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Plans to transform a former butcher’s shop in to a new chip shop in Dumbarton East have been recommended for refusal by planners.

Ice Spice and Central Cee have linked up for the new collaboration, ‘Did It First’ – listen to the track below.Released today (July 12), the New York rapper enlisted Central Cee for the fourth preview of her upcoming highly anticipated debut album ‘Y2K’. The track – and it’s accompany music video – is short; it clocks in at just under two minutes, but sees both rappers deliver fiery verses warning against the dangers of cheating on them.Watch the music video for ‘Did It First’ below.‘Did It First’ marks the fourth track to drop from the upcoming album.

Billie Eilish has become the third artist to reach 100million monthly Spotify listeners, and the youngest yet to reach the milestone.The ‘Happier Than Ever’ singer follows behind Taylor Swift – who has 102million monthly Spotify listeners – and The Weeknd – who tops the list with 107million monthly listeners on the music streaming platform.Both Swift and The Weeknd have over double the amount of songs on Spotify than Eilish, with the latter only having 82 tracks on the platform. She also makes history as being the youngest to reach the 100million monthly listeners at the age of 22.Speaking about the achievement, Jeremy Erlich, Spotify’s global head of music told Billboard: “Spotify has been a part of Billie’s story from the start.

Billie Eilish has shared an intimate cover of Frank Ocean‘s ‘Solo’ – you can watch it below.On Thursday (June 20), the ‘What Was I Made For?’ singer took to TikTok so share a cover of Ocean’s ‘Solo’, which featured on his 2016 album ‘Blonde’. Per Eilish’s caption, the video – which she recorded while in a bathtub – was filmed during her recent visit to South Korea.Watch Billie Eilish’s a cappella cover of Frank Ocean’s ‘Solo’ below.in korea ♬ original sound – BILLIE EILISH This isn’t the first time Eilish has publicly shared her love for Ocean.

Billie Eilish has performed her new song ‘The Greatest’ for the first time on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Check out footage of the rendition below.The moment took place last night (June 10) as the singer appeared as the musical guest on the US chat show for the second time to promote her latest studio album, ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’.Originally, she appeared on the show last month to perform a moving rendition of ‘Lunch’, and this time, she broke out the first ever live performance of the album’s centrepiece, ‘The Greatest’.She took to the live stage to perform the song alongside her brother and producer Finneas, who joined her in the dimly lit lighting and played acoustic guitar.

Billie Eilish has shared a new self-directed video for ‘Chihiro’ – you can watch the visual below.Yesterday (June 6), the singer-songwriter unveiled the ‘Chihiro’ visual, revealing she had directed the clip herself. It stars actor and musician Nat Wolff alongside Eilish.

Ice Spice will soon be making her acting debut alongside Denzel Washington in an upcoming Spike Lee film.According to a Variety report, Ice Spice has already begun shooting her scenes for the film, though details on her role are currently under wraps. The film, titled High And Low, is an upcoming English remake and reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama of the same name.The original film is based on Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom and stars Toshiro Mifune as a wealthy man who is forced to pay the ransom money for his employee’s kidnapped son.The remake of High And Low will be released in cinemas by A24 before heading to Apple TV+ (as reported by The Guardian), though a release date for both cinematic release and on streaming have yet to be announced.Spike Lee’s version of High And Low will mark his fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington.

Ice Spice has revealed that her highly anticipated debut album, ‘Y2K’, is “finished”.Taking to social media last night, the New York rapper took to social media to share an image of herself, which she captioned “i finished recording y2k the album ^.^”i finished recording y2k the album ^.^ pic.twitter.com/fm9imeHjUg— ice spice ☆ (@icespicee_) March 5, 2024A release date for the album has yet to be announced, but Ice Spice has confirmed previously that the record is due for release this year. In January, the rapper also confirmed that a “crazy collaboration” had been “locked in” for the record, though she declined to disclose who she had worked with.‘Y2K’ will follow the Bronx rapper’s January 2023 EP, ‘Like..?’, which featured viral hits including ‘Munch (Feelin’ U)’ and ‘In Ha Mood’.

Only Murders In The Building.According to a Variety report, Nanjiani will appear in a recurring role throughout the fourth season of Only Murders In The Building. Little else is known about the role and season four, though a source told Variety that Nanjiani’s character will be integral to the season.Nanjiani is the latest big name to be added to the season four cast.

Victorian Manchester is often celebrated as a place of industrial might, technological innovation and economic growth. But there was another side to the city that was not for the faint-of-heart.

Måneskin have commemorated the end of their ‘Rush!’ tour in Manchester, by paying tribute to Oasis with a cover of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’.At the show, frontman Damiano David and guitarist Thomas Raggi took to the b-stage, armed with an acoustic guitar, as David spoke about his love for the musicians the city has produced. “This fucking city gave birth to a lot of very, very good artists,” he said, to a roar of applause.

The production companies behind Netflix’s hit reality show Love is Blind are responding after they were sued by one of the show’s stars.

Love Is Blind contestant Tran Dang has hit production companies Kinetic Content and Delirium TV with a sexual assault, false imprisonment and negligence lawsuit, claims the companies and the show’s creator are pushing back against.

