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Mumbai, Nov 17 (Ians) Jonas Brothers, Sting, Halsey and OneRepublic and Anoushka Shankar are all set to perform in Mumbai at the multi-genre music festival Lollapalooza India in January.

After the successful first Indian edition, the music festival is returning to the country with a blend of diverse and exciting flavours from the world of music and culture. The music festival will be held on January 27 and 28 at Mahalaxmi Race Course. The festival will feature four stages and over 20 hours of live music.

Other performers at the festival include Lauv, Jungle, Royal Blood, rapper Jpegmafia, Meduza, DJ Malaa, Caribou, The Rose, Eric Nam, Fatoumata Diawara, DJ Kenny Beats,The Raghu Dixit Project, When Chai Met Toast and Garden City Movement.

Indian artistes at the festival are The Karan Kanchan Experience, Parvaaz, Prabh Deep, Dualist Inquiry, Komorebi, Parekh & Singh, Skrat, Kamakshi Khanna, Jbabe, Chrms, Dewdrops, Shashwat Bulusu, Jatayu, Monophonik, Sublime Sound, Stalvart John,...

Mumbai, Nov 17 (Ians) Jonas Brothers, Sting, Halsey and OneRepublic and Anoushka Shankar are all set to perform in Mumbai at the multi-genre music festival Lollapalooza India in January.

After the successful first Indian edition, the music festival is returning to the country with a blend of diverse and exciting flavours from the world of music and culture. The music festival will be held on January 27 and 28 at Mahalaxmi Race Course. The festival will feature four stages and over 20 hours of live music.

Other performers at the festival include Lauv, Jungle, Royal Blood, rapper Jpegmafia, Meduza, DJ Malaa, Caribou, The Rose, Eric Nam, Fatoumata Diawara, DJ Kenny Beats,The Raghu Dixit Project, When Chai Met Toast and Garden City Movement.

Indian artistes at the festival are The Karan Kanchan Experience, Parvaaz, Prabh Deep, Dualist Inquiry, Komorebi, Parekh & Singh, Skrat, Kamakshi Khanna, Jbabe, Chrms, Dewdrops, Shashwat Bulusu, Jatayu, Monophonik, Sublime Sound, Stalvart John,...

Tom Dark has launched Darkside Media, a multifaceted media company which specialises in TV promotion and podcast production. Darkside Media represents a new chapter in the career of the award-winning music TV and podcast expert who rose through the ranks during a 19-year career at Warner Records to become the label’s Head of TV Promotions and Podcasting.

Tom Dark says, “I’m incredibly excited to announce the launch of Darkside Media. After nearly 2 decades in the Warner Music family, creating first-class TV and podcast campaigns, I’m looking forward to bringing my expertise to a whole new roster of artists and podcasters. Our mission is to deliver must-see and must-hear moments that elevate artists and engage audiences. From the instant impact of a TV performance to the intimacy of a long-form podcast chat, we are dedicated to telling stories and showcasing talent. Utilising unrivalled media relationships built over 19 years,...

J-Hope has been added to the Lollapalooza lineup as a headliner, the festival announced on Tuesday, June 7. The BTS member, who will perform at the Chicago festival on July 31, will make history as the first South Korean artist to headline a main stage at a U.S. festival.

J-Hope was added to Lollapalooza after original headliner Doja Cat was forced to call off her 2022 touring plans to undergo tonsil surgery. He joins Metallica, Dua Lipa, and Green Day, who have been previously announced to be among the headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza festival,...

The Atlanta weekend concert series “ATLive” returns in November with a night dedicated to country and a night dedicated to hard rock. George Strait, Eric Church and singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith will perform at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Friday, November 5th, while Metallica, Cage the Elephant, and Greta Van Fleet take the stage on Saturday, November 6th.

Strait and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich announced the concerts in a promotional video. “Hello, Atlanta. It’s been a while,” Strait says, before Ulrich suggests the domed stadium will have to open its retractable roof to accommodate the din.

Royal Blood have announced their new album Typhoons, with the British rock duo also sharing the title track from their upcoming LP, due out April 30th.

Like their 2020 single “Trouble’s Coming” — Typhoons’ opening track — the duo’s new track “Typhoons” finds Royal Blood reconnecting with the electronic music acts that inspired their 2014 debut album, namely Daft Punk, Cassius and Justice.

“We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play,” Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr said in a statement.

“That’s what sparked the creativity on the new album,...

