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Sam Fender has teamed up with Olivia Dean on a new version of his People Watching track “Rein Me In.”
The collaboration received its live debut earlier this month (June 6) at Fender’s sold-out show at the 82,500-capacity London Stadium, where Dean was supporting him. The pair also performed it the following week at Newcastle’s St. James Park.
“Lots of you asking for this one after we played it at the stadium shows so here we go!!,” Fender captioned an Instagram post announcing the release, featuring him and Dean embracing on stage. Listen to their fresh take on “Rein Me In” below.
People Watching is the best-selling British album of 2025 so far, taking the No. 1 spot on the Official U.K. Albums Chart upon release with 107,000 units sold across physicals and streaming. Over the course of the summer, Fender is scheduled to support the album with more headline outdoor shows in Manchester and across Europe.
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In February, the Official Charts Company confirmed that Fender became one of only nine acts to top 100,000 sales in a week this decade, joining Taylor Swift, Adele, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Take That, ABBA and Arctic Monkeys. His third U.K. No. 1, People Watching is also the fastest selling vinyl record for a British solo act this century.
Dean, meanwhile, is also reaching new heights. The north London-raised vocalist released the sprightly track “Nice To Each Other” earlier this month (June 12), which has since reached No. 18 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart – her highest placing to date.
26-year-old Dean dropped her debut album Messy in 2023, which made the Mercury Prize shortlist that year as well as landing her a series of BRIT Award nominations. She is currently gearing up for the release of its follow-up The Art Of Loving (due Sept. 26 via Capitol), with pre-orders open now.
Irish rockers Inhaler have offered up a re-imagining of Kavinsky’s “Nightcall” as part of their recent appearance on Like a Version, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j.
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The group’s cover was recorded during their most recent visit to Australia earlier this month – their second trip Down Under, having only made their debut in the country last year. As part of their session, the group launched into proceedings with a rendition of their original track “Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)” – as featured on their third studio album, Open Wide.
Ahead of their Like a Version set, triple j alerted listeners to an apparent rumor that had overtaken their social media feed in which an unnamed individual had spread the claim that Inhaler would be covering Benson Boone‘s “Mystical Magical.”
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While the rumor resulted in “hundreds of people are flooding our dms mad at us,” there turned out to be little truth in the allegation, with Inhaler instead choosing Kavinsky’s “Nightcall.”
Originally released in 2010 and later featured on the French musician’s debut album, 2013’s OutRun, “Nightcall” also features production work from Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
While never impacting the Hot 100, it became something of a cultural touchstone thanks to its appearance in the title sequence to Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film Drive, and would later gain enough attention for Kavinsky to perform the track at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“I think because it was a movie soundtrack that kind of felt different to covering just a normal pop song,” Inhaler’s Elijah Hewson explained in a post-performance interview. “So that kind of made us kind of lean into it a bit.”
“I snuck it into our pre-show playlist, and that was kind of a nice kind [way of] testing the waters,” added Robert Keating. “So I’m kind of hoping that all our fans have already got it ingrained in their memory.
“We all agreed on it as well. [It’s the] same reason we’re called Inhaler. When you can all agree on something in a band, it usually means that all a good sign.”
Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process.
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Bruce Springsteen is opening up about his upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the 75-year-old rock icon shared his thoughts on director Scott Cooper’s upcoming film, which is set to hit theaters on Oct. 24.
Though Springsteen’s touring schedule limited his time on set, he said The Bear actor Jeremy Allen White and the crew were gracious during his visits.
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“Jeremy Allen White was very, very tolerant of me the days that I would appear on the set,” Springsteen told the publication. “I said to him, ‘Look, anytime I’m in the way, just give me the look and I’m on my way home.’ So the days that I got out there, he was wonderfully tolerant with me being there. And it was just fun. It was enjoyable.”
Still, The Boss admitted that he avoided being present for certain emotionally intense moments during filming.
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“I mean, there’s some unusualness to it because the movie involves, in some ways, some of the most painful days of my life,” he said. “If there was a scene coming up that was sometimes really deeply personal, I wanted the actors to feel completely free, and I didn’t want to get in the way, and so I would just stay at home.”
Deliver Me From Nowhere is based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name and chronicles the making of Springsteen’s 1982 acoustic album, Nebraska. Check out a recap of the film’s first trailer here.
The film features Allen as Springsteen, Jeremy Strong as longtime manager Jon Landau, Stephen Graham as the musician’s father, Odessa Young as his girlfriend, Gaby Hoffmann as his mother, Marc Maron as producer Chuck Plotkin, and David Krumholtz as a Columbia Records executive.
