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Black Mirror will return to Netflix for a sixth season, Variety and Deadline report. The dystopian sci-fi series will likely follow a similar format to Season 5, which had three episodes, each running at just over an hour. Creators Charlie Booker and Annabel Jones are bringing the series back to Netflix, despite leaving the production company that owns the Black Mirror rights; their new company, Broke & Bones, eventually reached a deal with rightsholder Banijay to license the show to Netflix, Variety reports. The fifth season featured Miley Cyrus covering Nine Inch Nails in her role as a pop star. In late December 2018, Netflix released an interactive Black Mirror film called Bandersnatch, which allowed viewers to select various permutations by choosing a path at key moments, like a ch...

Gorillaz have announced a tour of North America for later this year. It starts in Vancouver in September, wrapping in Miami near the end of October. EarthGang opens all shows through October 19, with Jungle taking the first slot on October 21 and 23. See the band’s full schedule—including additional stops in South America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia—below. Since 2018’s The Now Now, the Damon Albarn–led enterprise has rolled out new music via the Song Machine series, reissued 2001’s Gorillaz, and published an art book. Gorillaz also issued an EP titled Meanwhile last summer. At her headlining Coachella set in April, Billie Eilish covered the group’s 2005 hit “Feel Good Inc.,” bringing out Albarn and De La Soul’s Pos to join her. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2017 feature “Gorillaz Saw ...

Osees don’t seem to mutate or morph so much as remain extraordinarily open to what moves them to do next and capable of getting music done that’s consistently good. What motivated the band to turn loose this hyperconcentrated slightly less than 22 minute burst of meteor density somewhat punkazoidal music? When it comes to the Osees, that’s at best a mediocre inquiry as they just do the next thing, genre, prevailing tastes or whatever influence might guide a lesser unit are not even a consideration. A Foul Form is a cool pivot from their 2020 studio efforts Metamorphosed, Panther Rotate, and Protean Threat. A Foul Form vigorously shakes the Oseesetch a sketch clear so whatever comes next (which will probably be sooner than later) will likely be something completely different yet again. As f...

Tonight at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, Travis Scott made his first major public appearance since the tragic 2021 Astroworld Festival that left 10 people dead. Scott performed “Mafia” and a new song reportedly called “Lost Forever,” which was previously teased in a Cactus Jack Dior fashion show last year. He did not acknowledge or make a statement about the tragedy. You can find clips from his performance below. Astroworld ended in chaos on November 5, when several people were killed as the result of a stampede toward the stage. The initial death count was eight, but, in the days following the tragedy, two more deaths were recorded. Scott has slowly been returning to the public eye since the tragedy. In late March, the rapper performed a brief set at a private pre-Oscars house party in...

At the Billboard Music Awards tonight (May 15), Janet Jackson presented Mary J. Blige with the Icon Award. Jackson, who won the same award in 2018, explained why Blige was overqualified for the honor during her introductory speech, saying, “Mary has made a commitment to her fans to always be her authentic self. Now that’s real love.” Watch a replay below. During her acceptance speech, Mary J. Blige thanked her fans, Diddy, 50 Cent, and Dr. Dre for inviting her to perform at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show. She seemed particularly moved by getting to receive the trophy from Jackson in particular. “Well I’m in a dream right now. Janet Jackson, y’all. Speaking of icons, you were always one of our biggest inspirations growing up,” said Blige. “The way the world is now, I think people think i...