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Record labels say they will not release new music this week, as musicians join protests in the US. Source
Lorde has sent fans a second email in two weeks, this time directly referencing police brutality in America and elsewhere while also criticising performative activism. “I know what you’re thinking – ‘Two notes in two weeks? Who is she?!’,” she wrote. “You probably weren’t expecting to hear from me for another few months, but I […]
Atlanta native and Run The Jewels member Killer Mike has delivered a passionate speech to Atlanta protesters, pleading them to “not to burn your own house down for anger with an enemy.” Mike, whose father is a police officer in the city of Atlanta, gave a speech that was over eight minutes in length, asking […]
Briggs has taken to social media today to stand in solidarity with the protesters in America, saying he can empathise because Australia has its own history of police brutality. “I empathise with the protesters in the USA,” he wrote. “I watched the video of that police officer flagrantly killing George Floyd in front of an […]
Neil Finn has shared a new song titled ‘Find Your Way Back Home’ that sees him joined by Fleetwood Mac bandmates Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. Written by the Crowded House frontman about the homeless population in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, sales from ‘Find Your Way Back Home’ will go towards the Auckland […]
A large array of music venues in Victoria have called for “urgent” state government assistance in order to save venues “on the brink of collapse in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdowns”, sharing a petition addressed to Victorian Parliament. Venues including 170 Russell, Cherry Bar, Corner Hotel, Prince Bandroom, Croxton Bandroom, The Espy, The Forum, […]
Run the Jewels will make their much-anticipated fourth album RTJ4 available for free this Friday (5th June) in support of ongoing protests in the US following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police last week. “I don’t have shit left to say right now that me and my brother @killermike don’t express on […]
Multiple record labels and other music industry figures have planned a social media blackout tomorrow (2nd June) in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police last week. Floyd, 46, was an African American man who died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on Floyd’s neck […]
Billie Eilish has added to the growing list of artists who have spoken out following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in the US last week. Floyd, 46, was an African American man who died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on Floyd’s neck for over […]
The Bulgarian-born artist, known for his monumental projects, dies at his home in New York. Source
