In light of fan outrage, ticket reseller Twickets has backtracked on plans to charge exorbitant booking fees for Oasis’s reunion shows next summer. It was something of a controversy when fans learned they would be charged over £100 in booking fees from the site, which markets itself as an ethical alternative for reselling tickets. One […] More
The cancellation of rapper Macklemore’s concert in Dubai brings into the contemporary world a highly interesting moral debate on the consequences of performing in states whose human rights records are questionable. While many fans thought that his move was to show solidarity to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, it was actually a powerful statement against […] More
It was meant to be the biggest reunion tour of 2024 – and Oasis had barely announced its comeback a week ago. But this highly anticipated reunion turned awry with thousands of irate fans blasting the dynamic pricing policy of tickets, which Ticketmaster has adopted. Things spiralled out of control last Saturday, 31 August, after […] More
Adele recently confirmed that she is going to take an extended break from her music career, timing this announcement with her engagement to sports agent Rich Paul. In the final show of a ten-show run in Munich, Germany, the 36-year-old singer confirmed that she was wrapping up her European tour. After her European dates, Adele […] More
Slipknot have never been a band to shy away from pushing boundaries, but now founding member and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan is setting his sights on the biggest stage of them all: the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. In an exclusive interview with Metal Hammer, Clown spoke about how excited he is by the prospect […] More
Isaac Freeman III, famously known to the world as Fatman Scoop, died at 53 years. According to the popular news agency, in 1999 the New York rapper, popularly known because of his breakout hit single “Be Faithful,” went into a medical emergency during a performance in Hamden, Connecticut on August 30. An attempt to revive […] More
The Oasis reunion tour that has kept their fans on tenterhooks has sold out for all 17 announced dates across the UK and Ireland next summer. Liam and Noel Gallagher, members of the band, went on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying by 19:00 BST on Saturday, all the tickets had been snapped up. On […] More
For Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule, known collectively as Rizzle Kicks, the jump from bedroom rhyming into selling out tours and achieving a platinum album was really little more than a whirlwind. Following close to ten years of radio silence, the pop/hip-hop duo returns with a new single, entitled “Javelin,” this Friday, and an album […] More
Hell has finally frozen over. The famously feuding Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, have buried their long cold war hatchet and announced a reunion tour to take place next year. In celebration of this monumental event, it would be apropos to revisit the album where this all began: Definitely Maybe. Thirty years ago, Oasis burst […] More
It is a marvelous performance by Mary Bridget Davies in the role of Janis Joplin at the Peacock Theatre. But even after this great performance, the show fails to impress in terms of an interesting and consolidated piece. Davies is channeling-not just mimicking-Joplin, the great blues-rock singer whose performances were such raw, intense experiences, they […] More