Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on Thursday

Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on Thursday

 

Foo Fighters will premiere 'Something From Nothing', the first track to be taken from forthcoming album 'Sonic Highways', this Thursday.

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The track will be made available on the internet via US radio station The Buzz at 4pm on Thursday, the day before the band's documentary – also entitled Sonic Highways – premieres in the US.

'Sonic Highways' the album will be released on November 10. A teaser of 'Something From Nothing' can be found in the trailer for the documentary. Scroll down to watch.

As previously reported, the documentary will be shown in eight parts and is set to feature a host of famous faces from the music world. Dolly Parton, Public Enemy's Chuck D and Joan Jett are among those confirmed to appear, while some of the musicians shown in the program will also make an appearance on the record.

Sonic Highways will premiere on October 26 in the UK and will be shown on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. The eight episodes will be split between the two platforms, with BBC Four showing episodes one, two, seven and eight and BBC iPlayer showing the others exclusively online.

'Sonic Highways' tracklist:
'Something From Nothing'
'The Feast And The Famine'
'Congregation'
'What Did I Do?/God As My Witness'
'Outside'
'In The Clear'
'Subterranean'
'I Am A River'


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Flying Lotus reveals Kendrick Lamar collaboration 'Never Catch Me' – listen

By NME News Desk , September 3, 2014 10:22

Track will appear on producer's forthcoming new album 'You're Dead!'

Flying Lotus has revealed his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar – scroll down and click to watch.

The track, titled 'Never Catch Me', will feature on the producer's forthcoming new album 'You're Dead!', which will be released in the UK on October 6.

The LP will also feature guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, jazz musician Herbie Hancock and Flying Lotus' alter-ego Captain Murphy.

It is Flying Lotus' first release since 2012 LP 'Du?lity', a mixtape that was put out under Ellison's animated Captain Murphy guise.

The tracklisting for 'You're Dead!' is:

Theme?
Tesla [ft. Herbie Hancock]?
Cold Dead?
Fkn Dead?
Never Catch Me [ft. Kendrick Lamar]?
Dead Man’s Tetris [ft. Snoop Dogg and Captain Murphy]?
Turkey Dog Coma

Recently, Flying Lotus was named by Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno as one of the artists he would want to work with. Also naming Kanye West and Sky Ferreira in that number, Pizzorno added, "How our music sounds is as important as the song itself, and if I ever get time I'd love to see what I could do with other musicians. Flying Lotus and Sky Ferreira aren’t massively known, but I'd love to do something with them."

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Arcade Fire's Win Butler sings with Future Islands in Montreal – watch

By NME News Desk , September 3, 2014 10:07

Butler joined band to perform 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler joined Future Islands onstage in Montreal yesterday evening (September 2) – scroll down and click to watch.

The Canadian band wrapped up their 'Reflektor' world tour earlier this month but, as Pitchfork reports, Butler appeared as a special guest at Future Islands' gig at Montreal's Metropolis to perform their track 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'.

Earlier this summer, frontman Win Butler hinted that the band in the near future.

Speaking before their Hyde Park headline show in July, Butler stated: "We're in a position now where we can have an idea and the people around us to make it happen. It starts when you get off the road. If I ever feel bored now, it's the best feeling in the world, because I know that's when the next idea is going to come into my brain and it will start again."

Meanwhile, Win and brother Will Butler have been lined up alongside members of The Strokes to play in an annual charity basketball match. The Pop vs Jock III game, which will take place during this month's Pop Montreal festival, is organised by the Butler brothers and will see them play for a team of musicians also comprising Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and The Strokes' bassist Nikolai Fraiture.

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Cee Lo Green issues apology for rape comments and returns to Twitter

September 3, 2014 9:51

Singer says his remarks were 'idiotic' and 'untrue'

Cee Lo Green has apologised for controversial remarks he made about rape on Twitter earlier this week.

The singer deleted his account on the social networking site on September 2 after posting a series of tweets relating to a recent court case in which he pleaded no contest to supplying ecstasy to a woman.

