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Damon Albarn, Kate Bush and Annie Lennox have released a silent album in protest of planned changes to copyright AI laws planned by the UK government. Check it out below.Dubbed ‘Is This What We Want?’, the album is completely silent, and is made with the hopes of drawing attention to the potential impact that artificial intelligence could have on the music industry.“In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?” said Kate Bush in a new statement (via BBC).

Tiana DeNicola Willow Smith and Chris Greatti dive into the intricacies of their collaboration on the song “Big Feelings” in an episode of Variety’s Behind the Song, shedding light on their creative process and the emotional depth embedded in the track. “This idea of having big feelings, I knew that I wanted that lyric to be the guiding light of the whole song,” Smith explains. The concept lingered in her mind for weeks, waiting for the perfect moment to take shape.

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry has shared her latest single called ‘Something In The Air’, ahead of the release of her debut solo album ‘Vicious Creature’.The Scottish singer-songwriter’s new track arrives after she previewed the song at a live show in the US last month, and follows singles ‘Are You Awake?’, ‘Shame’ and ‘Change Shapes’.Debuting last night (October 1) as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record in the World, the single is pulled from her anticipated debut solo record, which is due for release later this year.The new track sees Mayberry confronting someone who comes up with “stories” and “conspiracy theories“, before declaring in the anthemic chorus that she just wants to be “someone who’s happy“, asking: “But why do you even carе? / Must be something in the air.”Listen to ‘Something In The Air’ below. “Something In The Air is a song that really came out of nowhere,” Mayberry shared in a press statement about the new track.

Tori Amos has recorded a version of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’, with Buggles’ Trevor Horn. Listen to the track below. The new version is the opening track of Horn’s new album ‘Echoes: Ancient & Modern’, a record made up entirely of covers, with the famed producer teaming up with a host of other guest vocalists.

Brent Lang Executive Editor David Slade, the director of the Emmy and BAFTA-award winning “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” has signed with 42, the Los Angeles and London-based management and production company. The company will manage the filmmaker, who also joins 42’s commercials offering OB42 for representation in the U.K.

Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift‘s friendship quickly made headlines in 2021 as they went viral several times for their online interactions.

Sinéad O’Connor‘s music rose by 2,885 per cent following her death.The musician and activist died at her home in London last month (July 26) at the age of 56.Many figures from the music industry have since paid tribute, including Garbage, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe, Fall Out Boy, Ice-T and Tori Amos.According to Billboard, streams of her music went up by 7.9million in the US during the week of July 21-27.O’Connor’s music was streamed 243,000 times from July 24-25, before that number rose to 7.3million from July 26-27 in the wake of her death.Her cover of Prince‘s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ alone amassed 3.2million streams in the week news of her death broke. The single was also downloaded 10,000 times.Streaming figures for her music in the UK are yet to be released.The latest figures come after a 2021 interview with People resurfaced earlier this week in which O’Connor explained that she’d thought about the importance of protecting her finances and art, and had instructed her children on what to do when she died.“See, when the artists are dead, they’re much more valuable than when they’re alive,” the singer said at the time.

Phoebe Bridgers has revealed that she shaved her head in high school after being inspired by the “revolutionary” Sinéad O’Connor.Musician and activist O’Connor died at her home in London last Wednesday (July 26). She was 56 years old.

Sinéad O’Connor had told her children to contact her accountant before the emergency services in the event of her death.The musician and activist passed away at her home in London last Wednesday (July 26). She was 56 years old.

Sinéad O’Connor aired on TV this weekend (July 29) as planned despite the singer’s death.Kathryn Ferguson’s film Nothing Compares was originally set for release on Saturday on Sky Documentaries and the Now streaming service.After O’Connor passed away earlier this week (July 26) at the age of 56, Ferguson said that after much deliberation she decided to proceed with the release of the film as planned.“We had been scheduled to release Nothing Compares today on Sky / Now for a very long time and after lots of thought we are going to go ahead with that plan,” Ferguson tweeted on Saturday.“The reaction to the film and love for Sinead has been palpable and we feel screening it this weekend is the right thing to do, so that people can see her in all her glory and hear her tell her side of the story.”She added: “An option she was rarely granted by some facets of the media who spent so much of their time being reductive of all she had to say.”Ferguson went on: “Nothing Compares is a love letter to Sinead. She meant the absolute world to me and I know she did to many of you.“Watch the film, feel the rage, have a good cry and let’s remember the woman for her radical, magical ways and all she has done for us.

Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor last night (July 29) with a cover of ‘Mandinka’.The collaborative performance came during Dave Grohl‘s band’s set at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival. You can view it below.Introducing the cover, which appeared O’Connor’s 1987 debut album ‘The Lion And The Cobra’, the frontman said: “We’re singing this song for a reason tonight,” before Morissette added: “For a beautiful women with high intelligence and deep empathy, way ahead of her time, who is no longer with us.

