Sneaker boots are back in full force. adidas Yeezy made that all too clear. Even Nike is joining back in on the fun, upping their selection near tenfold. Here, the Air Force 1 appears in yet another boot-like rendition, this time adding sustainable elements to the mix.

The brand has pulled out all the stops on its Grind-constructed midsole, collaging what may be the largest amount of scraps thus far. Above, the Nike logo at the heel is similarly executed, while the retreaded outsole offers a far more typical composition. At the collar, a recycled fleece is used throughout, its grey-dominant threads rife with hints of red, blue, and the like. As for the rest of the upper, the leather and synthetics, while lacking any obvious signs of reuse, feature entirely new paneling. Gone is the AF1 we’re familiar with; instead, the look is turned more futuristic, delivering a ghillie lacing system, reinforced heel, and a mudguard replete with the same stars that are used underfoot.

Enjoy an official look at these below and sit tight as we await their Nike.com release.

In case you forgot, the Cool Grey 11s are landing later this December.

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adidas Yeezy really hit their stride towards the end of the year, offering up not only new silhouettes but new takes on old ones. Here, the Yeezy Boost 700 returns for the weekend, dressing up in its calming “Faded Azure” colorway.

Effectively closing out Black Friday week, the “Faded Azure” is a drastic departure from the “Wash Orange” previous. Gone are the full orange soles; instead, the warm tone is used as an accent to the blue-dominant side walls. Above, the titular shade and a few darker complements outfit the mesh, suede, and leather alike, while the laces and center toe opt for black and olive hits, respectively. Grey, also, makes an appearance, though only along the heel’s rather small cutouts.

Enjoy another look at these ahead of the release, which is hit the select retailers below tomorrow, November 27th.

In other news, the KAWS sacai Blazer Low Neptune Blue will also be releasing tomorrow.

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Wolf Alice have shared a live video of the band performing ‘Delicious Things’ at London’s Abbey Road studios.

READ MORE: Wolf Alice live in London: spellbinding small venue show from snarling rock superstars

The clip, which you can watch below, sees the band backed by a full orchestra and choir.

“We were thrilled to get a chance to record a live version of ‘Delicious Things’ at Abbey Road, we’d never been there before and were so happy to do a version of one of our fave songs with a whole orchestra and choir,” the band wrote on Instagram.

The track featured on their recent album ‘Blue Weekend’.

NME called the record “a masterpiece full of confidence and magic” in a five-star album review.

The band recently released a new edition of the album, featuring four live versions of songs from ‘Blue Weekend’ alongside a cover of Alex G‘s 2017 track ‘Bobby’.

Wolf Alice previously brought their new record to a tiny show at Kingston venue Pryzm as part of a tour supporting the Music Venue Trust’s Revive Live campaign. Reviewing the show, NME wrote: “What’s impressive is how seamlessly the band shift gears, segueing from tender vulnerability to teeth-baring riffs without missing a beat.”

Speaking to NME, bassist Theo Ellis said that it was “amazing” to be back out on the road post-COVID restrictions.

“There’s such a huge and different community of people that have been affected by [the pandemic] in the music world,” Ellis added. “It’s not just us – it’s all of our crew, all the people who work at these festivals, all the people who work at venues.

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Currently averaging a career-high 25.3 points per game in the 2021-22 NBA season, Trae Young and his Three Stripes family will be ushering in the holidays with a Christmas-edition of the adidas Trae Young 1 basketball sneaker.

Akin to most of the Atlanta Hawks guard’s propositions with the German sportswear behemoth thus far, the newly-surfaced pair indulges in a statement-making arrangement across its breathable mesh upper and dual-cushioned sole unit. Frozen beverage-related color palettes are replaced with festive Santa Claus, snowman and candy cane graphics and tones. Functional components along and on the tongue and heel boast a vibrant ruby color that grounds the all-over print that covers the shoes’ top-halves. Underfoot, LIGHTSTRIKE and BOOST-cushioning at the midsole deviate in a winter-friendly white, while accompanying herringbone, linear and radial tread opting for a contrasting green.

An adidas.com release date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but Young’s next pair is likely to drop in December, In the meantime, enjoy images of the shoes here below.

For more from the Three Stripes, check out the Kenny NMD, another collaboration between the brand and South Park.

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Thus far, Microsoft and the adidas Forum have honored the family of Xbox consoles through a selection of colorways inspired by the specific colors of the game-changing gaming machines. There was the Forum Mid, taking after the Xbox 360 console that dropped in late 2005, and the Forum Tech Boost connected to the equally modern Xbox Series X as well as one inspired by the Halo game franchise. Next up, adidas and Microsoft have partnered with BAIT to release the most exclusive version yet – this Forum Mid in black nubuck limited to just 360 units in total.

