77 m. ago Decline of nightclubs feeding demand for festivals – event organiser

James Ralls, founder of the Victorious Festival, says regional events are booming.

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6 h. ago Tina Turner fans warned by bosses that legend 'won't be in musical' for one major reason

Bosses at the production are worried that people will book tickets and expect to see the star in the show — even though she has been dead for almost three years

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8 h. ago ‘The fighter still remains’: Paul Simon kicks off comeback tour in New Orleans

The 83-year-old played his first date of an intimate 20-city tour after quitting live performances back in 2018Paul Simon largely avoided mention of the health problems that had kept him off the road for the previous seven years when the storied singer-songwriter kicked off his return – and evident farewell – tour in New Orleans on Friday.Yet, having strummed and crooned his way through some of his catalogue’s more discreet entries, and having reached a part where he treated the audience to a closing salvo of three of his mega hits, Simon made apparent reference to those issues by letting some lyrics from The Boxer hang in the air. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago You Me At Six frontman left without ‘words’ after band’s final gig

The band, from Surrey, formed in the mid-2000s and played their last tour throughout 2024 and 2025.

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11 h. ago Mariah Carey leaves fans in hysterics after embarrassing son with surprise appearance

‘Y’all need to get out now,’ singer’s teenager told her

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11 h. ago Nick Rockett holds off I Am Maximus to win thrilling 2025 Grand National – live reaction

Willie Mullins-trained horse ridden to victory by sonTom Jenkins’s best pictures from AintreeAnd send Simon an email with your thoughtsWilliam Hill Handicap Hurdle (1.20pm)And they’re off Jipcot, always held up in the past, is up there in the very early stages Building Bridges has taken over the lead Dartan and Timmy Tuesday are also prominent Act Of Authority and Double Powerful are at the back no fallers with a circuit to go and not much change in the running order for now but Bill Joyce has gone at the first hurdle in the back straight he’s up and going on riderless Building Bridges has kicked clear with Dartan who is under pressure Timmy Tuesday comes with a challenge Deep Cave comes late and gets there close home.I love that ITV still open up their National day coverage (as the Beeb used to) with the theme music from the 1984 film Champions based on the victory of Bob Champion and Aldaniti in 1981. I still haven’t seen the movie but I found it for a quid last year on DVD. Conti...

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12 h. ago Various: Chet Baker Re:imagined review – new reworkings by R&B, pop, soul and jazz artists

(Blue Note)There are hits and misses as 15 performers including Dodie, Mxmtoon and Ezra Collective’s Ife Ogunjobi give their personal take on Baker’s unique soundPossessing a whisper-soft voice and sweetly melodic trumpet tone, Chet Baker (1929-1988) had a sound that is often imitated yet almost impossible to master. For the latest edition of Blue Note’s Re:imagined series, in which the jazz label invites artists to produce cover versions of its back catalogue, 15 R&B, pop, soul and jazz artists have been given the unenviable task of interpreting Baker’s repertoire – with often surprising results.The trumpeter-vocalist’s supple take on jazz standards is well reflected in singer Dodie’s delicate version of Old Devil Moon as she emphasises the original’s swaying Latin percussion. British singer-songwriter Matt Maltese’s My Funny Valentine adds a beautifully elegiac guitar line to the well-worn melody. Other approaches work less well, with US singer Mxmtoon’s clean vocal tone overp...

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13 h. ago ‘It’s distressing’: Elton John speaks of pain of losing his eyesight

Artist says severe eye infection last year has left him unable to read, see TV or watch his sons playing sportsElton John has spoken of his distress at losing his eyesight and how he can no longer watch his young sons playing.John revealed in a social media post last year that a “severe eye infection” had left him “with only limited vision in one eye”. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political

Village Underground, LondonThe laser-focused spoken-word performer returns to the musical stage with new tracks focusing on their identity, but wider concerns are never far away“This has been a performance piece about how technology is going to be the death of us all,” jokes rapper, poet, author and playwright Kae Tempest as a keyboard player and a technician wrestle with malfunctioning equipment. We’re just two tracks in; Tempest assures us that if the electronics are not back up soon, they’ll do the whole show a cappella.They could, too. The teenage Tempest cut their teeth battle-rapping in south London, turning to slam poetry when more direct avenues into hip-hop refused to open easily to a young, blond slip of a thing. You suspect they have never wasted the opportunity when handed a mic. Given Tempest’s extended output over more than a decade of albums, works of fiction, poems, plays and nonfiction, with prizes and accolades for many of them – you can’t imagine them ever being a...

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14 h. ago Tom Ravenscroft: ‘I always wanted a shell suit, but my mum wouldn’t let me have one’

The radio DJ talks about missing grungy old music festivals, doing all the cleaning at home, and being brought up without ambition by his dad, John PeelMusic was playing before I was even born. I was born into the sound. My dad [radio presenter John Peel] used to make these mixtapes. We had three TDK 90s and we would drive around France in our battered, crappy Peugeot 505 estate, travelling the world musically through these cassettes.As teenagers we used to get called crusties – we had long hair. It was that grunge era, early 90s. And then rave culture started and me and my friends got really into hardcore and jungle, and we got called ravers, but as an insult. I look back at that with great pride. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Music fans stumped after discovering what Thin Lizzy's band name actually means

Thin Lizzy was a band which needs no introduction, but it turns out there's something pretty surprising about the group's name that some fans might not know

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14 h. ago FKA Twigs drops out of Coachella and reschedules more dates due to ‘visa issues’

Last month, she blamed an error in the visa paperwork for issues.

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15 h. ago Elton John uttered nine chilling words to loved ones before suicide attempt

Music legend Elton John has opened up about his mental health battle and past struggles with drugs, and recently got candid about his heartbreaking suicide attempt

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16 h. ago Amadou Bagayoko dead: Amadou & Mariam musician dies after long illness

Amadou & Mariam star Amadou Bagayoko has died aged 70 following a long illness as the Grammy-nominated musician was rushed to hospital on Friday

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16 h. ago BRIT Award winning 90s pop star unrecognisable as she swaps showbiz for flipping burgers

She was in one of the biggest girlbands of the 1990s - but now she's turned 50, this singer has revealed she's made a very different career move away from the music industry

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17 h. ago Elton John says he has 'not been able to see anything' since last July

The musician has opened up in a candid interview saying his sight loss is 'distressing and emotional'

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17 h. ago Watch Ed Sheeran surprise commuters with impromptu set at King’s Cross station

Sheeran treated commuters to an impromptu performance in King’s Cross

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18 h. ago Mark Bonnar: ‘I wanted to be a historian, then a drummer, and then I just wanted to be employed’ | Q&A

The actor on how an aside about sex became big news, getting let off for weed, and crying at advertsBorn in Edinburgh, Mark Bonnar, 56, studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2017, he won a best actor Bafta Scotland for his role in Unforgotten, and his other TV work spans Line of Duty, Catastrophe and the Netflix series Department Q, which is released in May. His films include Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, Operation Mincemeat and Last Breath, which is out now. He is married to actor Lucy Gaskell, has two children and lives in Hertfordshire.What is your greatest fear? That we’re all going to hell in a handcart and Trump is driving. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago FKA twigs sparks outrage among fans after cancelling more shows due to ‘visa issues’

‘You don’t need a visa to perform here,’ a ticket holder in Mexico pointed out

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20 h. ago Onlookers say they ‘struck gold’ after seeing Ed Sheeran perform at King’s Cross

The singer performed outside the London station to promote his new single Azizam.

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