Emma Watson, Karen Gillan, John Boyega, and Tom Hanks all star in the upcoming sci-fi thriller, 'The Circle' - based on the novel by McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers - which was directed by James Ponsoldt ('The Spectacular Now').
Ariana Grande has announced that her 'Dangerous Woman' persona is being immortalised as a character in the upcoming 'Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius' smartphone game.
The character is based on Ariana’s 'Dangerous Woman' bunny-mask look, and marks the very first time that an American pop star has appeared in a Final Fantasy title.
Check out a sneak peek of what Ariana’s character will look like in the game:
To kick off the new year, Laneway 2017 artist Aurora has written an open letter to the 'women of the world', during which she encourages us all to remember that, "Without garments we are not to be less respected, or sexualized objects that takes away our strength. Our skin is our armor. Our courage and muscle strength."
Read Aurora’s letter in full below:
Women of the world. ????
John Mayer has announced that the roll-out of his upcoming seventh album, 'The Search For Everything', will be split into the release of four songs every month in the lead-up.
About the news, Mayer says:
During their recent set at SnowGlobe Festival, Marian Hill performed their song 'Back To Me' live for the very first time, joined by special-guest Lauren Jauregui (of Fifth Harmony).
To ring in the New Year, London Grammar have dropped a new song, 'Rooting For You' - the first piece of new music to be released by the band since 2014 - accompanied by an incredible performance video.
Hannah’s vocals!!!
Watch the 'Rooting For You' music video below...
American music data analysis company BuzzAngle have released their first annual report on music consumption, revealing that Twenty One Pilots’ album 'Blurryface' sold more units on vinyl in the States than any other album in 2016 - out-selling the likes of Radiohead, David Bowie, and Adele.
And what’s more, 'Vessel' also came in at #9.
Much to the delight of guests at Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's New Year's Eve party last week, Paul McCartney made a surprise appearance, joining The Killers on-stage to perform The Beatles' song 'Helter Skelter' together live.
Watch clips of the performance below...
After disappearing for the entirety of 2017, Ed Sheeran has announced that he will be releasing new music this coming Friday, January 6th at 5am GMT / midnight ET - which is 6pm for us in New Zealand - and that he’s continuing his tradition of naming albums after mathematical symbols.
Watch some video teasers from Ed below...
Ahead of the release of their upcoming new album 'I See You' (out on January 13th), The xx have released a video of them singing 'Say Something Loving' at a karaoke bar in Tokyo recently - during which, both Jamie and Romy sport some interesting headwear.
Watch The xx’s karaoke video below, as well as listen to the entirety of the new song...