Friday, March 21, 2025

Queen to receive Polar Music Prize 2025

Queen will be bestowed with the Polar Music Prize for 2025. The rock icons - behind mega-hits including 'Bohemian...

Latest Posts

Bastille announce From All Sides 2025 arena tour

Bastille have announced the 2025 ‘From All Sides’ arena tour. Dan Smith and co will perform songs from the...

Selena Gomez thanks Benny Blanco for ‘pouring unconditional love’ into their joint album

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have released their joint album, 'I Said I Love You First'. The smitten couple...

Guns N’ Roses unveil Frank Ferrer’s replacement

Guns N' Roses have unveiled AWOLNATION sticksman Isaac Carpenter as Frank Ferrer's replacement. The 58-year-old drummer amicably parted...

Bobby Weir hasn’t ruled out a Grateful Dead reunion as a trio

Bobby Weir has suggested it's possible for the Grateful Dead to reunite as a trio following the passing of bass player Phil...

Fall Out Boy shelve ‘guitar-based- songs

Fall Out Boy have put a “guitar-based” new album “on the back burner”.

The ‘Dance Dance’ group were planning to go “back to [their] roots” on their next album but have set the songs aside, much to the apparent frustration of guitarist Joe Trohman, who would like to see the band return to their old sound, but in a fresh way.

He revealed: “We were working on some stuff that was guitar-based. I don’t know know what’s happening with it. I think it unfortunately went to the back burner. It would be nice to make a record where the guitar is a little more upfront.

“We did start that way, as a guitar-based rock band, and it’d be cool to go back to those roots. We’d have to find a way to do it that doesn’t sound like Fall Out Boy from 2005. It might be cool for somebody else to do that, but it wouldn’t be cool for us to do it.”

Joe also admitted he wasn’t a fan of the group’s 2018 record ‘Mania’, expressing his frustration that he would rather make a “cool record” than aim for chart success.

Speaking on the ‘Rolling Stone Music Now’ podcast, he admitted: “I’d say, ‘I’m gonna extricate myself from this. This is not what I want to do. When you have some stuff together, give it to me. If you want me to throw some ideas on there or whatever, I’ll do it in my recording studio.’

“And I did that a little bit, but overall, I stayed pretty much out of it, more or less.

“‘Mania’ has some cool ideas and interesting stuff in there. But it didn’t work as well, and I can’t say I love it.

“That’s what leads me, hopefully, to go back to making a record… with guitars, bass, drums, vocal.

“I love synthesizers, synthesizers that we play. We can play music; let’s play the music. Let’s not go for samples. Let’s not try to reach for singles.

“At this point, we’ve had so many hit singles. Do we really even need to reach for singles anymore? I think we should just make a cool record.”

Latest Posts

Bastille announce From All Sides 2025 arena tour

Bastille have announced the 2025 ‘From All Sides’ arena tour. Dan Smith and co will perform songs from the...

Selena Gomez thanks Benny Blanco for ‘pouring unconditional love’ into their joint album

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have released their joint album, 'I Said I Love You First'. The smitten couple...

Guns N’ Roses unveil Frank Ferrer’s replacement

Guns N' Roses have unveiled AWOLNATION sticksman Isaac Carpenter as Frank Ferrer's replacement. The 58-year-old drummer amicably parted...

Bobby Weir hasn’t ruled out a Grateful Dead reunion as a trio

Bobby Weir has suggested it's possible for the Grateful Dead to reunite as a trio following the passing of bass player Phil...

Don't Miss

Chappell Roan wanted to ‘honour’ herself by writing a country song

Chappell Roan wanted to "honour" herself by writing a country song. The 27-year-old singer is known for pop hits...

Lily Allen is ‘surprised’ that Charli XCX is not headlining Glastonbury: ‘I don’t understand…’

Lily Allen is "surprised" that Charli XCX is not headlining Glastonbury, The 39-year-old singer is delighted that US pop...

Kim Wilde wants Glastonbury legends slot

Kim Wilde says it is one of her dreams to perform at Glastonbury. The 64-year-old pop legend admits she...

Yungblud to release nine-minute single next week

Yungblud will release a nine-minute single next week. The 27-year-old star's latest song 'Hello Heaven, Hello’ clocks in at...

Iron Maiden to release new documentary celebrating 50 years

Iron Maiden will release a new documentary film featuring the final interview from former frontman Paul Di’Anno. The new...

Stay in touch

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.