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‘I can’t see anything’: Elton John unable to finish new album | Ents & Arts News

‘I can’t see anything’: Elton John unable to finish new album | Ents & Arts News

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Sir Elton John says he has not been able to see out of his right eye for four months, and his left eye “is not the greatest”, following a severe infection. The 77-year-old singer said he has been unable to finish his new album due to his limited eyesight, and had been left feeling “stuck”. Asked about when the album with his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin, which was announced last year, will be out the Rocketman star told ABC News’ Good Morning America: “I don’t know. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything, and well, I just have to get off my backside. “I unfortunately lost my eyesight in my right eye in July because I had an infection in the south of France and it’s been four months now since I haven’t been able to see, and my left eye is not the greatest. “So, there’s hope and encouragement that it will be okay, but… I’m kind of stuck at the moment, because I can do something like this [the interview], but going …

Kendrick Lamar’s New Album ‘GNX’ Is Here

Kendrick Lamar’s New Album ‘GNX’ Is Here

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Leave it to Kendrick Lamar to do an anti-rollout. Most artists on his level might hit you with a single, music video and imminent release date to signal the beginning of a new album era. Kendrick just took it back to 2013 Beyoncé and dropped his sixth album, GNX, out of thin air. Anyone betting on a release closer to the Super Bowl…guess again. There’s 12 new tracks of heat to dig into, on a project named after his beloved classic Buick which appears in a one minute teaser that he dropped along with the project. After the year Kendrick’s had, this is going to be his most scrutinized and dissected project yet, and so far GNX doesn’t disappoint, with lines in the very first song referencing things like the Lil Wayne drama surrounding his Super Bowl halfitme show appointment: “Used to bump Tha Carter 3…irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down.” Track 2, “squabble up,” is the long-awaited “broccoli” song that was teased in the beginning of the “Not Like Us” …

Linkin Park’s comeback album shows Emily Armstrong is less ‘stray cat’ more roaring lion

Linkin Park’s comeback album shows Emily Armstrong is less ‘stray cat’ more roaring lion

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free Like a “stray cat” who “just kept showing up” is how Emily Armstrong describes the gradual way she joined Linkin Park, seven years after the death of founding co-frontman Chester Bennington. On From Zero, her first album with the band, she roses and snarls more like a look than a backyard moggy. The 38-year-old Dead Sara singer joins Mike Shinoda at the mic one minute into lead single “The Emptiness Machine” and a minute later they’re both taking turns bawling: “I only wanted to be part of something!” It’s a line that’s guaranteed to get fan fists pumping the air when the world’s most successful nu-metal band embark on a massive global tour next year. Choosing a woman for the role, LP are able to make a clear statement that they’re not trying to “replace” Bennington without tinkering with the …

Watch The Cure Perform a Three-Hour Concert in London, Celebrating the Release of Their New Album

Watch The Cure Perform a Three-Hour Concert in London, Celebrating the Release of Their New Album

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Last Fri­day, The Cure cel­e­brat­ed the release of their new album, Songs of a Lost World, with a three-hour set at the Troxy in Lon­don. The band kicked off the show by per­form­ing all eight tracks from the album, before then play­ing anoth­er 23 songs, most­ly hits from their large cat­a­log of music. Orig­i­nal­ly live streamed on YouTube, you can now watch the entire show online. Just click play above. If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newslet­ter, please find it here. Or fol­low our posts on Threads, Face­book, BlueSky or Mastodon. If you would like to sup­port the mis­sion of Open Cul­ture, con­sid­er mak­ing a dona­tion to our site. It’s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your con­tri­bu­tions will help us con­tin­ue pro­vid­ing the best free cul­tur­al and edu­ca­tion­al mate­ri­als to learn­ers every­where. You can con­tribute through Pay­Pal, Patre­on, and Ven­mo (@openculture). Thanks! Relat­ed Con­tent The Cure Per­formed the Entire “Dis­in­te­gra­tion” Album on the 30th Anniver­sary of Its Release: Watch The Com­plete Con­cert Online Watch The Cure’s First TV Appear­ance …

James Blunt says he will legally change his name to whatever fans choose if his album reaches No 1 | Ents & Arts News

James Blunt says he will legally change his name to whatever fans choose if his album reaches No 1 | Ents & Arts News

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Singer James Blunt has promised to legally change his name to the most popular suggestion from the public – but there’s a catch. The 50-year-old musician vowed that if the re-release of his debut album Back to Bedlam hits number one in the charts, he will change his name by deed poll. In a video message posted on X, Blunt said the album – which features hits like You’re Beautiful, Goodbye My Lover and High – is being re-released on 11 October to mark its 20th anniversary. “I’ll let the people decide,” Blunt is heard saying in the short video. He adds: “But if it doesn’t go to number one, I’m not changing my name.” Writing alongside the video message, the singer used the hashtag #jameswho and asked fans to comment their name suggestions below the post, with the most-liked becoming the winner. And fans did not disappoint. Within hours of being posted on Wednesday, it racked up over 800,000 views and more than 2,000 comments. Read more from Sky News:Daniel Day-Lewis to come out …

