Music News Archives: 05/2020

This is why Kurt Cobain hated Nirvana song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

Revisit four extremely rare Nirvana demo tapes leaked online by Kurt Cobain’s close friend

Kurt Cobain’s friend has kept them hidden for years.

May 19, 2020

U2 frontman Bono writes a fan letter to The Beatles

U2 frontman Bono writes a fan letter to The Beatles: “It’s my earliest memory of music”

A touching personal message.

May 19, 2020

Mark Lanegan new solo album 'Straight Songs Of Sorrow'

Mark Lanegan and Cold Cave share a cover of Joy Division’s ‘Isolation’

In tribute to Ian Curtis

May 19, 2020

Watch the first-ever ‘socially distant’ concert from Travis McGready

An odd sight to see

May 19, 2020

New Order and Pet Shop Boys postpone joint headline tour

Watch Peter Hook’s 3-hour tribute to Joy Division’s Ian Curtis

Stream all of Joy Division’s songs here

May 19, 2020

Watch Damon Albarn’s Boiler Room isolation set

Stream it now

May 18, 2020

Tributes pour in as Manchester DJ Dave Booth dies

Tributes pour in as much-loved Manchester DJ Dave Booth dies

From Ian Brown, Peter Hook and more

May 18, 2020

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters says Joe Biden is a “fucking weak slimeball”

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters plays ‘Mother’ from lockdown

Sublime

May 18, 2020

Joey Ramone ‘Birthday Bash’ to return with livestream concert

It lives!

May 18, 2020

Billie Eilish song 'Bad Guy' transformed with new 8D music technology

Billie Eilish song ‘Bad Guy’ transformed with new 8D music technology

Remarkable.

May 17, 2020

The Grateful Dead share new rare footage of 1989 concert

14,566 Grateful Dead concert recordings made available online free

Tune in, freak out!

May 17, 2020

Bernard sumner favourite albums

New Order and Pet Shop Boys postpone joint headline tour

The dates will be rescheduled.

May 17, 2020