Bright Eyes – ‘Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was’ review: a heroic return after almost a decade

Bring Me The Horizon have been announced to deliver the closing performance at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The wildest night in music will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe. Tickets to the event are on sale now and available here.In a week that saw the Sheffield metal pioneers deliver a surprise appearance alongside Ed Sheeran at the BRITs, we can now confirm that BMTH will be taking to the stage for a multi-song closing set at our London ceremony next month – following on from their raucous appearance at the NME Awards in 2016 when they smashed through Coldplay’s table during their performance.“To be honest we’re surprised we’ve even been asked back at all!” said frontman Oli Sykes.

FKA Twigs has been announced as the recipient of the coveted Godlike Genius award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The wildest night in music will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe. Tickets to the event are on sale now and available here.Following the likes of Massive Attack, Liam Gallagher, Primal Scream and 2020’s winner Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis, NME is thrilled to honour Twigs for her outstanding contributions to music.

Billie Eilish and Finneas have met with President Joe Biden in The White House.The musician siblings were invited, along with their parents Maggie and Patrick, to meet the US President following their support for Biden during the 2020 US election.Sharing a picture of the president with Eilish and Finneas, Biden’s official POTUS Instagram account wrote: “When I heard my friends @billieeilish and @finneas were in town for a show, I knew I had to invite them over to the White House.“Great to see you and your family — and I’m glad you got to meet Commander [the Biden family’s new dog].”A post shared by President Joe Biden (@potus)White House Assistant Press Secretary Kevin Munoz told Bloomberg that the Biden family “have been long time fans” of Eilish and her brother.Eilish was in Washington D.C. yesterday (February 9) as part of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour, with the singer performing at the Capital One Arena in the US capital.The singer previously performed in support of Biden at the Democratic National Committee’s virtual 2020 convention, where she delivered her first public performance of her song ‘My Future’.

KATIE Price’s fans are desperate for another series of Mucky Mansion as it came to an end last night. The show followed the 43-year-old as she transformed different rooms in the property, in a bid to restore it to its former glory after it was left in ruins.

TV star Nadiya Hussain tells Kate Garraway about a horrifying attack by bullies when she was at school in the second episode of ITV's Life Stories. Kate, 54, sat down for an interview with the 2015 Great British Bake Off winner, 37, after taking over as the host of Life Stories from Piers Morgan. British-Bangladeshi baking star Nadiya candidly spoke to Kate about growing up Muslim in the UK and how she was targeted as a youngster.

Peter Andre's wife Emily rarely shares family photos on social media – but she had a treat in store for fans on Wednesday.MORE: Peter Andre's wife reacts to funny moment with Princess - after Katie Price falloutThe 32-year-old took to Instagram to share a snapshot showing her with her brother, Tom MacDonagh.WATCH: Peter Andre reveals son Theo's very unusual hobby!The sweet photo shows the siblings smiling for the camera with their arms around one another. In the caption, Emily revealed that she had stopped by Tom's place of work – Azthetics Clinic, which he runs with Dr.

The government's latest plans to scrap all Covid restrictions could see the end of the £500 self isolation payment for workers with the virus.

Ian Stewart has been sentenced to a whole-life jail term for murdering his wife six years before he went on to kill his new fiancée.

A dad-of-15 kept a vulnerable man in 'disgraceful' conditions in his garden shed without a toilet or washing facilities, a court has heard.

A number of supporters have reacted to the news that members of the Manchester United first-team squad want the club to install Paris Saint-Germain chief Mauricio Pochettino as their next permanent manager.

Amazon Prime has become many people’s go-to for getting almost anything delivered the next day.

A date has been set for a full inquest into the death of a teenager in a crash after reportedly failing to stop for police.

BRITNEY Spears is teasing new music - and a revealing new look. The pop queen shared a seductive sneak peak as she practiced a new dance routine set to a soon-to-be released comeback song.

WAYNE Rooney has opened up about his marriage regrets and his love of writing romantic poetry for "supportive" wife Coleen on Good Morning Britain. Wayne, 36, today spoke to GMB presenter Ben Shephard in a rare TV interview ahead of the release of a new Amazon documentary about his private life.

DANCING on Ice's Liberty Poole stuns in black lingerie ahead of Sunday's show. The Love Island beauty wows in sheer stockings and suspenders in new photos on Instagram. Liberty, a former Nando's waitress, captioned her snaps: "Find yourself someone who looks at you the same way I look at pizza." Fans were impressed by the new shots, with one writing to the 22-year-old: "You’re absolutely stunning love xx" Another raved: "I admire her for not editing her pictures." One more said: "Miss Liberty you look gorgeous as always!! The caption is funny and so true!!! I love pizza too." Liberty shot to fame when she took part in Love Island and was tipped to win the show with Jake Cornish.

