9 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: By the time she reached the lectern, Dame Andrea

On a day of dizzying politics, nothing quite topped Dame Andrea Jenkyns's arrival on stage at Reform's party conference.

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12 h. ago Andrea Jenkyns belts out own song in bizarre Reform conference entrance

Dame Andrea Jenkyns walked onstage at the Reform UK conference, belting out a song entitled "Insomniac" that she said she wrote.

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12 h. ago Moment Dame Andrea Jenkyns makes rock star entrance to Reform UK conference in a blue sparkly jumpsuit singing 'I'm an insomniac' song she co

Wearing a sparkly blue jumpsuit, the Reform UK Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire belted out 'I'm an insomniac' to a sell-out crowd at the party's rally in Birmingham today.

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12 h. ago Cringe moment Reform UK mayor Andrea Jenkyns breaks into song in full sequin outfit

Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns - who branded herself 'a bit of a rebel' - then entered the stage in a fully sequinned blue jumpsuit singing about 'insomniacs'

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40 h. ago New Man Utd goalkeeper sends defiant transfer message and makes vow to Ruben Amorim

Man Utd signed goalkeeper Senne Lammens on deadline day for £18.2million, with the Belgium Under-21 star vowing to be "a rock behind the defece" for Ruben Amorim's side ahead of his debut for the Red Devils

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4 d. ago Kelsey Bateman dead: Rock of Love star, 39, dies 'unexpectedly'

American star Kelsey Bateman, who appeared on Rock of Love, has died at the age of 39, it has been announced, as tributes poured in on social media

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5 d. ago Broken English review – Marianne Faithfull’s last glow, as she recounts past lives

Venice film festivalThe charismatic Faithfull is quizzed by a fictional ministry fronted by Tilda Swinton about a confounding career, from 60s It girl to art scene doyenneMarianne Faithfull led different lives and was cast in various roles. Some roles she chose and wrote herself; others were forced upon her, like an ugly hat or an ill-fitting suit. She was the convent girl and the teenage bride, the 60s It girl and the rock star’s girlfriend. She was the pop singer, the folk singer, the tragic addict and the indomitable survivor. Broken English, a flawed but ardent new documentary from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, effectively arranges all of these incarnations like museum exhibits and invites its subject to review each one in turn – and then smash the glass to set them free.Faithfull broke the mould, and so it is fitting that the film of her life should do the same, except that Forsyth and Pollard’s main conceit feels jerry-rigged and overdramatised to the point where it risks obs...

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1 week ago Huge rock star dodges death as tour bus explodes into flames while they're asleep

Australian rock star, Sam Wellings, aka Kim Dracula, had a very close call when their tour bus burst into flames in Texas, forcing the singer to cancel two of their shows

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2 w. ago Rock star dies aged 56 just days after final album as band say 'our hearts are broken'

The Coda frontman was diagnosed with cancer a year ago and had written and recorded his final record during the last months of his life, and now his band have confirmed his passing

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2 w. ago Jack White hits back at Trump after White House brands rock star a ‘has

Musician was met with a scathing statement from the White House communications director after he criticised the US president’s Oval Office decoration

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2 w. ago Reform UK mayor Luke Campbell under fire over £1m community fund website

A Lib Dem councillor has accused Hull and East Yorkshire mayor Luke Campbell of setting up a site for a £1 million fund promoted by Reform UK

Economics

2 w. ago ‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trashy classic Deathstalker

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trash classic Deathstalker

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rock 'n' roll Star readers as Oasis glued to our paper for coverage of comeback tour

The band’s new drummer Joey Waronker proved they are fans of the nation’s finest read by posting the Daily Star's coverage of the group’s latest gigs on his social media.

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2 w. ago 'Rock star boyfriend treats me like a groupie for bondage, blindfolds and role play'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who realises she's just one in a long line of disposable lovers

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2 w. ago Celtic Champions League trek doesn't have to be an issue as former Aberdeen hitman reveals rock star luxury ride

Aberdeen made the same trip to face Kairat Almaty a decade ago - and Adam Rooney remembers the first class transport that came with more than a whiff of showbiz.

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3 w. ago Truck Festival 2025 review: A raging indie rock party you don't want to miss

REVIEW: Truck Festival 2025 saw Bloc Party, Nothing But Thieves, Kasabian and Courteeners rule the roost at Hill Farm in Oxfordshire and Daily Star's Sam Huntley was in rock heaven

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3 w. ago Trump says he will host Kennedy Center awards and rejected liberal artists

President, set to honor Sylvester Stallone and Kiss, says he was ‘98%’ involved in selections and ‘turned down plenty’Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will host the Kennedy Center honors this year and said he had been heavily involved in choosing who to nominate, rejecting people he thought were too liberal.The US president named actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, country music star George Strait and actor and singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center honors nominees since he took over as the Washington-based arts center’s chairman upon returning to the White House this year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Demi Lovato says Jonas Brothers reunion for Camp Rock songs was ‘healing’

Pop star was reunited with her ‘Camp Rock’ bandmates in a surprise appearance in New Jersey

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3 w. ago Small boats migrants from Muslim countries pose sexual assault risk – Reform UK

The party’s only female MP claims a quarter of sexual assault convictions last year were committed by foreign nationals.

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