Green escaped jail time last month after pleading no contest to drugs charges. The singer was accused of secretly slipping ecstasy into the drink of his dinner date at a sushi restaurant in July 2012, and was sentenced to three years of formal probation and ordered to complete 360 hours of community service.

An earlier rape charge relating to the same alleged incident was dropped due to insufficient evidence. Writing on Twitter, Green had remarked: "People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!" and "If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent."

Although Green removed his profile from Twitter after receiving criticism for his remarks, he has now reactivated his account and has issued an apology. "I truly and deeply apologize for the comments attributed to me on Twitter," he wrote. "Those comments were idiotic, untrue and not what I believe."

Earlier today, meanwhile, it was revealed that Green's reality TV show The Good Life has been cancelled. MTV reports that US cable network TBS decided not to renew the programme for a second season after it returned disappointing viewing figures for its first six-episode run.

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David Beckham helps launch football focused Sky Sports 5 – watch

June 10, 2014

New channel will focus on international and European football

David Beckham has helped launch new channel Sky Sports 5 in a new advert you can see below.

Sky Sports 5 will focus on European and international football, broadcasting qualifying games for UEFA Euro 2016, plus matches from the UEFA Champions League, La Liga in Spain, Copa del Rey and the Dutch Eredivisie.

The advert sees Beckham testing new sports technology and discussing both drones and different cameras before settling on Sky Sports 5. It will air on terrestrial TV this Thursday (June 12) during the first advert break in ITV's coverage of Brazil vs Croatia match in the World Cup.

"It's fantastic news that Sky Sports is dedicating a channel to European and International football," says Beckham. "I'll definitely be watching to see how the home nations get on in the qualifiers for 2016, and how English teams get on in next season's Champions League.

Sky Sports 5 will be available to existing Sky customers as well as Virgin Media users. The channel launches officially on August 12.

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Nile Rodgers and Chic perform Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' for the first time – watch

June 10, 2014 9:26

Rodgers worked on 2013 hit with French duo and Pharrell Williams

Nile Rodgers performed 'Get Lucky', his collaboration with Daft Punk, for the first time at a live show in France over the weekend. See above to watch him and Chic play the song now.

Despite it being released in April 2013, Daft Punk have yet to play live in concert since their return and Rodgers has always refused to put 'Get Lucky' into Chic live sets, preferring instead to play the song over the PA as the band say goodbye at the end of shows.

However, during a performance at Montereau Fault-Yonne in France this changed, as you can see in the video. Rodgers has not yet commented on why he chose to start playing the song. Pharrell Williams, the other collaborator on the original song, also plays it in his live solo show.

Many other artists have covered 'Get Lucky' in the last 12 months, including Daughter, Peace, Mystery Jets, Fall Out Boy and Wilco. In February the Russian police performed the song as part of the Winter Olympics 2014 Opening Ceremony in Sochi.

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Eight more Michael Jackson albums to follow 'Xscape'?

June 10, 2014 11:50

"We got more surprises coming," says producer Rodney Jerkins

As many as eight posthumous Michael Jackson albums could be released following the success of 'Xscape' earlier this year, reports suggest.

With Jackson renowned for recording a wealth of different songs for consideration on each of his studio albums, there is believed to be lots of material in the vaults and Rolling Stone reports that "eight more albums culled from outtakes and repackaged material could be released".

"We got more surprises coming," says producer Rodney Jerkins, who worked as a producer on 'Xscape' alongside Timbaland and Stargate. "I'm sure there are a few more great things out there," says Jerkins, "and, hopefully, we'll all have a chance to hear them."

'Xscape' became Jackson's 10th Official Albums Chart Number One album in the UK upon its release last month. However, the album failed to reach the top spot in America and was pipped to the post by The Black Keys and their album 'Turn Blue.'

Meanwhile, a Michael Jackson hologram appeared at the Billboard Music Awards last month (May 18) in Las Vegas. The hologram was 'wearing' a white and gold jacket and red trousers and performed the song 'Slave to the Rhythm'.

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