3 h. ago Robbie Williams rants 'you can't compete' with Taylor Swift as he pushes back album release to avoid clash with The Life Of A Showgirl

The hitmaker, 51, has never been afraid to speak his mind and now the pop legend has confessed he pulled the plug on his album release after realising he'd be going up against Taylor Swift.

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7 h. ago Travis Kelce's relative's unlikely reaction to raunchy Taylor Swift song

Travis Kelce's sister-in-law, Kylie, has praised Taylor Swift for Wood, a song on The Life of a Showgirl that likens the NFL star's anatomy to a "Redwood tree"

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8 h. ago Taylor Swift breaks chart records with new album despite mixed reviews

Taylor Swift has broken several chart records in the UK with the release of her new 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl as she celebrates her most successful debut yet

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10 h. ago Taylor Swift smashes chart records and closes in on The Beatles

The Life Of A Showgirl scores the biggest first week sales of the year in the UK and lands Taylor Swift her 14th chart topper. She is just one behind The Beatles in terms of No1 albums. She has also sold more vinyl than any other artist this century.

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10 h. ago Taylor Swift breaks UK chart records with album The Life Of A Showgirl

Swift’s album debuts at number one, with her tracks in the top three of the singles chart.

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11 h. ago Aidan O’Brien moves closer to own world record with 22nd Group 1 winner of 2025

Precise became the new favourite for next year’s 1,000 Guineas after capturing the Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket, an seventh winner of the race for her trainer

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11 h. ago The Guide #212: The Taylor Swift backlash has me asking: how much good music can one artist really produce?

In this week’s newsletter: The mixed response to The Life of a Showgirl is proof that even the biggest star isn’t immune to creative burnoutAmid the flood of discourse around Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, one recurring sentiment jumped out: that the album – which many critics have declared a misstep in Swift’s otherwise consistently solid discography – felt hurried, hasty, rushed. “The Life of a Showgirl Is 40 Minutes of Elevator Music Rushed Out to Break a Beatles Record”, read the particularly savage headline of a piece on Collider. In the Guardian music desk’s excellent round table on the album, just about every panellist expressed a wish that Swift would take a break from the constant churn of releasing records, in order to recapture a lost spark.And it has been quite the churn. Since 2019 Swift has on average released an album a year, and that’s not counting the Taylor’s Version re-records of her older albums. All of this managed alongside a certain billion-dollar-gros...

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16 h. ago Robbie Williams review – tiny Camden gig offers blinding star wattage – and a surprising new song about Morrissey

Dingwalls, LondonPreviewing new album Britpop to an audience of 600, the star promises ‘no stadium bravado’ and delivers droll new songs alongside stripped-back oldiesWhat do you do if you’re a superstar who has pulled well over a million people to a stadium tour? If you’re as contrary as Robbie Williams, you play a gig in a shoebox. This late-night show at the 600-capacity Dingwalls, the smallest venue of his career to date, is a rum event. It was originally a launch evening for a new album, Britpop, now postponed to February. Williams makes no bones about why. “It’s because of Taylor Swift,” he admits, in a week where her new album The Life of a Showgirl is outselling the rest of the UK Top 20 put together. “I could pretend it’s not, but it is. It’s selfish. I want a 16th No 1 album.”Bounding on stage just as the pubs are closing, a grinning Williams clearly relishes the intimate environment. “I’m not doing all that stadium bravado and pointing,” he vows, launching into a full, st...

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18 h. ago Robbie Williams in sweary Taylor Swift rant as he performs in 600

Singer Robbie Williams opens up about Taylor Swift during the smallest show of his career which ended at 1am, as well as his wife Ayda and Oasis

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21 h. ago The 1975's Matty Healy gets mum Denise Welch to babysit pet rat while on tour

Loose Women star Denise Welch babysits her son Matty Healy's pet rat Splinters when he's on tour. She calls herself "rat grandmother". The Benidorm actress also offers her opinion on the latest Taylor Swift album, Matty's ex girlfriend. Scissor Sisters start new LP and Steps are planning a movie for their 30th anniversary.

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27 h. ago Taylor Swift fans convinced they've spotted Easter Egg about feud with famous A

The American songstress, 35, was seen draped in a gold chainmail dress custom-made by New York-based designer Kelsey Randall in a behind the scenes look at her new album, Life Of A Showgirl.

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38 h. ago Southport killer referral ‘would have continued if officer saw internet history’

Ps Carmen Thompson of Counter Terrorism Policing North West gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall on Thursday.

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44 h. ago Taylor Swift recalls horrifying moment BFF Zoe Kravitz's BURMESE PYTHON got lost in her Beverly Hills mansion

Taylor Swift recalled the horrifying moment a snake got loose in her mansion while appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday. 

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44 h. ago Travis Kelce clip resurfaces after Taylor Swift reveals he mistook Hugh Grant’s wife for Greta Gerwig at concert

Hugh Grant’s wife was apparently unimpressed by Kelce’s ‘Barbie’ joke

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47 h. ago Taylor Swift wows in corset and mini skirt as she continues album promo blitz on Late Night with Seth Meyers

Taylor Swift made a showstopping appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday. 

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56 h. ago Selena Gomez’s kidney donor speaks out as star spotted vaping on her wedding day

Selena Gomez was seen using a vape in footage shared by Taylor Swift after her wedding to Benny Blanco, but there's also been a huge drama after Francia Raisa's snub

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57 h. ago Police officer tells Southport inquiry  many young men are viewing extremist material online amid fears there could be another attack

Alice Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Stancombe, seven, were stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year by Rudakubana, then aged 17.

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58 h. ago Travis Kelce's shy reaction to Taylor Swift's 'generous' song about his 'manhood'

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was questioned by his brother about Taylor Swift's raunchy song about his 'manhood' from her new album, The Life of a Showgirl

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59 h. ago Taylor Swift beats Adele’s first week in US sales record with Life of a Showgirl

The star has already sold 3.5m units of her critically divisive album, a new record in the modern era of music salesTaylor Swift’s divisive new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has beaten Adele’s record-breaking 25 in first week sales numbers.According to data tracking firm Luminate, the album has already sold 3.5m units in the US which equates to 3.2m physical copies and 300,000 attributed to streaming activity. Adele achieved 3.482m in 2015 with her opening week sales of 25 which was led by hit Hello. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Taylor Swift’s fiance gives verdict on her erotic song lyrics

Travis Kelce discussed his fiancée Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl", on his podcast "New Heights".

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