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1 month ago | readdork.com | Dan Harrison |Ciaran Picker

The Dare suffered a fall during a recent crowdsurfing attempt at Bristol’s Marble Factory. During his performance on 16th March, Harrison Patrick Smith attempted to dive into the crowd without warning while performing ‘Girls’. The audience were unprepared for the impromptu arrival, resulting in Smith being dropped. He quickly recovered, continuing his performance from the venue’s barricade. The incident occurred during the closing moments of his Bristol show, which forms part of his current UK tour.

1 month ago | readdork.com | Lucy Phillips |Ciaran Picker

Lizzo has responded to critics of her music and addressed the broader treatment of Black women in pop music across social media platform X/Twitter. The ‘Truth Hurts’ singer, who recently announced her new album ‘Love In Real Life’ and released singles including the title track and ‘Still Bad’, returned to the platform to address various criticisms of her work and its place in contemporary pop culture.

1 month ago | readdork.com | Stephen Ackroyd |Ciaran Picker

Wet Leg’s return has stepped up another gear, as the band share a snippet of what seems to be their comeback single. The 30 second clip, which sees Rhian Teasdale lip-syncing to the new song, features the lyrics: “Can you catch a medicine ball / can you catch yourself when you fall / you should be careful, do you catch my drift / because what I really want to know is can you catch these fists?”Wet Leg made their first real sign of activity earlier this week.

1 month ago | readdork.com | Dan Harrison |Ciaran Picker

Yungblud has returned with new nine-minute single ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’, marking his first release in a year. The Doncaster artist’s latest track arrives alongside a music video directed by Charlie Sarsfield, which premiered across MTV’s channels and the Paramount Times Square billboards. “Hello Heaven, Hello is the opening statement to my new album,” Yungblud explains.

1 month ago | readdork.com | Andrew Wescott |Ciaran Picker

Radiohead are set to return to live performance, with their management confirming upcoming tour dates for 2025. As Resident Advisor reports, the band’s management company have seemingly donated four tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” as part of a Los Angeles fire relief auction at Palisades High School. The auction listing indicated that the winning bidder would be able to select their preferred city and date from the band’s forthcoming tour schedule.