New Michael Jackson album ‘XSCAPE’ for May 2014 release
Michael Jackson's second posthumous album, XSCAPE, will be released in May, The Michael Jackson Estate has confirmed.
The album, which follows 2010's Michael, will feature a collection of previously-unreleased material, including eight brand new song featuring production from the likes of Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, Timbaland...
New music: Ed Sheeran unveils cover of Elton John’s ‘Candle In The Wind’
Following Miguel and Wale's cover of Bennie and the Jets a fortnight back, Ed Sheeran has unveiled his take of Elton John's iconic Candle In The Wind.
The track forms part of the forthcoming anniversary re-release of Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which includes modern-day...
Lily Allen confirms ‘Sheezus’ Shepherds Bush Empire launch show
Lily Allen has confirmed a launch show for her forthcoming third studio album Sheezus, for the end of April.
The one-off date on Monday 28th April (one week before the album's full release), will see support from Fryars at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London.
Tickets...
New music: Fickle Friends follow up the wonderful ‘SWIM’ with the equally-brilliant ‘PLAY’
Following their brilliant January release SWIM, Fickle Friends have unveiled their brand new single, PLAY.
The track, available now via the iTunes link below, continues the group's theme of upbeat 80s guitar-ridden synths, with lead vocalist Natassja Shiner's tones adding a wonderful wispy harmony, altogether...
Premiere: Beyonce premieres brand new version of ‘Grown Woman’ video
Beyonce has paid tribute to many 90s sitcoms in a new version of her video for Grown Woman.
The original visual, unveiled exclusively by Pepsi last December, has been stripped back to incorporate some incredibly-fun cartoony visuals that hark back to some of the classic...
Paloma Faith announces full-scale UK autumn 2014 tour
Following the announcement of new single Only Love Can Hurt Like This, Paloma Faith has confirmed she will hit the road this autumn.
The mammoth 25-date tour will see the British singer/songwriter support her new album A Perfect Contradiction in key cities across the country....
Paloma Faith unveils ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ acoustic
Paloma Faith has revealed an acoustic video of forthcoming new single Only Love Can Hurt Like This.
The track, the second cut from Faith's latest studio album, A Perfect Contradiction, has been toned down for the acoustic, morphing from an almost 'big-band' stance to a...
New music: Rita Ora – ‘I Will Never Let You Down’
Rita Ora has unveiled her brand new single, I Will Never Let You Down, in full.
Premiered moments ago on Nick Grimshaw's BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show, the track, produced by Calvin Harris and released through Roc Nation / Columbia, is the debut single from...
Listen: Original Michael Jackson ‘Beat It’ demo surfaces online
A demo of Michael Jackson's initial lay-down of mammoth hit Beat It has surfaced online.
The 2-minute clip appears with the insight that as "Jackson couldn’t fluently play any instruments, he would sing and beatbox out how he wanted his songs to sound by himself...
EP review: Spoils & Monkey Wrench – ‘Enemies In The Dance’
When 'grime' first started seeping through the cracks toward the early/mid 00's, genre-classification was fairly straightforward. Back then, there was house and dance - further evolving to the likes of garage, of which all the above had sub-genres (funky house, vocal house, speed garage...