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Bono has addressed the 2014 controversy where U2 arranged for their album ‘ Songs Of Innocence ‘ to be automatically downloaded onto the devices of 500million iTunes users . READ MORE:   U2’s top 10 best albums – ranked The U2 singer has taken full responsibility for the marketing ploy, which caused significant backlash for users receiving a free copy of the band’s 10th album unsolicited. In an extract from his new memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story published in The Guardian , the singer writes that “critics might accuse me of overreach” before admitting that “it is”. Bono discusses U2’s long-standing relationship with Apple in his new book, which originated from the band meeting the co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, in 2004. The CEO had refused to pay the group in Apple stock for their music to be used in an iPod advert. A decade later, Bono visited Tim Cook, who had taken over from Jobs as CEO after the latter’s death in 2011, with the idea to give away their new al...

Arctic Monkeys will perform during a special Later…With Jools Holland episode that’s dedicated entirely to them. READ MORE:  The  NME  Big Read – Arctic Monkeys: “We know more tricks now, but we’re still rolling on that same instinct” The final episode of the latest live music series will see the Sheffield band join host Holland for an intimate performance of songs from their new album ‘ The Car ‘, including ‘ There’d Better Be A Mirrorball ‘ and ‘ Body Paint ‘. They will also revisit old favourites from their back catalogue such as ‘505’ from 2007’s ‘ Favourite Worst Nightmare ‘, which has seen a recent revival on TikTok . Airing on November 5 on BBC Two, the programme will also see lead singer and guitarist Alex Turner and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders talk to Holland at the piano. A press release states that they will reveal the process behind making the new album and unearth stories from their previous appearances, including a look back at their ...

Gene Simmons has responded to Kanye West ‘s recent antisemitic comments, saying the rapper should surround himself with “nicer people” and urging him to take medication. The KISS bassist made the comments during a recent interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored , where he was asked if he thinks Jewish people should accept an apology from West for his recent antisemitic outbursts, which saw his Instagram and Twitter accounts both suspended and drew widespread criticism . READ MORE:  With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? Speaking to Morgan on the show, Simmons — who is Jewish — said he’d never met West, but “from everything I’ve heard… he sounds really wounded, he sounds hurt, so he’s lashing out.” “I’m not a doctor. I’m not a physician. I don’t know much about Ye or Kanye,” he continued. “If there’s medication, I respectfully urge for the gentleman to take the medication. If he’s surrounded by the wrong people, get some nicer p...

The first day of the inaugural and hotly-anticipated When We Were Young Festival has been cancelled due to weather warnings and resulting safety fears. The 2022 festival, described as “an epic line-up of emo and rock bands from the past two decades”, was  announced to much fanfare earlier this year  with  My Chemical Romance and  Paramore  topping the bill. The pop-punk and emo heavy Las Vegas event, which was also set to feature the likes  Bring Me The Horizon ,  Bright Eyes ,  The Used and more, was due to kick off today (Saturday October 22) – but the opening day has now been scrapped due to high winds. “When We Were Young Festival organizers have spent the last several days proactively preparing the festival grounds for a windy Saturday,” a statement read. “The National Weather Service has now upgraded their Saturday forecast to a High Wind Warning, including dangerous 30-40mph sustained winds with potential 60mph gusts. “Under adviseme...

Cardi B has won a lawsuit decided by a trial jury over a man’s claim that she misused his image on the cover of her debut 2016 mixtape, ‘Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1’ . READ MORE:   New doc Queens Of Rap reinforces the importance of ‘WAP’, more than a year on Claimaint Kevin Brophy Jr alleged in a 2017 lawsuit that the rapper had photoshopped his distinctive back tattoo onto someone else’s body and used it without his permission, which ultimately appropriated his likeness in “a misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual way”. Previously, Cardi B had claimed that Brophy’s tattoo art was superimposed without her knowledge on the back of a male model who posed with her for the photoshoot. In his lawsuit, Brophy Jr. claimed that he suffered “distress and humiliation” because the cover art in question allegedly showed his distinctive back tattoos on a faceless man photographed with his head between the musician’s legs. Yesterday (October 21) a jury at the Centr...

Kanye West has claimed that he spoke to Quentin Tarantino about his “Django” concept for his ‘Gold Digger’ music video, “and then Tarantino turned it into a film”. READ MORE:  With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? The rapper and entrepreneur in a new interview accused the director, along with actor Jamie Foxx, of stealing his idea. Speaking on  Piers Morgan Uncensored , Ye claimed that he had pitched the “Django” idea to Tarantino and Foxx as the music video for his 2005 hit ‘Gold Digger’. In 2012, Tarantino released the revisionist Western  Django: Unchained about a freed slave (played by Foxx) who works with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife from a plantation. “Tarantino can write a movie about slavery where – actually him and Jamie [Foxx], they got the idea from me because the idea for ‘Django’ I pitched to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as the video for ‘Gold Digger’. And then Tarantino tu...

Two family lawsuits have reportedly been settled with the families of victims of the Astroworld festival tragedy . A settlement agreement has been reached with the family of Axel Acosta, a 21-year-old Washington man who was killed during the 2021 event, reports Complex . Elsewhere, The Houston Chronicle writes that a settlement has been agreed for the family of 16-year-old victim Brianna Rodriguez from Houston Heights. On November 5, 2021, a crowd crush tragedy at  Travis Scott ‘s Astroworld left 10 people dead and many more injured. Hundreds of lawsuits filed against Scott and Live Nation over the incident were said to be moving forward as one case in February of this year . The legal team for Acosta’s family said in a statement online: “Lead counsel Tony Buzbee and The Buzbee Law Firm announced today that the claims brought by the family of Axel Acosta against Travis Scott, Live Nation, and others involved in the Astroworld tragedy have settled. ...