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A post shared by 4AD (@4ad)Naysmith co-founded Pale Saints alongside singer-bassist Ian Masters and drummer Chris Cooper in Leeds and played a vital role within Pale Saints’ sound. They blended together Masters’ shoegazy vocals with noisy indie-pop.Pale Saints signed to 4AD records and released 1990’s ‘The Comforts of Madness’ and 1992’s ‘In Ribbons’, which are some of the best albums of 4AD’s original era.

Fergie recently penned a letter to her younger self to mark her 50th birthday.Taking to Instagram this Thursday (March 27), the former Black Eyed Peas singer – real name Stacy Ann Ferguson – shared a carousel of images, including shots of her as a child and a screenshot of her name listed in Billboard’s Top Women Artists of the 21st Century ranking.Reflecting on her career to her 4m followers on the milestone birthday, the ‘London Bridge’ singer wrote: “I honestly didn’t know what to post to mark this landmark number, so I started with a letter to my younger self.“Dear little Stacy, one day you’ll be 50 and you’ll be proud of yourself. You won’t have it all figured out, but you realize …. who does? Success really is in the journey, and true happiness can be found in the smallest simple moments.

Jessica Simpson is getting her groove back after her split from estranged husband Eric Johnson. The 44-year-old pop star behind hits such as “I Wanna Love You Forever,” “I Think I Love You” and “With You” performed her first show in 15 years at the Recording Academy’s Block Party at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday night.“Last night was my first performance in 15 years.

Black Doves has been delivering festive thrills on Netflix this month, but who sings the show’s theme song? Read on for all the info.The show, created by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji), sees Keira Knightley play the wife of the UK Defence Secretary who learns that her secret identity as a spy is in danger when her lover is killed in an incident involving London’s criminal underworld, and Ben Whishaw’s character is sent to protect her.Sarah Lancashire also stars in the six-episode show, which is streaming on the platform now, and music fans can rejoice in the presence of The Damned’s drummer Rat Scabies in the show too.All six episodes of the show’s first season debuted December 5 on Netflix., and before the show was even released, it was renewed for a second season.Black Doves has been getting strong reviews from across the board, currently sitting on a 95 per cent critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.The track that acts as the show’s theme is a cover of ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’ by RAYE.The song was originally recorded by Cher in 1966, written by her then-husband Sonny Bono, and included on her second solo album ‘The Sonny Side Of Cher’. The song was Cher’s first million-selling single, reaching Number Three in the UK and Number Two in the US.‘Bang Bang’ was also memorably covered by Nancy Sinatra in 1966.

Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw lead the cast of spy thriller series Black Doves.Created by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji), the Netflix series follows professional spy Helen Webb (Knightley) who finds herself at risk of a wider conspiracy following the assassination of her secret lover.Other cast members include Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Buchan, Andrew Koji, Omari Douglas, Kathryn Hunter and Sam Troughton.All six episodes of the show’s first season debuted December 5 on Netflix. Before the show was even released, it was renewed for a second season.The show’s score is by Martin Phipps, whose previous credits include The Crown, the BBC adaptation of War & Peace, Peaky Blinders and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.A cover of Nancy Sinatra’s ‘Bang Bang’ performed by Raye plays at the end of every episode.

James Bond theme, has died aged 87.The British session musician passed away last Thursday (November 14) after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease according to his son, Kevin Flick.The Bond theme tune was originally recorded in 1962 for the first movie Dr. No, with Flick playing the famous riff on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier.

Sabrina Carpenter didn’t let a little on-stage nonsense stop her.The 25-year-old was dancing on a platform during her headlining set at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival on Saturday when she suddenly screamed and jumped forward after a stray firework came close to hitting her. The clip has gone viral.Carpenter then looked back as the pyrotechnics continued to go off. She shrieked again before covering her mouth and escaping the stray sparks on the Golden Gate Park stage.After finishing her set, Carpenter addressed the audience, saying, “Thank you, Outside Lands.