Dua Lipa, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding and many more have teamed for an all-star cover of Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These.” The band’s Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins also take part in the self-isolation rendition orchestrated by BBC Radio 1 Stay Home Live Lounge.

The cover also features 5 Seconds of Summer, Hailee Steinfeld, Royal Blood, Sean Paul, Rag’n’Bone Man, Sigrid, Biffy Clyro, Sam Fender, Bastille, Zara Larsson and more, and was produced by Fraser T. Smith.

Proceeds from the cover will benefit BBC’s Children in Need,...

While Led Zeppelin fans were busy digging up their favorite old T-shirts and nostalgia-dusted tour photos in the months leading up to the band’s 50th anniversary this year, Tim Fraser-Harding’s team at Warner Music Group was drawing up a battle plan.

As Warner Music Group’s president of global catalog of recorded music, Fraser-Harding is in charge of all marketing strategies for the record company’s immense trove of non-contemporary songs — a collection that comprises some of the biggest hits of the last several decades, as well as all the duds,...

Bono‘s latest inspiration for his most recent album Songs of Experience came from a near-death experience.

The U2 singer, 57, revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone for their January 2018 issue that he almost died but refused to divulge details about the event.

Despite refusing to speak on the incident, the star did say the 22-time Grammy-winning band’s latest album explores the theme or mortality.

“It’s just a thing that . . . people have these extinction events in their lives; it could be psychological or it could be physical. And, yes, it was physical for me, but I think I...

Some of the biggest names in music and pop culture stepped out in England on Sunday for the prestigious MTV Europe Music Awards.

Rita Ora hosted the star-studded event, held at The Sse Arena in London, which kicked off with an appearance by Eminem, who delivered a live debut performance of his new single, "Walk on Water."

The night also featured impressive performances from Camila Cabello, who performed her megahit single "Havana,' Demi Lovato singing "Sorry Not Sorry" and Kesha, who belted out "Learn to Let Go," -- among a dozen other live sets.

Among the nominees, Taylor Swift dominated the field with six nominations while Shawn Mendes enjoyed an impressive five nominations -- but how many did they end up taking home? Check out the full list of winners from the 2017 MTV EMAs below:...

British hard rock duo Royal Blood unleashed a ferocious performance of "Lights Out" on The Late Late Show With James Corden. The track appears on the band's new album, How Did We Get So Dark?

Bassist-singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher built a bruising wall of sound out of just their two instruments and some cleverly triggered background vocals. Thatcher's thunderous drums served as a sturdy foundation for Kerr, who showcased his rock hero credentials on "Lights Out" with his crystalline wail, an array of monster bass riffs and a otherworldly,...

How do you upstage Brad Pitt...offstage? Easy, just as Bradley Cooper. The actor masterfully photobombed Pitt as he took a selfie with a fan, musician Chris Simmons, at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival in England Friday. "When you get your photo with Brad Pitt photobombed by Bradley Cooper!" Simmons wrote on Instagram, alongside the pic. British rock band Royal Blood also posted on Instagram a photo with Pitt, joking that he was a fan who had won a meet-and-greet contest. Cooper also surprised fans at Glastonbury when he crashed Kris Kristofferson's set to film a scene for his movie A Star Is Born, his directorial debut, starring Lady...

Amongst the estimated 175,000 campers and concert-goers at the Glastonbury Festival this year was one special celebrity guest: Oscar winner Brad Pitt.

The 53-year-old actor, who was recently fired from his job as weatherman on Comedy Central’s The Jim Jefferies Show, swung by the five-day performing arts festival in England — snapping pictures with some of the performing musicians.

He even watched on from the side of the stage, NME reported, as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn delivered a rousing speech on Saturday that tackled unity, racism, education, child poverty and social inequality.

Musician Chris Simmons shared a selfie of he and...

If Drake is Canada’s coolest kid, Nickelback is the one the Internet loves to pick on. Related: Nickelback Releases Sizzling Cover Of ‘Dirty Laundry’ But as the popular rock band has previously admitted, no amount of memes can be as harsh as the jokes Nickelback makes at their own expense. Clearly Royal Blood, an English rock […]...

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Sunday at Leeds Festival was a big day, in more ways than one.

With rock the order of the day after Saturday night’s crowning slot for Mumford & Sons, the Main Stage boasted a mix of rising and risen talent that most festivals would probably reserve for a lower level stage. But then that’s part of Reading & Leeds’ charm: it’s not stuffy or pretentious about booking, and it’s clearly not afraid to offend or provoke.

