27 April 2026
Brooklyn‘s rockers GEESE are arguably the most talked about band in the
universe thanks to their sublime 3rd LP Getting Killed, praised around
the globe, and their bewildering gigs.
Yesterday they showed up at the New York Mets
game versus the Colorado Rockies.
The band’s bassist Dominic DiGesu threw out the first
pitch (watch below), but it didn’t help the Mets to win.
It was a 3-0 loss.
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24 April 2026
Oasis 2027 European tour grows more likely as Liam Gallagher tells Italian fans they will “without a doubt, 100 per cent” play Rome next year https://t.co/7Y4GysWvCk
— NME (@NME) April 24, 2026
NME reports: Liam Gallagher seems to have confirmed rumours of
future European dates. Yesterday, while on a trip in Rome he greeted
Italian fans, one asked him if he’d be in “Roma next year” with OASIS
to which our kid replied: “Without a doubt. 100 per cent.”
23 April 2026
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, September 2025
A couple of weeks ago imperishable rock star and political activist NEIL YOUNG
said in a press release that a 2nd LP with The Chrome Hearts was in the making.
Young who cancelled all his planned concerts for this summer gave more details
regarding the upcoming album via an update on his Archives website. He revealed
that 3 of the songs were written more than 60 years ago.
Young: “It’s quite a special album to me. Music is a gift and when it comes
like this I really feel it. Everything here feels so good. I hope you will agree.”
He goes on to say that the album includes five news song, noting
they recorded four on day one in the studio, and the fifth on day two.
“We were then out of songs. We needed more. The next morning I had a song going
through my head and was playing it. I checked it out in the archives and found it was
from 1963, unreleased.”
“There were three more. I found the three others with it, also
unreleased. Three 60 year old songs and five brand new ones!”
Yep, that’s some more details, but the album’s title and exact
release date (somewhere this summer) is still unknown.
First album with The Chrome Hearts, named
Talkin’ To The Trees was released last year,
in June.
Last December, members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
decided that Israel would be allowed to participate in the annual singing
contest despite the ongoing conflict in Gaza (and now in Lebanon/Iran too).
EUROVISION will be organsized in Vienna on May 16.
Now, the No Music For Genocide organisiation, which encourages artists
and rights-holders to pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel, is
calling for artists, broadcasters and fans to boycott the competition.
An open letter shared today has been signed by artists including Brian Eno, Kneecap,
Massive Attack, Paloma Faith, Paul Weller, Kneecap, Hot Chip, Of Monsters and Men, IDLES, Primal Scream, Sigur Rós, Young Fathers, Mogwai, Black Country New Road, Erika de Casier, Nadine Shah, Dry Cleaning, Ólafur Arnalds, David Holmes, Nemahsis, Macklemore, Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, Vacations, Smerz, a number of former Eurovision finalists and
more.
7 April 2026
Dark-Goth-wave legend GARY NUMAN had a chat recently
with the host of I’m ADHD! No You’re Not podcast.
He said: “I’ve got hearing aids on so I can hear what you’re doing. I’m 90 per cent deaf.”
NME: “According to a report by the Hearing Health Foundation, musicians are four times more likely to develop noise-induced hearing loss when compared to the general public because of repeated exposure to loud sounds, and are 57 per cent more likely to develop tinnitus.”
ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC, GARY?
Gary Numan reveals he is “90 per cent deaf” https://t.co/lOvXp0yQzL
— NME (@NME) April 6, 2026
6 April 2026
NYC’s rock celebs THE STROKES broke the news today of the release
of their new, 7th LP, titled REALITY AWAITS. It’ll be out in the “summer“.
That’s all, folks. More details TBA.
They posted this car to tease the news
The previous full-length, the topflight The New Abnormal came out 6 years ago in 2020.
31 March 2026
As Brexit continues to have devastating impact on UK artists, government and EU pledge “full commitment” to solving touring crisis
After a 75 per cent drop in UK artists playing in Europe and issues only “worsening”, the government has been told to urgently “get a grip” of…
— NME (@NME) March 31, 2026
NME reports: “A report by the Musicians’ Union in 2024 found that
75 per cent of UK artists had seen a decline in bookings in the EU
since Brexit, with 79 per cent unable to make up for the loss of work
elsewhere and the majority claiming that touring in Europe was simply
“no longer financially viable”.
Alongside UK artists being booked for European
festivals falling by nearly a third, the body argued:
“Reduced touring opportunities not only directly affect artists and crew unable to tour, but also songwriters who see reduced royalties where their works are no longer being performed by UK artists at concerts and festivals in EU countries.”
This comes with the perfect storm of increased touring costs, more red tape and admin around carnets and crossing borders, less chances to be heard, massive dips in income, and a huge impact on mental health.”
Now, Culture Minister Ian Murphy has promised the “full commitment”
of the UK government to remove the barriers to touring the EU and UK.
He said: “There’s a full commitment from our side in terms of the UK government to fulfil the commitment in the EU and UK Summit to fulfil the aspirations of the Cultural Compass and to make sure we can have all our artists – whether it be UK artists in Europe or European artists in the UK – as seamless as possible.”
