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Charli XCX and Doechii are due to clash at Glastonbury, as the first stage details have been revealed.In a special episode of Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw‘s podcast Sidetracked, exclusive details of some of the stage breakdowns were shared with listeners.Charli XCX will be headlining the Other Stage on the Saturday night, which is at the same time as when Doechii is headlining the West Holts Stage. “That’s quite a big clash there,” Grimshaw said on the show.“That’s good, though,” Mac replied.

The Great Escape has added over 100 new artists to the 2025 line-up, including Mercury Prize winners English Teacher. Check out the updated bill below.This year’s edition of the festival will take place in Brighton from May 14-17, and has already confirmed details of a spotlight show with Pete Doherty and Warmduscher.

Pet Shop Boys, FKA Twigs, Jorja Smith, Father John Misty and more have been announced as performers for MEO Kalorama 2025.The upcoming edition of the festival will see the event return to Lisbon over the summer and will be held at the usual Parque da Bela Vista. A new change is that the festival will now take place between June 19, 20 and 21, rather than its usual end-of-summer slot.

Goldie‘s breakbeat alter ego Rufige Kru has made a comeback, sharing a new single ‘Still The Same’ with CASISDEAD and announcing a new album ‘Alpha Omega’.The new single comes after years of requests made by fans to CASISDEAD to rap over a drum ‘n’ bass track. It’s his first release since his critically acclaimed 2023 album ‘Famous Last Words’. The track was produced by Goldie and SubMotive.Meanwhile, the music video for ‘Still The Same’, directed by Elliott Gonzo, features Goldie as an AI overlord being hunted down by a vigilante CASISDEAD.“It was a huge honour to collaborate with these legends in the game,” said Gonzo in a press release.

Travis Scott may have a “major” role in WWE soon, following his appearance at last weekend’s Elimination Chamber.Last Saturday (March 1), Elimination Chamber was held at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and saw John Cena winning the titular match, punching his ticket to WrestleMania to face current WWE Undisputed champion Cody Rhodes. If he beats Rhodes, Cena would become the most decorated world champion in WWE history with 17 world championships.Afterwards, Cena turned heel (became a villain) for the first time in his 20-plus year-long career.

Offset has proposed a plan for dividing assets and custody of his children with Cardi B in a new divorce filing.TMZ reported that the former Migos rapper recently filed legal documents requesting joint custody of the couple’s three children: Kulture, Wave, and their youngest daughter, whose name has not been revealed yet.He specified in his filing that Cardi’s residence should be the primary home for the children, and asked the court to determine each parent’s child support responsibilities. Additionally, he requested that all the couple’s marital property be split 50/50 and both parties should cover their own legal fees.Offset and Cardi B’s relationship has been on and off for many years.

Kendrick Lamar has shared photos of him in a 2022 lecture, describing the rapper as “incredibly kind and humble”.Unbeknownst to the world, Lamar took a Psychology course at UCLA in 2022. Last Wednesday (February 26), photos taken by a fellow classmate were posted online, showing the Compton star attentively writing down notes and using his phone while on a table by himself in the lecture hall.The classmate also commented (per Instagram fanpage Kendricklamarzz): “He was incredibly kind and humble.

Central Cee‘s manager Ybeeez has shared his thoughts on Stormzy‘s speech at the BRIT Awards last weekend, in which he said he thought Cench should have won the award instead.Last Saturday (March 1) was this year’s BRIT Awards, where Stormzy controversially won the Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act award despite releasing only two songs last year. While on stage, the Croydon rapper thanked God before saying: “Big up Chase and Status because [their 2024 UK Number One collaboration] ‘Backbone’ is the only reason why I’m here.“I love everyone who voted for me and I love the BRITs – I’m very very grateful – but I don’t think entirely this award should be fan-voted,” he continued.

