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Two teenage boys have been found guilty of murder after a 14-year-old was stabbed to death in Harpurhey. Nathaniel Shani died after being knifed to the neck in an alleyway.

Lush co-founder Emma Anderson has shared a new remix of her 2023 song ‘Inter Light’ – you can listen to it below.The original version of the track appears on Anderson’s acclaimed debut solo album, ‘Pearlies’, which was released last October.Now, Brighton-based duo Memorials – aka Matthew Simms and Verity Susman – have brought some “’60s spy movie vibes” to ‘Inter Light’ by adding “fuzzed out guitars, drums and distorted tape noise for a much more exhilarating listen”.Speaking about the reimagining, Anderson explained: “It kind of slims down the structure but increases the dynamics of the track overall which I love.“There are real drums and more overdriven guitars. Also, the original fades but Matthew and Verity have put an ending on it which is almost my favourite part of the track.

Blur performed Saturday night on the Coachella main stage ahead of No Doubt, they found themselves in front of a relatively unresponsive crowd, especially during their 1994 hit “Girls & Boys.” “You’re never seeing us again, so you might as well fucking sing it,” a clearly frustrated frontman Damon Albarn said after the crowd’s uninspired response during multiple call and response attempts. Segments of the internet soon erupted with confused reactions — were they about to vacate the stage? Were they splitting up again? Were they so frustrated that they were pulling a Frank Ocean and not returning for weekend two? Or, more likely, was it a not-out-of-character act of spontaneous anger from a 56-year-old rock star who’d played two nights at London’s Wembley Stadium to 90,000 screaming fans last summer — who’d screamed the lyrics to “Girls & Boys” almost louder than Albarn could sing them — and apparently didn’t realize that much of the Coachella audience was half his age and did not grow up on such ’90s Britpop classics as “Popscene,” “Tender,” “Coffee & TV,” “The Universal,” “Country House” and “For Tomorrow” (although they probably knew the “Whoo-hoo!” of the group’s biggest hit, “Song 2”).

Warning: spoilers aheadThe latest episode of Shōgun is receiving high praise from critics, with one calling it “the best TV episode of the year”.The Japanese series has so far been hailed as “the new ‘Game of Thrones'” thanks to its “cunning” plot twists, but has also been praised for its “elegant” production. It’s expected to run for ten episodes, with its latest episode ‘Crimson Sky’ having just aired.In this episode, viewers watched Lady Mariko, Lord Yabushige and John Blackthorne attempt to escape as hostages in a truly nail-biting episode filled with twists and turns, including Mariko’s shock death.Esquire was impressed with the “brilliance” of the episode, calling it “the best TV episode of the year so far.”“Of all the insane deaths I’ve seen on Shōgun so far—Nagakado slipping and shattering his head on a rock, Yabushige boiling a prisoner alive, and even Hiromatsu stabbing himself in the gut—I never thought Mariko would die, let alone by dynamite! Somebody call me an ambulance—I’ll need some major recovery before I see you all next week.”Meanwhile, Vulture agreed episode 9 was the “best of the series so far”, adding: “Rather than be taken alive, [Mariko] stands against the door and makes a last protest against Ishido.

Courtney Love has said that Lana Del Rey “should really take seven years off” after previously calling her a genius.Speaking to The Standard in an interview recently the Hole singer to promote her new BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds series called Courtney Love’s Women, Love spoke about the ‘Born To Die’ singer as well as Taylor Swift and Madonna.Despite having previously said that her late husband Kurt Cobain and Del Rey were the only “true musical geniuses” she’s ever known, the Hole frontwoman has now said that she has also grown tired of recent Coachella 2024 headliner – saying she stopped liking the singer-songwriter in December last year.“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off,” said Love. “Up until ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ I thought she was great.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Los Lobos, the iconic East Los Angeles band that elevated that helped bring Chicano music to the masses over the last 50 years, is the subject of the feature-length documentary with the working title “Los Lobos Native Sons,” currently in production and slated for a 2024 release. The film features testimonials from George Lopez, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Waits, Dolores Huerta, Bonnie Raitt, Flaco Jimenez, Cheech Marin, a trailer below.

Ben Shephard shared a response to viewers after they spotted latest This Morning guest Jon Bon Jovi making a quick exit after an awkward moment during their interview. The rock legend appeared live on the show on Wednesday (April 17) to celebrate and reflect on his 40-year career with his band.

The Who’s Pete Townshend has put a dampener on any hopes for a farewell tour, saying that he was being “sarcastic” when he hinted at the idea.It comes as both he and the band’s frontman Roger Daltrey have spoken about what the future holds for the iconic rock group in recent weeks, and hinted that their time as a band may be drawing to an end.Initially, it seemed that the band were planning a farewell tour to end their touring days with a bang, with the guitarist stating last month that The Who have one “final” thing left to do before they call it quits. “It feels to me like there’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die,” he said.

Blair Witch Project team have called news of the upcoming remake “bittersweet”.Just days ago, it was announced that the seminal film was getting a reboot at CinemaCon. Since the 1999 original, there have been two sequels in 2000 and 2016, making this remake the fourth movie in the series.Though 2016’s Blair Witch director Roy Lee is slated to return, Ben Rock (original production designer) has claimed that no one from the original film – including co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez – were involved in any following movies, adding in comments to The Hollywood Reporter that news of the reboot is “bittersweet”.“I do think that what has happened twice now was that the original creators were overlooked, and other people were brought in, all of whom were good,” Rock said.

