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Ed Sheeran and Weezer have joined the line-up for this year’s edition of Coachella. Check out further information and all the stage times below.The new additions join the likes of Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott, all set to play the California festival this year, taking place between April 11 to 13 and 25 to 27.Coachella have also unveiled this year’s stage times, with Rivers Cuomo and co.

Mötley Crüe have announced the cancellation of their headline slot at Boardwalk Rock festival next month as frontman Vince Neil recovers from a “required medical procedure” – find out more below.The band were due to make their return to the stage at the festival in Maryland’s Ocean City on May 17.The performance would have marked their first since they postponed their planned Las Vegas residency last month, but they’ve now told fans they won’t be appearing as the singer recovers. They’ll be replaced by Alice in Chains.In a statement, the band explained: “Motley Crue will be unable to perform at Boardwalk Rock in Ocean City, MD, on May 17 as Vince Neil is recuperating after a required medical procedure recently advised by his doctors.“Vince’s health comes first, and we fully support him in prioritizing his recovery.

FKA Twigs has told fans she is “devasted” after visa issues have forced her to cancel her remaining North American tour dates.Late last month, FKA Twigs took to social media to inform fans that a handful of upcoming shows in the United States and Canada were being scrapped due to visa issues.“I was informed that production did not fill out the correct paperwork in a timely manner for us to have our visas to come to the USA and perform,” the singer explained. “So that means by no choice of my own I will have to pull out of my New York, Chicago, and Toronto shows.”Now, the ‘Childlike Things‘ artist has revealed that “ongoing visa issues” mean the remainder of this month’s dates, including festival sets at Coachella and Axe Ceremonia, will be cancelled.Apologising to fans on X/Twitter, she wrote: “It pains me to say this because i am so excited to bring you a creation that i have poured my soul into and i believe is amongst my strongest work and i know this news impacts so many of you that have already made plans and spent money in order to see these shows.im devastated to share the news that due to ongoing visa issues i am not able to see through any of my scheduled tour dates for the remainder of april across north america, including ceremonia and coachella.

Fyre Festival 2 later this year.The festival and its founder Billy McFarland had previously announced that it was making its “return” from May 30 to June 2 this year at Isla Mujeres, Mexico. However, those plans later changed, after the Isla Mujeres tourist board said: “We have no knowledge of this event, nor contact with any person or company about it.

Mad Cool festival have teamed up, and announced the full line-up for the 2025 edition. Check it out below.Mad Cool 2025 will run between July 10 and 13 this year, and return to its home of Villaverde in Madrid.Festival organisers have shared that the site has 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.

Everything Everything have announced a 2025 UK and Ireland tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of their third album ‘Get To Heaven’. Find all the details below.The Manchester band will hit the road later this year to mark a decade of their critically-acclaimed 2015 record – which peaked at Number Seven in the UK, and features the singles ‘Distant Past’ and ‘Regret’.Kicking off at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow on November 27, the special run of dates also includes stops in Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Birmingham and Dublin.The group are set to perform ‘Get To Heaven’ in its entirety “for the first time ever” at the forthcoming shows.

Catfish & The Bottlemen have announced details of three more shows, set to take place in the UK and Ireland later this year. Find ticket information below.The dates come as an extension to the previously announced run of live gigs from Van McCann and co.

Matt Berninger has played his solo material live for the first time, and aired his new album ‘Get Sunk’ at his show in Leeds.The National frontman released his debut album ‘Serpentine Prison’ in 2020, but could not perform any of the tracks because of COVID. His new album ‘Get Sunk’ is due to arrive on 30th May via Concord/Book Records.

the devastating mass attack that took place at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena that left 22 people dead and over 1000 injured.It has been pushed to become law by Figen Murray, whose son Martyn Hett was killed in the attack. According to The Mirror, Murray attended Westminster recently to witness the final stage of the bill and there was speculation in recent weeks that MPs were expected to usher the law through the House Of Commons.Now, a new press statement has revealed that Martyn’s Law has come into action, receiving Royal Assent.

Little Simz has shared details of two new shows, which will mark her biggest headline UK dates yet. Find the details below.It comes as the artist is gearing up to share a new album called ‘Lotus’ later this year.

Jessie J has announced a one-off intimate, acoustic live concert in London.The show, dubbed An Acoustic Evening with Jessie J Live, is set to take place at Union Chapel next month, on May 20. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (April 4) at 10am local time – you can get yours here.The show will reportedly see Jessie J perform new and unreleased music for fans, as well as several of her biggest hits from throughout her career.A post shared by Jessie J (@jessiej)Jessie J is currently working on her first studio album in seven years, having last released the records ‘R.O.S.E’ and ‘This Christmas Day’ in 2018.

Wu Lyf are back and have dropped a new single as well as a number of live tour dates – check out the details below.The Manchester indie band confirmed they had reunited with a new update on their website, sharing a brand new single and revealing that they will be hitting the road across the UK and Europe later this year.It comes after the band got fans talking earlier this year, hinting that a reunion was coming. According to Stereogum, one fan on Reddit claimed to have received a postcard from the group telling them to go to the worldunite.org website.

