.Warren Ellis on if he’s the ‘Yoko Ono’ who split Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds from the Bad Seeds In an exclusive excerpt from this week's fan Q&A, Cave and Ellis talk about the "divisive" nature of 'Carnage' (and how The Bad Seeds haven't split up, so don't worry) nme.com/news/music/war…

20million+ streams across all platforms in 6 months by a 19 year old girl , it’s not easy abeg 😩🙏🏾

63% of Black music makers have experienced racism in UK industry – study theguardian.com/music/2021/oct…

"Prejudice is here," says Roger Wilson of the Black Lives in Music initiative. "There's nothing stealthy about it." bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

The pop-ups will offer visitors a unique and immersive career-spanning deep dive into the sound and vision of David Bowie 💜 planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio…

Thanks so much to PRWeek UK and Danny Rogers for naming Alan Edwards Number 1 in Entertainment PR for the 8th year running! 🎉 Congratulations Alan 🥳

From Shakespeare to Ian Curtis: British pop archive to open in Manchester theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…

They include the late singer's alternative lyrics written for the 1980 Joy Division album Closer and an unused verse for the song Atmosphere. What’s your favourite line written by Ian Curtis? bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Hosting a special conversation this Friday at noon focussing on green solutions to plastic waste in the music industry… Joining me will be Greenpeace UK, Chris Packham, Tim Burgess, @NAKEDRecordClub and more. Get involved! clashmusic.com/news/clash-pre…

Charity single recalls human cost of Grenfell tragedy five years on theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…

Est. 2013 - these amazing people (plus me) have made every show #bsthydepark happen - over 50 and counting now. Such an amazing experience with pros who are best in class in every department. Total privilege. Thanks all #musicindustry #livemusic #festivals

The V&A reveals Hallyu! The Korean Wave set to open this September. Find out more about this K-Pop infused exhibition here: bit.ly/3IZYBEB V&A

"When I was 16 years old, The Spiders, who became the original Alice Cooper band, opened for the Yardbirds.  That night I experienced the greatest guitar player I had ever heard.  Half a century later Jeff Beck is still the greatest guitarist, PERIOD….

The greatest of all time.  He was a friend, and there will NEVER be another Jeff Beck.  Ever. "

Straight to the top of NME’s New Bangers playlist 🔥 Go Tyla ‎ ‎ ‎!!! spoti.fi/3TdgMer

Have you got a question for Joe Perry? We want to know! We’ll be asking them in an interview with the guitar legend very soon, so fire away… 👇 📸: Ross Halfin

The awesome ⁦Gabriels⁩ covering Tina’s Private Dancer #allpointseast

BIMM University launches AI_Labs, recruits Google artificial intelligence expert Warren Barkley musicweek.com/talent/read/bi…

Our girl Tyla at Number 7! 🐅🤍