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Taylor Swift's new album was a 'lifeline' for the pop superstar

Taylor Swift has admitted her upcoming album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', was "really a lifeline for me". The 34-year-old pop megastar - who split from her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn, 32, last year and re-recorded her early albums after a dispute over her not owning the rights to her masters - was reminded how much writing lyrics gets her "through" the ups and downs of life whilst making the follow-up to 2022's 'Midnights' and confessed she was going through a lot. Speaking to fans at her Melbourne Cricket Ground concert on Friday (16.02.24) she said in a clip shared to X/Twitter: "‘Tortured Poets’ is an album — I think more than any of my albums that I’ve......

Beyoncé’s TEXAS HOLD ‘EM edges ahead of Dua Lipa’s Training Season in race for Number 1 single

It's all change in the race for this week's Official Number 1 single, as Beyoncé edges ahead of Dua Lipa in today's update.While Dua previously led the charge with her brand-new release Training Season, Beyoncé's TEXAS HOLD 'EM now bolts ahead and tracks for Number 1; though there's still all to play for. Fewer than 1500 UK chart units currently separate Dua's Houdini follow-up from Bey's first taste of her upcoming RENAISSANCE Act II album, set for release on March 29.TEXAS HOLD 'EM, which was released alongside 16 CARRIAGES following its premiere in a Verizon Super Bowl LVIII advertisement, debuted at Number 9 on last week's Official Singles Chart. In doing so, it became......

Madonna suffers fall during Seattle concert

Madonna suffered a fall during her recent Seattle concert. The music icon fell on stage during her latest show, which took place at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington at the weekend. According to a number of videos which were shared on social media after the concert, Madonna could be seen falling backwards from a chair after one of her backup dancers appeared to trip during her performance of her 1986 hit Open Your Heart. The Material Girl hitmaker quickly recovered from the fall as she rolled onto her front and continued to sing and laugh off the incident. The Queen of Pop is no stranger to falling on stage. During the 2015 Brit Awards, she fell down a set of stairs......

Britney Spears believes ‘being single is awesome'

Britney Spears has called her single life "awesome," amid rumours she's rekindled her romance with ex boyfriend, Paul Richard Soliz. In a caption accompanying an Instagram post of her dancing, the singer wrote that she is a "hopeless romantic understanding that being single is awesome." Paul and Britney dated for a short time in September last year. The pair met when he worked as a housekeeper for the star in late 2022, and were rumoured to be "getting close" as she split from husband Sam Asghari in August 2023. It was reported the pair split after Britney learned of Paul's criminal past; a conviction in connection of felony firearm possession in 2020. At the time, a source revealed,......

Adele explains why she was 'sulking' in viral basketball meme

Adele has explained why she appeared "very annoyed" while sitting courtside at a basketball game two years ago. The Rolling in the Deep singer became a viral meme in 2022 when she deliberately avoided eye contact with TV cameras while sitting courtside at an NBA All-Stars game in Cleveland, Ohio. During a recent show in Las Vegas, the British singer-songwriter explained that she had an annoyed expression on her face because she denied the camera team permission to film her but they did so anyway. "Do you remember that viral meme of me looking like I don't give a flying f**k? Looking everywhere but the camera. I'd like to give some context to that meme. I know it sounds crazy, but I......

BTS’ J-hope to release ‘Hope on the Street’ album and docuseries

BTS rapper has announced his upcoming special album, titled ‘Hope on the Street Vol.1’. According to Big Hit Music, the project will feature six tracks and is set to be released on March 29.Hope on the Street Vol. 1 is described in the announcement as “a special album” containing six tracks. The record will be released around the same time as a docu-series called Hope on the Street, which will following the K-pop idol on his “dance journey”. The series will “trail J-Hope’s dance journey” as he explores and meets street dancers throughout the cities of Osaka, Paris, New York, Seoul and Gwangju. The show will be available globally......

Usher regrets smacking Nicki Minaj's bum at 2014 VMAs

Usher regrets smacking Nicki Minaj on the bum at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. During an appearance on The Breakfast Club radio show on Monday, the Yeah! hitmaker expressed regret after a video of him slapping the rapper's behind during their VMAs performance resurfaced on social media. "That was Jamaican culture. So you gotta go to Jamaica. That was just a moment that was fun," Usher explained. In clips of the performance, the musician could be seen on his knees playing the bass as he repeatedly bumped his head against the rapper's bum. "By the way, it was me playing my bass, so I probably would've bumped my shoulder or my hand, but I had my bass in my hand and I was playing, so I......

Jennifer Lopez: 'I think [This Is Me…Now] is the most honest record that I've ever made'

Pop icon Jennifer Lopez is the next artist to take the stage for Apple Music Live. Fresh off of the release of her ninth studio album, This Is Me…Now, Lopez hits the legendary Orpheum Theater stage in Los Angeles to a crowd full of her biggest fans. The performance will debut Wednesday, 21st February at 03:00 GMT / 7:00pm PT exclusively on Apple Music.In a wide-ranging and refreshingly honest interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Lopez said, “I think [This Is Me…Now] is the most honest record that I've ever made. And I feel very connected to it because of that. It's not just personal, it's my whole heart on the wax. It's my whole heart in the air, and the ether......

Justin Timberlake announces new song Drown

Justin Timberlake has announced the release of his new song Drown. The former NSYNC frontman announced on Monday night that he will release the second song from his upcoming album, Everything I Thought It Was, on Friday. Justin took to Instagram to reveal the title of the new track and the release date. He also shared a sneak preview of the song. In the video, the Cry Me A River singer played the piano as he sang a few verses of the song, which appeared to be an emotional ballad. "Made it out to London, still recovering from this flu. But trying to power through," Justin, 43, wrote in the caption. "So excited for new music and everything coming this week." The post comes weeks after......

Jennifer Lopez self-financed her new ‘visual album’

When the funding fell over, Jennifer Lopez was ready to back herself. The On the Floor singer was all systems go to shoot the movie accompanying her upcoming album This Is Me … Now: A Love Story when her backers pulled the rug out from under her. Instead of trying to rustle up funds from another source at the eleventh hour, or scaling back the production from a full-length feature to a simpler music video, JLo decided she would simply pay for the entire thing out of her own pocket. “Everybody thought I was crazy when I said I would do it," Jennifer admitted to The Hollywood Reporter. "We did have financing, and then that fell out. They pulled out at the last minute, and......