The Wombats have announced a huge outdoor UK show with Doves and Hard-Fi – find all the details below.The Liverpool band, whose sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ arrived in February, will perform at Englefield House in Pangbourne near Reading, Berkshire on Thursday July 17. It’ll come as part of this year’s Heritage Live summer gig series.They are joined on the line-up by special guests Doves, Hard-Fi and Alfie Templeman.Tickets go on general sale at 9am BST next Thursday (April 10) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

The Hives have returned with single ‘Enough Is Enough’ along with details of new album called ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’, and a UK and European arena tour. Check it all out below along with NME’s interview with frontman Pelle Almqvist.Their seventh album comes in relatively quick succession to 2023’s ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons‘ – the Swedish indie icons’ first LP in 11 years. It will arrive on Friday August 29 via PIAS.

IQ and Far Out have claimed that the event saw over 130,000 tickets sold within the first six hours alone.At time of writing, it looks likely that the show will soon become the biggest show at the Croatian venue, and the highest-attended single show on record.This means it will beat the previous record set by rock veterans The Rolling Stones, who played at the Zagreb Hippodrome back in 1998 as part of their ‘Bridges To Babylon’ tour and drew in over 80,000 fans.For the latter, and more significant victory, it means Thompson will surpass Italian musician Vasco Rossi as the artist to have the most attended ticketed concert in the world.

Glastonbury 2025 ticket balance is now open – find out all the details you need to know below.Glastonbury will be returning to Worthy Farm from June 25-29 this year, with the previously-confirmed Neil Young headlining the Pyramid Stage with his live band The Chrome Hearts on Saturday night. The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo will join him as headliners on Friday and Sunday, respectively.Loyle Carner, Charli XCX, The Prodigy, Biffy Clyro, The Maccabees, Lucy Dacus, Father John Misty, RAYE, Wolf Alice, Doechii, St.

Brand New have announced details of their first US tour in seven years, and participating venues have disabled comments on social media.The news of a new tour will see the band play 24 shows across the US later this year, and comes just days after they played their first public reunion show since 2017.News of the return came in March, when members launched their own website and told followers they would be playing three shows at the end of the month. Three gigs were held in Texas, and they marked the first since a secret and intimate reunion show in December last year.It also arrived following the band being on a hiatus after frontman Jesse Lacey was accused of sexual misconduct involving a minor in 2017.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a 2025 UK and European orchestral tour.The Melbourne sextet is set to bring their ‘Phantom Island’ tour overseas later this year, with select dates played as rave sets and other dates as orchestral shows led by conductor/musical director Chad Kelly.They will play songs off their forthcoming album ‘Phantom Island’ (release date unknown), along with cuts from their wide catalogue. Rave sets will incorporate tracks from 2023’s ‘The Silver Cord’, the band’s pivot into electronic music, and they will modify other songs through a fully modular synthesis table.Meanwhile, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s orchestral shows include a date at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where they will perform with Covent Garden Sinfonia.Pre-sale commences at 10am on April 2, whilst general sale will follow at 10am on April 4 – find your tickets here and see tour dates below:OCTOBER31 – Aviva Studios – Manchester (rave set)NOVEMBER1 – Brixton Electric – London (rave set)2 – Brixton Electric – London (rave set)4 – Royal Albert Hall – London (with Covent Garden Sinfonia)5 – La Seine Musicale – Paris (with Orchestre Lamoureux)6 – 013 – Tilburg, NL (rave set)7 – Mainstage – Den Bosch, NL (with Sinfonia Rotterdam)9 – Inside Seaside Festival – Gdansk, PL (with The Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra)10 – Columbiahalle – Berlin (rave set)11 – SaSaZu – Prague (rave set)12 – Gasometer – Vienna (rave set)14 – Poolen – Copenhagen (rave set)15 – Gothenburg Film Studios – Gothenburg (rave set)The UK/EU tour will follow the band’s upcoming leg in the US, where they will tour with conductor and musical director Sarah Hicks.

Public Enemy have announced a “once in a lifetime” show at Royal Albert Hall. Find ticket details below.Announced this morning (April 1), the show is being billed as an exclusive, one-off performance in the UK.

Linkin Park have announced a limited number of discounted tickets for all dates on their upcoming US tour while also downsizing their LA show.The band announced a huge world tour last November to support the release of ‘From Zero’, their first new album since the passing of frontman Chester Bennington and the introduction of Emily Armstrong as the new singer.As well as a huge show at Wembley Stadium, the tour includes a range of arenas around the US and Canada, with an additional mega show having initially been announced for Los Angeles’ Dodgers Stadium on September 13.Now, an updated tour poster has revealed that the Dodgers Stadium show has been downsized to the city’s Intuit Dome – a shift from the Dodgers’ 56,000 capacity to Intuit’s 18,000.South America: Announcing new dates on the From Zero World Tour 2025. LPU pre-sales begin March 31st.Los Angeles: Our LA show on 9/13 will now be at Intuit Dome with JPEGMAFIA.

Billy Corgan has announced a 2025 North American tour in celebration of 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins‘ ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’.The Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman will embark on the tour with his new solo project – Billy Corgan and The Machines Of God – who will hit the road on the “A Return To Zero” tour which will see the group commemorate both the 30th anniversary of the Pumpkins’ third LP as well as the 25th anniverary of their double LP ‘Machina’.The “A Return to Zero” tour will reintroduce a four-piece, two set guitar lineup – comprised of Corgan, recently recruited Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong, drummer Jake Hayden and bassist Kid Tigrrr (Jenna Fournier) – and will kick off at the Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore. MD on June 7.