MIA cancels Glastonbury appearance
MIA has reportedly cancelled her performance at the Glastonbury Festival this weekend.
The London rapper was set to play the Park stage on Friday (June 22) at 9:30 pm, but will no longer perform and has not given a reason for her cancellation, reports the Guardian.
This follows MIA's cancellation of her performance at the Sasquatch festival in the US last month.
No replacement for MIA at Glastonbury has yet been confirmed.
The rapper is still set to play several festival dates this summer, including the Siren Festival in New York and Lollapalooza in Chicago, as previously announced. |
Depeche Mode man unveils new album details
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan has announced that he will release his second solo album this autumn.
'Hourglass' -- the follow-up to 2003's 'Paper Monsters' -- is due out on October 23 in the US. Gahan wrote and co-produced all the songs on the album, and recruited Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, The Kooks, The Fratellis) to mix the album.
"I feel this record has been an amazing opportunity to push the artist in me," Gahan said in a statement.
Gahan also said that the album addresses the theme of time slipping away. "I don't know if it's about age, just getting older...there's no longer the luxury of being able to get blind drunk every night and just hide behind that. My fear is that I've wasted so much time in fear, in fear of diving in. I feel like I'm racing against the clock."
The album's first single, 'Kingdom', is due to his US radio stations on August 27. |
The Horrors cancel tour with BRMC
The Horrors have cancelled a string of dates supporting Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in the US.
The London goth rockers were originally set to open for BRMC at several North American shows from May 13 to June 16.
They will now play their own headlining dates instead, beginning June 4 in Brooklyn, New York and concluding in Seattle, Washington on June 20.
The Horrors are supporting their debut album, 'Strange House', which is due out in the US on May 15.
The new headlining dates are:
Brooklyn, NY Luna Lounge (June 4)
New York, NY Fillmore at Irving Plaza 
(5)
Boston, MA Paradise
 (7)
Washington, DC Rock N Roll Hotel
 (8)
Philadelphia, PA Northstar 
(9)
Montreal, QUE Petite Campus (10)

Toronto, ONT Mod Club
 (11)
Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
 (12)
Chicago, IL The Abbey Pub
 (14)
Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
 (15)
Los Angeles, CA El Rey
 (18)
San Francisco, CA Popscene 
(19)
Seattle, WA Crocodile (20) |