Arctic Monkeys took their promotional trail to US TV program The Late Show With David Letterman last night, performing tracks from their acclaimed latest studio LP AM.
Catch their brilliant performance of Do I Wanna Know? below; US fans will have the opportunity to see the band over the next fortnight as the British group embark on a multi-city tour, starting this Thursday.
Banks has teamed up with US electro producer Shlohmo for the new dark and mysterious track Brain.
Whilst it’s yet to be unconfirmed as to whether the track will appear on any kind of forthcoming album (Brain is absent from Banks’ London and Fall Over EPs), the track in itself is worthy of much applause, and confidently cements why critics are falling over for this intriguing and entirely fresh new artist.
Take a listen to Brain, below:
Calvin Harris has set rumours in a spin with the possibility of a collaboration with iconic singer/songwriter/all-round-entertainer, Prince.
Instagramming a picture of a guitar in the earlier hours this morning, closer inspection reveals that the instrument is owned by the pint-sized musician. No further word has been confirmed from either camp yet, but if indeed this collaboration turns out to be true, it’s an exciting prospect for both artists.
Prince has recently announced a string of one-off intimate London gigs for next month, with an official press conference set to confirm all dates next Tuesday (2nd February).
Following a less-than-official leak last year, Kelis has premiered her new single, Jerk Ribs, the first release from the US singer’s comeback album Food, set for release later this year.
Take a listen to Jerk Ribs, below:
Following her stint on Fearne Cotton’s Live Lounge earlier today, Katy B nipped across the hallway to 1Xtra, where she unveiled her Live Lounge cover of N n’ G’s classic UK garage hit Right Before My Eyes.
UK garage heads, sit back, relax, watch below and reminisce!
Continuing the PR machine to promote new single Crying For No Reason (alongside her forthcoming album Little Red), Katy B took a visit to Fearne Cotton’s Radio 1 show earlier today.
Taking her step upon the Live Lounge podium, Katy unveiled her live lounge cover – a fusion of Ben Pearce’s What I Might Do alongside Arctic Monkeys’ One For The Road.
Take a listen to the full mash-up below; brilliant!
Outkast are to headline this year’s Bestival, organisers have confirmed.
The news follows the day after organisers also confirmed the theme for the September 2014 extravaganza, as ‘desert island disco’.
The rest of the line-up is set to be announced in due course, however tickets are now on sale from Ticketline.
Organisers of the annual Wireless Festival have unveiled the line-up of this year’s event and it’s looking likely to be the biggest year yet, with Kanye West, Drake and Bruno Mars all confirmed as headliners this summer. Joining them on the bill, are Ellie Goulding, Salt N’ Pepa, Basement Jaxx, Rudimental and more.
The three-day event, which last year saw headline performances from Justin Timberlake and Jay Z, is set for a new home at London’s Finsbury Park, alongside the addition of a new Birmingham venue at Perry Park.
Tickets are to go on sale this Friday, head over to Ticketmaster UK here for more information, and check the full line-up below:
Friday 4th July (London) / Sunday 6th July (Birmingham)
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
Basement Jaxx
Iggy Azalea
Ella Eyre
Angel Haze
Saturday 5th July (London) / Friday 4th July (Birmingham)
Drake
Rudimental
Wiz Khalifa
Azealia Banks
Pretty Lights
Change The Rapper
Earl Sweatshirt
A$AP Ferg
Sunday 6th July (London) / Saturday 5th July (Birmingham)
Bruno Mars
Outkast
Ellie Goulding
John Newman
Clean Bandit
Neon Jungle
Organisers of next month’s BRIT Awards are pulling out all the punches in a bid to make sure the 2014 event will be the biggest ever, none more than confirmation that Disclosure and Lorde have now been added to the already-stellar line-up of performances.
The confirmation of Lorde and Disclosure’s surprise collaboration was teased earlier today via the official BRIT Awards Twitter account, but now organisers have confirmed the artists’ appearance for the 19th February ceremony.
The addition of Disclosure and Lorde mean they will join the bill that already included Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Arctic Monkeys, Ellie Goulding, Bastille and Rudimental.
Check out or official BRIT Awards gallery below; the ceremony is set to be broadcast from 9pm on ITV1 (in the UK) on 19th February.
Pitbull has remixed Katy Perry and Juicy J’s new collaboration Dark Horse.
The track, the latest release off Perry’s phenomenally-successful Prism LP, hears Pitbull replacing Juicy J with some seriously-strong bars.
Take a listen below and hit the iTunes link to download Prism, now: