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Ride have spoken to NME about their defiant new album ‘Interplay’ and shared new single ‘Peace Sign’. Check it out below along with our interview with frontman Mark Gardener and guitarist Andy Bell.The Oxford shoegazers’ first record in five years is due for release on March 29 and marks a period of triumph over adversity for the band as they battled through both COVID and a messy legal battle.

UK government called for plans for the Vegas-style Sphere venue to be created in London to be revived, after they had been scrapped by the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan.The original plans, first announced in 2018, would have seen a 21,500-capacity venue built, becoming the largest concert arena in the UK.The proposed venue had raised concerns from some of those living in the surrounding area, who highlighted the strains on local infrastructure and health risks. The London Assembly Environment Committee also warned of the unacceptable light levels that would be created by the venue – with the finished product set to have an estimated 1million LED light bulbs on its exterior.Following Khan’s intervention, the UK Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove ordered a six-week pause, to allow time for the government to re-consider the Mayor’s decision.But, Sphere Entertainment, a sister firm to MSG, said it has now written to Gove advising him of the company’s plan to withdraw its application.In a statement, the company said: “We have informed Mr.

Corona beer isn’t the only thing that has a different ring to it after the coronavirus.There’s an Irish indie-rock band called the Coronas that will also now be forever associated with COVID-19.But the trio — which drops its sixth album, “True Love Waits,” Friday — had already made a name for itself since its 2007 debut, topping the charts and playing arenas in Ireland.Here, frontman Danny O’Reilly, 35, reveals how they got their now-notorious moniker, why he didn’t mind quarantine and the story behind the Christmas Eve he spent with Bono.How did you first come up with your band name?We’re actually named after an old-school vintage typewriter called Smith Corona Deluxe. It was in this movie “Almost Famous” that we loved.