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Alan McGee on whether Liam Gallagher's solo album will be as good as Noel's

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Alan McGee has opened up about what he expects from Liam Gallagher's debut solo album - hailing him as a great songwriter and his past work as 'as good as anything that Noel's ever done'.

McGee, who first signed Oasis to Creation Records in 1993, was speaking to NME about Liam's upcoming debut solo album - and how it might be likely to compare to the two already released by brother Noel Gallagher.

"It'll probably be very good," McGee told NME. "This idea that Liam can't write songs is bollocks. He wrote a song called 'Flick Of The Finger' for Beady Eye and it was as good as anything that Noel's ever done. This idea that Liam can't write a song is fucking bullshit."

When how much he thinks Liam is likely to 'experiment', McGee replied: "I think it will be Liam. The press will probably fucking hate it but they hate everything anyway. I don't think people care any more. Music's judged by social media now, not by The Guardian."

Read more: Alan McGee on the chances on an Oasis reunion

Earlier this month, bookies suspended betting on Oasis reforming in 2017, as talk of them getting back together continued to gather momentum after the release of the film Supersonic. Liam has since revealed his desire to 'patch things up' with his brother and former bandmate for their mother's sake, he's also taken to Twitter to attack him for missing the premiere - slamming him again as a 'shit bag'.

Read more: Why Liam Gallagher's solo album will probably be great

Meanwhile, McGee will be taking part in War Child's upcoming special film screenings and Q&As as part of their upcoming Rockumentary series, with LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Inspiral Carpets and many more.

McGee will be in conversation with director Danny O'Connor at the screening of Upside Down: The Creation Records Story at Everyman Screen On The Green on 1 November. For tickets and more information, visit here.

Lily Allen tells critic: 'Your grandchildren will be apologising for you like Germans do for Nazis'

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Lily Allen has told a critic of her apology on behalf of the UK to child refugees in Calais that their 'grandchildren will be apologising for you and your hatred in years to come - just like the Germans do for the Nazis'.

This week, Allen made headlines after appearing on the BBC for Victoria Derbyshire's show when she met children staying at the migrant 'jungle'. Among the 1,000 youngsters living there without parents, Allen met with a 13-year-old boy who fled Afghanistan where he says 'the Taliban were trying to kill me'.

After he unveiled the extent of his ordeal and that he would try to smuggle his way into the UK after authorities would take too long to process his move, the 'Smile' singer broke down in tears and said: "At three points in your life [the UK] has put you in danger. We bombed your country, put you in the hands of the Taliban, and now put you in danger of risking your life to get into our country. I apologise on behalf of my country, for what we've put you through."

Allen has spent much of the last 24 hours defending herself and her actions against critics and online abuse, telling Twitter "it's not about me or my life, it's about the lives of children".

Now, after one critic Tweeted "the antics of that no mark @lilyallen !! Where the F does she get off apologising for the UK! Not in my name, you idiot!", the singer replied with "your grandchildren will be apologising for you and your hatrid in years to come.just like the Germans do for the Nazis."

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Allen has also urged her followers to donate: Please donate here https://t.co/JjzdGBnu0L if you can, these people need as much help and protection they can get.— lily allen (@lilyallen) October 13, 2016

Allen's trip to the Calais refugee camp was organised by Help Refugees UK. You can donate to the cause here.

Meanwhile, Ed Harcourt, Carl Barat, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and The Magic Numbers head up a benefit gig for child refugees in London next month.

David Crosby continues attack on Kanye West as he labels rapper's Glastonbury set 'shitty'

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David Crosby has continued his criticism of rapper Kanye West, dismissing the star's controversial 2015 Glastonbury Festival performance.

Last year, the former Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young member labelled West a "poser" and claimed that West "can't write, sing or play". He later called Kanye an "egomaniac" who is "dumb as a post", "helps no one" and "creates nothing".

Now, speaking to Stereogum, Crosby explained his love for social media, saying: "I like talking to people. I like Facebook and Instagram, too, but I function best on Twitter because Im a words guy. I like communicating with people. Its fun for me. I dont answer questions if theyre too dumb."

He went on to say: "I get in trouble there, mind you. I get in trouble there saying Kanye West has absolutely no talent and is a complete poseur. I get in trouble there saying Donald Trump is a walking intelligence-free zone. But I have fun."

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Asked about his disdain for West, Crosby replied: "It has a lot to do with him at Glastonbury [which he headlined in 2015], saying he was the greatest living rockstar and taking that Queen song ['Bohemian Rhapsody'] and singing it so shitty. When Freddie Mercury sang the shit out of it. I frankly think hes just a poseur. I dont think he can write, sing, or play. Any of the three."

Quizzed on if there were any rappers he liked, Crosby named Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda, saying "hes fine with me".

In May, Crosby mocked Neil Young for allegedly letting Donald Trump use his music.

'Stranger Things' creators say they read fan theories and that some of them are right

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Stranger Things creators have admitted that they read fan theories about what could come in the show's second season.

Netflix recently confirmed that it has renewed Stranger Things for a second season. Season two will feature nine episodes, one more than the first, launching on Netflix at a date in 2017 which has yet to be announced.

The Duffer Brothers - Matt and Ross Duffer - have spoken to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of season two. Speaking about the episode titles listed in a recent teaser trailer (watch below), Matt said: "Theyre ambiguous enough that no one is going to be able to figure it out. Some of the fan theories online are amazing. Most are wrong, but Ive read a few that are right or very close. Is it Reddit? Some of those people have figured stuff out based off of the chapter titles."

Ross went on to say: "Some of these theories are elaborate and smart. They're not crap. I love reading this stuff... We search Twitter, even though were not on it."

"Its really gratifying," Matt added. "Because, while you're making it, you're sometimes only getting feedback from two or three people... so it was insane to see it go out into the world and be experienced by that many people."

"Were trying not let it change our process. The good thing is that we have most of the story broken out before anyone started tweeting or writing about the show. Of course, a lot of what people want is already in the second season."

Elsewhere in the interview, the pair confirmed that the show had been recommissioned even before its first season aired and that they had been writing the second season all summer.

"Season one does almost feel like a big movie that comes to a sort of ending," Matt explained. "A lot of that was based on the character of Will and the repercussions of him being in this upside down world for a week. Exploring that would be the second season. Once we got into the room for season two, we started expanding our mythology. We never got boxed in, because were dealing with an alternate dimension. It feels like the possibilities are limitless. Were building up the mythology in a way that we know now where we want the story and these characters to end. We have more of a game plan now than we did two years ago."

Hear Pusha T diss Drake in new song 'HGTV'

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Pusha T appears to diss Drake in his new track 'HGTV'.

The song, produced by Mike Will Made-It, comes with a Yung Jake-directed video. Watch below.

In the track, Pusha T raps: "It's too far gone when the realest ain't real / I walk amongst the clouds so your ceilings ain't real / These n***as Call of Duty cause their killings ain't real / With a questionable pen so the feelin' ain't real".

The lyrics allude to ghostwriting claims directed at Drake, referencing the Toronto rapper's mixtape 'So Far Gone' and 2013 album 'Nothing Was The Same'. The artwork of the latter saw Drake depicted "amongst the clouds". Pusha also makes reference to Lil Wayne's 'No Ceilings' in the lines.

Pusha T and Drake's beef dates back to 2012 when Pusha released a song called 'Exodus 23:1', which saw him appear to diss Drake over one of Drake's own beats. Drake later alluded to Pusha in concert, rapping: "If you was doing 16s when I was 16 and your shit still flopped and you switched teams, don't talk to me my n**ga".

'HGTV' also sees Pusha T defend his Good Music signing Desiigner from criticism of plagiarism. Many have pointed out Desiigner's similarities to Future, but Pusha argues: "The same rappers talkin' next year will be Uber drivers".

Kings Of Leon announce 2017 UK tour - tickets

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Kings Of Leon have announced details of a UK arena tour for February 2017.

The band, who are gearing up to release their new album 'WALLS' on 14 October, have revealed details of five huge dates next year - calling at Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Liverpool and Glasgow.

When asked by NME if the band had 'lost their edge', frontman Caleb Followill replied: "If there was a movie made of our lives, in the last few years we had a lot of edge. Those are the moments in the movie that youd wanna watch!

"What we were doing early on was storybook, classic, what a band should be; the drugs and the booze and the girls. Now we consider what were doing a little more and if thats losing your edge& maybe, I dunno. When you look at the bands that still had their edge, most of them, their music is shit so it doesnt fucking matter about the edge.

Read more: NME's exclusive comeback interview with Kings Of Leon

Kings Of Leon's upcoming tour dates are below. Tickets are on sale from 9.30am on 20 October.

Sun February 19 2017 - LEEDS First Direct Arena
Mon February 20 2017 - BIRMINGHAM Genting Arena
Fri February 24 2017 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Metro Radio Arena
Sat February 25 2017 - LIVERPOOL Echo Arena
Mon February 27 2017 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro

Watch Bastille perform 'Good Grief' with cult 80s film star on 'Ellen'

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Bastille offered a special performance of their hit 'Good Grief' on US TV's Ellen yesterday (Wednesday, October 12), joined by surprise guest Kelly Le Brock.

The band's second album 'Wild World' recently entered the UK albums chart at Number One. 'Good Grief' peaked at Number 13 on the singles chart.

During their Ellen performance, 80s cult film star Le Brock appeared, reciting the Weird Science movie clips that Bastille sample on the song. Watch beneath.

The band recently spoke to NME about their film sample usage, saying: "Kelly Le Brock was bang up for being on the album".

Dan explained: "She was like, if you guys ever want me to come and play live with you, I'll be there at the drop of a hat. We were like, 'what!' Um, so yeah that I mean, that might happen."

The band recently shared the video for 'Send Them Off!'. The darkly provocative clip, described as a "very modern twist on Dante's Divine Comedy", sees the band channel infamous Nicole Kidman/Tom Cruise erotic drama Eyes Wide Shut as well as classic horror movie Rosemary's Baby.

Read the first excerpt from Zayn Malik's new autobiography

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Zayn Malik has shared the first excerpt from his new autobiography. Read it on NME first below.

The former One Direction turned solo sensation releases his first autobiography Zayn on 1 November - telling the story of his childhood in Bradford to his runaway success.

Read the first cut from the book below:

Every lyric Ive ever written has a story behind it. All the hard work that went into the creation of Pillowtalk was worthwhile because, as soon as it was finished, I intuitively felt I was on the right path. It was a sick cut, nailing the exact sound I wanted to capture in my music. I was also able to sing about a subject that I hadnt really been able to go near while I was in One Direction: sex.

Read more: Our full and frank interview with Zayn Malik

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Speaking of what to expect from the book, Zayn added: Im going to show you as much as I can so that you can judge me on my own terms, not on what the press or anyone else says.

Pre-order Zayn here

Meanwhile, Zayn has been confirmed to produce a new TV show based on the life of a boyband.

Bob Dylan awarded 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature

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Bob Dylan has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, credited with having "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Dylan, 75, becomes the 259th American to have won a Nobel Prize. The award is given to an individual who has produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".

READ MORE: Bob Dylan's Poetic Mastery: 10 Of His Finest Lyrics

The Guardian reports that Sara Danils, Secretary of the Swedish Academy, described Dylan as "a great sampler& and for 54 years he has been at it, reinventing himself.

On his classic 'Blonde on Blonde', she said: "An extraordinary example of his brilliant way of rhyming. putting together refrains, and his brilliant way of thinking."

"If you look far back, 5000 years, you discover Homer and Sappho. They wrote poetic texts which were meant to be performed, and its the same way for Bob Dylan. We still read Homer and Sappho, and we enjoy it."

Previous winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature include Alice Munro, Harold Pinter, Doris Lessing, J M Coetzee, Toni Morrison and Seamus Heaney.

Last year's award was given to Belarusian investigative journalist Svetlana Alexievich.

My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero involved in 'serious' tour van crash

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Former My Chemical Romance member Frank Iero has been involved in a "serious traffic accident", according to reports.

The guitarist was set to play Sydney's Metro Theatre with his band Frank Iero And The Patience on Thursday (October 13) but that show has now been cancelled.

Australia's 9 News reports that Iero was involved in a crash between a bus and his tour van.

The report states that Iero has "escaped injury but two other men had to be taken to hospital". It adds: "One of the men was airlifted to St Vincents Hospital, the other was taken by road. They are both reported to be serious but stable."

"The bus was not carrying any passengers at the time and the driver was taken to hospital for mandatory tests. Iero is giving statements to police."

Iero has since tweeted: "Hi friends thanks all for the well wishes. we're pretty banged up but miraculously alive& in stable condition. I'm still in a state of shock".

Hi friends thanks all for the well wishes. we're pretty banged up but miraculously alive& in stable condition. I'm still in a state of shock— frnkiero (@FrankIero) October 13, 2016

Watch a news report on the incident below.

#BREAKING: Rockstar @FrankIero from My Chemical Romance caught up in serious traffic accident @Danielle_Post #9News https://t.co/BmvE0mbMFU— Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) October 13, 2016

The band's bassist Alexander Paul has tweeted to say that he wasn't involved in the accident and doesn't have "many details" about the incident but that he's been "told everyone is in stable condition". "Thank you for your well wishes guys," he added.

I'm afraid I don't have many details I was not at the venue when the accident happened, but I have been told everyone is in stable condition— Alexander Paul (@TeamGrippo) October 13, 2016
Thank you for your well wishes guys.— Alexander Paul (@TeamGrippo) October 13, 2016
@FrankIero Sydney show, at the Metro, is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. All tkts refunded automatically. https://t.co/4xqnKAXRIj— Live Nation AUS & NZ (@LiveNationOzNz) October 13, 2016

Iero was a member of My Chemical Romance from 2002-2013. The band recently sparked rumours of a reunion before announcing a 10 year anniversary reissue of their album 'The Black Parade'.

Justin Bieber plays football with shocked London school kids

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Justin Bieber surprised a group of London school children on Wednesday (October 12) by joining in with their game of football.

The singer is currently playing a stretch of gigs at London's O2 Arena but took time out to show up at north London's Highgate school for a kick about.

"Look who turned up today for Senior Football!," a tweet read from the school's official Twitter page, who also shared photos of the star with the school kids.

You can also see a video of Bieber taking a penalty below.

Look who turned up today for Senior Football! @highgate1565 met @justinbieber #JustinBieber #HighgateFootball #FieldofDreams pic.twitter.com/Qd7393L57U— HighgateSpEx (@HighgateSpEx) October 12, 2016
Justin Bieber turned up at my old school just to play football TF pic.twitter.com/HFfv5N85FW— georgia (@lemonadenormani) October 12, 2016

Bieber has become somewhat known for his random public antics. At the weekend, he tried to disguise himself in Amsterdam with a fake goatee and wig.

Meanwhile, at his first London gig this week, Bieber told the crowd to "be quiet and listen when I'm talking".

New Game Of Thrones cast photos seem to give away huge spoilers

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New photos of the cast of Game Of Thrones appear to give away some huge spoilers about what to expect from season seven.

Fans have been left on tenterhooks since the epic finale of season six, and new images shared on Twitter have sparked yet more plot theories.

The photos below show Maisie Williams and Isaac Hempstead-Wright getting ready on set together. Miasie, who plays Arya, appears to be wearing 'Northern' clothing. I

t's also been reported that Bella Ramsey, Kit Harington, Gwendoline Christie and Megan Parkinson were also seen on set, while Megan Parkinson was also spotted in a Northern outfit - sparking rumours and fan theories of a Stark reunion in season 7.

Read more: Everything We Know About Game Of Thrones Season Seven All The Pressing Questions Answered

Maisie Williams and Isaac Hempstead-Wright on the set of Game of Thrones Season 7! pic.twitter.com/GFw03nKR42— Game of Photos (@gamofphoto) October 12, 2016

Just two more seasons of the TV series have been confirmed by showrunners, while season seven was recently hit by delays.

Theories and rumours about what happened to Arya have been continuously escalating since the end of season six. Meanwhile, a trailer has been unveiled for the upcoming Game Of Thrones live concert tour.

Stream The Who's unreleased track 'The Girls I Could Have Had'

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The Who have shared a previously unreleased song.

The band release a remastered super deluxe edition of 1965 debut album 'My Generation' on November 18.

It includes three unreleased tracks, including this newly unveiled cut 'The Girls I Could Have Had'. The song was recorded as a demo by Pete Townshend in his Chesham Place flat, the same place he wrote 'My Generation'.

Townshend says of the song: "I have often said about my early songs that I tried hard to appeal to Rogers sense of late teenage machismo. Either that, or I attempted to sound like Jan & Dean so that Keith Moon who was a surf music fan would get behind the song. Here, a rather machismo and bragging song slipped away because it was more about me than Roger Daltrey, and certainly not a surf number. Its about my lack of success with girls when I lived at Chesham Place, partly because I spent all my time in my studio. Roger did very well with girls; it would never have worked for him to sing this lyric. The lyric is also fantastical. I make it sound as though I was turning down girls every day. In real life I was probably piqued that rarely happened. My tape machine was my mistress."

Listen via Spotify below.

Meanwhile, The Who compared themselves to Justin Bieber and Adele during their headline set on the third night of Desert Trip festival in California.

Townshend introduced their first US hit 'I Can See for Miles' by saying that it was "such a long fucking time ago," before adding, "We were 1967's version of Adele or Lady Gaga or Rihanna or Bieber."

He went on to say: "Roger and I are so glad to be out here at our age. And I couldn't do it without Roger."

New 'Rogue One' trailer reveals more about 'Star Wars' spin-off film

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A new trailer has been released for upcoming Star Wars spin-off film Rogue One.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stars Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, as well as Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker and Diego Luna.

It was recently revealed that the film will end 10 minutes before the original 1977 movie Star Wars: A New Hope begins.

This new trailer offers more of a look into the backstory of Jyn Erso, plus an introduction to Mikkelsen's character of Galen Erso. We also get a bigger glimpse of Darth Vader's role in the film.

