Britney Spears and Elton John Release ‘Hold Me Closer’ Duet: ‘She Took Complete Control’

These Celebs Went All Out With Themed Wedding Ceremonies

Elton is rooting for the song to be a big hit so Britney “will realize that people actually love her and care for her and want her to be happy.” It’s been a long time […]

Britney Spears Returns with “Hold Me Closer” Feat. Elton John: Stream

Britney Spears and Elton John

Britney Spears and Sir Elton John’s highly anticipated collaborative single “Hold Me Closer” has arrived. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The refreshed take on John’s 1971 staple “Tiny Dancer” proves to be just […]

Britney Spears returns with Elton John on ‘Hold Me Closer’

Britney Spears returns with Elton John on 'Hold Me Closer'

Oops — he did it again. Elton John on Thursday night released his new single, “Hold Me Closer,” a splashy duet with Britney Spears that mashes up John’s early-1970s classic “Tiny Dancer” with the title […]

How ‘Mike’ on Hulu gets story of boxer Mike Tyson wrong

After Muhammad Ali, there is no boxer who has made a greater mark on popular culture, for better or worse, than Mike Tyson. There were cameras trained on him when he was still a teenager, […]

‘Epic gigs and a grassroots vibe’: readers’ favourite music venues in UK and Europe | Bars, pubs and clubs

Lukiškės Prison, Vilnius, Lithuania

Winning tip: Don’t listen politely, Granada, Spain If you go to a touristy flamenco venue in Granada, the performances will be good quality but the audience, made up of foreign visitors, is likely to be […]

Street Fighter 6: how Capcom aims to reinvent the fighting game after 35 years | Games

Get your kicks … Juri gives what for in Street Fighter 6

If there’s one name synonymous with fighting games, it’s Street Fighter. Dominating arcades in the late 80s and 90s and spawning the living room-conquering Super Nintendo classic Street Fighter II, Capcom’s beat ’em up became […]

Rapper’s delight or weapons-grade nonsense? The app that uses AI to help MCs bust a rhyme | Rap

Micah Brown, the co-founder of BrainRap.

I may be many things, but I’m not a rapper. I discover this when I’m asked to freestyle a few verses on a visit to London’s Abbey Road recording studios. Immediately lines from famous rappers […]

K-boom! South Korea’s art and high culture lands in Britain with a bang | South Korea

Psy in a bright green jacket and sunglasses, dancing in stage with two dancers

Kimchi, the fermented pickle, led the way, establishing a taste for colourful Korean food in Britain. It was followed by a youth wave of K-pop music hysteria. Then came those two international screen hits, Bong […]

‘It was sacrilegious’: why the destruction of Manchester’s Ian Curtis mural struck a nerve | Joy Division

Street artist Akse, in front of his mural of Ian Curtis in 2020.

This week, the wall of Manchester’s 75 Port Street, a canvas for street artists, cycled through three different designs in the space of one day – the last a plain black background, with no trace […]