1 hour ago Billie Eilish violently dragged into barricade by audience member during Miami show

Miami Police say the person involved was ‘ejected’ from the venue

Events

1 hour ago Taylor Swift smashes chart records and closes in on The Beatles

The Life Of A Showgirl scores the biggest first week sales of the year in the UK and lands Taylor Swift her 14th chart topper. She is just one behind The Beatles in terms of No1 albums. She has also sold more vinyl than any other artist this century.

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1 hour ago Taylor Swift breaks UK chart records with album The Life Of A Showgirl

Swift’s album debuts at number one, with her tracks in the top three of the singles chart.

Culture

2 h. ago John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedeliaMoody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82The moment everything changed for John Lodge and his bandmates in the Moody Blues came one night at the Fiesta club in Stockton. Lodge and Justin Hayward were new to the band, Lodge playing bass and Hayward guitar, who had been booked into a well-paid series of cabaret shows in northern England. The Moodies were playing a revue-style show, with bits of R&B punctuated by comedy numbers, dressed in blue suits. They’d had a big hit a couple of years earlier with Go Now, but by 1966 they looked and sounded passé.After the show, Hayward told me a few years ago, a man came to the dressing room to see the band. “Normally they would say something like, ‘Oh, you’re great.’ But he said, ‘I just thought I’d tell you, you’re the worst fucking band I’ve seen in my life. You’re rubbish. And somebody’s got to tell you.’” Hayward and sing...

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2 h. ago ‘We were the original punks’: the rebel women revitalising local music scenes

A thriving movement is reclaiming the genre and bringing more diverse audiences to live venuesAsk Cathy Loughead the most punk thing she’s ever done, and she doesn’t miss a beat: “I went on stage with my neck broken in two places. I couldn’t bounce around, so I blinged the brace up instead. That was a great gig.”Loughead is part of a growing movement of women redefining punk. When Riot Women, Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama spotlighting female punk, airs this Sunday, it will reflect a scene that’s already thriving far beyond television. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Priscilla Presley accused of hiding $25 million worth of jewelry from IRS in lawsuit

Ex-wife of Elvis Presley has been locked in a bitter legal battle with her former business partners

Economics

2 h. ago The Guide #212: The Taylor Swift backlash has me asking: how much good music can one artist really produce?

In this week’s newsletter: The mixed response to The Life of a Showgirl is proof that even the biggest star isn’t immune to creative burnoutAmid the flood of discourse around Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, one recurring sentiment jumped out: that the album – which many critics have declared a misstep in Swift’s otherwise consistently solid discography – felt hurried, hasty, rushed. “The Life of a Showgirl Is 40 Minutes of Elevator Music Rushed Out to Break a Beatles Record”, read the particularly savage headline of a piece on Collider. In the Guardian music desk’s excellent round table on the album, just about every panellist expressed a wish that Swift would take a break from the constant churn of releasing records, in order to recapture a lost spark.And it has been quite the churn. Since 2019 Swift has on average released an album a year, and that’s not counting the Taylor’s Version re-records of her older albums. All of this managed alongside a certain billion-dollar-gros...

Culture

2 h. ago Brandi Carlile: 'I always wanted Elton John to tell me I was good'

American superstar Brandi Carlile on growing up poor, working with her idols and why she swallowed her disdain for wellness to try a spot of self-reflection

Politics

3 h. ago MIT president says she 'cannot support' proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding

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3 h. ago Singer Neil Young removes music from Amazon in bid to 'save America'

Heart of Gold singer Neil Young shared a lengthy statement on his blog, in which he explained why his music isn't available to stream on Amazon Music any longer

Politics

4 h. ago The Weeknd confirms single Manchester date as seven new shows announced

The Weeknd fans can buy tickets to the new show in a matter of days

Politics

4 h. ago Duran Duran Manchester tickets and how to attend huge Halloween show

Duran Duran will be performing two monumental gigs in the UK this month, and tickets are still out now.

Sport

4 h. ago Gwen Stefani to reunite with No Doubt at the Sphere for Las Vegas residency

Six-date residency is scheduled to kick off in May 2026

Politics

4 h. ago Famous TV, music and sport stars at Ricky Hatton's funeral as tributes paid to boxing icon

Ricky Hatton is being laid to rest following a huge funeral procession through the streets of his beloved Manchester and a number of famous faces were there to pay their respects

Sport

4 h. ago Emmerdale icon announces music album in huge career move away from soap

The Emmerdale legend has unveiled a secret talent after starring in the ITV soap for over two decades.

Culture

4 h. ago Sir Geoff Palmer’s ‘extraordinary life’ hailed at memorial celebration

He was a former chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and was Scotland’s first black professor,

Politics

5 h. ago Dolly Parton’s health scare was an online spectacle we need to learn from

This week, the country music icon had to issue a video to alleviate concerns over her health, after a Facebook post by her sister had many fans fearing the worst. The whole incident shows how social media has eroded all notions of privacy and restraint when it comes to the famous, writes Mark Beaumont

Politics

5 h. ago McCann 'stalker' appeared at village vigil claiming to be missing Maddie

Janet Kennedy, who is Kate McCann's aunt, told Leicester Crown Court she 'could not accept' that Julia Wandelt, 24, was her missing great-niece.

Events

6 h. ago All the London universities that feature in a new highly respected ranking of the best in the world

All the London universities that feature in a new highly respected ranking of the best in the world  Time Out Worldwide

Politics

6 h. ago Dolly Parton’s health scare was an online spectacle that we need to learn from

This week, the country music icon had to issue a video alleviating concerns over her health, after a Facebook post by Parton’s sister had many fans fearing the worst. The whole incident shows how social media has eroded all notions of privacy and restraint when it comes to the famous, writes Mark Beaumont

Politics