Earlier this year, Springsteen told SiriusXM’s E Street Radio that seeing White play him on screen took some getting used to.
“A little bit at first, but you get over that pretty quick and Jeremy is such a terrific actor that you just fall right into it,” he said. “He’s got an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply recognize and he’s just done a great job, so I’ve had a lot of fun. I’ve had a lot of fun being on the set when I can get there.”
For his part, White has said he spent hours studying video footage and worked closely with a vocal coach to capture Springsteen’s unique voice and cadence.
“Elvis Presley. Bob Dylan. Lennon & McCartney. And now SLY STONE. The new leader.” So proclaimed an ad that ran in Billboard in April of 1969, essentially proclaiming that it was Sly Stone’s turn to take over as the leading voice in all of popular music. And given the run that he was in the […]
Johnny Marr has spoken on his decision to turn down an “eye-watering” amount of money to reunite The Smiths, saying that the “vibe” wasn’t right to get the band back together.
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Marr was appearing on the Stick to Football podcast alongside former players Roy Keane, Gary Neville and Ian Wright to discuss his affinity with soccer club Manchester City and his role as guitarist in one of indie music’s most legendary bands.
The Smiths were formed by Marr in 1982 when he and a friend recruited Morrissey to join the group as vocalist and lyricist; the band’s classic lineup was completed by Mike Joyce (drums) and Andy Rourke (bass).
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The group released four studio albums between 1984 and 1987 alongside a number of live albums and B-side and singles collections. Meat is Murder (1985) and The Queen is Dead (1986) both hit No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart; their debut The Smiths (1984) and final record Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) both hit No. 2. Creative and personal differences between Marr and Morrissey saw the former leave the group in July 1987 and the group folded the following year.
Both Marr and Morrissey have had wildly successful solo careers but a reunion has seemed unlikely ever since. In 2006, Moz told the BBC, “I would rather eat my own testicles than reform the Smiths, and that’s saying something for a vegetarian.”
In August 2024, however, Morrissey claimed that he and Marr had received a “lucrative offer” from AEG to reform with the band’s surviving members, and to tour as a live band in 2025; the group’s bassist Andy Rourke died in 2023. In the post on his website Morrissey Central, Moz revealed that he had said yes to the proposal but that Marr had not responded. A month later, Marr said on his Instagram that he did not “ignore the offer — I said no.”
Now speaking on the Stick to Football podcast Marr has gone into more detail about why he turned down the offer, despite seeing close friends (and City supporters) Liam and Noel Gallagher reform Oasis in August 2024 for a global tour.
“We got made an offer recently, but I said no,” he said. “It was a little bit about principles, but I’m not an idiot, I just think the vibe’s not right.”
Marr added, “It was an eye-watering amount of money, but also, I really like what I’m doing now which makes it a lot easier. I like where I’m at. I still want to write the best song I’ve ever written. I want to be a better performer.”
Morrissey and Marr have traded barbs through the press for decades, and in 2022 Morrissey called on his former bandmate to “stop mentioning my name” in interviews. Marr responded saying, “When you’re attacked out of the blue, particularly in public, you have to defend yourself.”
Speaking to Uncut he said the pair are too estranged to ever work together again. “It won’t come as any surprise when I say that I’m really close with everyone I’ve worked with — except for the obvious one. And that isn’t that much of a surprise because we’re so different, me and Morrissey.”
Following The Smiths’ dissolution, Marr played as a member of a number of groups including The Pretenders, Electronic (with New Order’s Bernard Sumner), The The, Modest Mouse and The Cribs. In 2013 he launched a solo career and has released four LPs under his name and performed on global tours.
Earlier this week Marr expressed support for Kneecap during their ongoing controversy, and backed them to perform at Glastonbury Festival next weekend (June 27-29) amid calls for them to be removed from the line-up.
Check out Marr’s appearance on the Stick to Football podcast below.
At 35, mgk is still a kid at heart. The rapper-turned-rock star is set to perform on the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards, which will air live on Saturday (June 21) at 8 p.m. ET/PT from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Tyla is set to host the show.
mgk will perform “Cliché,” the lead single from his upcoming album Lost Americana. The song has so far reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 10 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. The performance will come just a day after mgk performs on The Today Show’s Citi Concert Series.
