UK live music attendance reached an all-time high in 2022

Live music attendance in the UK reached an all-time high in 2022, with 37 million people going to shows over the course of the year. The numbers reflect the success of major stadium-filling shows by the likes of Coldplay, Lady Gaga and Ed Sheeran, along with huge festivals such as Glastonbury. While the major touring …

Immerse Yourself in Suwannee Hulaween's 10th Annual Festival With Our Favorite Art Installations

Suwannee Hulaween celebrated its 10-year anniversary over Halloween weekend, welcoming 20,000 fans back to its home at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Hulaween stands as one of the last truly independent, large-scale music festivals thriving amongst today’s corporatized concert landscape. Heralded as one of the leading immersive art experiences across …

Selena Gomez’s makeup brand to donate funds to the Gaza relief efforts

Selena Gomez’s makeup company, Rare Beauty, has announced that it will be donating funds to the relief efforts in Gaza. The brand announced its plans in an Instagram post on Monday (November 6), stating that it stands against all forms of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, and will be donating funds to charities that will help the …

Inside Black V Neck's Journey to Usher in House Music's Future With New Label, Retail Records

In the ever-evolving realm of electronic dance music, where artists are frequently confined to certain genres or trends, standouts are those who chart their own musical course. Such is the story of Black V Neck, the spirited production pair altering the house music narrative out of Miami. Ian Beato and Julian Sacheli united in 2017 …

Fans react to Girls Aloud reunion rumours: “I am literally shaking”

Fans have been taking to social media to share their thoughts on rumours that Girls Aloud are set to reunite. Speculation of the rumoured reunion first arose last night (November 7), when The Sun reported that members Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts had secretly entered a recording studio together. According to the …

NewJeans’ Minji was “not desperate” to become a K-pop star

NewJeans singer Minji was apparently “not desperate” to debut as a K-pop idol, according to the casting agent who discovered her. South Korean casting director Darren Won recently recalled the story of how he found and casted NewJeans’ Minji in a new interview with The Korea Times. “I invested a lot of time and effort to …

Arch Enemy, DragonForce cover Taylor Swift’s ‘Wildest Dreams’

Power metal outfit DragonForce and melodic death metal band Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz have become the latest acts to cover a Taylor Swift song – watch their performance below. This past weekend (November 5), while performing in Montreal, Canada, DragonForce brought out Alissa White-Gluz as a special guest to perform a special cover of …

Queens of the Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy to headline Download Festival 2024

Queens of the Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy will headline Download Festival 2024. The festival will return to Donnington Park for its 21st edition from June 14-16, 2024. General tickets will be on sale from 9pm on November 9. Barclaycard presale will start from 9pm on November 7, whilst Download Festival presale …

sumthin sumthin Soars Into His Most Personal Song Yet, "When I'm Gone": Listen

sumthin sumthin is blasting onto bitbird with “When I’m Gone,” a song that’s equal parts raw energy and emotion. His latest is a sonic journey that traverses the choppy waters of emotional liberation. Stylistically, it’s particularly significant as it marks the first time the producer has lent his own vocals to a release. Breaking away …

Watch JOYRYDE Drop Unreleased Collaboration With Skrillex and Flowdan

Just when you thought that Skrillex might be done with new music this year, think again. A savvy concert attendee was able to snag footage of a new collaboration with JOYRYDE and Flowdan last week.  The video was taken at Sunbar in Tempe, Arizona during JOYRYDE’s show on Halloween weekend. While the clip is only 40 seconds …