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Listen to R.E.M.'s previously unreleased 'Losing My Religion' demo

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R.E.M have shared a previously unreleased demo of 'Losing My Religion' ahead of their 'Out Of Time' 25th anniversary reissue.

Titled 'Losing My Religion 2', it features slightly different lyrics to the version of the song that became one of the band's biggest hits in 1991. Listen below.

'Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)' will be released on November 18. The expansive four-disc reissue features an additional live recording of a 1991 show at Mountain Stage and a Blu-Ray disc that contains hi-resolution audio and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of 'Out Of Time', all the album's music videos, and the 1991 electronic press kit 'Time Piece', which includes a collection of studio and performance footage.

'Out Of Time' which yielded another huge hit single, 'Shiny Happy People' - was released in 1991 and saw the band become globally renowned. It was followed a year after by 'Automatic For The People', which, like 'Out Of Time' hit Number One on the UK Albums Chart.

R.E.M also reissued three of their classic albums to vinyl in July:1986s 'Lifes Rich Pageant', 1987s 'Dead Letter Office' and 1988s 'Eponymous'.

'Lifes Rich Pageant' was the first R.E.M. album to be certified gold in the US and was previously treated to a 25th anniversary reissue back in 2011. The band officially broke up in 2011 after 31 years together.

Actress Rose McGowan says she was raped by a Hollywood studio boss

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Actress Rose McGowan has revealed that she was raped by a top Hollywood executive.

McGowan, known for her roles in Charmed and Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse, as well as for her activism, shared her story on Twitter last night (October 14) using the hashtag #WhyWomenDontReport.

The hashtag has been trending on Twitter since Thursday (October 13) after several women came forward to accuse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault.

"a (female) criminal attorney said because I'd done a sex scene in a film I would never win against the studio head #WhyWomenDontReport," McGowan wrote in her first tweet, adding in her second: "because it's been an open secret in Hollywood/Media & they shamed me while adulating my rapist #WhyWomenDontReport."

a (female) criminal attorney said because I'd done a sex scene in a film I would never win against the studio head. #WhyWomenDontReport— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016

because it's been an open secret in Hollywood/Media & they shamed me while adulating my rapist. #WhyWomenDontReport— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016

In a third tweet, she wrote: "Because my ex sold our movie to my rapist for distribution #WhyWomenDontReport." She then wrote in a fourth tweet: "It is time for some goddamned honesty in this world."

Because my ex sold our movie to my rapist for distribution #WhyWomenDontReport— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016

It is time for some goddamned honesty in this world.— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016

McGowan did not name the executive who allegedly raped her, prompting a wave of speculation in Hollywood circles as to his identity.

McGowan has also shared a video message for the Women Can Stop Trump campaign in which she recites some of the degrading comments the mogul-turned-politician has made about women over the years. Watch below.

Beloved 'Coronation Street' actress Jean Alexander has died

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Former Coronation Street actress Jean Alexander has died at the age of 90.

Alexander played one of the Manchester soap's best-loved characters, put-upon cleaning lady Hilda Ogden, from 1964 to 1987. During her final year in the role, she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress, becoming the first soap performer ever to be recognised by BAFTA.

Alexander, who was voted the Greatest Soap Opera Star of All Time in a 2005 TV Times poll, later appeared as money-grabbing junk shop owner Auntie Wainwright in BBC sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine from 1988 to 2010. She announced her retirement in 2012, two years after her final TV appearance.

She passed away in hospital yesterday (October 14), three days after celebrating her 90th birthday. Sharing the sad news with The Guardian, Alexander's niece Sonia Hearld said of the enduringly popular actress: "People used to stop her just to say hello and how much they missed her. She was always very good to her fans - she said 'they put me where I am'."

Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor, who appeared alongside Alexander on the soap, paid tribute to her late co-star on Twitter last night, writing: "What a wonderful woman, and such an amazing and talented actress."

