33 h. ago Rihanna fans gutted as huge music update turns out not to be a new album announcement

Rihanna's fans were left disgruntled when she shared a heartfelt post about her experience of being in the music industry over the past 20 years but shied away from one key announcement

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54 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend review – smut and stunning craft from pop’s best in show

(Island Records) The controversy-courting star is in perfect alignment with producer Jack Antonoff, on detailed and utterly delightful tracks that make her previous hit album seem rudimentary in comparisonIn June, Sabrina Carpenter announced her seventh album, Man’s Best Friend; its artwork depicts Carpenter on her hands and knees, an unseen man grasping a handful of her hair. It instantly caused an uproar online – most notably among Carpenter’s young fans, who weren’t on Tumblr in 2015, or weren’t aware of the way the Sun newspaper wrote about Madonna every day of the 1990s and 2000s, and therefore didn’t realise that discourse around whether pop stars should or shouldn’t be allowed to sexualise themselves is older than pop music itself, and almost always inane.Anyone hitting play on Man’s Best Friend in search of another barrel-full of ragebait might be alarmed, not because it is particularly provocative, but because it is strangely old-fashioned. Carpenter is fond of blue turns o...

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58 h. ago Florence + The Machine announce 2026 UK tour in support of new album Everybody Scream

The dark days are soon to be over, with Florence + The Machine hitting the road once again next year

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7 d. ago ‘Optimism is very important, especially now’: why Sammy Virji’s joyful dance tracks are conquering the world

His masterful mix of all that is good from the UK bass scene has led to Coachella success and collabs with Giggs and Skepta – the future looks bright for this bashful star• See all of our unmissable autumn arts preview picks hereWhen Sammy Virji was DJing in room three of a local nightclub in Newcastle with his uni mates, he didn’t anticipate that the bouncy, bombastic bassline and UK garage sounds he was obsessed with would become so big across the pond. In June, he shut down New York’s Times Square with a set to announce his new album, Same Day Cleaning, followed by headlining his first North American stadium show. “It didn’t feel real, I was freaking out,” says Virji, still in disbelief.Also real: the tens of thousands singing along as he spliced the dreamy intro of Radiohead’s Everything in Its Right Place with his 2023 track If U Need It at this year’s Coachella. The 28-year-old from the market town of Witney, Oxfordshire, made his debut on the California festival’s second-larg...

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8 d. ago 5 Seconds of Summer's Luke Hemmings becomes a father for the first time as he secretly welcomes baby with singer wife in sweet post

The band member, 29, took to Instagram to share an album of sweet pictures to announce their happy news.

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8 d. ago Huge boyband star becomes a father for the first time as he secretly welcomes baby with singer wife in sweet post

The band member, 29, took to Instagram to share an album of sweet pictures to announce their happy news.

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1 week ago Wolf Alice announce intimate London gig to launch new album ‘The Clearing’ this week

Wolf Alice announce intimate London gig to launch new album ‘The Clearing’ this week  NME

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2 w. ago How a steamy scene from Nicole Kidman's erotic thriller Babygirl inspired a track on Taylor Swift's new album The Life of a Showgirl

When Taylor Swift announced her new album The Life Of A Showgirl last week she said the 12 tracks were inspired by the 'joyful, wild, dramatic' times in her life.

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take h to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take her to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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2 w. ago Megadeth announce they are retiring: ‘Don’t be sad, be happy for us all’

Frontman Dave Mustaine says he is writing the thrash metal band’s final album and they will embark on a farewell tour in 2026Call it a symphony for dissolution. American thrash metal giants Megadeth have announced they are retiring and that their forthcoming album will be their last. They will also embark on a farewell tour in 2026.“There’s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional,” Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine shared in a statement on Thursday. “Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my life right now. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Megadeth announce retirement with final album and farewell tour

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift's new album has everyone seeing orange: An exploration of the color

Taylor Swift's new album announcement has everybody seeing orange

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2 w. ago Everything we learned about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce from podcast

The pop superstar appeared on the New Heights sports podcast to announce her latest album.

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2 w. ago The six biggest revelations from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s podcast episode

From her first impressions of Travis to her plan for upcoming Easter eggs about her music, and the inspiration for her new album, Swifties learnt a lot from the special episode of the latest New Heights podcast

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift soaking wet in skimpy diamond bikini and fishnets in risqué album pics

Taylor Swift recently announced that her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released on 3 October and the artwork for her upcoming project is jaw-droppingly gorgeous

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift describes the art of the easter egg: ‘If you know you know then you know’

Swift recently announced the release of her 12th studio album, which will come out on October 3

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift gets ultimate revenge on nemesis Kanye West with new album  The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift 's newly announced album The Life of a Showgirl hasn't even dropped yet, but fans are convinced it contains a sly jab toward her longtime rival Kanye West .

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2 w. ago Seth Meyers on Trump’s cognitive test: ‘The written version of a boxing referee holding up three fingers’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump bragging about his intellect again as he prepares for a summit with Putin in AlaskaLate-night hosts talked about Donald Trump’s rambling Truth Social posts and Taylor Swift’s new album announcement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Every single Easter egg Taylor Swift dropped about new album The Life of a Showgirl

Swifties were sent into meltdown on Tuesday when Taylor Swift announced she would soon be releasing her 12th studio album - The Life of a Showgirl.

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