Watch beneath.

See a theatrical poster for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story here.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the first in Disney's "Anthology Series" of spin-off films that will continue with the currently untitled Han Solo prequel movie due in 2018. It was announced in July that rising star Alden Ehrenreich has been cast as a younger version of the character made famous by Harrison Ford. A third Anthology Series film will follow in 2020, Disney confirmed earlier this week.

In May, it was reported that Disney had ordered weeks of costly reshoots on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "the goal of the reshoots will be to lighten the mood" as right now Rogue One has the "feel of a war movie".

Slipknots Clown changes his name after clown attacks

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Slipknot percussionist Clown has changed his stage name in the wake of the clown attacks throughout America and Britain.

Clown, real name Shawn Crahan, has announced he will now be known as Mime until the coast is clear.

He made the announcement after a wave of copycat knife attacks by people dressed as clowns, which started in the US and have spread to the UK, where a number of schools have been placed on lockdown in fear of further incidents.

The name change statement was made by Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, who hit out at the attacks. Taylor told BBC2s topical comedy show No Such Thing As The News: Even our dear Clown has downgraded himself to Mime, in order to distance himself from these hedonistic doppelgangers until the coast is clear.

Taylor said he was angered by the clown attackers intimidation, adding: Remember, a real clown doesnt need a knife to intimidate just a bat and a good cold stare.

No Such Thing As The News is a spin-off of QI, written and presented by QI researchers Dan Schrieber, Andrew Hunter-Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and James Harkin. Taylor is a guest on the new series of QI, which starts on BBC2 next Friday (October 21).

Clowns name change comes as Crahan releases a trailer from a film he has directed. Officer Downe is based on a graphic novel of the same name by Joe Casey and Chris Burnham. It stars Sons Of Anarchy actor Kim Coates as Downe, a Los Angeles police officer killed in the line of duty, who is resurrected by the government to tackle crime in the city. Its released in the US on November 18.

Slipknot are currently on tour in South America, moving to Australia and Japan in November.

Nicki Minaj slams 'hypocrite' Sharon Osbourne for comparing her 'Anaconda' cover to 'cheap porno'

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Nicki Minaj has hit out at Sharon Osbourne for what she deems as double standards over her reaction to her 'Anaconda' single artwork.

Minaj released 'Anaconda' in 2014. The track's cover art featured Minaj in a thong with her buttocks facing the camera.

Speaking at the time, Sharon Osbourne said that the cover "looks like a cheap porno cover of a DVD", adding: "I love women's bodies. I love nudity, but this is cheap."

Minaj has told Marie Claire that she felt Osbourne's reaction was hypocritical, saying: "[Kim] Kardashian's naked picture came out, [Sharon Osbourne] praised it, and my fans attacked her for being such a hypocrite. So it wasn't trashy and raunchy when a white woman did it, but it was when a black woman did it? It's quite pathetic and sad, but that is my reality, and I've gotten accustomed to just shutting it down."

Osbourne had praised Kardashian's famous nude selfie, even recreating it herself on Instagram.

At the weekend, Nicki Minaj told fans lthat she would be dropping a new album at midnight, but later appeared to confirm it was just a joke.

The rapper's last album 'The Pinkprint' dropped nearly two years ago in December 2014, so fans were understandably excited when she tweeted yesterday: "Ok u know what I wasn't gonna say anything but damn ya got it out of me. The album drops at midnight. it's called #PickMyFruitOut."

She then tweeted a supposed tracklist for the album featuring a series of unlikely fruit-based song titles such as 'Mango', 'Kiwi' and, in probably the biggest giveaway of all, 'Bananas (Harambe Interlude)'. Minaj also joked that one track would feature her "favourite rapper of all time".

Replying to a fan who thanked the rapper for "always making me laugh", Minaj seemingly confirmed that 'Pick My Fruit Out' had simply been a joke. "*kisses u* love u back. All of u. Love you sooooooo fkn much. I been cryin laughin this whole time, btw... Good stuff #PickMyFruitOut," she tweeted.

Watch Noel Gallagher explain how he is a 'cat' and Liam is a 'dog'

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A clip released from the Oasis documentary Supersonic shows Noel Gallagher comparing himself and brother Liam Gallagher to cats and dogs.

Directed by Mat Whitecross and co-produced by Amy filmmaker Asif Kapadia, Supersonic documents the rise of the Britpop band. It was released in the UK earlier in October and will get a one-night-only screening in the US on October 26. Read the NME review.

Ahead of its US release, Billboard has shared a clip from the film which sees Noel describe himself as a "cat" and Liam as a "dog".

Noel explains: "Cat's are very independent creatures, they don't give a fuck. Right bastards. Dogs, it's just fucking, 'Play with me, play with me, please fucking throw that ball for me. I need some company.' It's as basic as that. Can't change the way that you are."

"I'm a cat, OK. That's just what I am. I've accepted it. I'm a bit of a bastard," he concludes. Watch below.

Another clip released shows Liam threaten to "slap" a misbehaving fan.

Last month saw betting suspended on the chances of the band getting back together to tour in 2017, while former guitarist Bonehead added that he'd "be there like a shot" if a reunion seemed likely.

Stewart Lee has lengthy c**t tirade against audience member for using her phone at his gig

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Stewart Lee launched a long attack on an audience member for using her phone during his London show last night (October 12).

At the start of his show at Londons 400-capacity Leicester Square Theatre, Lee had warned fans not to use their phones during the gig. He explained: I hate seeing peoples bored faces. And because the phones light up when you use them, I can see you. Theres always a bored friend who youve dragged along, thinking they were coming to see Lee Mack. Lee then warned that, if he saw anyone use a phone, hed use his microphone stand to crush it.

However, halfway through his 80-minute performance, Lee interrupted his show after seeing a woman in the middle of the audience get her phone out. He walked off stage and into the crowd, demanding: You were warned. Give me your phone. As the woman protested that she hadnt been using her phone, Lee responded: Youre lying. I saw you. Come on, give me your phone. Give me your phone. As the audience member continued to protest her innocence, Lee said: Where was that blue glow coming from, then? Your c**t? Give me your phone. You were told.