Travis Scott thinks wrestling “might be better than performing” – see what the rapper had to say below.Last weekend (March 1), the ‘Sicko Mode’ rapper made headlines by not only appearing at WWE’s Elimination Chamber event in Toronto, Canada, but for also playing a role in the show’s closing segment.During the segment, Travis Scott – whose song ‘4×4’ is the current theme song of WWE Raw – accompanied Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to the ring to confront John Cena and WWE champion Cody Rhodes, demanding that the latter “sell his soul” to him in order to become the “greatest” champion ever. John plays a fictional antagonistic authority figure who is a member of WWE’s board of directors.Later in the segment, Rhodes denies Johnson’s offer, telling him to “go fuck yourself”, prompting John Cena to turn on him and start beating him up.

Chappell Roan, ASAP Rocky, Fontaines D.C., Queens Of The Stone Age and more have been announced as performers for Rock En Seine 2025.This year’s edition of the Parisian music bash is set to take place from August 20-24 at its usual home of Domaine National de Saint-Cloud and feature more big names across various genres including pop, rock, rap and more. You can visit here to purchase single day tickets and full festival passes.The first night will see an all-female line-up of Roan alongside London Grammar, Suki Waterhouse and NME 100 alumn Luvcat.

KSI has spoken about the mixed response to ‘Thick Of It’, and said that he hopes to avoid becoming a meme with the new single he has coming out later this month. Read the interview below or watch it in full via the video above.The artist, boxer and influencer spoke to NME while on the red carpet for the 2025 BRIT Awards, and opened up about the huge response he got with his single ‘Thick Of It’ – including both the positive and negative.The track saw him collaborate with Trippie Redd, and earn his second BRIT Award nod, being nominated in the Song Of The Year with Mastercard category.

Skepta has announced the first line-up for the 2025 edition of his Big Smoke Festival. Find all the details below.The event will return to Crystal Palace Park in south-east London on August 9 and 10 as part of South Facing Festival, following its inaugural outing last summer.Today (March 4), organisers have confirmed the initial wave of acts for the first date.

Jay-Z has sued the woman who accused him of sexual assault, accusing her and her attorney of “false and malicious” allegations.Late last year, an anonymous woman, referred to as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit against the rapper and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, accusing them of raping her in 2000 at an MTV VMAs after-party when she was 13 years old. Jay-Z strenuously denied the allegations.However, in February, the accuser voluntarily withdrew the suit with prejudice, meaning she would not be able to file it again, and she acknowledged that there had been inconsistencies in her original account of the alleged incident.Now, Jay-Z – real name Shawn Carter – has filed his own suit accusing Doe and her lawyers Tony Buzbee and David Fortney of engaging in an “evil conspiracy” to extort him with “completely fabricated” and “wildly horrific” claims of rape.As reported by Rolling Stone, the suit was filed on Monday (March 3) and it alleges that Carter’s representatives made contact with Doe and she is said to have admitted concocting her claims about Carter.

Drake has settled his payola dispute against iHeartMedia for promoting Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’.In November last year, Drake filed a legal dispute against Universal Music Group (UMG) and iHeartMedia over allegations that the latter had received “covert payments” from UMG to play Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ in an effort to inflate its numbers.Now, it has been reported that Drake has reached a private settlement with iHeartMedia for the legal dispute. According to a Texas court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Drake and iHeartMedia have “reached an amicable resolution of the dispute to the satisfaction of both sides”.A rep for iHeartMedia said in a statement to Rolling Stone: “In exchange for documents that showed iHeart did nothing wrong, Drake agreed to drop his petition.

MF DOOM‘s handwritten notebooks have been returned to his widow, ending a dispute between his widow, Jasmine Dumile Thompson, and his former A&R, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt.In 2023, Thompson filed a lawsuit against the former A&R, alleging copyright infringement, fraud, intentional misrepresentation and unjust enrichment. The complaint, which was written along with Gas Drawls – the LLC that controls the late rapper’s intellectual property- arose shortly after DOOM’s death in 2020 when Alapatt obtained a number of DOOM’s handwritten notebooks.Now, the dispute has been resolved and the notebooks have been returned to Thompson.

