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Hayley Williams drops solo album Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party — and she's not done yet

Hayley Williams has released Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party on streaming platforms.

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David Byrne rule out Talking Heads reunion

David Byrne has admitted it is unlikely Talking Heads will ever perform together again.

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“He had some good ideas. I remember when we met, he was eating an incredible amount of ice cream”: David Byrne on what happened when Talking Heads met Lou Reed

Byrne says Reed wanted to sign Talking Heads to a management-production deal but they backed out because they thought they were too green

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“One of the executives at Warner Records said, ‘David, you are your own Yoko Ono’”: David Byrne on alienating his audience, Talking Heads and a sideline in stand up comedy

Plus when Lou Reed was gorging himself on ice cream

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Hayley Williams removes surprise album Ego from website

Hayley Williams has deleted her surprise new solo album Ego from her website.

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Hayley Williams drops new solo album Ego on website

Hayley Williams has surprised fans with the release of the new solo album Ego.

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"As a transitional record, More Songs About Buildings And Food is extraordinary": Talking Heads' second album, expanded

Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food takes the existential blankness of European art-rock and filters it through a uniquely American lens

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“That will be the inscription on my tombstone - 'Here lies the body of David Byrne. Why the big suit?'” How the Talking Heads' frontman's oversized tailoring defined his most iconic performance

The gigantic suit look became one of Byrne's visual trademarks, but what lay behind his choice to wear it?

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The Oasis Effect: Which bands should reunite next?

Call it a comeback. If Oasis can heed their own advice and not look back in anger, then anything’s possible... Here are the musical acts we’d love to see reunited. And the odds we'll see them together again.

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David Byrne Announces 2025 Tour and New Album With Music Video Drop

The Talking Heads frontman announced his plans for an international tour with a new album and a new music video.

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David Byrne returns with first new solo album in seven years

Talking Heads star David Byrne is returning to the charts with his first new solo album in seven years Who Is the Sky?

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Talking Heads star David Byrne announces two Scottish shows in new world tour

TALKING Heads star David Byrne is coming to Glasgow next year as part of his upcoming world tour ...

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Olivia Rodrigo and David Byrne ignore the nasty weather and get down at the New York Governor’s Ball fest

They duet on Burning Down The House

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Talking Heads celebrate 50th anniversary with new video

Talking Heads have marked the 50th anniversary of their first live show with a music video for 'Psycho Killer' starring Saoirse Ronan.

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“As far as we’re concerned, the band never really broke up”: Are Talking Heads about to announce a reunion 50 years to the day since their first gig?

That’s the enticing prospect being dangled via the band’s social media

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“I really like the end of And She Was with that distorted guitar. Ithought it sounded like Neil Diamond’s Cherry, Cherry”: Jerry Harrison on the outtakes and off-brand inspirations behind Talking Heads’ Little Creatures

If 1985's Little Creatures brought an Americana flavor to the Talking Heads, MTV brought commercial success. Harrison reflects on an art-rock classic and explains why the pressure was fun

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii: What are the greatest live albums of all time?

This week saw the first official release on vinyl of Pink Floyd's legendary 1971 set played in Pompeii - showing to what extent the British band were once one of the greatest live acts in the world. With so many great live albums out there, we give you our Top…

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Rio’s record, giant dogs and a psychic crocodile – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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“His studio was a temple to analogue, within which he made a point of always wearing a boiler suit”: 6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before

They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape

Guitar World

“I was really broke. The only way I could get to New York to try out for Talking Heads was to take a family who were moving there in the band van”: Jerry Harrison on making Talking Heads’ 1977 debut and rejecting blues-rock to shape the CBGB guitar sound

Granting a rare interview to promote Talking Heads’ newly reissued debut album, the new wave pioneer holds forth on everything from the thrills of the CBGB scene to the perils of mimicking your heroes

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Stevie Ray Vaughan, Simple Minds, Megadeth, the Cult and the class of 1985 – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Jimmie Vaughan, GA-20, Kiki Wong, Dead Kennedys, the Smithereens' Jim Babjak, Cracker's Johnny Hickman, King Diamond, Third Man Hardware, Sue Foley's new GW column, Money for Nothing and more

Evening Standard

Blondie, The Ramones, and the greatest CBGB bands

Blondie drummer Clem Burke died at the weekend aged 70. In tribute here is a look at the scene that forged around the legendary New York venue, CBGB

The Guardian - UK

‘Society SUCKS!’ The fanatical diary of a teen scribbler who threw herself into punk

Don’t live like everyone else! Angela Jaeger met every act going in punk, in New York and London – and had crushes on them all. Now 65, she talks us through her thrill-filled diaries

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“We were human samplers. We’d listen to the tapes, isolate the best bits, then learn how to play them over and over again”: How Talking Heads created their classic hit Once In A Lifetime

“We very nearly abandoned the song," said David Byrne

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SNL50: David Byrne and Robyn team up for surprise pop classic duet

David Bryne and Robyn teamed for a surprise rendition of "Dancing On My Own" during Saturday Night Live‘s SNL 50: The Homecoming concert this weekend.

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