After much of an online furore, Justin Bieber has finally revealed his March 2017 New Zealand and Australian dates for the Purpose World Tour - which will include Martin Garrix as a special-guest at all of the shows.
Bieber will play Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on March 18th, with tickets going on sale from 2pm on Wednesday, October 12th.
One of our favourite humans in the whole wide world, Vince Staples, has announced that he will be returning to New Zealand this December to play two shows - Wellington on December 6th and Auckland on December 7th!
Tickets go on sale to the general public from 9am this Thursday, October 6th - with a Laneway members pre-sale from 9am on Wednesday, October 5th.
Ahead of the release of their debut self-titled album (out November 18th), DNCE have dropped a new single called 'Body Moves' - the follow-up to their 'Swaay' EP.
Listen to the new song below...
As part of a special Live Lounge performance for BBC Radio 1, The 1975 performed a special show in Blackpool last week with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - during which they performed 'Please Be Naked' and 'Lostmyhead' for the first ever.
Watch the full performance below...
Dua Lipa recently took to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge as part of their month of performances throughout September, during which she performed a cover of Snakehips’ song which features Zayn's vocals, ‘Cruel’, as well as her own song, ‘Blow Your Mind (Mwah)’.
Watch the performances below…
P.S. Keep an eye out for our new interview with Dua Lipa, out in CDM #19 on October 10th!
As part of the BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month of September, Tom Odell performed a cover of The 1975’s ‘The Sound’, lifted from their sophomore album released earlier this year.
He was accompanied by a string section, and crooned the song along with his piano.
Watch the performance below…
P.S. Keep an eye out for our interview with Tom Odell, out in CDM #19 on October 10th!
In a rather strange stylised video, Vince Staples offers up some advice/wisdom about the Internet for Pitchfork, that includes his thoughts on online dating and social media dos and don’ts.
Watch the interview below...
Before holding an auction in November, Sotheby’s London have sent selections from the late David Bowie’s art collection on tour to Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong.
If you aren’t able to catch the travelling-exhibition before it ends, below are some pieces from the collection...
At a very special BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, The 1975 performed an epic set at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom with the help of the BBC Philharmonic symphony orchestra.
During the show, they performed two of their previous Live Lounge covers - Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’, and One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.
Watch the performances below…
P.S. Read our cover story with The 1975 here.
After news leaked yesterday of Niall Horan’s impending debut solo single, 'This Town', the melancholy break-up song has arrived today - and it’s everything you’d expect from the guitar-toting popstar.
Maybe it’s his Irish accent, but I’m feeling a Westlife vibe?
Watch Niall performing a '1 Mic 1 Take' rendition of his new song below...