45 h. ago Rita Ora releases new single Heat with music video shot on Miami beach

The 34-year-old released the track ahead of a performance at World Pride Music Festival in Washington DC.

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3 d. ago Kylie Minogue breaks down in tears onstage as she makes history at London's O2 arena

Kylie Minogue broke down in tears onstage during her concert at the O2 arena tonight, as the singer celebrated a huge milestone in music

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4 d. ago Huge UK singer 'set for new Netflix film after battle with demons saw shock exit from the music industry' as rumours stir about a 2025 comeback

The singing sensation is reportedly in talks with the streaming giant's executives to review his options for a new project.

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5 d. ago James Lowe, singer of psychedelic rock trailblazers the Electric Prunes, dies age 82

The band’s early single I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) was their biggest hit, featuring on the compilation Nuggets, and has influenced generations of musiciansJames Lowe, the singer of psychedelic rock band the Electric Prunes, has died aged 82. His family said in a statement that he died of natural causes.“Dad leaves behind a legacy of sound, love and boundless creativity,” they said on Facebook. “At the centre of it all was our amazing mom, Pamela – his guiding star, enduring muse and wife of 62 years. We know how deeply he cherished this community, and we feel that love too.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pulp: More review – anthems and rage for the next life stage

(Rough Trade)Jarvis Cocker and the band’s first album in 24 years delivers a refreshing take on middle age, with all the the skewed observation and joyful melodic flourishes of oldTime has been particularly kind to Pulp. As Jarvis Cocker points out on Spike Island, the lead single from their first album in 24 years, their 2002 split went largely unlamented: they had already succeeded in considerably reducing the size of their audience with 1998’s claustrophobic album This Is Hardcore and 2001’s Scott Walker-produced We Love Life. An ostensibly valedictory greatest hits album spent a single week in the lower reaches of the Top 75. And the year after their demise, John Harris’s Britpop history The Last Party noted tartly that Pulp’s music had “rather dated”. “The universe shrugged, then moved on,” sings Cocker, which is a perhaps more poetic reiteration of what he said at the time: the greatest hits album was “a real silent fart” and “nobody was that arsed, evidently”.But subsequent y...

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5 d. ago It’s showtime in Andalucía! How I found my voice on a musical theatre retreat

With tuition from West End pros, this week-long singing break in southern Spain hits all the right notes‘Do you prefer alto or soprano?” asks Steve Moss, poised at his electric piano. My mind goes blank. I’m usually more of a pinot grigio girl, but that’s not the answer the former musical director of Les Misérables is looking for. Although I struggle to carry a tune in a bucket, I’m an enthusiastic karaoke singer, a big musical theatre fan and a shameless show-off, so Sing the Greatest Showman, a residential singing retreat in Spain, is right up my street.Founded by Zane Rambaran, a veteran concert promoter with his roots in musical theatre, Sing Eat Retreat offers a choice of breaks here throughout the year (from Sing Les Mis to Sing Mamma Mia), with 30  hours of tuition by West End professionals. (In October, Sing The Sound of Music will be held in Salzburg too, with guests recording tracks in a studio and performing in the actual movie locations. I’ve already packe...

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6 d. ago From DJing and folk to songwriting and salsa: 10 of the best music and singing holidays

Combine beautiful locations with musical creativity on these perfectly pitched learning breaks from Somerset to MarrakechThe Kora Workshop is a small UK company that makes beautiful, high quality koras (a type of West African harp) and teaches people how to play them. UK festivalgoers may have bumped into its staff at Womad or Tribal Earth, but it also offers week-long immersion workshops in the Aveyron in southern France. They include seven days of tuition (both individual and group sessions), as well as shared accommodation and the loan of a kora. The first week got booked up quickly, so move fast if you’re interested. 14-21 Sept, £510, thekoraworkshop.co.uk Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 'Omg not near Piccadilly Gardens': Haim fans left stunned at band's move

It's bewildered Haim fans who have said they are 'besides myself' over the revelation for the band's new single

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1 week ago Who is Arijit Singh? Bollywood superstar set to make history headlining UK stadium show

Singer to perform at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September this year

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1 week ago Shaboozey goes viral for reaction to Megan Moroney claim about who ‘invented’ country music

Singer gave his American Music Awards co-presenter the side eye before laughing and continuing to read from the teleprompter

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1 week ago Machine Gun Kelly leaves fans completely divided with new release dubbed 'one of the worst songs ever'

The 35-year-old singer, real name Colson Baker, dropped the song and accompanying music video on May 23 leaving his fans immediately split on whether they like it or not.

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1 week ago Ed Sheeran plays surprise set at BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend before headlining Glastonbury

The singer performed on the New Music Stage at the event in Sefton Park on Saturday afternoon with a set that included hit songs Perfect, The A Team and Shape Of You

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2 w. ago Richard Ashcroft's spats and controversies – from Mick Jagger lawsuit to Soccer AM drama

Richard Ashcroft is back with a new single after a seven year hiatus of making music. He's set to headline a festival this weekend before his supporting set to Oasis - let's take a trip down memory lane

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2 w. ago Over seven million Brits think they're better singers than the world's biggest pop stars

A poll of 2,000 adults found 14% believe they sound better than some of today's top performers - including Justin Bieber, Madonna - and Adele

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2 w. ago Son, 21, of legendary singers follows in his parents' footsteps as he puts on a music event

The singer, 21, is the spitting image of his famous parents, who dated briefly in 2003, amid a string of high-profile relationships for the pair. Can you guess who it is?

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2 w. ago Son, 21, of legendary singers follows in his parents' footsteps as he puts on an music event

The singer, 21, is the spitting image of his famous parents, who dated briefly in 2003, amid a string of high-profile relationships for the pair. Can you guess who it is?

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2 w. ago Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me review – collecting songs on horseback, this Scottish musician is alive with ideas

(Upset the Rhythm)With folk songs gathered from a gallop across Argyll, Josie Vallely’s album is a resonant tribute to her ancestral landTravellers’ songs sung in Scots are the focus of Josie Vallely, a gutsy, Glasgow-based artist performing as Quinie (pronounced “q-why-nee”; “young woman” in the Doric dialect), whose third album acknowledges ancestors watching over her. It includes traditional singers Lizzie Higgins, Jeannie Robertson and Sheila Stewart, whose rawness drones, speaks and soars over these 11 varied tracks, mixing tunes from fiddles, Gaelic sean-nós singing, and canntaireachd (the vocal mimicry of pipe music).Quinie collected these songs from people using a method that fits the album’s strange, rustic mood: she rode her horse, Maisie, across Argyll (“you pay attention to all your senses, have different conversations with people and connect to older ways of doing things,” she writes in the liner notes of this journey; she’s also made a 15-minute film). On Auld Horse, h...

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2 w. ago Olly Murs cancels Glasgow OVO Hydro concert after 20 minutes amid health fears

Music fans have been left bitterly disappointed after the singer wrapped up his Glasgow gig way ahead of schedule

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2 w. ago Jasmine.4.t on Tour: Here are 11 pictures of the singer's Glasgow King Tut's gig

The hotly-tipped singer was in Scotland for a show.

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2 w. ago Susan Boyle returns to the recording studio for first time in six years as she gears up for music comeback after stroke left her struggling to sing

The singer, 64, took to Instagram on Tuesday and revealed she is making new music after suffering a series of health issues.

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