The highlights on the excellent third day were numerous and mostly unsurprising from bands who have great live shows in their blood, but familiarity never breeds content where class is concerned.

Props too to Fidlar, who were good, despite the fact that their second microphone wasn’t turned on at first. Likewise Atreyu – uncharitably pushed aside by a clash with the hugely popular Royal Blood – had their own...

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 won’t be released for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 on the same date as the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 version, Activision has announced.

As is becoming the norm, it seems, last-gen versions of cross-generation titles are receiving less and less precedence over current ones. It does make sense, after all. The Xbox One and PS4 are now the primary console platforms, and while Activision haven’t stated whether the development of the last-gen version of Tony Hawk will be outsourced to another studio – it wouldn’t come as any surprise if it has.

The current-gen version is still on course for an October 2 release, with the 360 and PS3 versions following a month later in November.

In addition to the above news, Activision have also released the entire track list that’ll you be listening to while skating and grinding your way around town. Check it...

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As festival season is well underway, we are now at the halfway point of the year and it has proved a fruitful one for rock music. Despite the claims that ‘rock is dead’, the genre has been revitalized somewhat in the mainstream with bands like Royal Blood and Muse bringing their harder flavor of rock to the general public.

This has been further solidified by the recent study on Spotify that suggests that heavy metal is more popular than pop music. Though slightly misleading, it’s clear that both genres still maintain a passionate and loyal fan-base.

2015 has also saw a resurgence of older artists making a return to the center stage with bands like Slayer taking to the metal pulpit once again and the much anticipated album release by Faith No More after eighteen years out of action. It has also been a great year for...

Guitar Hero Live, Activision and FreeStyleGames’ upcoming reboot of the iconic rhythm game series, has already had a portion of its track list confirmed, but it seems that there are still plenty more songs left to be revealed before the game launches later this year.

Earlier today, Activision announced several more songs that rock fans can expect to find in Guitar Hero Live, and you can see the full list below:

Royal Blood – “Little Monster” Marilyn Manson – “Disposable Teens” Killswitch Engage – “In Due Time” Marmozets – “Move Shake Hide” Of Mice & Men – “Bones Exposed” Deftones – “Diamond Eyes” Vista Chino – “Sweet Remain” Bring Me the Horizon – “Shadow Moses” Mastodon – “High Road” Trivium – “Strife”

Guitar Hero Live is scheduled to launch in late 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, and iOS. Tell us, are you excited about any of these tracks? Sound off below!

If you weren’t able to make it out to Coachella this year, you’re in luck. The festival will be live streaming all weekend and today, they’ll begin at 6:35Pm Pst. They’ve got quite the lineup to show off as well, with artists like Clean Bandit, Flosstradamus, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, The Weekend and more all set to hit the stage throughout the day/night.

Just like yesterday, there will be three separate channels that you can stream from, with each one featuring a different group of acts. The schedules, along with the streams, can be found below. Take a look and be sure to return later today to tune in for what is sure to be another Fomo-worthy night of incredible music.

Saturday, April 11 – Ch. 1

• Clean Bandit

• Milky Chance

• St. Paul & the Broken Bones

• Hozier

• Run the Jewels

• Jason’s World

• alt-j

• Jack White

• Flosstradamus

• Axwell Λ Ingrosso

Saturday,...

Woodkid and Lykke Li have premiered their brand new collaboration online.

The pair have teamed up for new cut 'Never Let You Down' which will feature on the forthcoming Insurgent soundtrack.

The collection - which will also feature M83 and Haim's 'Holes In The Sky' - will be released through Interscope on March 17.

Royal Blood, Anna Calvi, Imagine Dragons and Sohn are among the other artists who have contributed to the soundtrack.

Insurgent is the second instalment of Veronica Roth's The Divergent Trilogy novels.

The film adaptation - starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James - will be in cinemas from March 20.

Watch the trailer for Insurgent below:...

Shailene Woodley has no choice but to fight in a new teaser for The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

Summit Entertainment's latest teaser centres on Erudite leader Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) gathering forces to "eradicate the Divergent crisis" forever.

Rebels Tris Prior (Woodley) and Four (Theo James) are on the run following the uprising in the previous film, but can they stay one step ahead of Jeanine for long?

The upcoming sequel is based upon the highly-successful young adult novel of the same name by Veronica Roth.

Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort and Maggie Q are all returning from Divergent alongside Woodley, James and Winslet.

5 must-watch March cinema releases: Chappie, Insurgent, Cinderella

Earlier this week, it was reported that The Divergent Series: Insurgent's official soundtrack will feature exclusive tracks by Haim, Royal Blood and Imagine Dragons.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent opens in cinemas worldwide on March 20.