Brit Smith has officially released her lost song “Karma’s a B-tch“!

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has shown off his latest tattoo, which is a tribute to late Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister.Today (April 17), Hetfield took to Metallica’s Instagram to show off the tattoo, etched on his middle finger. The tattoo is of a spade inside what appears to be an iron cross symbol – a symbol that Hetfield has incorporated on his guitars in the past. The singer also a tattoo of an iron cross on his elbow.However, the tattoo isn’t a regular tribute to Lemmy, it also contains the remains of Kilmister himself, according to Hetfield.

Plans for three town centre ‘communication hubs’ including public defibrillators and phone charging ports have been thrown out by Bury Council. Planning permission was sought to put the hubs at Haymarket Street and outside the Rock and Millgate shopping centres.

Frank Turner has announced his attempt to break the record for the most shows played in 24 hours in honour of the Music Venue Trust.In celebration of his upcoming 3,000th show and the release of his 10th album ‘Undefeated’ on May 3, Turner will attempt to play 15 shows of minimum 20-minute sets on May 4. Sponsored by taxi app FREENOW, Turner will travel circa 500 miles to play shows from Liverpool to Southampton.Turner says of his challenge: “With nearly 3000 shows under my belt, I’ve never been one to do things by halves or shirk a challenge – I once played all 50 American states in 50 days, for goodness sake.

English Teacher‘s Lily Fontaine has given credits to her mother for the band’s debut album artwork on ‘This Could Be Texas’.The frontwoman took to social media to give the backstory on English Teacher’s debut album art, which was just released last Friday (April 12). The band are currently on track to land in the Top Ten on the Official Charts this week.Writing on X/Twitter, Fontaine shared: “To feel understood potentially takes the number one spot in the chart of experiences.

Glastonbury 2024 line-up, including Caity Baser, Lulu, Frank Turner and Skindred.Last month, the iconic Worthy Farm festival shared its official 2024 line-up for Glastonbury – with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA being confirmed as headlining the iconic Pyramid Stage this summer, while Shania Twain will perform in the legends slot on the Sunday instalment.Now, following the main announcement, the organisers have begun counting down the weeks to this year’s edition by gradually announcing the artists playing at other stages around the site.This kicked off last week with news of new artists set to headline the Acoustic Stage later this summer, and now Glastonbury has shared details of its Field Of Avalon line-up.Announced this morning on the festival’s official X/Twitter page, the full bill for the stage has been shared, with performances from Baby Queen, Skindred, Frank Turner and Lulu all being locked in.For Lulu, the announcement comes following speculation of an upcoming Glasto slot that emerged last week. According to an anonymous source at the time, the 75-year-old singer would be playing at the festival to close off her ongoing ‘Champagne For Lulu’ farewell tour.

The Cult have announced details of a UK tour, which will celebrate their 40th year as a band. Find upcoming dates and ticket details below.Announced today (April 16), the shows are set for later this year and will see the iconic ‘80s rock group perform in 10 cities across the country.

Neil Young has revealed that he has uncovered the “lost verses” from the 1975 song ‘Cortez The Killer’, and that he’s considering playing them during his upcoming tour with Crazy Horse.According to a Rolling Stone report, Neil Young recently hosted a Zoom session with a handful of fans who are subscribed to his official website. During this call, Young revealed that he had recently found “the other verses” from ‘Cortez The Killer’ that were either cut from the song, or lost due to technical difficulties while recording the track.He also teased performing them, though nothing is set in stone just yet: “Just a couple of days ago, I found the other verses.

Willow has shared her whimsical new single ‘Big Feelings’ and has announced her new album ‘Empathogen’.The track opens up with a jazzy piano riff followed by a pounding kick drum. “I have such big feelings / Can’t shut ’em down without a sound / I have such big feelings / Can’t shut ’em down or let ’em out,” she sings over the whimsical beat.Speaking about the track in a statement (Per Stereoboard), Willow said: “The piano part of this song is so dense and dissonant but also darkly beautiful. I wrote ‘b i g f e e l i n g s’ during a week where I was coming to terms with my own emotional patterns that I hadn’t known were there.

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Billy Joel fans will get to find out whether Davy is still in the Navy after all. A broadcast special of the singer in performance at Madison Square Garden was cut off abruptly in most time zones Sunday night during his climactic rendition of the signature hit “Piano Man,” and after considerable public outrage, CBS has committed to re-airing the entire program on Friday night.

Sean Ono Lennon – the sons of Paul McCartney and John Lennon – have written a song together called ‘Primrose Hill’ – check it out below.The song is a tender acoustic number about spending time with a loved one at the popular London beauty spot, which appears on the single’s cover art.“I’ll always remember Primrose Hill,” James McCartney sings wistfully on the chorus, backed by a mellow guitar melody.“‘Primrose Hill’ is here!” shared James McCartney on social media alongside a picture with his co-writer. “Today I am so very excited to share my latest song co-written by my good friend @seanonolennon.