As the woman continued to say that she hadnt used her phone, Lee eventually returned to the stage, saying: You were told what would happen. Youre the kind of person wholl be run over by a bus while using an app for a bus timetable to see when the next bus is. He then resumed his routine about Game Of Thrones, which he dubbed: Peter Stringfellows Lord Of The Rings.

The show was part of a week-long residency at the theatre as a warm-up for Lees new tour, Digital Content Provider. It follows Lees successful stand-up show Stewart Lees Comedy Vehicle being axed by BBC2 this year after four series. Lee revealed during the gig that hed twice turned down offers from Sky while Comedy Vehicle was on, saying that his politics wouldnt allow him to appear on a channel owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Stewart Lee threatens to crush audience member's phone at gig

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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters announces 2017 North American tour

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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has announced a North American tour for 2017.

Having headlined Desert Trip festival last weekend, Waters has now confirmed that he'll tour the US and Canada next year.

The'Us + Them' tour will kick off in May in Kansas City, with the stint running until October. In a press release, Water says that he will perform new material during the stint: "Probably 75% of it will be old material and 25% will be new, but it will be all connected by a general theme".

See the full list of tour dates here.

Waters used his set at last weekend's Desert Trip to launch a scathing attack against Donald Trump, slamming him as a 'sexist and racist pig'.

As he performed 'Pigs (Three Different Ones)' from 'Animals, Waters displayed images of Trump as a sheep, holding a dildo as a rifle, in a KKK hood, making a Nazi salute, as well as showing him with sagging breasts and a micro-penis. When he sang the line "ha ha, charade you are," the screens showed Trump's face with the word "CHARADE" written across it. A series of Trump's most infamous quotes were also displayed.

The iconic Pink Floyd inflatable pig also made an appearance, this time with the slogan 'fuck Trump and fuck his wall'.

"It's rare somebody like me gets a platform like this, so I'm going to use it," said Waters, before paying tribute to the people of Palestine and honouring the BDS Movement. "I encourage the government in Israel to end the occupation."

Gerard Way shares 'heartbroken' message after Frank Iero's bus crash

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Gerard Way has shared a 'heartbroken' message after hearing the news of his former My Chemical Romance bandmate Frank Iero being involved in a 'serious' bus crash.

The guitarist was set to play Sydney's Metro Theatre with his band Frank Iero And The Patience - before being involved in a 'serious traffic accident'.

Now, Way has taken to Facebook to thank fans for their support: "I awoke to some very upsetting, sad, and serious news. Heartbroken. I know just as much as all of you but I hope the continued outpouring of love, well wishes, and support help. Make sure to hug the ones you care about. Sending all my love to Frank and the boys. - G"

"Hi friends," tweeted Iero, "thanks all for the well wishes. We're pretty banged up but miraculously alive and in stable condition. I'm still in a state of shock."

Way recently encouraged fans to take part in the upcoming Presidential election - claiming 'voting has never been so essential'.

Fans recently reacted with disappointment after an announcement from My Chemical Romance turned out to be the reissue of 'The Black Parade' to celebrate the album's 10th anniversary - which falls later this month.

Meanwhile, Gerard Way is said to be working on his second solo album, the follow-up to 'Hesitant Alien'.

Phil Collins to play massive UK comeback shows next summer?

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Phil Collins is said to be on the verge of announcing his live comeback, 15 years after he played his last major solo shows.

Collins retired from playing live in 2002, citing injuries to his back and arms caused by years of playing drums. He went on a brief reunion tour with Genesis in 2007, but has since been absent from performing concerts.

However, a report on eFestivals says that Collins is rumoured to be on the verge of announcing headline shows at Isle Of Wight Festival and Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time at Londons Hyde Park. Collins live promoter John Giddings is the organiser of Isle Of Wight Festival.

There is no word as to whether the report is correct, though past eFestivals stories have been right when they tipped Kasabian and Metallica to headline Glastonbury in 2014 long before they were officially confirmed.

Collins announced in October 2015 that he was coming out of retirement to play shows. He said that his sons Nicholas and Matthew were aged 14 and 10, and wanted to see their father play shows. Collins commented: They were in nappies when I was last on the road. They love my music, and Id love to take them out on the road.

Since that announcement, Collins has only performed at a handful of charity shows. His last album of new music was Testify in 2002, when he announced he was retiring before the albums accompanying tour, which was called My First Farewell Tour.

Isle Of Wight Festival has yet to announce any acts for its 2017 line-up, having recently become embroiled in a row over staging fees at its current home at Seaclose Park. Hyde Park has announced that Green Day will headline on July 1.

Collins releases his autobiography, Not Dead Yet, next week (October 20).

Backstreet Boys are not happy about Donald Trump using 'I Want It That Way'

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Donald Trump has angered the Backstreet Boys for using their music as part of his US Presidential campaign.

Trump has used many unauthorised songs since announcing that he would be running for office, being denounced by Neil Young, The White Stripes, Queen and Christine And The Queens by doing so. Other musicians to ban their music from being used by Trump include Adele, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and R.E.M.

The Daily Beast reports that Trump played Backstreet Boys hit 'I Want It That Way' "multiple times" during a rally in Florida on Wednesday (October 12).

Following the news, a publicist for the group told Daily Beast: "[The Backstreet Boys] did not approve this and we are not associated with the Trump camp".

Republican candidate Trump has come under increased scrutiny over the past week after making controversial comments about groping women. Further sexual assault allegations have surfaced since.

Meanwhile, Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher recently made drug claims about Donald Trump.

Lil Wayne: 'I dont know what racism is'

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Lil Wayne has said that he doesn't know "what racism is" because of an incident when he was younger.

The rapper recently made headlines when he claimed that "there's no such thing as racism". Now, speaking to The Associated Press, Wayne detailed a time when he was 12 years old when a police officer "white as snow" saved his life.

"Yeah, he was a cop, and my life was saved by a white man. I dont know what racism is," Wayne said, adding: "Its the world out there. Its not a certain part or a certain kind or a certain culture or whatever of people, its people those people out there in that crowd".