Jean Alexander, RIP. What a wonderful woman, and such an amazing and talented actress #thankyouforbeingyou https://t.co/0MzolNPhVP— Sally Dynevor (@sallydynevor) October 14, 2016

Trent Reznor on Donald Trump's political rise: 'It stopped being funny months ago'

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Trent Reznor has shared his thoughts on the unlikely political rise of Donald Trump.

The Nine Inch Nails frontman admitted that he was "entertained" by the mogul-turned-politician while he was fighting to secure the Republican Party's nomination, but said that he now finds Trump's presidential campaign "sad" and "absurd".

"It is surreal," Reznor told The Daily Beast. "I'll admit that I was entertained during the Republican debates and the whole process of whittling them down. It's kind of fun to see a grenade go off and see these guys - I hate every one of them - be eliminated and humiliated."

"But it stopped being funny months ago," he continued. "It's sad to see the discourse be dragged this low. It's absurd that this is even happening."

Reznor also admitted that he is "absolutely terrified" by Trump's long-term effect on the political landscape even if he fails to win next month's election.

"Hopefully Trump will flame out any minute now, but the effect of him - or he himself - is not going to go away, and there's going to be an awful lot of very energised followers," Reznor said. "We all know they're not going to say, 'Well, let's support Hillary because she's the president now.' Shes walking into a terrible situation."

Reznor joins an ever-growing number of musicians and Hollywood actors who have condemned Trump as he battles Hillary Clinton for the US Presidency. Yesterday (October 14) Frank Ferdinand became the latest band to unveil an anti-Trump protest song.

Noel Gallagher: 'Oasis were 100 times bigger than today's big bands'

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Noel Gallagher has spoken about the "massive" impact Oasis had on music during their mid-'90s imperial phase.

During a video interview posted on Oasis's Vevo channel, the band's main songwriter said that he think's today's teenage music fans would struggle to understand the sense of expectation surrounding Oasis as they recorded their 1997 album 'Be Here Now'.

"I don't think anyone will ever be able to fully explain to people who are maybe teenagers now what a colossal thing Oasis was in the lives of anybody who gave a shit about music," Gallagher said. "It was massive."

He continued: "There's big things in music now. I do festivals all over the world and there are big bands. Fucking Oasis was a 100 times bigger than all of them put together, do you know what I mean? Particularly in England. You couldnt accurately describe it to anyone [now]."

During the interview, Gallagher also admitted that he wishes the band had waited longer to record 'Be Here Now', their follow-up to 1995's enormously successful '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'.

The band's remastered reissue of 'Be Here Now' was released yesterday (October 14) and is streaming now. Watch Gallagher discuss the making of the album below.

Stephen Merchant responds to rumours of a 'Crystal Maze' revival series

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Stephen Merchant has shared his thoughts on making The Crystal Maze's TV comeback more permanent.

Merchant will host a one-off revival episode of the classic Channel 4 game show tomorrow night (October 16) as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer charity campaign. The creative team behind the episode have said that if it proves popular, a full series could follow.

However, Merchant cast doubts on whether he could present a full series of The Crystal Maze during a Facebook Live to promote the charity special yesterday (October 14).

"We haven't discussed it being a series, but for me personally that would be tough," he told fans watching on Facebook. "Because then I'd have to do it all the time, and I'm not sure I'm equipped to be a game show host. I don't think I have that skill set."

"This was really fun to do, I think I've done quite a good job, you can be the judge of that, but for now this is a one-off edition," Merchant added.

The celebrity contestants joining Merchant in the charity special are Sara Cox, Josh Widdicombe, Rio Ferdinand and Michelle Keegan. The show's original host Richard O'Brien is said to have filmed a "substantial cameo" for the special.

The Channel 4 show originally ran for 83 episodes between 1990 and 1995, with the first four series hosted by O'Brien, and the final two steered by Tenpole Tudor frontman Edward Tudor-Pole.

A live immersive version of the game show opened in London earlier this year. See how the NME team did here.

Listen as Blood Orange covers Philip Glass

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Blood Orange's Dev Hynes has covered Philip Glass' 'Metamorphosis: III' during his appearance on SiriusXMU.

