Top band Armageddon has launched a search to replace Matt Hallquist who has just left the group. Armageddon, the band led by former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott, has announced that singer Matt Hallquist has left the group. Remaining in the lineup with Arnott are guitarist Joey Concepcion,...
Bob Geldof says he doesn’t care about criticism of the new Band Aid track and insists it’s actually a good thing. He made the comments as the CD single was released in shops. The song, which is 2014’s fastest-selling single with more than 312,000 downloads in its first week, is raising...
Coldplay’s singer and pianist Chris Martin has announced how that the band are working on a brand new album called ‘A Head Full of Dreams’. He made the announcement after Magic was officially voted Radio 1’s Hottest Record of 2014. Chris Martin said: “We haven’t...
Singing Pop band Take That have announced a deal to stream their new album on Google’s Play music service, blocking out Spotify until the start of 2015. The record, called III, will appear on Google Play Music when it is released on Monday, with three bonus tracks not available on any other...
My Singing Lessons has found out that singer Taylor Swift was on to a good thing before she pulled the plug of streaming music business Spotify. However it turns out that Swift earned just £317,000 in the past 12 months for streams of her songs in the US, Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta said. Borchetta...
Edinburgh Scottish hip-hop band, Young Fathers, where victorious at last weeks Mercury Music Prize ceremony. The trio’s album Dead saw off completion from eleven other artists, including the likes of Damon Albarn, Anna Calvi, Bombay Bicycle Club and bookies’ favourite, FKA Twigs.
“We’ll...
A gigantic iceberg has been turned into the most unlikely of gig venues in the Greenland Sea, as Jäger-supported The Defiled became the first band ever to perform on top of a moving ‘berg for the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig.
Studiomaster recently supplied a full PA system for the world’s...
Aaron Lewis has apologized for botching the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner” during his performance before Game 5 of the World Series.
The lead singer of the metal band Staind turned country singerpublished a note on his website Monday after stumbling during his rendition of...
Vocalist with Oasis Liam Gallagher has posted the news on Twitter, thanking fans for their support, but offered no reason why they were finishing. The band formed in 2009 and was made up of former Oasis members Gem Archer, Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock. They released two albums: 2011’s...
Megadeth lead singer Dave Mustaine is asking the public for help in finding his mother-in-law, who has Alzheimer’s disease and was last seen Oct. 4.
Sally Estabrook, 75, was last seen Saturday at the Pinezanita RV Park and Campgrounds on Highway 79 in Julian, Calif., about 60 miles east...
Omawumi Megbele is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, who gained attention as the 2007 runner-up on the reality TV show West Africa Idols and has subsequently won multiple awards in Nigeria.
Her debut single In the Music was a hit, and she has since released two albums – Wonderwoman and The...
Things continue to go from bad to worse for controversial singer Robin Thicke, who has just copped a handful of divorce papers from his estranged wife Paula Patton.
The actress filed for divorce in Los Angeles this week citing irreconcilable differences and seeking joint custody of the couple’s...
Singer and songwriter Lynsey De Paul has died at the age of 64, following a suspected brain haemorrhage.
De Paul, who represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock Bottom, had five top 20 UK chart hits, including 1972’s Sugar Me.
She became the first...
Former Sugababes singer Mutya Buena has been declared bankrupt by the UK High Court.
The 29-year-old, who is now part of three-piece band Mutya Keisha Siobhán (MKS) alongside the other original Sugababes members, was given the order after she failed to pay a tax bill.
According to The...
The Enemy’s Tom Clarke has lashed out against music industry “bullying”, accusing Time Out, NME and other “judgmental scum” of cruelly mocking his height.
“It’s 2014 and we’re still obsessed with what people look like instead of who they are or what they do,” he complained....