He continued: "Im blessed to have that opportunity, so with that said I can only be honest with such a thing, I have never witnessed racism."

Elsewhere in an interview with The New York Times, Wayne appeared to dismiss the Black Lives Matters movement, saying: "To even notice whats going out there Im trying to make these words stop popping up in my head, Im trying to make them rhyme. Ive got all kind of colour lives mattering up in here green, all kinds of stuff mattering. Im trying to make sense of whats on in this world up in here [points to head]."

Wayne was also asked about new rap artists such as Lil Yachty, Uzi Vert, 21 Savage and Kodak Black. He responded: "I swear to God I didnt know you were saying peoples names just now, so that should probably answer that question. I just do my own thing."

Tributes paid to acclaimed Studio Ghibli Japanese animator Michiyo Yasuda

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Michiyo Yasuda, the artist who coloured some of Studio Ghibli's biggest films, has died at the age of 77.

She worked with iconic animator Hayao Miyazaki on 13 animated productions including My Neighbour Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle.

Her work also helped Spirited Away win best animated feature at the 2003 Oscars.

Fans have been paying tribute on Twitter. Studio Ghibli's colour designer, Michiyo Yasuda, has passed away. Rip, thanks for all the beautiful moments! one fan wrote.

Another said: RIP Michiyo Yasuda, legendary animation artist. Thank you for making our dreams more colourful.

Studio Ghibli's color designer, Michiyo Yasuda, has passed away. Rip, thanks for all the beautiful moments! #ghibli pic.twitter.com/bQvYi5ZMMx— Chase [T]/ (@chasekendall1) 12 October 2016

RIP Michiyo Yasuda, legendary animation artist. Thank you for making our dreams more colourful. https://t.co/YIcmvVFK9k pic.twitter.com/TkBkxcjKH2— Art-Eater (@Richmond_Lee) 12 October 2016

Michiyo Yasuda :(She was a genius, her colour design was immersive & inventive. An inimitable sensitivity. pic.twitter.com/z6IRfxbmVf— Dan Hamman (@hammoo) 12 October 2016

Yasuda first worked with Miyazaki in 1968 on The Great Adventure Of Horus, Prince Of The Sun, when the two were employed by Japanese animation studio Toei Doga.

Miyazaki founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 and Yasuda worked with the company from the start. Ghibli was celebrated for using hand-drawn elements in their productions, long after digital animation became the norm in animation.

She was responsible for bringing characters such as Chihiro (the lost little girl in Spirited Away), Kiki (the optimistic young witch in Kiki's Delivery Service) and the iconic Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro) to life on screen.

Totoro became the logo for Studio Ghibli and even made a cameo appearance in Disney's Toy Story 3.

She also worked on critically acclaimed 1988 war movie, Grave Of The Fireflies, widely considered one of the most emotional animated movies ever made.

Yasuda retired in 2008 but returned to work with Studio Ghibli on 2013's historical drama, The Wind Rises.

These are President Obamas eight favourite science fiction films and TV shows

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US President Barack Obama has listed his favourite science-fiction films and TV series.

Obamas list includes six films and two TV shows.

The list of films is mainly restricted to obvious classics, such as Steven Spielbergs Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, The Matrix and the original Star Wars film A New Hope from 1977.

Obamas other film was The Martian, last years Ridley Scott drama starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars after his crew abandoned him. Obama said of the film: It shows humans as problem solvers.

The two TV shows in his list are Star Trek and Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Obama says he chose the original Star Trek TV series, starring William Shatner as Captain James T Kirk, because: It wasnt about technology. It was about values and relationships. It uses science-fiction to promote a humanistic ethic.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was a documentary, rather than science-fiction. The 1980 series by astronomer Carl Sagan influenced a generation of US TV viewers into becoming interested in space. Obama said: It fed my lifelong fascination with space.

Obama chose his list as part of his role as guest editor of Wired.

He said of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: Its fundamentally optimistic. Of Star Wars: A New Hope, Obama said: Its fun and revolutionised special effects.

Speaking of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Obama said: It captures the grandeur and scale of the unknown. He chose Blade Runner because It asks what it means to be human and said of The Matrix: It asks basic questions of our reality, and it looks very cool.

Watch as Blossoms get religious in new 'Blown Rose' video

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Blossoms have unveiled the church-themed video for their new single Blown Rose.

Directed by Blonde/Birdy video maker Francis Wallis, the clip stars model Annalise Blaha praying in a Catholic church while Blossoms perform the song. It later sees singer Tom Ogden watch as Blaha causes a blaze with candles from the church.

The video was filmed at Led Zeppelins old home Hammerwood Park, as featured in their film The Song Remains The Same.

Blown Rose is taken from Blossoms self-titled debut album, which reached No 1 in August. It was the first debut album since In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith in 2014 to spend two weeks at No 1 in the UK.

The song was first released as a single in 2015, when Ogdens cousin Daniel Rigby the star of Channel 4 sitcom Flowers had a cameo in its original video.

After recently finishing a tour supported by Declan McKenna and Cabbage, Blossoms head out on another UK tour in November. Support is from Inheaven and Georgie.

Blossoms will play:
Leicester O2 Academy (November 30)
Hull University (December 1)
Manchester Albert Hall (2-3)
Edinburgh Potterow (4)
Aberdeen Garage (6)
Middlesbrough Empire (7)
Oxford O2 Academy (11)
London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire (13)
Bournemouth Old Fire Station (14)

Elton John to publish autobiography in 2019

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Elton John has announced a no-holds-barred autobiography that will chart his life and decades-long career.

The book will be the musicians first autobiography and will be written together with Guardian music critic Alexis Petridis.

"I'm not prone to being a nostalgic person," John said in a statement. "I'm often accused of only looking forward to my next gig or creative project. It's come as quite a surprise how cathartic I am finding the process of writing my memoirs. As I look back, I realize what a crazy life I have had the extreme privilege of living."

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John gave a hint of what the book might contain, adding, "I have grown up in a period of extraordinary change in our world and have had the joyful honor of rubbing shoulders and working with so many of the people at the heart of these changes."

