13 h. ago My Festival: Nicola Meighan – ‘I love asking questions, but I’m absolutely lost for answers’

The BBC broadcaster on bringing a live version of her podcast A Kick Up The Arts to the Fringe, together with special guests from across the world of Scottish music, TV, film and more

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4 d. ago The town where ANY older woman can find a hunky lover young enough to be her grandchild... making it an expat magnet. SABRINA MILLER reveals the very uncomfortable truth

As noughties pop music pulsates over the speakers, a muscular man in his 20s wearing a tight T-shirt and shorts clambers on top of 66-year-old Linda and starts to perform a lap dance.

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6 d. ago Donald Trump fantasized about using Taylor Swift's 'star power' to rule the world in resurfaced clip

A resurfaced clip of Donald Trump raving over Taylor Swift is making the rounds again-just days after he took a swipe at the pop star online. Now, a 2011 video from the CMT Music Awards is going viral.

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3 w. ago Billie Marten on surviving the 'cesspit whirlwind of pop music'

The rising singer-songwriter has forged her own path with folk music that keeps taking her from strength to strength, away from the demands of the pop world

Events

3 w. ago Brazen Oasis fan selling 'atmosphere and grass' from first Heaton Park gig for £7k

Fans wanting to own a little piece of Brit Pop music history may have to dig deep to own a near empty plastic soft drink bottle that has a connection to one of the Oasis tour nights

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3 w. ago ‘I love England so much’: From TV to pop, film to fashion, the UK is enjoying a cultural resurgence

Three decades on from Blur and Oasis, a new and more diverse wave of stars is celebrating British identityIn the opening episode of Lena Dunham’s Netflix show Too Much, a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London to live out her fantasy of British life and love stories. Jess is quickly swept up in her feelings for an indie musician, dreamily referring to him as “My Mr Darcy, my Rochester, my Alan Rickman”.Produced by the team behind Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually, the show was inspired by Dunham’s own move to London in 2021. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

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3 w. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

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3 w. ago How Madonna Rewrote Pop Music And Built A Lasting Legacy In London, A City That Embraced Her Bold Reinvention

How Madonna Rewrote Pop Music And Built A Lasting Legacy In London, A City That Embraced Her Bold Reinvention  Secret London

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4 w. ago 'Recession pop' and new Christian music surge in the US as streaming growth slows

More music is being streamed than ever before, but the rate of growth has slowed

Politics

4 w. ago Pop music still has a role in political protest, says author of new version of Live Aid poem

In an interview with ‘The Independent’, Rhidian Brook also revealed Bob Geldof’s tongue-in-cheek four-letter reaction to the poem filled with famous song lyrics

Culture

4 w. ago Pop music still has a role in political protest, says author of new version of Live 8 poem

In an interview with ‘The Independent’, Rhidian Brooke also revealed Bob Geldof’s tongue-in-cheek four-letter reaction to the poem filled with famous song lyrics

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