Music News for October 17, 2024

Breaking Benjamin return with powerful new single ‘Awaken’

• Today’s Headlines

• R.I.P. One Direction’s Liam Payne

• Colin Greenwood on capturing “the middle era” of Radiohead – and what’s next for the band

• The rebel girls of the Linda Lindas

• Maynard James Keenan & Les Claypool talk the Sessanta tour on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast’s 1,000th episode

• Kendrick Lamar dominates 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards with wins in eight categories

• Universal Music Group to acquire indie label group PIAS

• Biohazard signs to New Frontiers Label Group imprint BLKIIBLK, new album coming next year

• Robert Smith picks 1 song from every Cure album that matches the mood of Songs of a Lost World

• Ex-Mr. Bungle member Theo Lengyel faces life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend

• Martin Scorsese’s Beatles ‘64 documentary given release date

• The Cure’s Robert Smith explains why Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing is a “scam”

• Ice Nine Kills drummer Patrick Galante leaves band

• Diddy’s legal team accuses feds of leaking Cassie assault video, claims his right to fair trial is damaged

• Jonny Greenwood tells us about The Smile’s Cutouts and the “fun and natural” Radiohead reunion

• New documentary Public Enemies to explore Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud

• Nell Smith, music prodigy who collaborated with The Flaming Lips, dead at 17

• Warren Ellis pays tribute to Nell Smith, who has died aged 17: “Shocked and devastated”

• Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley details alleged sexual + verbal abuse by former manager

• Timothée Chalamet delivers a convincing performance in new trailer for A Complete Unknown

• Taylor Swift is now the richest female musician in the world

• Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault and battery in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist who worked for him

• Hear Perry Farrell’s isolated vocals moments before Jane’s Addiction onstage fight – ‘F–k these motherf–kers’

• Eminem learns he’s going to be a grandpa in ‘Temporary’ video starring daughter Hailie Jade

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• New Albums and EPs

• 070 Shake announces new album Petrichor

• Bon Enfant dazzles with glam-rock flair on new album Demande spéciale

• BTS’ Jin reveals track list for six-song debut solo album, Happy

• Panda Bear announces new album Sinister Grift + shares Cindy Lee collab ‘Defense’

• Ashnikko releases sixth and final Halloweenie installment Possess Me

• Chaos and art collide in Humane The Moon’s New EP Debris Joice

• Green Day re-release Dookie on deliberately obscure formats (like a toothbrush, Game Boy and floppy disk)

• Dream Theater announce new Alaum Parasomnia, unveil lead single ‘Night Terror’: Stream

• MF Doom’s Mm..Food gets 20th-anniversary reissue, Madlib remix of ‘One Beer’: Listen

• R.E.M., Jeff Tweedy, Waxahatchee, and many more contribute to Hurricane Helene benefit album

• New Tracks

• SORRY interpolate Toni Basil’s ‘Hey Mickey’ for brooding new single ‘Waxwing,’ touring with Fontaines D.C.

• Ten Fé unveils uplifting new single ‘Any Time Soon’ ahead of upcoming album

• Ducks Ltd. shares new single ‘Grim Symmetry’

• Arny Margret releases tender new single ‘I Miss You, I Do’

• WILDES and St Francis Hotel team up for new single ‘Kopfkino’

• Gray Dens release new single ‘Tell Me’

• The Veils return with new single ‘The Ladder’ from upcoming album Asphodels

• Tyler, the Creator shares ‘St Chroma’ Video

• Porridge Radio share new single ‘God Of Everything Else’

• Deb Never – ‘Not In Love’

• Dax Riggs returns after 15 years with explosive new single ‘Deceiver’

• Charlie Vaughan teases EP with bittersweet new single ‘I Know You (And I Know You Well)’

• AVAION explores emotional depth with new single ‘drown’

• Vlad Holiday explores loss and recovery in new single ‘This Was Always Gonna End’

• Annika Kilkenny explores growth and renewal in her new single ‘Out In The Garden’

• Aimei 媚 contemplates changing friendships with new single ‘Need U’

• The Slow Readers Club returns with urgent new single ‘Technofear’

• Caroline Romano releases heartfelt new single ‘Pretty Boys’

• Bless You capture laid-back euphoria on new single ‘Home’

• Westfalia delves into dark sonic territory with new single ‘D-End’

• HUNGRY returns with fierce new single ‘Sick Of It’

• Dreamwave unleashes psych-blues fury with new single ‘Polystyrene Irene’

• Michigander shares moving new single ‘Emotional’ ahead of debut album

• SOFY releases new single ‘Mine’ ahead of upcoming mixtape

• Shower Curtain shares emotionally charged new single ‘You’re Like Me’

• MarMar captures the bittersweet nature of love in his latest single ‘Show Up’

• Luna Morgenstern embraces heartache in euphoric new single ‘miss u’

• The Cure release chilling ‘A Fragile Thing’ single and Songs of a Lost World track list

• J. Cole reflects on Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud on new song ‘Port Antonio’: Listen

• mxmtoon presents new album teaser, ‘rain’

• Maggie Rogers offers up new single ‘In The Living Room’

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• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Track By Track: Devarrow takes us through the tracks that make up his latest album, Heart Shaped Rock

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Rüfüs Du Sol, Chat Pile, and The Linda Lindas

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 10/14/2024: The Cure, Charli xcx and Ariana Grande, MarMar, Obongjayar, mxmtoon, and more!

• Track By Track: Heiko Maile and Julian Demarre take us through the tracks that make up their latest album, NEOSTALGIA

• Interview: Smith & Thell on their evolving songwriting, upcoming Scandinavian shows, and sharing beers with fans

• Track By Track: Yellow Belly discusses her debut album, Ghostwriter

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• 50 Cent scores $15 million Las Vegas residency deal for six shows – Report

• Coheed and Cambria announces 2025 cruise S.S. Neverender: Good Apollo, We’re Boating To Cozumel

• Massive Attack cancel US tour dates due to “unforeseen circumstances”

• Watch Stevie Nicks perform on SNL for first time in 41 years

• The Offspring announce UK tour with Simple Plan

• Watch Michael Stipe play R.E.M.’s ‘Wendell Gee’ for first time since 1985

• The Cure announce London show to launch new album

• Jorja Smith announces 2025 North American tour

• Disturbed announces The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour

• Faye Webster announces 2025 Underdressed at the Symphony Tour

• Coldplay announce 2025 tour Ddates in US and Canada

• Vampire Weekend perform ‘Connect’ on Fallon: Watch

• Deicide cancels their remaining shows due to hurricane Milton

• Coldplay brings down the house with ‘All My Love’ and ‘We Pray’ on SNL: Watch

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• Festival Updates

• Sick New World unveils 2025 lineup

• New York City’s newest festival brought out the cool kids of music and film

• The BPM Festival unveils phase one lineup for new location in 2025

• Cage The Elephant, The Offspring, and more to rock 2025 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO

• Tomorrowland Brasil 2024 streaming programme announced

• Laneway 2025: Charli XCX, Clairo and Beabadoobee lead line-up

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