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Liverpool to host 2026 Youth Music Awards in first move outside London
The Youth Music Awards, described as the UK’s biggest grassroots music awards, have announced that their 2026 edition will be held in Liverpool, marking the first time the ceremony has been staged outside London after six consecutive years in the capital. The move matters because it signals a deliberate effort to spread support for emerging…
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Dolly Parton life story musical to open on Broadway this winter
Dolly Parton has confirmed that a musical about her life, Dolly: A True Original Musical, will open on Broadway this winter following a sold-out run in Nashville. The production begins previews at New York’s St James Theatre on 7 December and officially opens on 19 January, the country star’s 81st birthday, marking a significant milestone…
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Devil Master reveal new album Bloody Dreams and unveil opening single
American punk-metal band Devil Master have announced a new album, Bloody Dreams, due out on 4 September via Relapse Records. It follows their 2023 record Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night, and the announcement arrives alongside the lead single and video for opening track “You Worms’ Vain Delusions”. The news matters to fans of the underground…
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Boompala for Fever versus Mercury broadcast
LE SSERAFIM will headline the first-ever WNBA edition of “Amazon Music Presents: In the Paint”, performing their latest single “Boompala” following the Prime Video broadcast of the Indiana Fever versus Phoenix Mercury game on Thursday. The performance marks a notable expansion of Amazon Music’s music-and-sport series, which had previously been tied only to the NBA,…
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Sin Bandera announce 19-date United States Escenas tour for 2026
Latin pop duo Sin Bandera — Leonel García and Noel Schajris — have announced a United States leg of their Escenas Tour, revealed exclusively by Billboard Español on Tuesday 7 July. The run supports the pair’s latest studio album, Escenas, and marks a return to a market the duo describe as central to their story,…
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Elton John among stars who lose UK phone-hacking court case
The star and husband David Furnish were joined by Prince Harry, actor Elizabeth Hurley and more in their battle against the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
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Dolly Parton musical A True Original heading to Broadway
“It’s about where I really come from,” the country icon said in a video message to fans.
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Alabama Shakes to release new album after 11-year gap
I Must Be Dreaming is coming August 28
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Dolly Parton musical to open on Broadway with December previews
Broadway will be saying “Hello, Dolly” before the end of the year, as the musical telling the life story of country-pop superstar Dolly Parton is set to begin previews at the St. James Theatre on Dec. 7, to be followed by an official opening night on her 81st birthday, Jan. 19, 2027. “Dolly: A True…
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Wet Leg singer Rhian Teasdale recalls being removed from GCSE music class
She also explained that it doesn’t take a “virtuoso guitarist to enjoy playing music” The post Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale says she got “kicked out” of GCSE music appeared first on NME.