Doechii, Barry Can’t Swim, Ezra Collective, Jorja Smith, The Last Dinner Party and more have been announced as performers for Bristol’s FORWARDS festival 2025.The two-day event is due to take place at Clifton Downs in Bristol on Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24.Now, the first wave of acts and headliners have been announced, with Barry Can’t Swim, Ezra Collective, Confidence Man, Orbital, Mount Kimbie, English Teacher, Happy Mondays, Katy J Pearson, Ishmael Ensemble and the Rituals Orchestra and Mermaid Chunky all set to take to the stage on the first day.The following day will see performances from Doechii, Jorja Smith, The Last Dinner Party, Olivia Dean, Fabio & Grooverider Orchestra and the Outlook Orchestra, Moonchild Sannelly, The Silhouettes Project, Almeda and Snapped Ankles.Described in a press release as a “future-thinking festival”, FORWARDS also features “major social initiatives” and “timely debate” alongside music acts from across the world.Pre-sale will begin at 10am GMT on Wednesday (March 5), followed by general sale on Thursday (March 6) at 10am. You can find all ticket details here.Tom Paine, Co-founder of Team Love said: “FORWARDS is back for its fourth year, and we couldn’t be prouder.

Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien has made a joke about the infamous feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake at the awards ceremony.Making a reference to Lamar’s recent Super Bowl performance – which included his scathing Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’, in which he accused the ‘Hotline Bling’ singer and rapper for being a pedophile – O’Brien marked the halfway point of the televised proceedings.“Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile,” O’Brien exclaimed. The audience responded with laughter and audible gasps, to which O’Brien quipped: “Don’t worry, I’m lawyered up.”The Compton rapper made history by becoming the first solo rapper to headline the coveted Halftime Show.

Thania Garcia Tate McRae is the leading lady of the albums chart this week as her latest effort, “So Close to What,” debuts at No. 1 in the United States. Not only is this the reigning pop star’s first No.

Travis Scott played a significant role in the shock ending to WWE Elimination Chamber on Saturday night (March 1) – see the moment below.The pro wrestling company ran the event in Toronto’s Rogers Centre, with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who plays an antagonistic authority figure on WWE television, demanding that world champion Cody Rhodes “sell his soul” to him in return for becoming the corporate chosen one.Rhodes told Johnson to “go fuck yourself” and was embraced in a hug from John Cena, who had just won the show’s main event. However, after receiving a signal from Johnson, Cena turned on Rhodes and aggressively beat him down in a shock ‘heel turn’.All the while, Scott was in the ring alongside the wrestlers at Johnson’s invitation, even joining in with Cena’s brutal attack, kicking Rhodes while he was down.See the events unfold here:It is the second time Scott has had a significant on-air role with WWE in recent weeks, after he accompanied Jey Uso on his entrance through the crowd on the episode of WWE Raw that followed Uso’s win at February’s Royal Rumble.

Drake attended WWE’s Elimination Chamber last night, shortly after cancelling his remaining Australian and New Zealand tour dates due to a “scheduling conflict”.Alongside Lil Yachty, the Canadian-born rapper was seen ringside for last night’s (March 1) event at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, with the appearance coming only days after he pushed back four remaining shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland due to a clash in his schedule.Having recently made his return to Australia and New Zealand last month for his first tour in eight years, Drake was due to perform in Brisbane on March 4, Sydney on 7 and a pair of shows in Auckland, New Zealand on March 15 and 16.According to a statement from Drake’s rep to Rolling Stone AU/NZ, the shows will be rescheduled, and additional shows are being planned.

Angie Stone, the R&B singer behind hits such as ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’ and ‘Brotha’, has died in a car accident at the age of 63. A representative of the singer confirmed to Variety that the crash happened in Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday morning (March 1) as Stone was coming from a show. She was the only person to die in the accident.