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▶Uriah Heep guitarist Mick Box has said the British progressive rock band's ongoing "Magician's Farewell" tour is best understood as a gradual slowdown rather than a definitive end, in a new interview with Metal Mayhem ROC. The tour was announced in September 2024 and began in early 2025,…
▶This YouTube Short, titled "Filthy Bass Drop!??", appears to be a clip built around a heavy, distorted bass drop, likely aimed at fans of bass-heavy electronic genres such as dubstep or riddim. The short-form format suggests a punchy, attention-grabbing teaser rather than a full track. No further details…
Clairo has released a previously unheard demo, "Losing Pride," with proceeds going to Zero Hour, a youth-led climate and environmental justice organisation. The release comes amid severe Canadian wildfires, which the singer-songwriter has cited as a stark reminder of the planet's growing environmental instability, and marks her first…
Comedian Shane Gillis, a native of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has been awarded two Guinness World Records after his 17 July show at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. The show set new records for the largest audience for a comedian and the most tickets sold for a…
Drag performer Valentina, best known for RuPaul's Drag Race and Fox's Rent: Live, is set to make her Broadway debut in the revival of The Rocky Horror Show, taking over the role of Columbia. She begins performances on Tuesday 21 July, stepping into a production directed by Sam…
Tinashe has announced her eighth studio album, "Popstar", and released a new single, "Crash Out", featuring a dance-heavy accompanying video. The release follows her seventh album, "Quantum Baby" (2024), which spawned the viral hit "Nasty" and marked her breakthrough on the Billboard Hot 100, making this a notable…
The article, published by American Songwriter, looks back at three songs written by Carly Simon that were inspired by her relationship with fellow musician James Taylor, whom she married in November 1972 and divorced in 1983. It draws on Simon's own recollections, including a 2015 interview with People…
BTS' music video for their single "NORMAL" has become the most-streamed K-pop music video in a single day in Spotify's history, the streaming platform announced on 17 July. The milestone extends the South Korean group's already extensive list of Spotify records and comes amid a busy promotional period…
Actress Anne Hathaway has spoken about an uncomfortable audition process early in her career that required her to kiss ten different men, admitting she initially found the idea "gross" before going through with it. The anecdote sheds light on the sometimes awkward realities of screen-testing for romantic roles,…