44 h. ago X Factor star Diana Vickers defends Sabrina Carpenter over THAT raunchy album cover backlash: 'Women should be free to be sexy'

Diana Vickers has jumped to the defence of pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter after the chart-topper sparked controversy with her saucy new album artwork.

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3 d. ago From Madonna to New Order and Oasis, one man’s odyssey to make an ‘atlas of album cover maps’

Damien Saunder set out to survey the cartographic influence on album sleeve design. Four years and 400-plus records later, he’s created the coffee table book music fans and map lovers never knew they neededGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailGrowing up in rural Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria, Damien Saunder spent many a wintry day listening to music on the family’s record player. Just beneath the stereo was a Reader’s Digest atlas. “Anytime we put on a record, I’d get out the atlas,” Saunder recalls. “It was like a gateway to the world – a way to dream, explore and let your mind wander.”Decades later, music and maps have come together again, this time in a coffee table book: Maps on Vinyl, a world-first survey of the cartographic influence on album sleeve design; an atlas of album cover maps. It’s the book most music fans – and map-makers – never knew they needed. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter at BST Hyde Park in London 2025: Start Time, Tickets, Potential Setlist and What You Need to Know

Sabrina Carpenter at BST Hyde Park in London 2025: Start Time, Tickets, Potential Setlist and What You Need to Know  Time Out

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4 d. ago Top gigs in London this weekend: Lana Del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and Macca

Maddy Mussen rounds up the hottest music nights in London this week

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7 d. ago The feud at the heart of Britain's biggest festivals: Former Disney stars Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter are set to dominate Glastonbury and BST this weekend

Olivia, 22, is headlining Glastonbury this weekend, while Sabrina, 26, will be at British Summer Time (BST) at Hyde Park . Both the 'pop girlies' are near neck and neck in their successes.

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8 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter Spotted at Olivia Rodrigo’s London Concert, Years After Their Alleged Feud

Sabrina Carpenter Spotted at Olivia Rodrigo’s London Concert, Years After Their Alleged Feud  Just Jared

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8 d. ago 'Russian Paris Hilton' who appeared on iconic Pulp album cover has link to Putin

Ksenia Sobchak is a Russian journalist and liberal politician, but is also known as the scantily-clad blonde woman on the cover of Pulp's 1998 release This Is Hardcore

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9 d. ago Jonathan Anderson’s Dior debut: Rihanna, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Craig, Sabrina Carpenter lead arrivals

Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson unveiled his first collection for Dior in Paris

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9 d. ago Lorde fans left in shock after receiving picture of her private parts on new vinyl cover for Virgin album

The singer, 28, had already raised eyebrows with her latest album's main artwork , which features an x-ray of her pelvis - inter-uterine device included.

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9 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter VIP concert experience up for grabs – but be quick, entries close July 3

One lucky winner will get Diamond VIP access to Sabrina Carpenter’s Hyde Park show – with a five-star hotel and £500 cash thrown in.

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9 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans crack Espresso 'hidden meaning' before Man's Best Friend launch

Sabrina Carpenter fans have been left convinced the singer has a hidden message in her hit song Espresso that only fans of a certain video game franchise will be able to decipher

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1 week ago Scots author lets slip rude Glaswegian remark live on Loose Women as panel forced to apologise

Loose Women's Kaye Adams was forced to interject after Scottish author Sophie Gravia made the explicit comment while talking about her dating experiences.

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1 week ago Sabrina Carpenter releases a demure album cover she says has been 'approved by God'

Prudes can purchase a copy of Man’s Bets Friend with less debaucherous album art

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1 week ago Two women charged in connection with attempted murder and four alleged robberies

The incidents took place overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

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1 week ago Sabrina Carpenter says alternate album artwork has been ‘approved by God’ after divisive original cover

‘Espresso’ singer faced criticism earlier this month when she released provocative artwork for her next album ‘Man’s Best Friend’

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1 week ago Sabrina Carpenter unveils cheeky alternative to her sexually

Carpenter, 26, dropped the image on social media, days after facing backlash over her original album cover which saw her posing on all fours as a faceless man tugged at her hair.

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1 week ago Olivia Rodrigo's complicated past with Sabrina Carpenter and 'love triangle' drama

Olivia Rodrigo is set to headline Glastonbury this weekend, making her the second youngest solo artist to top the bill - but her time in the spotlight hasn't been without its drama

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1 week ago More big names confirmed for Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links

Gemma Dryburgh joins Charley Hull, Georgia Hall and Mimi Rhodes in Ayrshire line up

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2 w. ago When did ‘feminist critique’ of celebrities become nothing more than a snide telling

Those delivering paternalistic lectures to Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae and Sydney Sweeney would do well to revisit recent historySabrina Carpenter was accused of dragging women back into an unenlightened past last week, as the controversial cover for her new album was met with (apparently) feminist furore. It’s ironic, then, that the past is precisely where Carpenter’s most outspoken critics could do with looking. It’s clear that the general consensus is lurching grimly to the right when it comes to gender, and a new generation of young, female critics should be wary of falling into step. The debate about how we look at women, and what they want, risks limply missing the point.In the past few weeks, Sydney Sweeney has been chastised for selling sexy soap, and Addison Rae scolded for dancing in her underwear on stage. It’s odd that the backlash has been so immense, given the celebration of Halina Reijn’s Babygirl film just a few months ago. The SheEO Nicole Kidman slurping milk ou...

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2 w. ago Sabrina Carpenter breaks album chart record knocking Ed Sheeran off top perch

Ed Sheeran held the record for the longest consecutive streak in the top five UK chart for his 2021 album =

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