Radiohead salvaged a headlining set at the Coachella festival from disaster Friday, following a glitch-plagued opening in which the audio system repeatedly crashed. The experimental rock icons, booked for the third time to lead the premier festival in the California desert, played most of two songs in awkward, inadvertent silence with frontman Thom Yorke oblivious … Read more
The singer Anohni is offering a missing song from her upcoming work for free — to anyone who sends her a heartfelt email about hopes for the future. “The price for this song is a gesture of anonymous vulnerability. That may be too expensive for some of you, and that’s okay,” she wrote on Facebook. … Read more
David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David are up for some of the biggest prizes at the 2017 Brit Awards. Bowie received posthumous nominations for best British male and best album, for his haunting swansong Blackstar. After a row over diversity at last year’s ceremony, the rest of the best male category comprises artists from BAME … Read more
David Bowie is the clear frontrunner to win this year’s Mercury Prize, with one bookmaker making him 4/7 favourite. Bowie, who died in January, will become the first person to receive the £25,000 prize posthumously if his Blackstar album is crowned the winner later. Other nominees include Laura Mvula, The 1975, Kano and Bat For … Read more