19 h. ago Kanye West's most sinister acts and vile rants as Bianca Censori dumps him

Kanye West has split from his second wife Bianca Censori after two years of marriage as he claims in new song lyrics that the model tried to have him 'committed' over his gross rants

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24 h. ago Kanye West splits from wife Bianca Censori as he claims she tried to have him 'committed'

Kanye West has revealed he has split from his wife Bianca Censori, after two years of marriage as he claims in new song lyrics she tried to have him 'committed' over his rants

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65 h. ago Karaoke: Abba's Dancing Queen has the song lyrics Brits are most likely to mishear

Dancing Queen, the iconic song by pop group ABBA, has topped the charts as the song Brits are most commonly singing wrong without knowing, according to new national research.

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8 d. ago Classic Spice Girls song is now censored by radio stations over offensive lyrics

Their song Spice Up Your Life features a lyric which is unthinkable in 2025 and would see them likely cancelled if they were to release the song today.

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1 week ago The song's gone wrong! Abba hit is named the tune Brits get the lyrics wrong most often... so how many of these are YOU guilty of?

The party favourite is supposedly the song that confuses Britons the most, with many bellowing 'dancing queen, feel the beat from the tangerine', according to a poll.

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2 w. ago Graham Coxon: ‘I saw Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer doing Parklife. It’s flipping bizarre’

The singer-songwriter and Blur guitarist belts out Elton and karaoke and is a recent Abba convert, but which song does he think would make people hurl at his funeral?The first song I fell in love withMy dad used to have Beatles evenings that he referred to as Abbey Road Nights. I was only two or three, so I couldn’t read but I could use the record player. Sometimes when I wanted Strawberry Fields Forever, I’d get Turn! Turn! Turn! by Mary Hopkin and wonder why it didn’t sound like the Beatles.The first single I boughtRoxanne by the Police, from Lion Records in Colchester. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kant canned: Maltese singer rewrites Eurovision entry after C

Miriana Conte retitles song and removes reference to kant after complaint about similarity to swearwordA Eurovision contestant has reworked her song after a word in the lyrics sounded like an English swearword.Miriana Conte’s song was originally titled Kant, the Maltese word for singing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Eurovision Song Contest entrant adds BBC presenter's voice to track after controversy

A Eurovision Song Contest entrant has used the voice of BBC economics editor Faisal Islam on her track, after being forced to redo her song due to a word in the lyrics and title sounding similar to a British swear word.

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2 w. ago Eurovision entrant uses BBC presenter’s voice after having to redo song

There was controversy over Maltese entrant Miriana Conte as her lyrics and song title appeared to be similar to a British swear word.

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2 w. ago Finnish Eurovision singer reveals bizarre request organisers have made after her performance of 'I'm Coming' was deemed too sexy

Erika Vikman, 32, won Finland's national selection in February with her song I'm Coming, a pop track featuring cheeky lyrics, provocative choreography, and a skin-baring outfit.

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3 w. ago Greatest misheard lyrics from 'scuse me while I kiss this guy' to 'cool whip in my hair'

We've probably all sung the wrong lyrics to a song at some point, with some hilarious misinterpretations of some of the greatest tunes of all times – but what are they really saying?

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3 w. ago UK reggae pioneers Steel Pulse: ‘We told punk fans – you can pogo, but please don’t spit at us’

They won a Grammy, risked being shot in the US and were adored by Bob Marley. As they go on tour, the band look back on half a century of being a voice for the voicelessIn the late 1970s, whenever young Birmingham reggae band Steel Pulse performed their song Ku Klux Klan, the group’s vocalists would theatrically wear white KKK hoods onstage to illustrate the song’s lyrics, which excoriated the Klan’s violence, racism and cowardice. British audiences loved it and understood the power of a black band making such a striking visual statement, but in America it was different.“American audiences were sort of dumbstruck and flabbergasted,” says lead singer David Hinds, now 68, remembering their first US visit, in 1981. “They told us they didn’t even know there were black people in England, let alone would do a song like Ku Klux Klan. In Boston a white guy jumped out of the audience and started a struggle onstage. In the end the police came and dragged him off. Our elderly African American ...

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3 w. ago Malta accuses BBC of 'discrimination' as its forced to change lyric of its Eurovision song after broadcaster complained about its similarity to vulgar English word

Malta will change the lyrics of its Eurovision entry lyrics to remove the word Kant, which means singing in Maltese, after the BBC complained because of its similarity to a vulgar word.

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3 w. ago Eurovision Malta act changes song's lyrics after controversial ban by contest

It's not the first time Eurovision officials have been forced to step in and it may not be the end of the issue with the song deemed just close to a rather offensive word

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4 w. ago No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C

Singer Miriana Conte told to change title and lyrics owing to suggestive play on Maltese word for ‘singing’ Malta’s contestant at this year’s Eurovision contest will have to change the title and lyrics of her song owing to the phonetic resemblance between the Maltese word for “singing” and the C-word, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has ruled.Miriana Conte, 23, will represent Malta at the five-day music event in Basel, Switzerland, on 13 to 17 May after winning the Maltese song contest last month with her song Kant. Continue reading...

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