Johns life story will be published by Henry Holt in the U.S. and Pan Macmillan in the U.K. An exact release date and title have yet to be announced.

In February, John released his 33rd studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night.

Marilyn Manson and The Prodigys record label announces 30th anniversary gigs and box-set

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Leading independent record label Cooking Vinyl has announced a series of gigs to mark its 30th anniversary.

As well as the concerts in December, the label is releasing a 70-track compilation of songs from throughout its history. These include recent songs by some of its current artists, who include The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Richard Ashcroft, James, Deap Vally and Billy Bragg.

The gigs take place at London pub venue The Lexington. December 5 features Turin Brakes, Teddy Thompson and an acoustic piano/set by Alison Moyet. The day after stars Lewis Watson, Jon McClure of Reverend And The Makers and The Subways Billy Lunn. December 7 has Billy Bragg, Itch from The King Blues and Hayseed Dixies John Wheeler. Tickets go on sale at 10am tomorrow (October 14).

Out on November 25, Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 is available as a 4CD or 7LP set. It will be followed in early 2017 by a biography of the label, Its A Business Doing Pleasure With You: 30 Lessons From The Cooking Vinyl Story by journalist Hanspeter Kuentzler, published by Unbound.

Cooking Vinyl was started in 1986 by former live booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and distribution manager Pete Lawrence. It has released music by Underworld, Pixies singer Frank Black and Bombay Bicycle Clubs Jack Steadman and Jamie MacColl.

The tracklisting for Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 is:
Oysterband Hail And Tow
The Happy End The Ballad Of John And Henry
Paul Kelly Birdman
SE Rogie My Lovely Elizabeth
Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane
Ewan MacColl Dirty Old Town
The Barely Works Byker Hill
Tom Robinson War Baby
Goats Dont Shave Viva Las Vegas
Bhundu Boys Radio Africa
Jackie Leven Call Mother A Lonely Field
Poison Girls Old Tarts Song
The Mekons (Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian
Ron Sexsmith Get In Line
Billy Bragg The Space Race Is Over
Carter USM And God Created Brixton
The Wedding Present Montreal
Ani DiFranco Both Hands
Chuck Prophet New Years Day
Bert Jansch Toy Balloon
Madder Rose Overflow
Prolapse FOB.com
The Lilac Time Nursery Walls
Luke Vibert And BJ Cole Swing Lite
Frank Black Robert Onion
Echo And The Bunnymen Make Me Shine
The Church Seen It Coming
Obi Somewhere Nicer
Richard Thompson She Said It Was Destiny
Hayseed Dixie Ace Of Spades
Camper Van Beethoven Take The Skinheads Bowling
American Music Club Ladies And Gentlemen
Grant-Lee Phillips Mona Lisa
Underworld Scribble
Audio Bullys Only Man
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly featuring Shy FX Collapsing Cities
Groove Armada I Wont Kneel
The Dropkick Murphys Going Out In Style
City And Colour Fragile Bird
Reverend And The Makers Bassline
Amanda Palmer Do It With A Rockstar
Madness Never Knew Your Name
The View The Clock
The Orb Soulman
The Enemy Gimme The Sign
The Cranberries Tomorrow
HiM All Lips Go Blue
Gary Numan I Am Dust
Alison Moyet When I Was Your Girl
Suzanne Vega I Never Wear White
Adam Cohen We Go Home
Seth Lakeman The Courier
The Rifles Minute Mile
Embrace In The End
James Gone Baby Gone
Royksopp Monument
The Prodigy The Day Is My Enemy
Marilyn Manson Deep Six
Carl Barat And The Jackals Glory Days
The Fratellis Me And The Devil
Kate Miller-Heidke Share Your Air
Jack Steadman And Jamie MacColl The Young Birds
Stornoway Get Low
The Proclaimers What School?
Teddy Thompson And Kelly Jones You Cant Call Me Baby
Turin Brakes Keep Me Around
Lissie Daughters
The Cult Hinterland
Deap Vally Smile More
Richard Ashcroft Hold On

Listen as Sleaford Mods share new song I Can Tell

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Sleaford Mods have unveiled new song I Can Tell.

The song is the second to be shared from the duos forthcoming EP TCR, following the title track.

Vocalist Jason Williamson said of I Can Tell: Its basic politics for the discerning skeptic. The streets are cold, and theyre squeezing us until we pop. Low earners first, then its onto the middle lot. Were fucked.

Sleaford Mods signed to new label Rough Trade earlier this year, and will release their first album for the label in 2017. It will be Williamson and keyboardist Andrew Fearns first full album since their eighth record Key Markets was released in 2015.

TCR is released tomorrow (October 14) and also features three other songs in addition to the title track and I Can Tell Britain First, Dads Corner and Youre A Nottshead. Its followed by a tour starting next week.

Iggy Pop recently proclaimed Sleaford Mods: Undoubtedly, absolutely, definitely the worlds greatest rock & roll band.

Sleaford Mods will play:
Glasgow O2 ABC (October 19)
Belfast Mandela Hall (21)
Newcastle Academy (24)
Leeds Beckett University (26)
Manchester Academy (27)
Liverpool Mountford Hall (28)
Brighton Corn Exchange (31)
Nottingham Rock City (November 3-4)
Coventry Empire (7)
Bristol Academy (8)
London Roundhouse (10)

Brian Molko ranks all eight of Placebos albums

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Placebo singer Brian Molko has placed all eight of the bands albums in order of his personal preference.

Molko gave his reasons to Noisey to mark Placebos new Best Of compilation A Place For Us To Dream and nine-date arena tour in December. The band have also recently released new EP Lifes What You Make It.

Speaking about Placbos 20 years since their self-titled debut album, Molko said: Ive been doing this my entire adult life, and I dont really know how to do anything else.

Molko cited last year's 'MTV Unplugged' album as his favourite, saying: "It's one of the most important of our career. Our past could be reinterpreted and stripped down, and to me thats an indicator of a good song. Im over the moon about this record.

