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10 January 2021 Share with: Ashanti and Keyshia Cole have been forced to postpone their VERZUZ back catalogue battle for a second time. The online event was pushed back last month after Ashanti revealed she had tested positive for coronavirus, and now it has stalled again. "This has been an emotional week," a statement on the platform reads. "In addition, as COVID-19 numbers continue to increase, safety is a top priority for us. As much as we enjoy having everyone together in the same room, t...

10 January 2021 Share with: The 37-year-old singer-and-actor portrays the late music legend in the new biopic - which is set during the singer’s first trip to America in 1971 - and though Bowie’s son has distanced the family from the project and insisted they wouldn’t be granting director Gabriel Range the rights to use his music in the film, Johnny insisted that doesn’t matter. He said: “From the start, Gabriel was not seeking the permission of the estate or the rights of the songs....

Dave Grohl has admitted he still dreams about playing in Nirvana. The Foo Fighters rocker - who was the drummer in the Smells Like Teen Spirit grunge icons until frontman Kurt Cobains tragic death in 1994 - only ever plays the groups tracks live with former bandmates Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear and guest vocalists like Joan Jett, Sonic Youths Kim Gordon and St. Vincents Annie Clark. He told Classic Rock magazine: "I wouldnt feel comfortable singing a song that Kurt sang. I feel perfectly at home...

10 January 2021 Share with: The Game of Thrones star - who is a keen bass player - is a huge fan of the Enter Sandman rockers and close friends to their current bassist, and hed love to pick up some tips. He told Bass Guitar magazine: "Whens that guy going to teach me how to play bass? Ha ha! Hes like my spirit animal, I love him. "When Im with Robert its like we both came out of the same cave. Were the spitting image, and I absolutely adore him and his son and his family, theyre amazing." The ...

09 January 2021 Share with: Dermot Kennedy claims Ireland’s biggest album of 2020 with Without Fear. The singer-songwriter from Rathcoole’s debut album enjoyed an incredible 2020, ending the year as the country’s most physically purchased, downloaded and streamed album of the last 12 months, totalling 43.7k units. Without Fear – released in October 2019 - spent the entirety of 2020 in the Official Irish Albums Chart Top 10, helping Dermot become the longest-running Number 1 debut album...

09 January 2021 Share with: The Weeknd takes pole position on Ireland’s Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2020 with Blinding Lights. First released at the end of 2019, Blinding Lights stormed to Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart in January, claiming four non-consecutive weeks at the top. The track was the most downloaded and streamed single of 2020, totalling 159.5k units, including 17.3m streams, it spent a total of 51 weeks inside the Top 50. The year’s longest-reigning Number 1...

10 January 2021 Share with: The 29-year-old singer hasnt released an album in years, but fans wont have to wait too much longer to hear Pixies new material. A source explained: "She can’t wait to drop her next album, which she’s written herself with a very small intimate team. It’s nearly finished so fans should be able to hear it soon." Pixie is set to turn 30 on Tuesday (12.01.21), and shell mark the occasion with a "low-key" celebration with her fiance Oliver Cheshire. The loved-up duo...

NEWS 10 January 2021 Share with: Dave Grohl admitted fans will “probably vomit” at the idea of Foo Fighters making a dance record. The group have gone in a different musical direction with their upcoming LP ‘Medicine at Midnight’ and though they enjoyed getting the chance to “really explore groove” for the first time, the 51-year-old frontman knows people will have reservations about the album. He said: “The idea was to make something people could dance to. Before melodies, before...

10 January 2021 Share with: Internationally renowned Canadian keyboard player, Michael Fonfara has died in a Toronto hospital on January 8, 2021, due to complications from his two-year battle with cancer. He was 74. Born in Stevensville, ON, Canada in 1946, the former Lou Reed keyboardist/bandleader appeared on nine of Reeds albums between 1974 and 2005, including his highest charting US album (#10) Sally Cant Dance on RCA, as well as Rock and Roll Heart, Street Hassle, The Bells (which Fonfara...

09 January 2021 Share with: Little Mix star Perrie Edwards is in hot water with U.K. pop chart compilers after announcing the bands new song, Sweet Melody, was number one before the latest countdown was released on Friday. The pop star took to Instagram to share a video of her flower gift from boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain alongside the caption: "No 1 babyyy", while the song played in the background. Perrie quickly removed the post, but not before fans around the world spotted it and commen...