It's the third composition in a series of five included on Glass 1989 release 'Solo Piano'.

You can hear the cover below.

Meanwhile, Dev Hynes reportedly called Devendra Banhart's music "insufferable". Pitchfork reported last month (1 September) that Hynes wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted: "The music of devandra banhart is so insufferable I feel sorry for the entirety of Los Angeles, you deserve better."

Asked by a fan, "What exactly is the point of being so insufferably rude?", presumably in response to the now-deleted tweet, Hynes replied by simply writing: "Happiness".

Hynes released his third album as Blood Orange earlier this summer. Titled 'Freetown Sound', it features guest appearances from Nelly Furtado, Carly Rae Jepsen and Debbie Harry.

The video for 'Augustine', a single from the album, saw Hynes joined by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, with the pair sharing fried chicken in the promo clip.

Watch Kings of Leon perform 'Waste a Moment' on Fallon

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Kings Of Leon performed 'Waste a Moment' on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 14).

'Waste a Moment' serves as the opening track to 'WALLS' the band's seventh studio album which was released yesterday (October 14).

The follow-up to 2013s 'Mechanical Bull', the LP was recorded in Los Angeles with Coldplay and Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs. The album's title is short for 'We Are Like Love Songs'. You can watch the performance below.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift recently gave the album a rave review on her Instagram. Sharing a screen-grab of her listening to 'WALLS' on her phone, the singer wrote: "I've been waiting for this album for SO LONG and it's insane, you need it in your life. Congratulations @kingsofleon #walls."

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 you'd wanna watch!"

They continued: "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.

My Morning Jacket's Jim James releases song in response to Orlando shooting

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My Morning Jackets Jim James has released a new song which aims to honour the victims of the Orlando shooting.

Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 more when he opened fire on civilians at the nightclub in Florida in the early hours of June 12. He was shot dead by police. It was the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in the history of the United States.

According to Pitchfork, James wrote 'Here in Spirit' after attending a Los Angeles rally the day after the tragic shootings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. You can listen to 'Here in Spirit' below.

Speaking in a statement, James said: "I was feeling so utterly gutted that things like this keep happening. Its a song about speaking out and trying to be there for people in spirit even if you cant be at every rally and battle."

He continued, "We have such a duty to speak out for equality and for each other. I will always lend my voice to whatever the civil rights issue is of the day, to whomever needs the most help and love."

'Here in Spirit' will appear on James forthcoming album 'Eternally Even' set for release on November 4 via ATO/Capitol.

James shared the music video for album track 'Same Old Lie.' It was released as part of the anti-Donald Trump program '30 Songs, 30 Days'. Artists including Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie have also taken part in 30 Songs, putting out new tracks explicitly aimed against the Republican presidential candidate.

Green Day's Billie Joe says "not a lot of difference" between him and 'Ordinary World' character

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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed that there's "not a lot of difference" between him and his Ordinary World character.

Described as "a candid and heart-warming comedy", Armstrong stars as former punk rocker Perry, who is struggling to adapt to real life ten years into his band's "indefinite hiatus".

After his 40th birthday is forgotten by his wife Karen (played by Selma Blair) and his daughter, Perry's brother takes pity on him and helps fund a wild party at a lavish New York City hotel. It is at the party where Perry's past meets his grown-up present, encountering his old bandmate Gary (played by Fred Armisen) and an old-flame-turned-manager (played by Judy Greer).

Speaking on the Food Networks Rachael Ray Show, Armstrong was asked what the difference was between him and Ordinary World's Perry. He responded, saying "there's not a lot of difference I would say as far as the family."

He continued, "When you go back home after a long period of time doing a touring cycle, you just end up hanging out and waking up really early and kind of fumbling around and being a clutsy parent, on the job training and sleepless nights and y'know dirty diapers and up 'til now my oldest son is 21 and my younger one is 18."

Rachael Ray laughed before saying to the audience "I know, he looks good right?!"

