35 h. ago Skunk Anansie: The Painful Truth review – a raw triumph of reinvention and resilience

(FLG)On their first LP in almost a decade, made as two members were treated for cancer, the rockers shrug off their 90s heyday with an experimental mindsetAlmost 30 years after Weak gave the London band a global smash, Skunk Anansie’s “painful truth” is facing up to middle age, parenthood, the loss of a longstanding manager, fears that their best days were behind them and two members being diagnosed with cancer. Recorded with drummer Mark Richardson in recovery and bassist Cass undergoing chemotherapy, their first album in nine years confronts such issues with candour and defiance. Opener An Artist Is an Artist stridently lays down the manifesto: over an infectious collision of electro-pop and post-punk, singer Skin insists that a true creative will not be denied by ageing or menopause. The vocalist subsequently addresses challenges ranging from the hedonistic rock lifestyle to her own family history.Musically, producer David Sitek of TV on the Radio has urged them to throw off the ...

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35 h. ago Skunk Anansie’s Skin: ‘We got slated when we were booked to headline Glastonbury’

Pioneering rock artist was the subject of a racist, homophobic and misogynistic backlash when her band were booked to top the Pyramid Stage, but says they used it as fuel for their fire when they performed in 1999

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45 h. ago Rock star feared dead over chilling snaps just hours before plane crash tragedy

Daniel Williams from rock band Devil Wears Prada is feared to have died after a plane crash in San Diego, just hours after he posted an eerie image on his social media

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3 d. ago Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen announces departure from band during performance on The Voice season finale

Hansen joined the rock band as the third lead singer in 2005

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4 d. ago The Secret Agent review – brilliant Brazilian drama of an academic on the run in the murderous 1970s

Cannes film festivalKleber Mendonça Filho’s study of a man attempting to escape corrupt politics is a tremendous, novelistic study of corruption in high and low placesDirector Kleber Mendonça Filho’s new film is set in the Brazilian dictatorship of the 1970s and its visual brilliance, sensual big-city intrigue, shaggy-dog comedy, gruesome lowlife walk-ons and epically languorous mystery combine to create something special. It’s about the everyday nastiness of political tyranny, high- and low-level, and with its subject matter and present-day perspective, could be compared with Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here. Yet this is more ambitious, more totally complex and elusive. As the movie progressed, I found myself comparing it to Sergio Leone, to Antonioni’s The Passenger in its unhurried progress to some terrible violent denouement, to Elmore Leonard via Quentin Tarantino, to Meirelles and Lund’s City of God and Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma.Wagner Moura plays Marcelo, a man on the run, or prepar...

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7 d. ago Who is Lithuania's Eurovision 2025 act Katarsis and what are the lyrics to their song Tavo Akys

Meet the experimental rock band - Katarsis, who hope to win their first ever Eurovision

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9 d. ago War reaches Ukrainian rock band Ziferblat even at the Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine’s musicians can’t escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest

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9 d. ago American rock band Lord Buffalo whines about canceling tour after ICE 'forcibly' detains drummer

An American rock band is left baffled after their drummer was 'forcibly removed' from their flight to start a European tour by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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1 week ago Iconic 90s rock band cancels tour after drummer suffers medical emergency

A beloved 1990s rock band is cancelling their highly-anticipated tour after one of its members suffered a medical emergency.

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2 w. ago AD FEATURE: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club come to Manchester for 2025

As well as the brilliant rock band, there's a great blend of Indie artists and pop sensations scheduled to perform live in the city and surrounding areas this year

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2 w. ago The Darkness' bizarre performance in VE Day concert leaves fans baffled as they question BBC's 'odd' choice to sign the rock band (and even Queen Camilla covers her ears!)

The BBC's VE Day 80th Anniversary celebration saw an unlikely addition to its lineup on Thursday, as iconic rock band The Darkness took to the stage.

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2 w. ago The Who will perform one last time in North America this summer

British rock band The Who are to say their final goodbye to North America this summer

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2 w. ago The Who have no plans for UK farewell tour despite announcing final US gigs

The rock band have announced a farewell tour of North America.

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2 w. ago Nickelback's name has secret meaning and fans have only just realised it

Nickelback has been a mainstay of the music scene for almost three decades, but many people are still unaware of the meaning behind the Canadian rock band's name.

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2 w. ago The Who announce farewell tour: ‘Good things must come to an end’

Storied rock band have announced a series of shows in North America, as guitarist Pete Townshend says he and bandmate Roger Daltrey are ‘in a good place’

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2 w. ago Brad Arnold, frontman with rock band 3 Doors Down, diagnosed with stage four cancer

Grammy-nominated and chart-topping singer says he has ‘no fear’ of illness in kidney and lungBrad Arnold, the frontman with chart-topping US rock band 3 Doors Down, has been diagnosed with stage four cancer.The singer said he has kidney cancer that has spread to his lungs. He discovered the illness after feeling unwell in recent weeks, “then I went to the hospital and got checked out and actually got the diagnosis that I had a renal carcinoma that had metastasised into my lung”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Three Doors Down frontman shares devastating cancer update in emotional video

Brad Arnold, the frontman of rock band 3 Doors Down, has shared heartbreaking news with fans, telling them he is battling stage 4 kidney cancer in a deeply personal video

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2 w. ago British rock band SPLIT as two members quit the group leaving fans devastated

British rock band Kid Kapichi have split after guitarist Ben Beetham and drummer George Macdonald sensationally quit the group.

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2 w. ago Three Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold reveals stage 4 cancer diagnosis in emotional video

Brad Arnold, the frontman of American rock band 3 Doors Down, has revealed he is battling stage 4 kidney cancer in an emotional video message to his fans

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2 w. ago ‘People think I’ve gone crazy’: indie sensation Cameron Winter on leaving crowds in tears with his wild lyrics and supernatural voice

He is just 22 yet he is already being compared to Dylan, Cohen and Waits. The Geese frontman talks about the joys of going solo, employing a five-year-old bassist – and why God deserves a shout outThe sign in the church reads simply: “God is real.” Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they, being a church. But it’s not a determined vicar who has put the poster up in a bid to convince his congregation. Rather it’s 22-year-old Cameron Winter, frontman of New York rock band Geese and now solo artist behind one of the year’s most beguiling albums.Winter is in church – St Matthias in north London – for his first ever UK solo show. And while it may or may not convince you of God’s existence, it certainly feels like an encounter with the divine. Hunched over a piano, his hands run up and down the keys freely as he pours out his stream-of-consciousness lyrics in a voice that has to be heard to be believed – fragile and prone to cracking yet also powerful, soulful, almost supernatural. Who is...

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