BTS have teamed up with Samsung on a new campaign advocating for climate change prevention.Yesterday (February 9), the tech giant announced its ‘Galaxy For The Planet’ campaign with BTS through a new video, where the boyband are seen holding up placards with handwritten messages bringing attention to the ocean’s plastic waste and its consequences. The clip ends with all seven members coming together with a single message: “Let’s work together for a better future.”The campaign video coincided with the launch of their latest line of Galaxy devices, including a new smartphone and tablet.

Billie Joe Armstrong‘s classic car, which was stolen last weekend, has been found “in one piece”.The Green Day frontman previously appealed for “sightings, tips or info” after his 1962 Chevrolet Nova II was stolen.“This car is near and dear to all our hearts and has been in the GD family for over 30 years,” he told his followers on Instagram on February 5.Posting on Instagram again last night (February 9), Armstrong confirmed that the car had now been recovered by police.“False alarm.. turns out I forgot where I parked it… KIDDING!” he wrote.A post shared by Billie Joe (@billiejoearmstrong)“Truth is the person that stole it left it parked. Joy ride? Maybe..

London Grammar have revealed that work is progressing well on their upcoming fourth album, and that it’s set to be their “best one yet”. Watch our full video interview with the band above.The Nottingham-formed trio were speaking to NME on the red carpet of the BRIT Awards 2022, where they were nominated for Group Of The Year alongside the likes of Coldplay, Little Mix, D-Block Europe and the winners Wolf Alice.“It feels very surreal after two years to now be putting on a dress and a suit and stuff,” said singer Hannah Reid, before bandmate Dot Major added: “Wolf Alice have been here with us a few times.

February is the start of a huge month for games. With ‘Dying Light 2’ already out, ‘Horizon Forbidden West’ coming soon, a plethora of other titles before the month is capped off by ‘Elden Ring’, one of the most anticipated titles in a long time.

Eminem and Rihanna were both considered for major roles in the film Mad Max: Fury Road, according to a new book.The 2015 film, which was co-written, co-produced and directed by George Miller, starred the likes of Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult.A new book by writer Kyle Buchanan about the film, Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, has now lifted the lid on how Miller and casting director Ronna Kress auditioned an array of talent for the film.“The whole process of casting Max took close to a year,” Kress says in the book, an extract of which has now been published on Vulture.

BRIT Awards 2022, Manchester rapper Aitch told NME of his plans to meet Liam Gallagher at the ceremony and talk him into a collaboration. Watch our full video interview above.While not nominated at this year’s BRITs, Aitch told NME that he was there for the purpose of “just chilling and soaking it in” – but that he was hoping to catch up with the former Oasis frontman and Ed Sheeran.“I want to catch up with Ed, I’ve not seen him for a while, but when it comes to meeting someone it’s Liam definitely,” said Aitch.Asked how he’d go about starting up a conversation with Gallagher, the 22-year-old Harrison Armstrong replied: “I’ll just say, ‘Why are not on my album yet?’ See how it goes from there.”Speaking of progress on his “sick” long-awaited debut album Aitch said: “It’s basically finished to be fair.

Zack Ruskin On Bright Eyes’ new album, midway through the lush, dystopian “One and Done,” the familiar gravel of Conor Oberst’s voice shares an observation seemingly tailor-made for our present moment. “Let’s take a walk around the block,” he sings.

Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst has spoken in praise of The 1975, saying that their “genre-less” sound “confuses me, but I like that”.Oberst was speaking to NME ahead of the release of Bright Eyes’ new album ‘Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was’, their first LP in almost a decade.Asked in the interview about the influence that The 1975 have drawn from Bright Eyes, Oberst said that he met the band’s frontman Matty Healy recently “and he’s really cool”.“I don’t hear a lot in common between our bands, but what I like about [The 1975] is that they’re also weirdly genre-less,” Oberst said. “They have radio-pop songs, then others sound like a punk-rock band.

Luke Morgan Britton “I feel like this has happened to me way too often these days, but rest in power,” a slightly weary Conor Oberst tells NME over a Zoom call from his home in Omaha, Nebraska, ahead of his band Bright Eyes‘ new album ‘Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was’, their first in almost a decade.We’re discussing a lyric from the record, specifically one that bizarrely name-checks the city of Cardiff. Having grown up in South Wales, I explain that the lyric (“If we were in Cardiff I’d just sing / But I’m stuck in Omaha obsessed with my inventions”) obviously took me aback.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHolly Humberstone is a 20-year-old British singer-songwriter whose reputation precedes her via several singles released earlier this year — which have garnered rave reviews, ranging from the New York Times to the BBC to the Lefsetz Letter — and a European tour opening for Lewis Capaldi just before the pandemic, during which she played to 12,000 people at London’s Wembley Arena.As is often the case with such seemingly wide-ranging appeal, it’s all for a good reason: Humberstone has a lovely and versatile voice and a remarkably effortless way with a melody.