The surge in affection for Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill looks likely to send her to number one this week. The 80s ballad is already at number two, thanks to its use in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. Its chances of making the top have now increased, after the Charts enacted a rule that stops older songs being ...
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Rihanna to launch Fenty beauty products in Africa
Rihanna has announced that her Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin products will become available in eight African countries from the end of this month. In a social media post, the pop star said she had “been waiting for this moment” and that this was “just the beginning”. The beauty products will be available in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South ...
Read More »Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright case and hits out at ‘baseless’ claims
Ed Sheeran has won a High Court copyright battle over his 2017 hit Shape of You. A judge ruled on Wednesday that the singer-songwriter had not plagiarised the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri. Chokri, a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch, had claimed the “Oh I” hook in Sheeran’s track was “strikingly similar” to an ...
Read More »Foo Fighters scrap tour after drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death
The Foo Fighters have cancelled the rest of their tour following the death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins. The 50-year-old died at the weekend in the Colombian capital Bogota, where the US rock band had been scheduled to headline a music festival. Their tour also included sold-out stadium shows in the UK this summer, as well as dates in the ...
Read More »Ed Sheeran awaits verdict in ‘traumatising’ Shape of You copyright trial
Ed Sheeran faces a wait of “days and weeks” to learn the outcome of a High Court trial over his hit Shape of You. The star has been accused of copying part of the song from another artist. In closing arguments, grime artist Sami Chokri’s barrister said there was an “indisputable similarity between the works”. But Mr Sheeran’s lawyer said ...
Read More »Amanda Bynes: Judge ends former actress’s nine-year conservatorship
Former actress Amanda Bynes has been released from her nine-year conservatorship by a judge in California. The one-time child star was placed under the legal guardianship – similar to that of Britney Spears – in 2013, while undergoing psychiatric care. Bynes, now 35, was known for The Amanda Show and films like What a Girl Wants, She’s the Man and Easy A, ...
Read More »Grammy award winner Bona set for Zambia concert
Cameroonian Grammy award winning artist Richard Bona will this weekend be performing live for the first time in Zambia. Speaking during a pre-concert press briefing at Bonanza resort in Chongwe upon arrival in the country, Bona said he is excited and is looking forward to sharing the stage with different local artists as well as learn from them. Bona who ...
Read More »Comic Relief: Red Nose Day raises £42m in star-studded show
More than £42.7m has been raised in Comic Relief’s latest Red Nose Day broadcast, with a host of stars taking part in sketches and stunts. The charity show was broadcast from BBC studios in Salford for the first time. Highlights included Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders visiting The Repair Shop, and Matt Lucas and David Walliams reviving their Rock Profiles ...
Read More »Ed Sheeran sings Nina Simone during Shape of You copyright case
Ed Sheeran has serenaded London’s High Court in an attempt to prove he did not copy portions of his 2017 hit Shape of You from another artist. The star is accused of lifting his song’s “Oh I, oh I, oh I” hook from Sami Chokri’s 2015 single Oh Why. In court, he sang elements of Nina Simone’s Feeling Good and ...
Read More »French designer giants suspend sales in Russia
French luxury giants have joined other firms in announcing they will suspend sales in Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. LVMH, Hermes, Kering and Chanel have decided to temporarily shut their shops in Russia, the firms said on Friday. It follows calls from Ukrainian high-end stores to “stand up” following the invasion of the country. Luxury retailers have so ...
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