooms to play,” Bridges has said.

Leon Bridges has announced his fourth studio album ‘Leon’, and has released a sun-drenched new track called ‘Peaceful Place’ from the project.The upcoming album is due to come out on October 4 via Columbia – pre-order and pre-save it here. In the meantime, Bridges has released ‘Peaceful Place’ from ‘Leon’ – a sun-drenched and hope-fuelled soulful anthem.‘Leon’ has been in the works for a while, according to Bridges. It was recorded with producer Ian Fitchuk at Mexico’s El Desierto studio, and with co-producer Daniel Tashian in Nashville.In a statement about the upcoming project, he said: “’Leon’ has been a long-time coming.

Kehlani just crashed your fall plans.From September through November, the popular R&B singer will headline at venues all over North America on their 32-concert ‘Crash World Tour’ with special guests Flo and Anycia.That includes stops at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 14 and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Friday, Sept.

Much like the original Twister (1996) film’s adrenaline-fueled rock soundtrack, Twisters boasts a stacked soundtrack full of country heavy hitters like Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Tanner Adell, Lainey Wilson and many more.

Twisters hits cinemas today (July 17), but what songs feature on the film’s soundtrack?The movie is a sequel to 1996’s Twister, which starred Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Paxton.This time round, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell star as two opposing figures who are in thrall to the megastorms, until they find themselves in a fight for their lives in rural Oklahoma.Minari director Lee Isaac Chung has helmed the new film, which saw its first trailer premiere during the prestigious Super Bowl halftime show. In it, Powell’s character tells Edgar-Jones: “You don’t face your fears, you ride them!”Leading up to the film’s release, it has faced a whirlwind of surprise appearances at its premiere events – one in London with the appearance of Tom Cruise, and another in Los Angeles, where enraged PETA activists stormed the stage.The late Bill Paxton’s son James appears in a cameo in the film as a “disgruntled hotel guest”.

A Family Affair is now streaming on Netflix – here’s every song that features in the film.Directed by Richard LaGravenese, the film stars Joey King as Zoe, who plays a young assistant to movie star Chris Cole (Zac Efron). Zoe’s mother, Brooke (Nicole Kidman) ends up in a romantic relationship with Chris causing Zoe a host of issues.An official synopsis from Netflix reads: “When Zara (Joey King) quits her job as the personal assistant to Hollywood heartthrob Chris Cole (Zac Efron), she unwittingly sets the stage for a chance encounter between Chris and her famous writer [mother], Brooke (Nicole Kidman).“It’s only a matter of hours before Brooke and Chris realise they have an undeniable chemistry, which leads to laugh-out-loud consequences as Zara’s egocentric boss attempts to woo her incredulous mother.

since held gigs in intimate and unconventional settings across the world with the likes of Ed Sheeran, The National, Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish, Leon Bridges, Hozier and Wolf Alice, as well as many small acts.The company are aiming to capture the attention of music industry execs travelling through the busy terminal during festival season. The stage, coined The Heathrow Introducing Stage, aims to platform a multitude of up-and-coming British artists across jazz, folk, pop, rock, R&B and soul.Among the first acts to take to the stage yesterday (June 25) were China Bears, The Halfway Kid and R&B artist Olivia Nelson, who was shortlisted for this year’s Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition.A post shared by heathrow_airport (@heathrow_airport)“The Heathrow Introducing stage isn’t just about providing entertainment, it’s about propelling careers to new heights,” said Karoline Komolafe of Sofar Sounds.

Austin City Limits Music Festival.On Oct. 4-6 and then Oct.

Thania Garcia Dua Lipa, Tyler, The Creator, Chris Stapleton, Blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, Pretty Lights, Khruangbin and Leon Bridges are the headliners for the 2022 Austin City Limits Music Festival, along with performances from Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, Carin León, Norah Jones, Reneé Rapp, Foster The People, Kehlani (only weekend one), Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, CAAMP, Dominic Fike, the Marías, Jungle, Dom Dolla, Chappell Roan, Porter Robinson (only weekend one), Fletcher (only weekend one), Something Corporate (only weekend one), David Shaw, and many more. The nine-stage, two weekend music celebration will take place in Zilker Park in South Austin, Texas on Oct. 4-6 and Oct.

The party did not stop at the 2024 Met Gala, as Stella McCartney hosted a star-studded bash after the event on Monday (May 6) at Casa Cruz in New York City.

Kacey Musgraves has released a cover of Bob Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’, which is set to feature in the upcoming biopic about the reggae icon. Listen to the track below.The reverb-heavy acoustic version of the track is one of six covers of Marley songs that will accompany the film’s release, with the other artists including Leon Bridges, Daniel Caesar, Skip Marley and Wizkid.‘Three Little Birds’ was first released on Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1977 album ‘Exodus’, later reaching the Top 20 in 1980 as a single.Listen to Musgraves’ version of the song below.The feature length biopic about the reggae icon, titled Bob Marley: One Love, is due to be released in UK cinemas on February 14, 2024, with British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders, One Night in Miami) playing the musician.The film has been made in partnership with Marley’s family, and also stars James Norton, Lashana Lynch and Tosin Cole.

Boston Calling just announced their star-studded 2024 lineup and this year’s edition is one of their most sonically diverse yet, spotlighting established and up-and-coming rock, Hip-Hop, pop, R&B and country stars.Just a few of the mega headliners scheduled to perform include arena rockers The Killers, soulful crooner Hozier, earnest pop star Ed Sheeran, Hip-Hop hero Megan Thee Stallion and Phish frontman Trey Anastasio.They’ll be joined by Tyler Childers, Leon Bridges, Reneé Rapp, Young the Giant and The Revivalists at Boston’s Harvard Athletic Complex from May 24-26.All in all, 51 acts will take the stage over the long weekend.Need tickets today?That can be arranged.Although the presale doesn’t start until Thursday, Jan.