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Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has explained how the ‘Eras’ tour “completely changed” her relationship with the band’s 2009 hit ‘The Only Exception’.Taken from their third album ‘Brand New Eyes’, ‘The Only Exception’ is one of Paramore’s most well-known songs and is believed to have been written about Williams’ then-boyfriend Chad Gilbert. They married in 2016 and separated 16 months later.In a new interview with Dork, Williams admitted to feeling a sense of discomfort performing it live in the past, but her vocal coach helped to alter her perception of it.

Hayley Williams has revealed that Paramore have begun working on new music.The artist said that the band are already tinkering with new sounds which may end up on their follow-up to 2023’s ‘This Is Why’.In an interview with Dork, Williams said that, before they headed out on tour with Taylor Swift, they recorded some demos that “really surprised” her, with particular influence taken from the Bjork-fronted band The Sugarcubes.They also spent time in Clouds Hill studio in Hamburg during their days off on tour and began toying with an idea that “felt like it was on the other side of the tracks to what we’d been working on at home,” according to Williams. “But that excites me,” she added.Williams added that there was the potential for another solo record to follow up 2020’s ‘Petals For Armor’ and 2021’s ‘Flowers for Vases/Descansos’.“Paramore has always been the thing that I want to do the most, and I get really passionate and protective of it,” Williams said.

Paramore have teamed up with fashion designer Bug Girl for a merch collaboration to benefit Medical Aid for Palestinians.In a video posted to Instagram, Bug Girl said that she had met the band when they were opening for Taylor Swift on the ‘Eras’ tour. Frontwoman Hayley Williams had been seen wearing a version of Bug Girl’s ‘feminine rage’ t-shirt, which features a photo of a younger Taylor Swift.

Paramore have reflected on their Taylor Swift opening support slot for her ‘Eras’ tour and shared: “We love you”.The ‘Aint It Fun’ hitmakers opened for all 48 Swift’s European shows during the European leg of the pop star’s mammoth ‘Eras’ tour. Yesterday (August 26), the band took to their official Instagram account to thank the ‘Bejeweled’ singer by sharing a photo of themselves with Swift holding a thumbs-up sign.“Thank you for asking us to be a part of such an incredible moment in your life and career.

Paramore have paid tribute to Queen‘s late frontman Freddie Mercury while performing at London’s Wembley Stadium.The band have been on the road with Taylor Swift serving as opening support on her worldwide ‘Eras’ tour. During the penultimate show of their five-night run at the iconic stadium, the frontwoman took the time to pay tribute to the late, great Mercury.Sporting a cropped white t-shirt, a studded belt, light wash jeans and black boots – resembling the ‘Somebody To Love’ singer’s iconic outfit worn while performing at Live Aid at Wembley back in 1985 – frontwoman Hayley Williams told the crowd: “I’ve got one minute to try something and I need you to help me,” before going into Mercury’s famous ‘Ayo’ vocal runs from Live Aid.A post shared by paramore (@paramore)The crowd proceeded to follow along with her call and response.

Suki Waterhouse played an Oasis classic during her set at All Points East – watch footage below.While supporting Mitski on Sunday (18 August) the singer and actor performed the ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ track ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, which she told the crowd went far differently when she tried it at a Californian festival.After the mass singalong, Waterhouse gratefully told the crowd: “I played that one at Coachella and let me tell you, it didn’t hit the same.”How did the Cochella crowd not like this?!

Paramore played ‘Decode’ at the third of five of Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras’ shows at Wembley Stadium and dedicated to Robert Pattinson in a nod to Twilight. Pattison was in attendance at the show on August 17 because his fiancée Suki Waterhouse had performed as the first support act.

Hayley Williams has discussed Paramore being “one of only two bands that include women” in ‘most-streamed rock acts’ chart, sharing that she hopes to see more diverse representation in the future.The frontwoman shared the comments on her Instagram stories last night (August 6), after it was reported that Paramore had been listed as Number 20 on the Top 20 of most streamed rock acts of all time on Spotify.In the list – which was topped by Queen, The Beatles, Arctic Monkeys and Red Hot Chili Peppers – only two of the 20 acts listed contained any female members. The other was Fleetwood Mac, who placed in the Number 10 spot.Responding to the list, which was shared by a Paramore fan page with the X/Twitter handle @Pcharts, Williams shared a screenshot of the post and added her own comment on social media.“Not the casual U2 diss lmao?!! Their Live At Red Rocks film still gives me such a buzz.

Taylor Swift has something special planned for each of her upcoming London ‘Eras Tour’ concerts.According to the 14-time Grammy winner, all five Wembley Stadium shows from will feature a high-profile special guest in addition to opening act Paramore.At the first Wembley gig on Thursday, Aug. 15, Swift and Paramore have tapped budding indie pop star Sofia Isella to kick off the festivities.After that, British alt/indie singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone will take over opening duties on Friday, Aug.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has opened up about pop fans in 2024, and shared that she finds the competitive nature of fanbases “really fucking annoying”.The pop-punk icon took to her Instagram Story after a recent Paramore show in Hamburg, where they opened for Taylor Swift. Williams explained how she has noticed artists’ fanbases becoming increasingly eager to compare their favourite musicians.The issue, she added, is predominantly in the pop world, where fans can get too centred on chart placements or units sold – leading to them using those stats to suggest their favourite artists are better than someone else.“Something I’ve been thinking about a lot, and why I don’t really love it… Especially in the music world, whether it’s the pop girls or any scene, really, people only give a fuck about numbers now, and stats,” she began, talking off-screen while the camera recorded (via Stereogum).“That is so lame.

