4 h. ago Taylor Swift live: The Life of a Showgirl released to mixed reviews ahead of star’s Graham Norton Show appearance

Fans and critics unpack lyric meanings on album inspired by the pop star’s relationship with Travis Kelce, as some unnamed foes and the nature of fame

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift's love letter to London: Star spends her album launch day in the UK as she fangirls over Emma Bunton, proclaims her love for the city and goes house hunting

Rather than spend launch day in her native US, undoubtedly one of her biggest markets, Taylor, 35, has instead opted to fly to London.

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7 h. ago Taylor Swift reveals new details about her wedding including the famous pal performing and surprising hen do plans as she promotes The Life Of A Showgirl

The pop star's album dropped at 5am (GMT) and she made lightwork of appearing on several British radio stations in the hours after to discuss her new record.

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11 h. ago Taylor Swift live: The Life of a Showgirl released to mixed reviews as pop star lands in the UK

Fans and critics unpack lyric meanings on album inspired by the pop star’s relationship with Travis Kelce, as some unnamed foes and the nature of fame

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12 h. ago Taylor Swift was worried songwriting would ‘dry up’ if she was ‘truly happy’

The pop star released her 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl on Friday.

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13 h. ago Taylor Swift live: The Life of a Showgirl released to fanfare and wildly mixed reviews

Album offers songs inspired by the pop star’s relationship with Travis Kelce, as well as some swipes at unnamed foes

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13 h. ago Taylor Swift champions future husband Travis Kelce and dethrones enemies on four star new album

Our 4 star track-by-track review of Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl album digs deep into all the lyrics and Easter eggs. A celebration of her love for future husband Travis Kelce, along the way she still dabbles in a dose of poetic revenge, with a few new grunge flavours thrown in too. Peak Taylor triumphs again.

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14 h. ago Taylor Swift live: The Life of a Showgirl released to fanfare and mixed reviews

Album offers songs inspired by the pop star’s relationship with Travis Kelce, as well as some swipes at unnamed foes

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15 h. ago Taylor Swift live: Pop star releases 12th album The Life of a Showgirl

Album release follows Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce, as well as the news that she had bought back the rights to her master recordings

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22 h. ago Taylor Swift live: Pop star to release 12th album The Life of a Showgirl

Album release will follow Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce, as well as the news that she had bought back the rights to her master recordings

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6 d. ago World’s Strongest Man Tom Stoltman reveals he is diehard fan of US music superstar

CHAMPION strongman Tom Stoltman has revealed he is a huge Taylor Swift fan. The 29-stone giant, 31, revealed he and wife Sinead are diehard supporters of the of the pop megastar whose new album The Life Of A Showgirl comes out on Friday. He told how they travelled to France to catch the chart-topper but...

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2 w. ago Jade Thirlwall makes TV return as she joins CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall, who has just released her debut solo album, That's Showbiz Baby!, has this week become the latest celebrity to appear on well known TV show

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3 w. ago Inside Jade Thirwall's epic album launch with the impromptu gig on unique stage

Huge crowds descended on the launch part for the former Little Mix star Jade Thirwall's debut solo album, titled That's Showbiz Baby!, which has been released today

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3 w. ago Cmat, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – including the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prizeA raft of familiar names fill this year’s list of Mercury prize nominations, with only two debuts among the 12 shortlisted albums. In Limerence, the first full-length by the Scottish folk songwriter Jacob Alon, and Hamstrings and Hurricanes, the first by Welsh jazz musician Joe Webb, will compete with the likes of Pulp’s comeback album More, folk godfather Martin Carthy’s Transform Me Then Into a Fish and the album with the UK’s biggest opening week of the year so far, People Watching by Sam Fender.The list is split 50/50 between male and female or mixed acts. The solo female artists on the list tend to the iconoclastic: Irish pop star Cmat’s acclaimed third album Euro-Country, Leeds jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray’s Weirdo, FKA twigs’ Eusexua and PinkPantheress’s mixtape Fancy That. As for bands, as well as Pulp, the Irish band Fontaine...

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