This highly limited BAIT x Microsoft x adidas Forum features a fulll black upper with hit of reflective 3M panels dotted throughout, the signature Xbox bright green on the outsole, and the circular logo at the ankle. Each pair is individually numbered via an engraved serial on the heel portion of the medial midsole. Additionally, BAIT and Xbox have also created a capsule of apparel that includes sweats (black, grey, and green).

The BAIT x Microsoft x adidas collection will be available on a FCFS basis at BAIT San Diego, coinciding with this weekend’s San Diego Comic Con. Those who are unable to attend in-store can enter an online raffle now. BAIT, Adidas and XBOX will host a gaming lounge during the Comic Con weekend and a launch party on Saturday Nov.27th at the BAIT San Diego store 8pm-1am.

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Mark Hoppus has said he is “thankful” for his health and given an update on Blink-182‘s future plans.

The bassist/vocalist took to Instagram to post a Thanksgiving message and reflected on one of his most difficult periods after being diagnosed with 4-A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. He told fans in September that he was cancer-free.

“I have so much to be thankful for today,” he wrote yesterday (November 25). “This photo is from June, halfway through chemo, no idea if it was working or not, relegated to the bathroom floor, retching. If I ever complain about something trivial or unimportant, please show me this photo to remind me of how bad things can be, and how truly blessed I am.”

Hoppus added: “I hope you all have an amazing day with friends and family. Happy Thanksgiving.”

Speaking in a new interview, he also gave an update on Blink-182, saying the band are open to the return of former frontman Tom DeLonge.

“We haven’t really talked about that, but I’m open to anything in the future,” Hoppus told GQ. ​“I don’t know how that would work if it’s all four of us. Like, we’re all going to live in the same house again?”

The pair recently made up after DeLonge learned of Hoppus’ diagnosis.

“The way the universe works is strange because I reached out to Mark because I needed him to sign this piece of paper that had to do with my divorce,” DeLonge said at the time. “Only because of that call did I learn he had cancer. And he told me on the phone. I was like, “Wait, what?” And we weren’t really talking much at all, maybe once every couple of months, a little text here and there.

“But now, we talk multiple times a day. So it’s like we’ve been able to completely repair that friendship and really cut to the depth of who we are as people and what this is all about. And he’s had a really difficult time, but he’s doing really good right now, in the sense of where the cancer is gone, as far as we know, and the chemo worked really well.”

Hoppus also spoke about how the band have become closer following his diagnosis.

He added: ​“We got into more life stuff. What we’ve learned over the years about ourselves. How we’ve grown, how nothing really matters when it boils down to what we were dealing with in that moment.”

Last month Hoppus performed live for the first time since announcing that he was cancer-free.

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Frank Turner has shared a new track called ‘Miranda’ through which he examines his relationship with his trans parent – listen below.

READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Frank Turner

Following on from previous singles ‘Haven’t Been Doing So Well’, ‘Non Serviam’ and ‘The Gathering’, the singer-songwriter’s personal latest cut will appear on his forthcoming solo album ‘FTHC’, which arrives on February 11.

“My father is called Miranda these days/ She’s a proud transgender woman and my resentment has started to fade/ ‘Cause it was never about who she was, just the way that he behaved,” Turner sings in the first verse.

“Miranda’s just actually quite a nice person, but my dad was a shitty person, a bitter and angry and resentful person who had a gigantic temper problem,” the musician explained in a statement.

“If you just continue with resentment endlessly for somebody, it’s not having any kind of meaningful effect. The only person it’s affecting is you and it’s a waste of energy.”

He continued: “Miranda’s not a completely new person, but she’s certainly a new version of a person – and a much better version.

Turner also opened up about the song’s subject matter during a recent interview. Speaking of his past struggles with Miranda, he said: “It was never violent, but it was everything up to that, and it was extremely fucking unpleasant.”

The singer went on to explain that the pair had since “found our even keel”, adding: “She’s really fun, really chatty and she cares. [She’s] interested in who I am and what I do, which my dad never was at all. It’s always going to be a work in progress, but we’re doing all right.”

The forthcoming ‘FTHC’ is the follow-up to 2019’s ‘No Man’s Land’. It was recorded at Abbey Recording Studios just outside Oxford and produced/mixed by Rich Costey (Foo Fighters, Muse, Biffy Clyro).

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Halsey has spoken about the honour of receiving the Innovation Award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.

READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”

The New Jersey-born singer, who released her fourth album ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ this summer, will pick up the prize during a ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on March 2.

Speaking in this week’s Big Read cover interview, Halsey told NME that she “wasn’t expecting” the award and was “very surprised” to be recognised with the nod.

“But it’s really, really awesome – I think you start to get really sad and nervous about how your music connects when you’re not around to bring it to life and to know that it’s still resonating is really, really cool,” said Halsey.

Halsey was also reminded of her past desire to “be voted ‘worst band/artist’ at the NME awards”, a tongue-in-cheek comment she made after becoming a cover star in October 2018.

Halsey on the cover of NME

“I guess I just thought the only way I would ever get an NME Award was if it was gonna be that,” Halsey told NME in this week’s Big Read. “I would be like, ‘Hey, you know, at least I’m being recognised for something’.”

Looking ahead to attending next year’s Brixton bash, Halsey – who’s usually an “anti-awards show” artist – joked: “From what I’ve seen, I’ll definitely need to learn how to hold my liquor. The last thing I want to do is be the American lightweight who has two pints and is on the fucking floor.”

She continued: “[The BandLab NME Awards] seems more about a celebration of a bunch of people who are contemporaries rooting each other on. I don’t get many opportunities to celebrate with my peers and look around and be like, ‘Wow, this was a great year for music’ and that’s why we do this – we love it, y’know?”

NME‘s Innovation Award was introduced in 2018 and has previously been picked up by Boy Better Know and The 1975.

Head here to read our full cover interview with Halsey, where she also speaks about her new record, the experience of working with Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the project and more.

NME hailed Halsey for creating “an endlessly compelling artistic statement” with ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’. Check out our four-star review here.

Announced earlier this week, the BandLab NME Awards 2022 will also see the likes of Sam Fender, Griff and Rina Sawayama in attendance. Many more acts are to be announced in the coming weeks, along with the full list of nominees.

Tickets to the event are on sale now – purchase yours from here.

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Adele has scored a UK chart double with her new album ‘30‘ and single ‘Easy On Me‘.

READ MORE: Adele-ageddon! ‘30’ marks lockdown four for music

The singer-songwriter shot straight to the top spot with her fourth LP, which has become the fastest selling record of 2021 so far after clocking up 261,000 sales.

It also scored the biggest first-week sales for an album since Ed Sheeran’s ‘÷’ in 2017, as well as the biggest opener for a female solo album since Adele’s last album, ‘25‘, in 2015, according to the Official Charts Company.

The record is this week’s biggest seller on vinyl, with 16,700 copies sold on wax and the most-streamed album of the week with a staggering 55.7million plays across its 12 tracks.

Adele. CREDIT: Simon Emmett/Press

Adele has now topped the chart with all of her albums, a record for a female artist.

Her single ‘Easy On Me’ has also maintained the top spot in the UK singles chart for the sixth week in a row.

The track is now Adele’s longest-running Number One in the UK singles chart, outstripping her 2011 hit single ‘Someone Like You’.

The singer spent the week in a three-way chart battle with herself, beating off two other tracks from ’30’, ‘Oh My God’, which claims the week’s highest new entry at Number Two, and ‘I Drink Wine’, which finds itself at Number Four.

It comes after the record recently became the biggest selling album in the US in 2021 after just three days.

Elsewhere in the album charts, Oasis went in a Number Four with their live ‘Knebworth 1996’ album. It is their first UK top 10 album in 11 years.

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Pharrell Williams and adidas have been delivering compelling footwear together since 2014. Since then, their partnership has blossomed to include new silhouettes and projects that’ve extended beyond the collaboration’s original scope. Case in point: the adidas NMD Hu “Running Dog” by ICECREAM.

Birthed in the early aughts with the help of now-HUMAN MADE’s NIGO, the dessert-inspired clothing label has produced some of the most iconic images in streetwear over the last two decades. Its “Running Dog” logo has appeared on everything from jeans to fitted caps, with its latest variation arriving on the adidas NMD‘s PRIMEKNIT upper. Showcased in a black outline, the canine sits atop a military green arrangement, and is split in half between right and left shoes. “ICECREAM” branding appears on the former’s brown heel panel; plugs at the lateral forefoot follow suit, while the detailing towards the rear opts for a semi-transparent finish. Lastly, sole units favor a “colorless” style that allows the aforementioned components to revel in the spotlight.

Enjoy official images of the BOOST-cushioned collaboration here below, and anticipate an adidas.com launch soon.

Elsewhere under the Three Stripes umbrella, the Harden Vol. 6 arrives soon.

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