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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/zztop_frank_beard.jpg”] NewsMusic News ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77 Billy Gibbons has hailed his longtime bandmate as “one of the most naturally innovative drummers” By Max Pilley 18th August 2026 Frank Beard of ZZ Top at Stiefel Theatre on August 06, 2025 in Salina, Kansas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Frank…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Joseph_Okpako_John_Phillips.jpg”] NewsMusic News Watch Chase & Status join Skrillex for Boomtown 2026 set It came just two weeks ahead of Chase & Status’ headline set at Reading & Leeds By Max Pilley 18th August 2026 Skrillex and Chase & Status. CREDIT: Joseph Okpako/John Phillips/Getty Images Chase & Status joined Skrillex during his headline set at Boomtown…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Joseph_Okpako_Katja_Ogrin_Josh_Brasted.jpg”] NewsMusic News Spotify announce ‘Hometown’ run of gigs with Jorja Smith, Nemzzz and Beabadoobee Selected ‘top listeners’ will be invited to the intimate homecoming shows in Walsall, Manchester and London By Max Pilley 18th August 2026 Jorja Smith, Nemzzz and Beabadoobee. CREDIT: Joseph Okpako/Katja Ogrin/Josh Brasted/Getty Images Spotify have announced a new series of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Remi_Wolf_Zachary_Gray.jpg”] NewsMusic News Remi Wolf announces third album ‘Mud’: “I feel like I’ve crossed into a new phase of life” The record arrives in October, with new single ‘Bottle’ out later this week By Max Pilley 18th August 2026 Remi Wolf. CREDIT: Zachary Gray Remi Wolf has announced her third studio album ‘Mud’, saying…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/paris_jackson_2026.jpg”] NewsMusic News Paris Jackson remembers perforating her septum from “snorting drugs” The singer, who has now been sober for six years, releases her second album ‘Happiest Day Of My Life’ on Friday (August 21) By Max Pilley 18th August 2026 Paris Jackson at The Wiltern on July 31, 2026 in Los Angeles,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fontaines-dc-maida-vale2@2000×1270.jpg”] NewsMusic News Watch Fontaines D.C. perform new single ‘Marianne’ from last ever BBC Maida Vale session as the band share how late manager Trevor Dietz saved the song “This album is dedicated to Trev, all he gave us, all he taught us. Love you forever” By Liberty Dunworth 18th August 2026 Fontaines…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/kanye-west@2000×1270.jpg”] NewsMusic News Kanye West to perform in Russia despite cultural boycott of country Tickets sold out within hours, and a Russian lawmaker has suggested that the rapper should perform traditional Russian songs at the event By Liberty Dunworth 18th August 2026 Kanye West performs live. CREDIT: Luo Yunfei/Getty Images Kanye West is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/oasis_Simon_Emmett.jpg”] NewsMusic News Watch the emotional trailer for Oasis doc ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ as cinema tickets go on sale “We’ve got a chance to change the narrative of the band,” Liam Gallagher says in the preview of the “landmark” film, which is out next month By Tom Skinner 18th August 2026…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025-HAIM-LIVE-ANDY-FORD-5@2000×1270.jpg”] NewsMusic News Haim “always writing” as they take their time on New York-inspired new album “We’re always thinking about what the next thing is going to sound like,” bassist Este Haim told NME By Tom Skinner 18th August 2026 Haim live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Andy Ford for NME Haim have teased…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/brandon_flowers_thrasher_interview_2000.jpg”] NewsMusic News Brandon Flowers tells us about making his most personal album yet: “I’m finally ready to do this” The frontman tells NME about finally being “equipped” to look back on the darker sides of his childhood on third solo album ‘Thrasher’, as well as plans for a “romantic” sister record that…