He named 2000's 'Black Market Music' as his least favourite, admitting: "Its the record that suffers most from having a blanket sound. Its a real sombre record, so it doesnt really conjure up euphoria, which is what I look for in music."

'A Place For Us To Dream' was released last week (October 7) and features new songs 'Life's What You Make It' and 'Jesus' Son'.

Brian Molko's list of his favourite Placebo albums:
8: Black Market Music (2000)
7: Placebo (1996)
6: Without You Im Nothing (1998)
5: Battle For The Sun (2009)
4: Sleeping With Ghosts (2003)
3: Meds (2006)
2: Loud Like Love (2013)
1: MTV Unplugged (2015)

Placebo will play:
Glasgow SSE Hydro (December 2)
Leeds First Direct Arena (3)
Manchester Arena (5)
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena (6)
Birmingham Barclaycard Arena (8)
Dublin 3 Arena (10)
Newport Centre (12)
Brighton Centre (14)
Wembley SSE Arena (15)
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Radioheads A Moon Shaped Pool tops US vinyl chart

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Radiohead have topped the US vinyl album chart with their ninth studio album A Moon Shaped Pool.

The bands latest album narrowly missed out on the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 when it was released earlier this year, peaking at No. 3. However, sales of a newly released deluxe edition of A Moon Shaped Pool have bumped the album back to No. 11 on the charts. Of the 21,000 copies sold, the vast majority have been on vinyl (19,000), enough to propel the group to the top of Billboards Vinyl Albums chart.

The deluxe edition of A Moon Shaped Pool, announced last month, comes on two heavyweight 12" vinyl records, two CDs including two extra tracks, a length of master tape from the actual recording sessions, 32 pages of Stanley Donwood artwork and much more.

One Radiohead fan who purchased the album discovered a snippet from the original 'In Rainbows' recording sessions on a master tape that came with the package.

After a lengthy world tour for the record, the band revealed that they plan to be playing live into next year - leading to speculation of more UK dates and the usual Glastonbury rumours.

Well do some more shows next year, frontman Thom Yorke said on BBC Radio One, but I dont know exactly what yet.

Will Young: 'I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder'

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Will Young has admitted that he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder.

The singer pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing earlier this week for personal reasons.

In a new interview, which was recorded months before he quit the show, Young said he developed the condition after he started performing in Cabaret in 2012.

"PTSD is a thing I learned about because I got it, I had a breakdown, after my fifth album, 'Echoes'," he told London Live's London Real programme.

"It was kind of the album I always wanted to do, and then I moved into this perfect house, and my life was perfect, and I was like, 'This could be pictured in Wallpaper magazine'."

"I was just at a loss, I had a number one album, top five single, and I thought 'Oh, this is not good, this is not going to be easy', and then just slowly began to unravel.

Young continued: "Then I went into theatre, did Cabaret for the first time, and then I got PTSD and got depersonalisation and derealisation, which is when your body can't cope with the flooding of emotions from the past, so it shuts down.

"I couldn't see my face in the mirror, I couldn't recognise places or family or friends."

The singer said that being on stage eventually helped his recovery.

"It's completely spiritual, and that is something that is beautiful, and I'd go as far as to say that probably saved my life. Knowing that authenticity. That has pulled me through having PTSD, definitely," he added.

Korn share new track Take Me from upcoming album The Serenity of Suffering

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Korn have shared a new track from their upcoming new album The Serenity of Suffering.

Take Me is the fourth track the band have released from their 12th studio album, due for release on 21 October.

In September, the nu-mental group unveiled a collaboration with Skipknots Corey Taylor, titled A Different World, which also appears on their new album, their first since 2013s The Paradigm Shift.

Speaking about the new song - the third track to be shared from 'The Serenity of Suffering' - Korn frontman Jonathan Davis said that he encouraged Taylor "to do what you do" when recording his vocal part.

Taylor described the new album is "a great throwback" to earlier Korn material.

"This whole [new KORN] album, and I'm gonna brag now, because I've heard eleven songs of this, it is such a great throwback to the first three KORN albums and mixed with that maturity that they have now. Like, it's, really, really heavy. People are gonna lose their minds. It's that good."

Listen to unreleased demos made by a teenage J Dilla

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J Dillas mentor Amp Fiddler has shared unreleased demos made by the producer when he was a teenager.

The tracks, which reportedly were stored on a MPC which Dilla used when he was 17-years-old, were debuted on a Boiler Room podcast.

Titled Welcome 2 Detroit, the podcast is centred around Dillas 2001 album of the same name.

As Pitchfork notes, the episode includes several demos and also features Detroit producer and keyboardist Amp Fiddler breaking down in detail one of Dillas beats. Listen to the full podcast below.

Over the past fews months, a number of previously unheard J Dilla recordings have been unearth.

In August, Boiler Room released a 17-year-old mixtape made by the late producer. It followed a posthumous album, The Diary, that features a number of unreleased instrumentals by the producer and rapper.

A posthumous solo single by A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg featuring a J Dilla beat was released in April.

Yancey died in tragic circumstances in 2006: aged 32, after having being diagnosed with the auto-immune disease lupus and rare blood disease TTP.

Chris Rock to return to stand-up with two Netflix specials

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Chris Rock will make his return to stand-up with two new comedy specials for Netflix.

The two specials will be the comedians first in eight years and were reportedly secured by the streaming service for $40m after a bidding war with television networks including HBO and rival platforms Amazon and Hulu, Deadline reports.

Rock has previously recorded five stand-up specials for HBO including 1994s Big Ass Jokes to the 2008s Kill the Messenger.

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Chris Rock is a beloved actor and director, and his remarkable stand-up makes him comic royalty. There is no one like him, and Netflix offers the global platform and creative freedom that will serve as a perfect home for someone with his incredible talent, said Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer.

Im very excited to be working with Ted and Lisa and all the good people at Netflix. I cant wait to get back on stage said Rock.

In the past year, Rock has hosted the 88th Annual Academy Awards, directed HBOs comedy special Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, guest-starred on the hit Fox series Empire and made an appearance in the Netflix holiday special A Very Murray Christmas, starring Bill Murray.

The first of Rocks specials will debut in 2017.