Ordinary World features four new original songs written by Armstrong, including the title track, which will also appear on the tracklisting of Green Day's new studio album, 'Revolution Radio'.

The film was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival back in April. It will be released on DVD and as a digital download on October 17. Pre-order here.

Leonard Cohen responds to Bob Dylan Nobel Prize win

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Leonard Cohen has responded to Bob Dylan winning the Nobel prize for literature.

Credited with having "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," Dylan, 75, became 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".

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On the evening of the announcement (October 13), Leonard Cohen was speaking in Los Angeles at a playback and Q&A for his forthcoming album, 'You Want It Darker'. Giving his thoughts on Dylans award, Leonard said To me [the award] is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.

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."

Listen as Beastie Boys' Mike D remixes Warpaint's 'New Song'

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Beastie Boys' Mike D has remixed Warpaint's 'New Song' the lead single taken from the band's latest album 'Heads Up'.

The LA group released the follow-up to their 2014 self-titled album on September 23 via Rough Trade.

Writing on Twitter, Warpaint said: We love Mike and Beastie Boys so much forever. Honored to have his magic touch our tune." You can listen to the remix below.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Mike D said: "I feel very fortunate, because I either work with or cross paths with a lot of different musicians, and that's how you find the coolest shit. Anyway, that's my musician bias."

Continuing, he said: "Also, when I was a little kid and I got into punk rock and the Clash and the Slits; that's how I found about reggae," he added. "They were inspired by it and were very clear and open about that influence. Then it made me dig further, so it's the same thing."

Over the past year, Warpaints members have been busy working on various solo projects. Jenny Lee Lindberg released a solo album under the name jennylee, Emily Kokal worked with Saul Williams and Paul Bergmann and Theresa Wayman has been working on a solo project called BOSS.

Warpaint are touring the UK this month. The dates are as follows:

Bristol, Simple Things Festival (October 22)
Edinburgh, Queens Hall (23)
Manchester, Albert Hall (24)
Liverpool, The Dome (26)
London, The Roundhouse (27)

Watch Robert Plant perform Led Zeppelin classic 'Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You'

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Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant performed the band's classic hit 'Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You' during his appearance on Austin City Limits.

Austin City Limits is the longest-running music television series and the performance marked Plant's first time on the Austin City Limits stage for more than a decade.

Performing for a full hour as Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters', his set included tracks such as 'Rainbow', 'Turn It Up' and 'Little Maggie'. You can watch the performance of 'Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You' below.

Meanwhile, Plant recently joined the 'We Are Not Afraid' campaign, along with Keith Richards and Iggy Pop.

'We Are Not Afraid' is a global campaign aimed at raising funds for the refugee crisis and victims of religious and political violence.

The campaign is centred around the song 'We Are Not Afraid' by Nigerian singer Majek Fashek. A video, directed by Kevin Godley and featuring Richards, Plant, Pop, Ono, Starr as well as Debbie Harry, Buddy Guy was released on September 29.

'Game of Thrones' Faye Marsay quits social media after abuse

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Game of Thrones actress Faye Marsay has revealed that she has quit social media after receiving waves of abuse following her portrayal of the Waif.

Marsay played the Waif opposite Maisie Williams' Arya Stark during season five and season six; Marsay has now had to quit Facebook after viewers became angry about her character's behaviour towards Williams' Arya.

According to Digital Spy, the actress revealed the news after speaking at a press conference this week, stating her dislike of social media since taking on the role, adding that some people want to know a little bit too much.

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She said: "I got a lot of shit after Game of Thrones but people were also really nice. I've had people trying to figure out who I'm in a relationship with and all that shit."

She continued, "I was a teenager in the '90s. I didn't get a mobile phone until I was 15, so for me, this shit scares me as well," she said. "I remember the '90s and nothing was that intrusive."

She added: "I've just come off Facebook three days ago. But I'll go to check it and be like, 'f**king hell, I'm not on that anymore', and thank god I'm not. It's terrifying, social media, it terrifies me."

Marsay will appear in season three of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror which is set to air on Netflix on October 21.