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Miley Cyrus was filming Black Mirror when her Malibu home burned down

Miley Cyrus was in the middle of shooting her Black Mirror episode when her Malibu home burned down in the 2018 wildfires. The Wrecking Ball singer revealed during her Used To Be Young TikTok video series that she was in South Africa filming her episode, in which she played the pop star Ashley O, when she lost her home in the Woolsey Fire in November 2018. "I was in South Africa, but it was taking place in Malibu. So it was just a real trip," the 30-year-old recalled. "Like probably two or three years later after this happened, I didn't understand, but I would have this anxiety attack with the vision attached that I would be strapped down to a gurney. "So I would have these dreams......

Jung Kook to make solo debut at Global Citizen Festival

BTS star Jung Kook is set to make his solo debut at the Global Citizen Festival this month. The 26-year-old is set to hit the stage as a co-headliner at the Global Citizen Festival later this month, joining a line-up which includes previously announced headliners Megan Thee Stallion, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Conan Gray, Lauryn Hill and more. The festival, which is a free ticketed event, will be broadcast live from New York City's Central Park on 23 September. It aims to end extreme poverty and raise awareness for the climate crisis and equality for women and girls. "I'm so thrilled to join this year's Global Citizen Festival as a headliner!" Jung Kook said in a statement. "The festival......

Olivia Rodrigo: TikTok can sometimes be very productive for songwriting

Olivia Rodrigo says TikTok influencers inspire her songwriting. The 20-year-old American pop star is getting ready to release her second studio album 'Guts' in September, the follow-up to her 2021 smash hit debut 'Sour'. While some people would assume that scrolling and watching videos on the social media app would stifle an artist creatively, Olivia insists that certain users' stories gave her ideas for lyrics for tracks for her LP. Appearing on Hits Radio, she said: "I wrote 'Traitor' in my bedroom when I was very sad one day, and I actually came up with the idea for a song when I was looking at a TikTok. I saw a girl who was kind of going through a similar situation to what I was......

Post Malone and Bob Dylan began work on track that remains unfinished

A Post Malone-Bob Dylan collaboration was once in the works but got shelved by Dylan’s team. Music producer Michael Cash lifted the lid on the would-be song in a new interview with Rolling Stone, explaining he thought up the idea and reached out to Dylan’s longtime representative Jeff Rosen. After Rosen gave the project the green light, he sent over lyrics for track Be Not Deceived written by 82-year-old Dylan. Malone, a huge fan of the iconic singer-songwriter, was “literally in tears”, remembered Cash. “It was talking about a loss of innocence,” the producer said of the song. “And what people are going through — disfranchised, kind of......

Billie Eilish pauses intimate London show to help distressed fans

Billie Eilish paused her recent London performance to help distressed fans. During an intimate live show in London on Tuesday night, the 21-year-old hitmaker paused her set several times to help fans who were struggling in the audience. The last-minute show, which was announced just three days earlier, took place at the Electric Ballroom venue in Camden, London. Whilst singing the third song of her 20-track setlist, Therefore I Am, Billie stopped mid-performance to check on members of the audience and to request that the security team pass out water for the crowd "Can we get some water for these folks?" that Bad Guy singer said while looking for members of security. "Like where is......

Kylie Minogue releases brand new single: 'Are you ready?'

Kylie Minogue has released her new single. The 55-year-old pop superstar enjoyed massive success with her viral hit 'Padam Padam' over the summer and ahead of the release of her 16th studio album 'Tension' - which comes out on September 22 - has released the title track and urged her followers to listen to it on Spotify. Alongside an instrumental from the track, she wrote on Instagram on Wednesday (30.08.23): "LOVERS!!! New music is coming!! The single [green heart] TENSION [green heart] is yours 31st August. Are you ready?? Pre-save it now at the link in bio." The 'Spinning Around' legend - who is known for having explored a variety of music genres throughout her career including, pop,......

Joel Corry: 'Me and Tiësto been mates for a while now, we've talked about working on a tune, so watch this space'

Joel Corry joined Sam Thompson on Hits Radio last night and revealed he has two massive collabs in the works, what we can look forward to on his album 'Another Friday Night', and how he only just made it to Creamfields for his set, after 'losing' his helicopter and being delayed due to bad weather. After providing fans with years of top tunes, from the Love Island anthem 'Sorry', to 'Head & Heart' with MNEK, we were so pleased to hear that Joel has his debut album coming, and he told Sam all about it. Explaining that it will have some of his classic bangers, as well as some new tunes, he also revealed it has a new song with MNEK, following the success of 'Head & Heart'. "It feels......

ABBA legend Agnetha Faltskog releases first new solo music in 10 years

ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog is releasing her first new solo music for 10 years. The 73-year-old Swedish pop legend has announced 'A+’ - a reimagined version of her acclaimed 2013 solo album ‘A’ - which contains brand new song 'Where Do We Go From Here?’, which is the first single from the LP The album was written specially for her by the acclaimed songwriter and producer Jorgen Elofsson and as the pair approached the 10 year anniversary of the record, Agnetha and Jorgen discussed what the record would sound like if it was created in 2023 and decided to explore the idea together. The two artists worked alongside fellow producer Anton 'Hybrid' Martensson and......

Rihanna donates to disabled and homeless veterans in Los Angeles

Rihanna has reportedly donated to an organisation serving West Los Angeles veterans. According to a source for Page Six, the Diamonds singer recently donated to the Always For The People Foundation. The foundation provides for disables and homeless veterans in West LA. The source claimed Rihanna “made a huge order” for the foundation, including for “hundreds of hygiene kits, socks, clothes, sleeping bags, food, 50-plus pairs of shoes, toilet paper, dog food, you name it”. Last year, the singer visited the organisation and “spent hours listening to their concerns and their issues”, according to a previous report. Another source said at the time,......

Celine Dion 'doing everything to recover' from stiff person syndrome

Celine Dion's sister Claudette Dion has opened up about the singer's battle with the rare syndrome. While speaking to HELLO! Canada for an interview published on Thursday, Claudette, 74, gave an update on her sister's recovery from stiff person syndrome. "She's doing everything to recover," Claudette said of her sibling. "She's a strong woman." The My Heart Will Go On singer, 55, revealed that she was diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder in December 2022 in an emotional video posted on social media. She also announced that she has put plans to tour on pause to focus on her recovery. "It's an illness we know so little about," Claudette told the outlet. "There are spasms -......