MANILA, Philippines — Philippine men’s volleyball team coach Dante Alinsunurin will leave no stone unturned in their two-week Qatar training camp, hoping it will result to a gold medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi Vietnam on May 12. During the virtual send off of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation for its beach […]

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Coldplay have shared their manga-inspired new video for ‘People Of The Pride’ – you can watch it below.

READ MORE: Coldplay: “This is our period of having no fear”

Directed by Paul Dugdale, the clip mixes live footage from the band’s October 2021 performance at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena with robot-heavy, dystopian animation.

The track follows previous singles ‘Let Somebody Go‘, ‘Higher Power‘, ‘My Universe‘ and ‘Coloratura’.

The song is taken from Coldplay’s recent album ‘Music Of The Spheres’, which arrived last October.

The band recently shared an expansive cover of Kid Cudi‘s 2008 hit ‘Day ‘n’ Nite as part of a new Spotify Singles release, which also features a new version of ‘Let Somebody Go’, their recent collaboration with Selena Gomez.

“This is the first time I think that we’ve really taken proper time to record a cover, because in my head I could hear a version of it quite different from the original, that hopefully just reinforces what a brilliant song it is,” Martin said of the cover. “One way or another I hope that anyone listening will just think, ‘Wow, Kid Cudi is amazing.’”

Coldplay are set to embark on an eco-friendly world tour later this week on the back of their new album, with dates scheduled at London’s Wembley Stadium, Glasgow, Paris, Berlin and other European cities throughout July and August.

During a Big Read interview with NME last October, bassist Guy Berryman said the band had “made a great start” with the sustainable shows. “Whatever we end up doing, will be a Phase One, but there always has to be an improvement and a continual cycle,” he said.

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Richard Ashcroft has announced a show in London as part of this year’s South Facing Festival.

READ MORE: 5 things you didn’t know about South Facing festival

The former Verve frontman will make a headline appearance at the Crystal Palace Bowl on Saturday, August 6. He’ll be joined on the night by some “special guests” who are yet to be confirmed.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (March 18) – buy yours here. Fans can access a priority pre-sale at the same time on Thursday (March 17) by registering their details here.

South Facing Festival, which launched last year, runs between July 29 and August 21. The open-air concert series will also host performances from the likes of London Grammar, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jungle and Becky Hill.

You can see the announcement for Ashcroft’s bill-topping show in the tweet below.

The Verve LEGEND, @richardashcroft will be headlining South Facing on Saturday 6th August!

You can sign up for priority access to tickets here: https://t.co/lbEAUfnT5c pic.twitter.com/yc23J0RYS1

— South Facing Festival (@SouthFacingFest) March 15, 2022

Last year’s inaugural South Facing Festival included sets from Dizzee Rascal, Supergrass and The Streets.

Ashcroft, who released his latest album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.1’ last October, is also due to perform at Millennium Square in Leeds this summer. You can find his full schedule and ticket details here.

Back in January, the singer-songwriter shared a new remix of his track ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ featuring Liam Gallagher.

In a three-star review, NME said that Ashcroft’s ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.1’ – a re-imagining of “classic songs” from his back catalogue – was “well worth a listen, and an excellent reminder of some of both Ashcroft and The Verve’s finest work”.

Richard Ashcroft said late last year that he wants to write some material for Rihanna and Adele.

“I like big hits. I write big melodies and big choruses,” he explained. “I like singers where you know the chorus will be heard by billions of people.”

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At long last Shlump has finally unveiled his anticipated WAKAAN-released EP, Drift Away. The four-track project opens strongly with ‘Forever,’ which is already one of the most impressive and heaviest bangers of the year. The track does a great job in building a crazy amount of energy and tension before dropping into alien bass madness. As you’ll hear below, Shlump’s inventive sound design and psychedelic production style are on full display and really help set the tone for the rest of his impressive EP. With so much bass music around today, ‘Forever’ keeps things fresh and exciting and we can’t imagine how crazy hearing this track at the festival mainstage would be. Check out the single via Spotify and be sure to read what the artist himself has to say about the inspiration behind this EP.

“This EP really came together on its own. The songs were created around the same time in my life and mesh together really well. We all have ideas of what we are doing with our lives and that create purpose and meaning, but sometimes I feel like it is equally important to not try so hard and to let things happen. From one part of life to the next, we drift away – not running and at the same time not staying still.”– Shlump

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MANILA, Philippines — Aby Maraño’s storied career comes full circle as F2 Logistics finally makes its Premier Volleyball League debut against her former team Black Mamba-Army on Wednesday at the Paco Arena. After skipping their supposed PVL season debut last year due to several injuries, Maraño and the Cargo Movers enter a new battle field, […]

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Rishi Sunak has been urged to scrap a large VAT tax hike on concert and live event ticket prices.

READ MORE: No wonder Jacob Rees-Mogg hasn’t read NME: the Tories don’t care about saving UK music

The 7.5 per cent increase, which is set to kick in on April 1, comes ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement on March 23 when he will outline a mini-Budget.

VAT is currently charged at 12.5 per cent on tickets for live events but Sunak is planning to restore the tax return to its pre-pandemic level of 20 per cent.

UK Music chief Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has written to the Chancellor ahead of the mini-Budget in a bid to get the tax hike scrapped.

“The planned hike in VAT could not come at a worse time for millions of music fans and the live music industry, which was shut down for almost two years due to the pandemic,” he wrote.

