40 m. ago John Lydon slams Sex Pistols for performing in Scotland without him

Lydon, who fronted the original line-up from 1975 to 1978 as Johnny Rotten, says the original members don’t want him in the line-up

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57 m. ago Parklife 2025 LIVE: Thousands head to Heaton Park for day one of huge music festival with big headliner

More than 80,000 people will be heading to Heaton Park today

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1 hour ago Irish comedian ARDAL O'HANLON: 'I wouldn't mind sharing a beer with Roger Federer and picking up a few tennis tips'

The actor and comedian, 59, tells Charlotte Vossen about the ploy that got him his first pint, his precocious coffee habits, and how to make the best margarita

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1 hour ago The Grammys tweak rules to create two new categories for 2026

The Recording Academy has carved out a stand-alone category for best album cover, just as Sabrina Carpenter takes the spotlight

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2 h. ago Music icon hailed as 'next Prince' changed his name after ditching fame

Terence Trent D'Arby was a huge name in the late 1980s with his debut album earning him critical acclaim and a host of awards but his career would take a very different path

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3 h. ago ‘Misshapes, mistakes, misfits’: Pulp’s signature secondhand style has stood test of time

Band’s ‘on the edge of kitsch’ aesthetic is still relevant three decades later as young people focus on vintage clothing Thirty years ago this month Pulp played the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury and took their reputation to another level. If part of this was due to a storming set taking in their new hit Common People, debuts for their future hits Mis-Shapes and Disco 2000, and the star power of singer Jarvis Cocker, it was also down to their look.There was Steve Mackay, bass guitarist, in a fitted shirt and kipper tie, Russell Senior on violin in a blue safari shirt, keyboardist Candida Doyle in sequins and – of course – Cocker, in his now signature secondhand 70s tailoring. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 13 worst songs by brilliant artists, from The Beatles to Taylor Swift

Not even the greatest musicians in the world can put out golden hits all the time. Kevin E G Perry reaches for his earplugs and asks, where did it all go wrong?

Culture

8 h. ago Killing Heidi are back, 25 years on: ‘Growing up in rock’n’roll gives you a shitload of grit’

After a ‘quiet little break’ of 20 years, the band is back to celebrate their 2000 debut Reflector – then the fastest-selling Australian album in history• Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn 2022, Ella and Jesse Hooper, siblings and bandmates in Australian rock band Killing Heidi, lost both of their parents in the space of two weeks. Their father, Jeremy, died first after a shock cancer diagnosis and a quick decline; a fortnight later, their mother, Helen, passed away after a long struggle with breast cancer.The grieving siblings took the weekend off, then went straight back out on to the road. Continue reading...

Events

9 h. ago Snoop Dogg says emotional goodbye to beloved family member after tragedy

Snoop Dogg, who won an American Music Award for Favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and a Primetime Emmy Award more recently, shared two videos on Instagram, writing he misses his French bulldog Juelz

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11 h. ago The Who’s Roger Daltrey ‘very humbled’ by ‘dream come true’ knighthood

The singer is being honoured for services to charity and music.

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11 h. ago West End star Elaine Paige ‘astonished’ to be given Damehood

She became an overnight star in the 1970s with her portrayal of Eva Peron in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Evita.

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11 h. ago The Who's Roger Daltrey says it's a 'dream come true' after receiving knighthood

The Who frontman has said he is "very humbled" to have been made a been made a knight bachelor for his services to music and charity in the King's Birthday honours

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11 h. ago Newly knighted Roger Daltrey said he ‘didn’t care’ about honour in 2022 interview

The Who frontman once claimed he had been ‘too critical of our leaders’ to be considered for the honour

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12 h. ago James star sits down to perform Heaton Park gig after ankle injury drama

James frontman Tim Booth didn't let an ankle injury stop the homecoming show at Heaton Park

Events

13 h. ago Minister asked to comment on detention of Irish politician in Egypt

The partner of an Irish politician who was detained in Egypt has called on Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister to make a statement on the matter.

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14 h. ago Kylie Minogue postpones run of tour shows after ‘succumbing to viral infection’

The Padam Padam singer has just finished the UK leg of her tour but has had to postpone dates in Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia.

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14 h. ago Kneecap’s legal team for court battle to include Julian Assange lawyer

Rapper Liam O hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged over the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag at a gig in May.

Events

15 h. ago How smoking became 'cool again': Stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX can't help lighting up despite years of anti

From Charli XCX's cigarette-filled Brat tour to Sabrina Carpenter using a fork as a cigarette holder in a music video, the all-too-familiar white sticks have snuck their way back into pop culture.

Politics

15 h. ago Parklife 2025 age restrictions and how old you need to be to get in

There is an age limit on who can attend the Heaton Park music festival

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15 h. ago British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecencyThe British Library is to symbolically reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader pass, 130 years after its trustees cancelled it following his conviction for gross indecency.A contemporary pass bearing the name of the Irish author and playwright will be officially presented to his grandson, Merlin Holland, at an event in October, it will be announced on Sunday. Continue reading...

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