At first thought , Glastonbury may have raised an eyebrow by organising the event on the same night as Eurovision, However in Hindsight they probably pulled off a genius masterstroke as not doubt they avoided another UK television humiliation. So while many watched the live stream of Coldplay, Haim and Wolf Alice. Terrestrial Tv viewers were researching how many different languages you can say nil poi in Europe. Even Ireland didn't give us a paddle but to be fair, you cant keep defending the indefensible. I'm sure if James Newman had the choice to swap places with Chris Martin who was singing to an empty field in the pouring rain, he would have.

DJ Khaled is dropping his new album titled 'Khaled Khaled' this Friday but track lists are yet to be revealed. He wrote on Instagram "I have a gift for the world" , He added " I cant wait to share it with you. let's talk tomorrow, are you available??. He has shared the album art for the new album  "with the catch "This my name. This is my legacy. This my COVER. Time to bring MORE LIGHT."  DJ Khaled's last album was last years 'Father of Asahd' and since has teased music with Drake.

A lack of government support is been blamed for continued reservations of festival organisers to give the green light to events this summer. The financial risk involved in arranging festivals amid the uncertainty is causing headaches with insurance companies not willing to offer standard terms during the pandemic. The industry has been calling on the government to provide such insurance for events however as yet this has not been granted.   In recent weeks Download, and Boomtown have joined Glastonbury in cancelling and more will follow. Boomtown organiser Anna Wade declared "It just became very clear that it was just far too risky financially" and explained it cost around 17 Million to stage a 70,000 capacity event each year. 

The organisers of Sundays badly arranged AJ Tracey Manchester gig have been fined £10,000 for Covid safety breaches. Too many people turned up at the event which had to be cancelled at the last minute due to concerns. The rapper had already performed in Birmingham that day and was due to move on to Bristol afterwards, however the latter was cancelled upon the crowds witnessed at Manchester. Current restrictions allow only six people to meet up outside and the event brought a stark warning from Greater Manchester Police warning "Not to flout the lifting of restriction". Later that day AJ posted a twitter video apologising to fans and vowing to perform when it is safe to do so.

In her new ground breaking music video, Sia has collaborated with NASA to produce "Floating through space". The song, that also features superstar Frenchman David Guetta was originally released in February with a video featuring a skatepark, however the new video is due to be released to celebrate upcoming Ingenuity test flight on Mars and will flick between shots of NASA building and testing the Ingenuity helicopter. Pop up bubbles display information about the mission during the video. "Floating through space" appears on the soundtrack to the singers new film which has received poor reviews and prompted an apology from Sia after admitting her research was not thorough enough regarding autism.

After the recent passing of record breaking Rapper DMX, we take a look at the influence he has had that has inspired a generation of young rappers trying to emulate his mass success towards the back end of the nineties and beyond. If the rap antics of Puff Daddy and Will Smith felt like a softening approach to the Eighties trailblazers then DMX brought this back to earth with a bump scoring five number one Billboard albums and bringing Hardcore rap and creating a second wave of popularity to the US market for something with added venom. For an artist like DMX, managing to keep your music in the commercial mainstream whilst keeping your credibility is probably the single biggest balancing act one could imagine and sadly many have failed. It takes huge talent to breakthrough in the congested US rap scene but only the very special can stay at the very top level for so long.

An alternative to the main Glastonbury event has been organised and will include massive artists streamed live. Live at Worthy Farm will take place on May 22nd and the likes of Coldplay, Haim and Damon Albarn will be performing from various landmarks at the site for the event. Owners the "Eavis Family" have drafted in Paul Dugdale, who previously shot Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift's world tours for Netflix. The global event will help support Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid in addition to supporting the main festivals return in 2022. There has been recent speculation around multiple one-off events at the location this year and this is sure to be a pilot to test the success of potential future events.

Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi hosted a Spanish indie pop band 'Love of lesbian' to 5000 spectators on Saturday as part of a pilot project for the Spanish government who are weighing up if Covid 19 testing systems can prevent outbreaks from events. The usual event capacity of the venue is 17,000 but Saturdays gig was not made a socially distanced evening, all attendees were required to wear masks throughout. Ticket holders were also made to visit nominated testing centres earlier that day. More countries governments look to be organising similar trial events including in Berlin and Liverpool venues. The events research programme is set to launch in April in the UK with various trial events at venues that usually attract crowd gatherings including nightclubs, stadiums and theatres.