“Pushing up VAT to 20 per cent would be hugely damaging for the music industry and leave music fans facing a cost of gigging crisis. The rise would come at a time when we are rebuilding post-COVID-19, with hundreds of concerts planned over the next few months.”

Fans at Download 2021 CREDIT: Katja Ogrin/Getty Images

He continued, addressing Sunak: “We would urge the Chancellor to give people who already face rising prices and grim headlines every day a little lift by ditching the ticket tax and abandoning the VAT hike. Dumping the planned VAT hike would help keep ticket prices down for fans and help music businesses pay down debts they built up during the pandemic, generate thousands of new jobs and nurture new talent.

“It would help the music industry continue to recover and rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic, which wiped out around one in three jobs in our sector.”

UK Music has also called for a six-point plan including extending the current 50 per cent discount on business rates on music venues, and more funding to help British performers touring the EU to navigate extra costs and post-Brexit red tape.

It is also calling for a Music Export Office to help boost sales of British music abroad, which dropped 23 per cent from £2.9billion in 2019 to £2.3billion in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak at the London Wonderground comedy and music festival venue on August 5, 2021 in London, England. CREDIT: Peter Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images

It comes after Sunak was previously criticised for his handling of the Brexit touring fiasco – as well as potential future provisions for nightclubs and music venues.

Speaking to NME at the time ahead of the announcement of a new £750million government-backed insurance scheme for gigs and festivals, The Chancellor said that this was “really, really good news” for UK touring artists.

When asked if he’d financially back the proposed export office specifically to help UK artists tour and promote their music overseas, he added: “We already have existing budgets that the Department For International Trade run to help promote exports of all types. We’re opening up new markets, and that’s part of our post-Brexit future – to create strong links with other markets. For example, the terms that we’ve agreed with Australia allow for an increased amount of mobility for young people between our countries, which is something that young people will value, particularly within this industry which has a lot of young people working in it.”

Meanwhile, live music industry leaders and insiders recently criticised the “clueless” UK government and opened up about the problems that remain for artists and crew wishing to tour in Europe, one year on from the feeling that the sector has been dealt a “No Deal Brexit”.

Raising the issue in the House Of Commons, Labour MP and DCMS Select Committee Member Kevin Brennan put it to Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative Leader of the House of Commons, that the government had not been active and engaged enough in helping overcome the remaining obstacles for live music on the continent and referred to our recent article about the ongoing frustration surrounding post-Brexit touring.

Rees-Mogg defended the government’s current stance and approach for artists wishing to tour the EU after Brexit and said that he had “not read the New Musical Express this morning, or indeed on any morning that I can ever recall.”

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Girls’ Generation member Seohyun and Through The Darkness actor Kim Nam-gil will join the cast of Netflix’s upcoming original series Song of the Bandits.

READ MORE: Taeyeon talks Girls’ Generation: “It always feels like home when we’re all together”

On March 14, Netflix Korea confirmed that Seohyun and Kim will join the cast of its upcoming original period drama. Song of the Bandits is also set to star veteran actor Yoo Jae-myung (Hometown), Lee Hyun-wook (Mine), and rising actress Lee Ho-jung (Nevertheless).

The historical drama will be set in the 1920s, a period during which Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. Song of the Bandits will follow a group of Koreans who gather in Northeastern China as they attempt to rebel against Japanese rule and protect their homes.

According to The Korea Times, Seohyun will star as Nam Hee-shin, an employee at the Choson Railway Bureau. Meanwhile, Kim will play the character of Lee Yoon, a former Japanese soldier who later rebels to protect Koreans against the Japanese military.

Song of the Bandits will be helmed by director Hwang Joon-hyuk, who had previously worked on youth drama Black Dog (2019). He is joined by screenwriter Han Jung-hoon, who made his debut in 2011’s Vampire Prosecutor.

Seohyun recently starred in Netflix’s BDSM-themed romantic comedy film Love and Leashes as Jung Ji-woo, a confident office worker who begins a contractual dominant and submissive relationship with a co-worker.

In a four-star review of the Love and Leashes, NME‘s Carmen Chin said the show was “poignant in informing and representing the value of sexual expression and acceptance”.

On the other hand, Kim’s last project was the crime procedural Through The Darkness, where he played criminal profiler Song Ha-young. The recently-concluded series was loosely based a non-fiction book by Korea’s first real-life criminal profiler Kwon Il-yong and journalist Ko Na-mu.

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With their original Power Rangers collection, Reebok celebrated the Mighty Morphin series’ main cast, nodding to both the Rangers themselves as well as their respective Zords. The five-piece capsule was a well-crafted ode to the franchise, whose packaging came together to form the beloved Megazord.

As they embark on yet another partnership, the footwear brand is highlighting the show’s equally iconic villains, creating three colorways inspired by antagonists Rita Repulsa, Rito Revolto, and Lord Zedd.

The Instapump Fury is an accurate impression of the vile space witch, as the blacked out bladder and light pink base feature gilded accents reminiscent of the character’s own garb. Even her jewel-adorned staff and headwear are present along the tongue and faux fur heel, respectively. Rito Revolto and his Hurrikaze II Low also bear a resemblance to one another, with bone white dressing the pair’s lateral and camo the side opposite. Finally, the pack culminates with Lord Zedd’s Answer IV, which is outfitted with nods to the Evil Space Aliens leader’s red body and silver armor. Additionally, all three shoes will display the signature moments of their influences.

Accompanied by a series of apparel, the aforementioned colorways will be available at Reebok.com beginning March 25th.

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