12 h. 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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7 d. ago ‘Men run away from vulnerability’: The Weeknd on blinding success, panic attacks and why The Idol was ‘half

Abel Tesfaye is arguably the world’s biggest pop star – so why is he thinking of wrapping up the Weeknd? As he releases soul-baring film Hurry Up Tomorrow, he charts his path through drugs, heartbreak and abandonmentWalking out to perform in front of 80,000 people and finding that your voice has gone: it’s the type of stress dream you have the night before a big work presentation. But for Abel Tesfaye, AKA the Weeknd, it happened for real at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in 2022. “I ran backstage to find my vocal coach: I can’t sing, it’s not coming out,” he says. “And what I found out later on is that I was having a panic attack. It wasn’t a physical injury. It was more up here” – he gestures to his head – “than it was here” – his throat.The concert, which had to be called off and rescheduled, was the final night of a US stadium tour happening while Tesfaye was also wrapping up his painfully gestated – and eventually widely lampooned – TV series The Idol, which he starred in, co-wrote ...

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1 week ago Eurovision's biggest UK flops including very famous pop star with 4 number ones

The UK has had mixed fortunes at the Eurovision Song Contest over the years - with some famous faces trying (and failing) to represent us at the iconic music competition

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1 week ago Katy Perry fans spot new embarrassing detail on her doomed Lifetimes Tour

Eagle-eyed fans noticed yet another sign that the 40-year-old pop star's Lifetimes Tour might not have the biggest budget considering how she flapped the mechanical wings on her butterfly

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2 w. ago Two arrested over bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio attended by millions

Two people have been arrested in connection to an alleged planned attack on Brazil’s LGBTQ community at the singer’s Sunday concert, police sayTwo people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, in what authorities believe was an attempt to target Brazil’s LGBTQ community.The Rio event on Saturday was the biggest show of the pop star’s career. It attracted an estimated 2.1 million fans to Copacabana beach and had crowds screaming and dancing along. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: Lady Gaga rocks Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 2 million fans

Lady Gaga performed a free concert on Copacabana Beach on Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. The show was the biggest of the pop star’s career, as it was for Madonna who also turned the expansive stretch of sand into a massive dance floor last year.

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