Sabrina Carpenter brought out Kacey Musgraves as her special guest at Outside Lands Festival.

Self Esteem has revealed that she is close to completing the “finishing touches” on her new album.The singer-songwriter, who recently teamed up with Becky Hill for new single ‘True Colours’, gave an update on her third album to podcaster Adam Buxton.Speaking at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival, Rebecca Lucy Taylor was asked how close the record was to being completed, to which she responded: “I’ve sort of got it, sitting with it, thinking about it and then in September/October we are going to go back and finish it.”She also went on to confirm that, “there will be something by the end of the year” in terms of the release of new material.In addition, Taylor said she already plans to make another solo album.She added: “I’m always psychologically an album ahead, the next album I want to do a bit more orchestral and stand still a bit more. I want to sing more, I want to be Chris Martin.”Taylor also said that at some point she wants to a do a record with Richard Hawley.

Lana Del Rey was asked by the BBC if she’d write a title track for a James Bond movie.

Lana Del Rey has revealed that she wrote a song for the James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected by the franchise’s producers.The singer was speaking backstage at the Ivor Novello Awards in London this week (May 23), where she picked up the Special International Award.As the BBC reports, she was asked about the prospect of recording a Bond theme, to which she said she had already given it a shot, before beginning to sing her song ‘24’, from her fourth album ‘Honeymoon’, released the same year as the film.“I wrote that for them,” Lana said. Listen to the song below:The eventual theme for that film, ‘Writing’s on the Wall’, was recorded by Sam Smith and became the first Bond theme to reach Number One on the UK Singles Chart.“Sam, you did a wonderful job,” Del Rey quipped, before saying she had not given up hope at making a song for the film series.“But I’m going to continue to do my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it’s the title track,” she added.It was not the only time that Bond producers turned away a stellar music name for the choice of Spectre’s signature song.

Lana Del Rey addressed a long-running rumor about her discography while discussing her desire to write a song for the James Bond franchise.

NEW YORK — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86.Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife, Deed Abbate.With his raucous rhythms, and backing hollers and hand claps, Eddy sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and mastered a distinctive sound based on the premise that a guitar’s bass strings sounded better on tape than the high ones.“I had a distinctive sound that people could recognize and I stuck pretty much with that. I’m not one of the best technical players by any means; I just sell the best,” he told The Associated Press in a 1986 interview.

Post Malone has performed a Hank Williams cover during a surprise gig in Nashville this week (April 3) – check out footage of the moment below.The cover arrives at a time when country music is having a resurgence in music. Beyonce released her new album ‘Cowboy Carter’ on Friday (March 29) which contains covers of Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’, and features artists including Willie Nelson and Nancy Sinatra.Taylor Swift is also gearing up to release a country album next month with ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, while Post Malone is gearing up to make a new country album too.

Beyoncé has given Dolly Parton full songwriting credits on her reimagined version of ‘Jolene’.The artist dropped her new country album ‘Cowboy Carter’ last week, which features a reinterpretation of Parton’s 1973 classic.While Parton’s version sees her plead with Jolene (“I’m begging of you please don’t take my man“) Beyoncé’s takes on a more empowered edge as she sings: “I’m warnin’ you, don’t come for my man.”The re-written lyrics seem to address Jay-Z cheating on her, as she refers to someone trying to “come between a family and a happy man”.While Beyoncé included several re-worked lyrics in her version of the song, the writing credits on streaming credit solely Parton, while Beyoncé is credited as the performer and producer.Parton has since given her verdict on Beyoncé’s cover, writing on Instagram: “Wow, I just heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it! Love, Dolly P.”It came after she previously gave Beyoncé’s country pivot her blessing, saying: “I’m a big fan of Beyoncé and very excited that she’s done a country album.” Ahead of Beyoncé’s version, Parton asked fans to stream her original track.Nancy Sinatra also expressed her admiration for Beyoncé after she sampled ‘These Boots Are Made For Walking’ on ‘Cowboy Carter’.Beyoncé unveiled the news of her new album a month ago, dropping two songs ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages’ in February and announcing the record in an ad at the Super Bowl.