Ed Sheeran has celebrated the release of his new album ‘Autumn Variations‘ by buying strangers drinks on a bar crawl around New York City.The pop star posted a video on his Instagram yesterday (September 29) explaining that he was out to mark the release with a boozy knees-up.“Right, to celebrate my album release I’m gonna pub crawl, go in random bars and drinks are on me for the next six hours…let’s… GO!” he said in the video.He added later: “We’re in the first bar, I’m on the first drink. I have got everyone a drink in the bar…but we’re not there yet.”A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)Sheeran was then seen getting onto a subway train before being in a much livelier bar where people were playing beer pong.

Wet Leg have shared a biting new remix of Depeche Mode‘s ‘Wagging Tongue’ – listen to it below.The track – released on Friday (July 7) – sees Wet Leg put their signature stamp on Depeche Mode’s ‘Wagging Tongue’, off their latest album ‘Memento Mori’. The remix trades in Depeche Mode’s gloom for a glitzier, more colourful interpretation that transforms Dave Gahan’s vocals into a dreamier instrument. Listen to Wet Leg’s remix of Depeche Mode’s ‘Wagging Tongue’ below.‘Wagging Tongue’ features on Depeche Mode’s latest offering, ‘Memento Mori’.

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has shared photos from his Pride event since he came out.The actor, who portrays Will Byers in the series, opened up about his sexuality in January. He wrote in a caption accompanying a TikTok video that that he was “more similar to Will than [he] thought” in reference to him previously confirming that Will was gay.Now, Schnapp has posted photos from a Pride event in NYC over the weekend, which he attended with friends and family.Check out the photos below.A post shared by Noah Schnapp (@noahschnapp)The news follows the writers of Stranger Things responding to a rumour that Jodie Foster will appear in the show’s fifth season.Production on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things was underway but has been paused due to the ongoing writers strike in Hollywood.Many of the show’s core cast will return for the final time, and rumours have swirled about new cast members being added.In a since-deleted tweet, Giant Freakin’ Robot (GFR) shared a rumour from an unidentified source that Foster would be joining the show.In response, the official Stranger Writers Twitter account, which responds to questions about the show from fans, said: “No she’s not.”We’ll mark it down in the loss column then and tell this source we won’t trust them going forward.

The National‘s Aaron Dessner has praised Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’, calling it “the greatest show I’ve ever seen”.Dessner co-wrote and co-produced Swift’s surprise 2020 albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ alongside Jack Antonoff. He went on to work with the singer on the 2021 re-recorded versions of ‘Fearless’ and ‘Red’.Earlier this month, Dessner joined Swift onstage in Tampa, Florida to perform collaborative renditions of ‘The Great War’ (a track he produced for the ‘3am Edition’ of ‘Midnights’) and ‘Mad Woman’ from ‘Folklore’.During a new interview with NME, Dessner opened up about reuniting with Swift on The National’s ninth studio album ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’, which is released this Friday (April 28).The pop star will feature on ‘The Alcott’, a song NME‘s Thomas Smith described as a “subtle duet” and “a back-and-forth conversation between frontman [Matt] Berninger and [Swift]”.After praising the singer’s work ethic and creative process, Dessner spoke about her current ‘Eras Tour’ in North America.“It’s just kind of… the greatest show I’ve ever seen,” the musician told NME.

Beck teamed up with Gorillaz on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (April 19).The singer-songwriter joined Damon Albarn for a rendition of their ‘Cracker Island’ collaboration ‘Possession Island’.The live take, which you can view below, saw Albarn singing the opening on piano before Beck joined him on vocals for the remainder of the song.They performed the track for the first time at a gig at Los Angeles’ Forum last September. Beck also previously appeared on ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’ on Gorillaz’s 2020 album ‘Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez’ .‘Cracker Island’ arrived back in February as Gorillaz’ eighth studio album, with a deluxe edition following just a week later.

Self Esteem has joined an Arctic Monkeys tribute band Arctic Numpties to perform a cover of ‘There’d Better Be A Mirrorball’.During her recent concert at the O2 Academy Sheffield on March 21, Self Esteem brought out a special guest in the form of the Arctic Numpties to perform ‘There’d Better Be A Mirrorball’ off the Arctic Monkeys’ ‘The Car’.Watch a clip of the performance below.‘There’d Better Be a Mirrorball’ with @SELFESTEEM___ at the @O2AcademySheff pic.twitter.com/1ak6Bawy9c— Arctic Numpties (@arcticnumpties) March 22, 2023The performance comes after Self Esteem revealed in an interview with NME at the Mercury Prize 2022 that she “can’t stop getting drunk and singing ‘There’s Better Be A Mirrorball’ to people that don’t want to hear it in my living room!”. She added: “I got spangled in my flat and sang ‘Mirrorball’ about 20 times”.Arctic Numpties hail from Yorkshire and describe themselves as “the premium” Arctic Monkeys tribute band.

Arctic Monkeys have released a new music video for ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes’, taken off their latest album, ‘The Car’.The video, released on March 6, starts off with Alex Turner and co. rehearsing backstage before a concert and shots of Turner shooting promotional material for the ‘The Car’.

NME have announced the full line-up for the C23 Live showcase at SXSW Festival.The event will take place at Inn Cahoots in Austin, Texas on March 16 to celebrate the release of C23 and feature artists from the mixtape. The full ‘Bose x NME: C23’ mixtape will be released the day prior (March 15).The mixtape features exclusive tracks by 15 of the world’s most exciting and innovative emerging artists, creating an unmissable collection that will offer a definitive audio showcase of the future of music.