3 h. ago Has Sydney Sweeney already been cancelled? Romance with Taylor Swift's arch

The pair reportedly met while attending the Venice wedding of billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in June, and sources claimed the music mogul has been 'pursuing' her ever since.

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10 h. ago Who is Scooter Braun? The controversial music manager rumoured to be dating Sydney Sweeney

The former music manager has been linked to a few controversies over the course of his career

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5 d. ago The Guide #206: Indie bands are quitting Spotify, what could it mean for the future of music streaming?

In this week’s newsletter: T he platform has shaped how music is consumed a nd how it is valued. But recent controversies suggest the bargain may no longer feel worth itAt the moment, the Spotify exodus of 2025 is a trickle rather than a flood. A noticeable trickle, like a leak from the upstairs bathroom dribbling down the living room wall, but nothing existential yet. The five notable bands who have left Spotify in the past month – shoegazers Hotline TNT last week, joining Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE) and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – are well liked in indie circles, but aren’t the sorts to rack up billions of listens. Still, it feels significant if only because, well, this sort of thing wasn’t really supposed to happen any more.Plenty of bands and artists refused to play ball with Spotify in its early years, when the streamer still had work to do before achieving total ubiquity. But at some point there seemed to a collective recognition that resis...

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2 w. ago Major train line introduces controversial £86 fine to passengers listening to music out loud

A major train line has taken drastic measures to crack down on antisocial behaviour - including £86 fines for rail passengers who vape onboard and watch videos without headphones.

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2 w. ago John Swinney accused of joining 'smear campaign' against Kneecap over TRNSMT axing, emails show

The First Minister was accused of supporting an "act of censorship" after the controversial rap group were dropped from Scotland's biggest music festival.

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2 w. ago What does Marc Guehi’s dismissal of Oliver Glasner tell us about his Crystal Palace future?

Guehi had a strange moment with his manager at Stamford Bridge adding fuel to the rumours he could be moving to Liverpool

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2 w. ago Controversial rap trio Kneecap lead huge 25,000 crowd in chants of 'free Palestine' in Wythenshawe Park and slam Israel's 'genocide'

Rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, repeated claims Israel was guilty of 'genocide'

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3 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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