Tori Amos has performed two covers of Sinead O’Connor’s tracks, in tribute to the late singer. Check out footage of the moment below.Announced by her family, the acclaimed Irish singer and activist died this week (July 26) at the age of 56.

Sinead O’Connor‘s cause of death has yet to be confirmed, but authorities don’t suspect foul play.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Andrea Ganis, Atlantic Records’ legendary president of promotion, is leaving the company after 43 years, she announced in a message to staff today, which follows below in full. She began at the company as a secretary in 1980, became head of the department and eventually rose so high in the ranks that they invented the president of promotion title for her. In a 2020 interview with Variety looking back at her career, she said, ““My early years began with the Rolling Stones, Bette Midler, Abba, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Phil Collins, U2, Stevie Nicks and so many more, including songs that I forgot I promoted until I hear them in a store and point up and say, ‘I worked that record!,’” she laughed.  

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for the first episode of “Yellowjackets” on Showtime. Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” is back, and viewers who hoped to hear a song from ’90s icon Tori Amos finally get their wish, as music supervisor Nora Felder delivers a tasty treat in the form of the 1994 song “Cornflake Girl.” Felder replaces former music supervisor Jen Malone, having helped Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” soar up the streaming charts with “Stranger Things” Season 4. “Cornflake Girl” closes out the first episode. Teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) has a hard time saying goodbye to Jackie (Ella Purnell), who froze to death in the Season 1 finale, after the two best friends had a fight, and Jackie spent the night outside in a snit. Shauna, guilt-ridden, spends much of the Season 2 premiere with Jackie’s corpse in the meat shed, talking to her (guest star Purnell talks back).

Mindy Kaling Michael R. Jackson is, in a word, dazzling. His Broadway musical, “A Strange Loop,” is a breakthrough masterpiece whose plot I won’t describe here because it’s so inventive that my summary wouldn’t do it justice. But what I can say is that it’s a musical about a writer … well, trying to write. The star of “A Strange Loop” is Usher, a “young overweight-to-obese homosexual and/ or gay and/or queer, cisgender male writer,” as he says in his opening song, working to find his way in the world, deciphering the many destructive (and often extremely funny) voices in his head. Watching Michael’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, I felt like someone had shone a light on the creative process of writing in a way it had never been examined before. For years, many neurotic writers have been able to see themselves in the protagonists of Woody Allen movies or Charlie Kaufman’s “Adaptation” or, hell, even “The Shining.” I never completely got it. But I actually identify with Usher, a funny, tortured, pop-culture-fluent brown man trying to impress his parents, discover his voice, vanquish his shame and have sex occasionally. Michael managed to capture all the moments of artistic self-doubt and relentless self-examination and somehow make it joyful, funny and relatable.

Tori Amos has announced a new UK and European tour in 2023.Following dates supporting her 2021 album ‘Ocean To Ocean’ earlier this year, the singer has announced a whole new run of dates for next year including six in the UK.The tour will kick off at Edinburgh Queens Hall on March 25 before wrapping up at London’s Royal Albert Hall on April 3. You can view her UK tour dates below.Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday (October 7) at 10am BST and you can purchase tickets here.Big News! We are excited to announce that Tori will be playing additional dates in the UK and Ireland! Tickets for these shows will go on sale this Friday, October 7th at 10:00 AM BST.

Blondie, Mac DeMarco and Tori Amos are among the artists set to take part in the first ever Band Shirt Day next month.The new fundraising event will hold its first edition on September 16, bringing artists together to donate proceeds from their merchandise sales to charities of their choice.Other artists taking part include King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, with charities chosen including Children of Ukraine, MusiCares and Planned Parenthood.A statement on the event’s website reads: “Band Shirt Day is a global fundraising initiative, where artists come together for a single day to sell merchandise on their official sales channels and donate proceeds to charitable organisations of their choice.”For a full list of participating artists and their charities, head here.A post shared by Band Shirt Day (@bandshirtday)Elsewhere, Blondie recently released a rediscovered home recording of a song called ‘Mr Sightseer’.

Sasha Urban editorMuna is not the band it was three years ago. Of course, the world isn’t the same, either.When Muna’s second studio album, “Saves the World,” was released in 2019, COVID wasn’t a household word, Trump was still president and, notably, Phoebe Bridgers had not yet started her own record label.

This was a rollercoaster of a day! Just after getting over COVID we had to go see a doctor for something far more frightening and unknown! AND in the evening we took a very lucky child of ours to see the goddess that is Tori Amos perform at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles! We caught some highlights from the show, including some special covers – Kate Bush‘s Running Up That Hill and R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion! Watch!

Tori Amos has revealed that she was just three years old when she wrote her first song.Speaking in a new interview, the ‘Cornflake Girl’ hitmaker discussed her musical upbringing and how she began playing the piano when she was a toddler.“No one taught me how to play the piano. It’s just something I was able to do from a young age,” Amos told Reader’s Digest (via Contact Music).