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His manager confirmed his death is not linked to the Coronavirus pandemic

Tony Allen, the legendary drummer widely regarded as a co-founder of Afrobeat, has died at the age of 79.

Allen's manager, Eric Trosset, confirmed the...

Curated festival by Craig Richards...

Houghton Festival, scheduled for 11th-13th August 2017 at the Houghton estate in Norfolk, adds Derrick Carter, Tony Allen, Raresh, Rhadoo and more...

The AIM Awards will honour the late Nigerian drummer

Tony Allen will be posthumously honoured with Association of Independent Music (AIM)'s Outstanding Contribution to Music award.

The Nigerian afrobeat pioneer, most widely known as...

A fitting tribute to the late, great Afrobeat drummer who died last week

Gorillaz have shared a new track, ‘How Far?’, featuring Skepta and the late, great Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen.

The track has been shared in tribute...

Tony Allen is the posthumous winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution To Music Award

Gorillaz’ Damon Albarn will a perform tribute to Tony Allen at the virtual AIM awards 2020.

Taking place today, Wednesday 12th August at 7PM, the...

Premiere: Alien D ‘Giggle’

NYC labels link up as Sweat Equity co-founder Alien D makes his solo debut on Sorry Records

Alien D will release a new EP via New York’s Sorry Records this week. Listen to the opening track, ‘Giggle’, below. The DJ and producer...

Tong Scoops The Gong - Radio 1 mainstay is still the daddy

In this time of never-ending choices, the sheer volume of music and all its various mediums can at times be overwhelming and daunting to absorb...

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Recorded at IMS College Malta, watch industry insiders share their perspectives in this Point Blank-hosted panel. 

There are many aspects of the music industry...

Fatboy Slim DJs tiny venue Hot Box fundraiser: “Anything I can do to help”

Norman Cook lent his star power to support the struggling Chelmsford venue with a sold-out rare intimate gig last week

Fatboy Slim played a rare intimate gig last week as part of the effort to save Essex venue Hot Box from closure. Norman Cook headlined...

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But it won't be coming out for a while...

The ever prolific Damon Albarn has revealed that there is a new Gorillaz in the works. 

After releasing the second Gorillaz album to come out...

He's back after an eight-year break...

Back after an eight-year break (on the album front), Cerrone is set to return with a brand new album 'Red Lips' this Friday, 28th October...

Yaeji also took home an award for International Breakthrough

Little Simz, AJ Tracey, and FKA Twigs were among the artists to receive accolades at the 2020 AIM Awards.

The event, hosted by BBC Radio...

“Mid-September 2028, so please come and see us now”

Damon Albarn has said that it may be 10 years before we hear another Gorillaz album.

Despite mentioning in August that he had a new...

His first solo release of 2018...

Ricardo Villalobos will release a new EP, dubbed 'Silent', in November, the Chilean’s first solo release of 2018.

The announcement was made via the DJ/producer’s...