All six of mgk’s studio albums have reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200, with the last two – Tickets to My Downfall and Mainstream Sellout – reaching No. 1. (The latter album also received a Grammy nod for best rock album.) His seventh studio album, Lost Americana, is due Aug. 8.
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The Cleveland, Ohio, native’s highest-charting hit on the Hot 100 is “Bad Things,” a 2016 collab with Camila Cabello that reached No. 4.
KATSEYE, which recently notched their first Billboard Hot 100 hit with “Gnarly,” was previously announced as a performer on the show. They’ll perform “Gnarly.”
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards will celebrate fans’ favorites from film, television, music, sports and more. Nickelodeon is calling the show the biggest party of the summer. It is certain to have more epic slimings than any other show. The show will simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, MTV2 and CMT, and also air on Nickelodeon channels around the world.
Leading the pack with four nominations each are Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar, followed by Jack Black, Dwayne Johnson, Selena Gomez and Jelly Roll with three nods apiece. First-time nominees include Gracie Abrams, Zach Bryan, Jordan Chiles, Frankie Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Doechii, Keith Lee, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, Shohei Ohtani and Florence Pugh, among others.
Coldplay’s “Sparks” appears on a U.S.-based Billboard consumption chart for the first time, debuting across multiple rankings dated June 21 following the latest viral moment for the 2000 track. The song, from the Chris Martin-fronted band’s debut album Parachutes, bows at No. 15 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart (where older songs are […]
Billboard’s rock album charts dated June 21 are topped by a pair of full-length releases new to No. 1 – though one is brand new while the other recently celebrated its 21st birthday.
My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, the act’s 2004 breakthrough LP, returns to the Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts at No. 1, while Turnstile’s newly released Never Enough debuts at No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge earned 44,000 equivalent album units (up 809%) in the United States in the week ending June 12, according to Luminate. That sum includes 37,000 album sales, spurred by the release of its 20th anniversary deluxe edition on June 6. For the reissue, the album’s 13-song original tracklist was remastered and remixed, while four live versions of the songs from BBC Radio 1’s punk show The Lock Up in 2005 were added. (All versions of the album are combined for tracking and charting purposes.)
Although the bulk of the album’s coronation was driven by album sales, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge nonetheless tallied a 77% increase to 8.9 million official U.S. streams in the tracking week.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge logged previous history on all three charts (in fact, it ranked at No. 14 on the inaugural Top Rock Albums tally in 2006), but its original release preceded the inceptions of those rankings. The set debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200 dated June 26, 2004, but had never risen higher than No. 28 (Sept. 24, 2005) prior to its reissue, which sends it to No. 6, as previously reported. The LP generated a trio of Billboard Hot 100 entries, paced by the No. 33-peaking “Helena (So Long & Goodnight).”
As for Turnstile, Never Enough launches at No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums with 38,000 units, including 28,000 from album sales. It’s the band’s first ruler on the chart, exceeding the No. 2 peak of Glow On in 2021.
Never Enough also bows at No. 2, behind Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums and arrives as the band’s first top 10 on the Billboard 200 at No. 9.
The albums hold the top two spots on Vinyl Albums, too. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge leads with 31,000 vinyl copies sold, followed by Never Enough (21,000).
Two songs from Never Enough concurrently debut on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. The title track leads at No. 42 via 1.5 million streams and 1.4 million radio audience impressions, with “I Care” at No. 49 (1.4 million streams). They mark Turnstile’s first appearances on the tally.
Eight songs from Never Enough also rank on Hot Hard Rock Songs, fronted by “Never Enough” at No. 7.
Lead radio single “Never Enough” hits a new No. 11 high on Alternative Airplay. Turnstile is seeking its third top 10 on the chart in as many tries, following “Mystery” and “Holiday,” which reached Nos. 8 and 10, respectively, in 2022.
Terry Luttrell has been injured after getting into a car accident, which occurred after the REO Speedwagon singer fell asleep at the wheel.
The 78-year-old musician was candid about the incident while speaking to the News-Gazette Tuesday (June 17), explaining that he’d been driving to St. Louis for business reasons when he crashed on Interstate 57. He says that he’d been up until about 4:30 a.m. the night prior following a Speedwagon concert at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill., staying up late to attend an afterparty and sign autographs for fans.
“It just happened,” Luttrell told the publication. “I nodded off. I rolled the car over, and I woke up, and I was in a cocoon. Unfortunately, it totaled the car.”
By “cocoon,” the rock star was referring to his car’s airbags, which deployed on impact and cracked his sternum. He is now recovering from his injuries at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, where he expects to stay for the next few days.