Watch a full-length...

My wife likes the group Haim, particularly that song "The Wire" and I like what M83 did with the score for Oblivion, so just maybe the collaboration of the two on the song "Holes in the Sky" for the The Divergent Series: Insurgent soundtrack will bring us together in some unexpected way. I don't know. The studio today released the full tracklisting for the upcoming release, which will be available digitally on March 17 with the film hitting theaters three days later on March 20. I'm actually seeing it the Monday of that week (the 16th) so we'll see if this one can improve on the absolutely awful first film. Check out the tracklisting below and listen to "Holes in the Sky". "Holes in the Sky" - M83 with Haim "Blood Hands"- Royal Blood "Never Let You Down" - Woodkid featuring Lykke Li "The Heart of You" - Anna Calvi "Sacrifice...

Interscope Records will partner with Summit Entertainment to release the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the futuristic action-adventure film The Divergent Series: Insurgent. The Insurgent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be released digitally on March 17, 2015.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the second installment of the Divergent franchise, will be released worldwide in both 3D and 2D on March 20, 2015 through Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label. The film is based on the bestselling novel Insurgent by Veronica Roth.

“Director Robert Schwentke brought incredible nuance to the making of Insurgent and pressed us to the frontiers of musical ingenuity,” said music supervisor Randall Poster. “There is a varied and powerful collection of songs gathered on this soundtrack. Not a group of songs for the meek but new anthems for the courageous. Music to fuel your insurgency, for sure. ”

The complete track listing for Insurgent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is:

“Holes in the...

Haim, M83 and Royal Blood are among the artists who will feature on the upcoming Insurgent soundtrack.

The latest instalment of the franchise flick - which follows last year's Divergent - will be in cinemas on March 20 and will be preceded by a new musical accompaniment.

M83 and Haim have teamed up for lead track 'Holes in the Sky', while Imagine Dragons, Anna Calvi, Lykke Li and Woodkid have all contributed tracks to the soundtrack.

The full tracklist is as follows:

1. M83: 'Holes in the Sky' [ft. Haim]

2. Royal Blood: 'Blood Hands'

3. Woodkid: 'Never Let You Down' [ft. Lykke Li]

4. Anna Calvi: 'The Heart of You'

5. Zella Day: 'Sacrifice'

6. Sohn: 'Carry Me Home'

7. Imagine Dragons: 'Warriors'

8. Joseph Trapanese: 'Convergence Score from Insurgent'

The Insurgent soundtrack will be released on March 17 via Interscope.

Insurgent - the second adaptation from the popular Divergent book trilogy by Veronica Roth - will star Shailene Woodley,...

The hottest night in the British music industry has come to a close! It was an incredible night at the 2015 Brit Awards with performances and memorable moments from Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Madonna, and many more.

The show aired live from the UK at London’s O2 arena and was hosted by TV personalities Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Big winners of the night included Sam Smith, who took home awards for both British Breakthrough Act and Global Success. Ed Sheeran also won big at the ceremony, walking away with the Mastercard British Album and British Male Solo awards.

While the Brit Awards are the biggest night in music in the UK, there were a number of Us stars who provided the show’s standout moments. Madonna, who made her first Brits appearance since 1995, took a nasty tumble during her performance of “Living for Love” – Don’t worry, she’s okay!

The hottest night in the British music industry has come to a close! It was an incredible night at the 2015 Brit Awards with performances and memorable moments from Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Madonna, and many more.

The show aired live from the UK at London’s O2 arena and was hosted by TV personalities Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Big winners of the night included Sam Smith, who took home awards for both British Breakthrough Act and Global Success. Ed Sheeran also won big at the ceremony, walking away with the Mastercard British Album and British Male Solo awards.

While the Brit Awards are the biggest night in music in the UK, there were a number of Us stars who provided the show’s standout moments. Madonna, who made her first Brits appearance since 1995, took a nasty tumble during her performance of “Living for Love” – Don’t worry, she’s okay!

The Brit Awards, the annual flagship U.K. music awards show, brought out stars and industry folks alike in the British capital Wednesday night. The British version of the Grammys started at 8 p.m. local time (noon Pst) at London's O2 Arena. Madonna, Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith, George Ezra, Royal Blood and Take That were among the performers. Madonna's first performance at the show in 20 years was marred by a nasty fall, as the singer was accidently pulled off the stage by a back-up dancer. As for the awards, Sheeran and Smith took

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