Music

Tough Cookie Return With New Single ‘Mercy!’

• Tough Cookie release new single "Mercy!", out now
• Follows last year's "The Countryside Is Good For You" mixtape
• Video directed by Flower Up accompanies the release

London group Tough Cookie have released their new single "Mercy!", marking a return following last year's well-received mixtape "The Countryside Is Good For You". The band mix 90s grunge-adjacent guitar tones with careful songwriting, and the new track continues that approach with an accompanying music video. Frontperson August…

Addison Rae joins ‘Fortnite’ with ‘Fame Is A Gun’-inspired collab

• Addison Rae's Fortnite collaboration launched on 6th August 2026
• Includes two skins, emotes, jam tracks, back blings and pickaxes
• Skins cost 1,500 V-Bucks; other items range from 400-800 V-Bucks

Addison Rae has become the latest pop star to join Fortnite, with a collaboration inspired by her "Fame Is A Gun" era going live on 6th August 2026. The tie-in follows a wave of similar partnerships with musicians such as Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, reflecting…

Billie Joe Armstrong on the power of the World Cup and why Green Day are “not a political band”

• Armstrong says Green Day isn't fundamentally a political band
• He praised the World Cup's unifying effect over politics
• New Green Day film "Nimrods" arrives in cinemas 14 August

Billie Joe Armstrong has reflected on Green Day's shifting relationship with politics in a new interview with the LA Times, insisting the band has never seen itself as overtly political despite emerging from an outspoken punk scene and later releasing albums such as "American Idiot" and "Revolution Radio"…

10 flash-in-the-pan directors you were convinced were destined for greatness

• Far Out Magazine lists ten directors once tipped for greatness
• Piece argues early hype didn't translate into lasting acclaim
• Full article content, including named directors, was not available to summarise

The article, published by Far Out Magazine, is a listicle identifying ten film directors who were widely tipped for major success early in their careers but whose subsequent work failed to match that initial promise. The piece falls into the entertainment website's recurring "list" format, reflecting on how…

Remember When Wings Got Their Hit Album, but Nobody (Even Its Creator) Was Too Pleased With It in 1973?

• Wings' 1973 album Red Rose Speedway was a US number one hit
• McCartney later said he "couldn't stand" the finished album
• Single "My Love" became Wings' first US chart-topper

In 1973, Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band Wings scored their first major commercial success with the album Red Rose Speedway and its chart-topping single "My Love," yet McCartney himself later admitted he "couldn't stand" the finished record. The album's troubled creation, marked by a departed producer and record-label interference,…

Huddy Shares Decadent New Track ‘Cheap’

• Huddy releases new single 'Cheap', addressing negativity and reclaiming his story
• Track follows 2025 release 'Burn The Ballroom Down'
• Huddy also covers Ariana Grande on Pop Sound Vol. 01

Rock artist Huddy has released a new single titled 'Cheap', continuing his run of pop-rock crossover material as he moves into a fresh creative phase. The track is described as densely layered and quietly intense, with Huddy using it to address people who have tried to undermine him…

SJM Concerts secures Knebworth events licence amid Oasis rumours

• SJM Concerts can now stage major Knebworth events indefinitely.
• The licence fuels unconfirmed Oasis return rumours.
• Oasis’s 1996 Knebworth shows drew 250,000 fans.

SJM Concerts, which promoted Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour, has obtained an indefinite licence to stage events at Knebworth. The decision has renewed speculation that Oasis could return to the Hertfordshire venue in 2027, although neither the band nor the promoter has confirmed any planned shows. The licence permits…

Bobby Pulido is sick and tired of apologizing

‘I hate to be explaining every single thing,’ said the Tejano singer and DCCC darling about controversial social media comments and his past work relationship with a sex offender.

Amanda Knox responds to calls for her Edinburgh Fringe show to be cancelled

Meredith Kercher's sister has backed the campaig. The post Amanda Knox responds to calls for her Edinburgh Fringe show to be cancelled first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

Just in time for pre-Songs of the Past DLC refreshers, Witcher 3 modders have restored a cut menu which lets you watch story recaps at any time

• Modders restored a cut Witcher 3 menu for on-demand story recaps.
• The unfinished feature dated back to the game's 2015 launch.
• It arrives ahead of the Songs of the Past expansion next year.

Modders working on The Witcher 3 have restored a menu that CD Projekt Red left unfinished in the game's files since its 2015 launch, allowing players to rewatch the "last time on The Witcher 3" story recap videos at any point rather than only when they load a…