Hayley Williams joined Taylor Swift on stage at London’s Wembley Stadium last night (June 22) for a version of ‘Castles Crumbling’ – watch the footage below.At the second of three straight nights at the venue on the ‘Eras’ tour, Swift welcomed the Paramore frontwoman to the piano for a duet of the rarely-performed song.Williams appeared on the studio version of the track too, which was first released on ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ in 2023. It is their first time performing the song together live on stage.

Taylor Swift is not set to star in the upcoming superhero movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, despite speculation from fans.According to an exclusive report by Entertainment Weekly, the singer of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ will not be making an appearance in the next instalment of the Marvel franchise.Despite IMAX posting an Instagram picture yesterday showing its two heroes holding hands and wearing friendship bracelets, a symbol of Swift fandom and more specifically ‘The Eras Tour’, it has been revealed that the singer won’t be involved in the film.The rumours began after fans noticed the film’s stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in attendance with Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game last October, along with the film’s director Shawn Levy.Some fans of MCU speculated that she might portray the comic book character Dazzler in the upcoming movie.It’s well known that Swift is friends with both Reynolds and Levy, with the former attending her recent show along with his wife Blake Lively, and Swift including their children’s names in her song ‘betty’, and with Levy starring in Swift’s short film All Too Well.However, it seems Swift’s friendships with Levy and Reynolds don’t necessarily suggest her involvement in the film, which will be next month.While neither Levy nor Reynolds addressed the rumour for some time, Levy told EW in April: “I regret that I was not quicker to shut it down the first time, so I’m going to default to my very true situation, which is as much as we love each other, the fear of death is so intense in me regarding Ryan and how he desperately wants to avoid talking about all of these proliferating rumours.”Back in May, Jackman, Levy and Reynolds spoke with Fandango about the rumour.

Taylor Swift will be Liverpool’s biggest name in music when she drops in for three days of back-to-back-to-back ‘Eras Tour’ concerts at Anfield Stadium with special guest Paramore.This trio of gigs comes on the heels of Tay Tay’s weekend at Edinburgh, Scotland where a couple got married mid-concert on Friday.“Congratulations, wow!” Swift said from the stage, according to Page Six. “I just saw that whole thing.

Paramore have performed their first opening set for Taylor Swift in the UK leg of the ‘Eras’ show in Edinburgh – watch their performance below.The alt-rock band have officially opened for the pop star and kicked off their tour at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, where Swift fans had been queueing for days in anticipation of the concert.Now, Paramore and Swift have landed in the UK, with Paramore playing a tight nine-song set featuring some of their greatest hits like ‘Misery Business’ and ‘Decode’.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour finally lands in the UK tonight, and Swifties have been queuing outside Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium for days in anticipation.Swift begins the UK and Ireland leg of her huge, career-spanning tour in the city tonight (June 7) with the first of three consecutive shows in the stadium. Support will come from Paramore.From there, she will play three shows in Liverpool from June 13-15, one night in Cardiff on June 18 and three in London’s Wembley Stadium on June 18-22.

Paramore have made a call for donations to support aid to Gaza today (May 29) via their Instagram Stories.It comes as Israel has intensified its military operations in Rafah over the last few days. A report from The Associated Press explained that Israel’s recent shelling and airstrike attacks killed at least 37 people between Monday and Tuesday this week (May 27-28).

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has shared several clips recorded during the production process of her 2021 album, ‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’, including covers of songs by the Cardigans and Best Coast.A slew of Instagram posts on Thursday (May 23) marked Hayley Williams’ return to her personal page, which had remained inactive since 2021. The Paramore singer shared clips of her working on ‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’ songs recorded on her phone.“[I] found more that i never posted way back when so just gettin em out of the camera roll and somewhere they can live forever,” she writes.Aside from clips of her solo album songs, she talks about the choices behind the covers she shares, which includes an acoustic rendition of Audrey Hepburn’s ‘Moon River’.

Paramore gave their cover of Talking Heads‘ ‘Burning Down The House’ its live debut while opening for Taylor Swift in Paris last night (May 9). Watch the footage and see the full setlist below.Hayley Williams and co.

David Byrne has shared his cover of Paramore’s ‘Hard Times’, ahead of its exclusive Record Store Day vinyl release – listen to the track below.The track will be available as an “extremely limited” 12” vinyl release for Record Store Day 2024, with Paramore’s version of Talking Heads’ ‘Burning Down the House’ on the B-side.The cover was first announced last month by the pop-punk band themselves, who are serving as this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors, and are also releasing their 2023 “almost” remix album ‘Re: This Is Why’ on vinyl for the first time for the event. That album will be available on 2LP Ruby + Bone vinyl and single black vinyl.Listen to Byrne’s take on ‘Hard Times’ here:This year’s Record Store Day takes place tomorrow (April 20) at all participating shops – visit here for more information.Speaking about his involvement with the track, Byrne has said: “The band told me that their song Hard Times was inspired by Talking Heads, so I learned it and recorded my version of their great song with a horn section.

Record Store Day for “Record Store Day Afters,” a post-event sale.The event will kick off on April 22 – two days after Record Store Day on April 20 – and will feature Official international Record Store Day shops offering exclusive, limited-edition Record Store Day releases as a way to give a second chance to those who missed out on April 20.The music release database will also be host to the centralized shopping network, which will allow fans to be able to buy from shops located all over the world, allowing them to get limited-edition, region-specific vinyl. The event will include official Record Store Day retailers in over 13 countries.Along with the event, Discogs will also provide various Record Store Day-focused lists, guides, and more throughout the week.

Paramore have opened up on what is next for the band saying: “Whatever we put out next will hopefully surprise people”.Back in December 2023, the band admitted there was a “level of uncertainty” about their future. Their final album on their contract, ‘This Is Why‘, was released that year, meaning they had fulfilled all obligations to their previous label, Atlantic.