Tell us your favourite music album of 2024 so far | Music

Tell us your favourite music album of 2024 so far | Music

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The Guardian’s music writers are compiling their favourite albums of the year so far – and we’d like to hear about yours, too. Have you listened to a new album that has had you hooked? Or one you’d recommend? Tell us your nomination and why you like it below. Share your favourite You can tell us about your best album of 2024 so far by filling in the form below. Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For true anonymity please use our SecureDrop service instead. Source link

Andra Day Talks New Album and Imposter Syndrome

Andra Day Talks New Album and Imposter Syndrome

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Early in her career, Andra Day was asked by a reporter which singer she wanted to model her career after. Her answer was Sade. “The person was like, ‘OK, but Sade only releases albums like every nine years,’ and I was like, ‘Well, I’m not going to do that, of course, I’m going to release albums probably every two years, and here we are,” Day tells The Hollywood Reporter with a laugh. “Be careful what you speak.” Like her music idol in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Day is set to release her sophomore project, Cassandra (Cherith) on Friday, nine years after Cheers to the Fall debuted in 2015. There’s good reason for the near-decade gap, though. “Rise Up,” the second single from her debut, took on a life of its own, garnering a Grammy nomination for best R&B performance and a Daytime Emmy nom for her live performance of the track on an episode of The View. The song, a 4x-platinum success that still sits comfortably on the current iTunes R&B chart, then …

Rachel Chinouriri on her heart-wrenching debut album: ‘I’m a Black girl making indie music – people didn’t know what to do with that’

Rachel Chinouriri on her heart-wrenching debut album: ‘I’m a Black girl making indie music – people didn’t know what to do with that’

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free When indie singer-songwriter Rachel Chinouriri recorded her explosive and heart-wrenching debut album What a Devastating Turn of Events, it felt like catharsis. The 25-year-old has been signed to Warner’s label Parlophone for six years, and put out a series of lovesick anthem EPs over that time, but it’s only now she’s been able to release her first record. Why the hold-up? Chinouriri cites various factors today, including the pandemic, internal label politics and issues in her personal life. But really, nobody knew how to market her. “I’m a Black girl making indie music and I don’t think people knew what to do with that,” she says. “Whenever I put myself out there as indie, I’d constantly get miscategorised as R&B or urban.” In January 2022, Chinouriri had an encounter with someone from the industry that tipped her over the edge. “He was like, ‘I love what you’re doing,’ …

Dua Lipa’s New Album Radical Optimism Sparks Lukewarm Reactions

Dua Lipa’s New Album Radical Optimism Sparks Lukewarm Reactions

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The reviews are out for Dua Lipa’s latest album Radical Optimism – and let’s just say they’re… interesting. It’s now been four years since Dua blessed us with her incredible album Future Nostalgia, and in that time she’s picked up the coveted Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album titles at the Brit Awards and Grammys, respectively, recorded a chart-topping hit for the biggest film of 2023 and collaborated with everyone from Miley Cyrus and Megan Thee Stallion to Sir Elton John and Kylie Minogue. No wonder, then, that anticipation for album number three has been high – spurred on even more by Dua teasing last year that her new music was “different sonically” to her last offering and “inspired by 1970s-era psychedelia”. So, here’s the thing. It’s not necessarily that reviews for Radical Optimism are bad, but many critics have been left questioning whether it’s a worthy follow-up to Future Nostalgia, particularly given everything that Dua has had to say about her new music in the lead-up. Here’s a selection of what …

Rihanna Teases Her Met Gala Look, New Album

Rihanna Teases Her Met Gala Look, New Album

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Celebrating the launch of her Fenty Beauty Soft’lit Foundation at an event in Los Angeles on Friday, Rihanna dropped some hints about her always highly anticipated Met Gala look. “I’m actually just keeping it real simple this year,” the 36-year-old singer and beauty mogul told Extra on the red carpet. “I think it’s gonna come to what my makeup and what my hair is going to do,” she continued. “We wanna play with that, but I have no idea what I’m gonna do with that.” Rihanna’s Met Gala selections are often the talk of the town and a hit on social media. Last year, the star closed out the Karl Lagerfeld-themed red carpet in a Chanel-inspired, camellia flower-covered hooded gown by Valentino with a long skirt train. She topped off the outfit with fingerless gloves as an homage to Lagerfeld. The singer also spoke with Extra about her music plans. “It’s gonna be amazing,” she told the outlet. “It has to be — that is the only reason it’s not out yet.” “There should be …