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“I was able to get up and get out of the car,” Luttrell recalled. “I have a little back pain and neck pain. It’s nothing that can’t be overcome.”
Upon being transported to the hospital, Luttrell learned that some of the nurses were fans who had attended the concert the night prior. The performance at State Farm Arena in the band’s home city marked a special one-off reunionshow punctuating REO Speedwagon’s decision to cease touring after 2024 due to “irreconcilable differences” between members. Luttrell — who left the group and was replaced by Kevin Cronin in 1972 — stepped back into his former role as frontman only for the night.
“It was exactly what we thought it was going to be,” he told the Gazette. “It was a one-off concert that will never happen again. To say that you were there was a pretty big thing.”
Luttrell joined Speedwagon in 1968, departing after four years with the band reportedly due to personal issues with guitarist Gary Richrath. Cronin was then brought in to fill his shoes, and — after being briefly replaced with Mike Murphy — helped the group score some of its biggest hits, including Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles “Keep On Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling.”
Despite his success with the group, Cronin was not at the reunion show Saturday (June 14). On Facebook, he recently said that he would have wanted to attend, but that organizers chose “a date where it was public knowledge” that he had prior engagements with his own Kevin Cronin Band in Oregon.
Cronin was also the only remaining REO bandmate who wanted to continue touring, but he says he was outvoted by bassist Bruce Hall and keyboardist Neal Doughty when it came to calling it quits. The men announced last September that they would stop touring by the end of the year and dissolve the band due to conflicts between Hall and Cronin.
Fans will have to wait until Oct. 24 to see the eagerly anticipated Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. But they got a teaser on Wednesday morning (June 18) when the first trailer for the film starring The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White as the Boss dropped, revealing the shape and mood of the film that will follow the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s introspective sessions for his stark, 1982 acoustic album Nebraska.
The two-and-a-half minute preview opens with White as Springsteen sitting in a Camaro on a car lot as he tells the salesman that he’s never owned a new vehicle before. “It’s awfully fitting for a handsome devil rock star,” the salesman says, tipping his hat that he knows exactly who his low-key, famous client is. “Well that makes one of us,” White replies.
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We next see Springsteen in his New Jersey bedroom with his guitar tech Mike Batlan (Paul Walter Hauser) as he works out the stripped-down sound of the Nebraska title track. “Don’t need to be perfect,” he tells Batlan, “I want it to feel like I’m in the room by myself.”
Director Scott Cooper’s movie also features Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s longtime manager and confidant Jon Landau, who is seen telling a record exec that his client’s deeply personal album is “not about the charts. This is about Bruce Springsteen and these are the songs that he wants to work on right now,” as White moans out the lyrics to the album’s haunting title song.
Over images of White looking at old pictures, Strong tells a story about the singer’s childhood bedroom, which had a hole in its floor. That hole becomes a metaphor for Springsteen’s complicated relationship with his withholding father (played by Adolescence‘s Stephen Graham). “Bruce is a repairman,” Strong says. “And what he’s doing with this album is he’s repairing that hole in his floor. He’s repairing that hole in himself… and once he’s done that, he’s going to repair the entire world.”
The two-and-a-half-minute trailer ends with triumphant footage of a sweat-drenched White howling “Born to Run” on stage with the E Street Band, the veins in his neck strained to the extreme as he pulls off one of the rocker’s signature stage hops. Springsteen spent time on the set of the film earlier this year and he professed to be very impressed with White’s work.
In a chat on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio in January, the 75-year-old rocker was asked if it felt weird to see White play him on screen. “A little bit at first, but you get over that pretty quick and Jeremy is such a terrific actor that you just fall right into it,” Springsteen said. “He’s got an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply recognize and he’s just done a great job, so I’ve had a lot of fun. I’ve had a lot of fun being on the set when I can get there.”
In high praise from the singer known for his signature raspy, emotive voice, Springsteen said White was nailing it. “He sings well,” he said. “He sings very well.” Springsteen gave his full blessing for the adaptation of Warren Zanes’ book of the same name and in an interview earlier this year White said he’d studied hours and hours of video and worked with a vocal coach to nail Bruce’s vocal tone and speaking cadence.
The film also features Odessa Young (A Million Little Pieces) as Springsteen’s girlfriend, Gaby Hoffman (Transparent) as his mom, Adele, Marc Maron (Sticks) as record producer Chuck Plotkin and David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) as a Columbia Records executive.
Check out the Deliver Me From Nowhere trailer below.