Beyoncé fans have complained that their vinyl issues of the new album ‘Cowboy Carter’ are missing five songs from their track listing. ‘Cowboy Carter’ was released on Friday (March 29), her eighth studio album and the second in an expected trilogy that began with 2022’s ‘Renaissance’. But, as reported by the BBC, the songs ‘Ya Ya’, ‘Spaghetti’, ‘Flamenco’, ‘The Linda Martell Show’ and ‘Oh Louisiana’ are said to be absent from the vinyl copies of the album.

Nancy Sinatra has expressed her admiration for Beyoncé after she sampled ‘These Boots Are Made For Walking’ on her new country album ‘Cowboy Carter’.The star dropped her new LP yesterday (March 29), which included a cover of The Beatles‘ ‘Blackbird’ and a reworked version of Dolly Parton‘s ‘Jolene’, with lyrics that address Jay-Z cheating on her. It also stars guest appearances from country veteran Willie Nelson, as well as Willie Jones, Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, Shaboozey and Tanner Adele.Sinatra’s song is sampled in the song ‘Ya Ya’, which she said in a post on X/Twitter she was especially pleased that Beyonce used.“To have a little piece of one of my records in a Beyonce song is very meaningful to me because I love her,” she wrote.

Morrissey has announced a 30th-anniversary reissue of ‘Interlude’, his duet with punk icon Siouxsie Sioux.The duet is a cover of Timi Yuro’s track by the same name and was released back in 1994. It was recorded during the recording sessions for Morrissey’s fourth solo LP ‘Vauxhall and I’.

Fifty Shades of Grey actor posed in the kickiest fit: a barely-there crochet halter bikini top, a pleated denim skirt and boots that appear at first glance to be go-go style, but are actually sneakers that lace all the way up her calf. Accessorizing with a white bag and big sunglasses, it's giving J. Lo and Cheerleader Avril.In another pic, Ora reveals that the boots are Dior, or as they say on the back, “J'Adior” (she's a big fan of this phrase, two days ago).

Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri joined Wu-Tang Clan onstage during their recent performance in Scotland – view footage of the moment below, along with the full setlist.The band took to the stage at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro arena on Monday (June 12), as part of their ongoing ‘N.Y. State Of Mind’ tour.Towards the end of their 24-song set, the band surprised fans with a guest appearance from Spiteri with the Texas singer joining them onstage for a rendition of ‘Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)’ — a track which she re-worked with the hip-hop group in 1998.The moment also marked nearly 25 years since Wu-Tang Clan and Spiteri first joined forces to collaborate on the track, which occurred when she passed the song ‘Say What You Want’ – taken from the Scottish rock band’s 1997 album ‘White On Blonde’ – to RZA to mix and finalise the recording.Eventually, the two ended up making an official collaboration of the track, and named the remixed version ‘Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)’.

Michael Caine celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday, and commemorated the milestone with a superstar friend, Tom Cruise.English comedian and TV personality David Walliams, who was also in attendance at the event, shared some snapshots from the festivities, and the star was by Caine's side for the special event.«Happy 90th Birthday to the legendary Sir Michael Caine,» Walliams captioned a slideshow post, which included a photo of Cruise with his arm around Caine's shoulders as the pair smiled for the camera.Additional photos in the post show Cruise was seated right next to Caine during the birthday bash, as Caine addressed his fellow revelers while sitting in front of a big birthday cake.Cruise wasn't the only star to wish the two-time Oscar winner a happy birthday. star Mia Farrow took to Instagram to share her well wishes, alongside a few throwback photos of the pair from their younger days.«Happy 90th Birthday to Michael Caine, such a funny and wise friend over many years,» Farrow wrote.