2 h. ago Coldplay and Dua Lipa behind calls to combat 'exploitative' online ticket touts

Radiohead, New Order, Mark Knopfler, Iron Maiden and PJ Harvey and this year’s Mercury Prize winner Sam Fender are also backing a campaign to cap the resale price of tickets

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2 h. ago Biggest names in music press Government over ticket resale price cap

Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Radiohead are among the artists who have signed a statement calling for a cap to ‘restore faith in the ticketing system’.

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2 h. ago Coldplay and Dua Lipa back calls for Keir Starmer to crack down on ticket touts

A host of big name artists including Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Radiohead and Sam Fender have joined a campaign, calling on Keir Starmer to take action to protect music fans from the secondary ticketing market

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10 h. ago '90s legend Clint Boon wants to share stage with Oasis in 'world tour' plea

Inspiral Carpets are hoping to support Oasis, years on from Noel Gallagher being their roadie

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15 h. ago ‘We got hate mail after the Proms!’ The towering visions of UK jazz legend Mike Westbrook

Having worked alongside everyone from Laurence Olivier to a French circus, the 89-year-old is still composing, learning church bells, and using AI to resurrect a lost epicMike Westbrook is reflecting on his 89-year life from his cottage by the sea in Devon. Sitting with him in his cosy, book-lined sitting room under a signed picture of Duke Ellington, and next to his Broadwood grand piano, the experience is calm and peaceful.His version of jazz is anything but. For more than six decades, Westbrook has been composing vast, cinematic works. He was the first jazz artist to play at the BBC Proms, created theatre alongside Laurence Olivier, and in the 1970s merged his entire ensemble with the avant-rock band Henry Cow to form the groundbreaking Orckestra. The result is music full of brass fanfares, unusual time signatures, poetry, free improvisation, and genre-bending jazz that invites the listener into a continental circus full of elephants, acrobats, and clowns. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Massive sum Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Charli XCX helped to add to UK economy last year revealed

DUA Lipa helped music boost the UK economy to the tune of £8billion last year.  The singer — whose hits include New Rules and Levitating — was one of the industry’s biggest money-makers as its contribution to the country’s coffers leapt by five per cent.  She saw album Radical Optimism debut at No1 in the...

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51 h. ago Kiss rock music legend Ace Frehley's cause of death revealed

KISS co-founder Ace Frehley's cause of death has been revealed, almost a month after the music legend died after suffering a bad fall at home - he was 74-years-old

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52 h. ago BREAKING: Kiss rock music legend Ace Frehley's cause of death revealed

Ace Frehley's cause of death has been revealed, almost a month after the music legend, who was best known for his time in KISS, died after suffering a fall at home

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54 h. ago Dua Lipa commits 'football's ultimate sin' after stealing the show from the crowd

Dua Lipa was the star of the show on Sunday evening as she watched Argentina's Superclasico from the stands - but fans are adamant she committed 'football's ultimate sin'

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8 d. ago Australia's Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize for her 'addictive' diaries

Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer, has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction

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8 d. ago Olympics legend Dame Denise Lewis confirms she's split from music mogul husband after 17

Dame Denise Lewis has confirmed she has split from her music mogul husband Steve Finan, following their 17-year marriage.

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9 d. ago David Bowie was 'so out of it' he became convinced that Satan lived in his swimming pool

Music legend David Bowie made the crazy claim to director Cameron Crowe, who visited the Heroes singer's home in Beverley Hills in LA in the 1970s when he was a music writer

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1 week ago Ed Sheeran lookalike is so convincing his daughter thinks he is a music legend

Ty Jones has been compared to the 'Shape of You' performer for years but it's now gotten to the point where Ty's three-year-old daughter confuses the pair

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1 week ago Brit music legend eyes up This Morning role as star hints at huge career U

EXCLUSIVE: UK garage icon DJ Spoony spoke exclusively with Daily Star about his future career plans and hinted he's hoping to bag a very lucrative TV gig

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1 week ago Morrissey cancels more concerts just weeks after shock death threat

Music legend Morrissey has had to cancel two concert performances after suffering from 'extreme exhaustion' just weeks after The Smiths' frontman was faced with a death threat

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1 week ago The UK's 13 richest musicians under 30 in 2025, including Dua Lipa, Dave and Yungblud

Who are the 13 richest UK musicians under the age of 30, and how did they amass their fortunes?

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1 week ago Jude Bellingham stars alongside Dua Lipa's fiance Callum Turner in new Louis Vuitton collection inspired by Pharrell Williams

The brand revealed its Men's Spring Summer 2026 pre-collection this week, with the set inspired by singer Pharrell Williams. Bellingham and Turner are seen in country gardens.

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2 w. ago Dua Lipa appears on Thank God For Immigrants billboard in London

It was put up by a campaign group behind a similar board in Liverpool which features Queen’s Freddie Mercury

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2 w. ago Argentinian experimental music legend Juana Molina: ‘One of the things I hate most in life is to be solemn’

She was one of her country’s most famous comedians. After throwing it in to pursue her musical dream, she minted a spooky, singular sound that made fans of David Byrne and Feist. At 64, her irreverence remains intactJuana Molina answers our video call from a hospital bed, reclining in a green T-shirt with two cannulas in her hand. She has done her back in while also playing Whack-a-Mole with hernias, two last year, and two new ones now. “Do you know those toys, made of little pieces of wood, and you press the bottom and it goes” – she makes herself floppy, mimicking a push puppet – “that’s exactly how I was yesterday.” But now, says the 64-year-old Argentinian musician, “I have so many painkillers, that I ” She wobbles her eyelids, gurns and gives me two thumbs up.For the avoidance of doubt, Molina seems entirely with it, and insists we continue when I offer to reschedule. She is ultra precise on the technical odyssey she undertook to make her new record, and also extremely funny co...

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2 w. ago Pop superstar Dua Lipa tops the Heat Rich List as Bridget Jones hunk Leo Woodall and actress Anya Taylor

Pop superstar Dua Lipa topped the Heat Rich List 2025 on Tuesday - as the UK and Ireland's 30 wealthiest under 30 celebrities were named.

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