Sinead O’Connor Dead At 56: Reports

The "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer more recently began going by the name Shuhada Sadaqat. She is seen performing in 2020.

Singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has died at 56, according to her family. Her death, which was first reported by The Irish Times on Wednesday, follows the death of her 17-year-old son, Shane O’Connor, early last year. […]

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme | Arts funding

Thatcher’s Britain begins … the Tory leader in 1983.

In the summer of 1983, British politics was in a fractious place. In June, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government roared to re-election after victory in the Falklands, eviscerating Michael Foot’s Labour party. Within weeks, new chancellor […]

‘My life is beautiful’: Felix Klieser, who plays the horn with his toes, on making his Proms debut | Proms 2023

‘I think it is possible to solve every problem in the world’ … Klieser.

When Felix Klieser was four he made a decision: he was going to learn the french horn. “Nobody knows where I’d even heard about this instrument,” he laughs. “There is nobody musical in my family. […]

‘It has been an absolute pleasure’: George Ezra closes out 18 months of touring with Latitude performance – Music News

'It has been an absolute pleasure': George Ezra closes out 18 months of touring with Latitude performance - Music News

George Ezra closed out his 18-month tour at Barclaycard presents Latitude Festival on Sunday (23.07.23). The 30-year-old singer has been out on the road in support of his latest album ‘Gold Rush Kid’ and ended […]

Tobia Meznies On SAG-AFTRA Strike, Working With Julia Louis-Dreyfus And More – Deadline

Tobia Meznies On SAG-AFTRA Strike, Working With Julia Louis-Dreyfus And More – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies was hiding in plain sight at a rally held by UK actors union Equity in support of its sister union SAG-AFTRA. Cameras and microphones were being shoved in front of the likes […]

‘From the dancefloor to the ballot box’: how house music helped Labour win a landslide in 1997 | Music

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It’s late in the evening on election night 1997, shortly after the enormity of the result has become clear; former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, under whom the party had begun its “long trek back towards […]

RAYE and Shygirl lead the pack as AIM Awards reveal nominations – Music News

Raye: 'There are 100 royalty points on a record & record labels are taking eighty points for marketing' - Music News

The AIM Independent Music Awards have revealed its first set of 2023 nominees, celebrating the vibrant and innovative breadth of talent across the UK’s independent sector. As the tastemaker Awards show, highlighting the stars of […]

A24 Signs Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years A Slave Exec Tracey Josephs – Deadline

A24 Signs Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years A Slave Exec Tracey Josephs – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has quietly added another experienced exec to its steadily growing London office. Former Film4 and The Ink Factory production boss Tracey Josephs, whose past credits list includes Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years A Slave and […]

Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? is a gloriously demented goodbye

Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki stands next to a statue of a stylized lion with one hand on its head in Venice, Italy in 2008.

This first impression of Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? comes from the movie’s opening in Japan. American release plans for the film have not been announced yet. It’s been 10 years since The Wind […]

Taylor Swift’s new vinyl albums feature ‘creepy’ mystery music

A Taylor Swift fan in Staffordshire got a creepy surprise when she tried to play her brand new, orchid-coloured vinyl copy of Taylor Swift's Speak Now.

Taylor Swift said, “Speak Now” — but now some fans are concerned she’s “Haunted.” Some Swifties who bought the new “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album on vinyl experienced a “creepy” issue when they dropped the […]

‘She floored me. I was in shock’: Blossom Dearie, the jazz singer with the diminutive voice and vast talent | Music

Singing with Woody Herman and his Orchestra

With a name akin to a character from Roald Dahl’s stories and an equally naive singing voice some labelled as childish, Blossom Dearie hardly exuded star quality. “She was definitely not an entertainer,” admits Arlene […]