Ed Sheeran wins UK copyright lawsuit over ‘Shape of You’

Ed Sheeran and David Guetta are among the new names to join the line-up for the Capital Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2022.Dubbed “the UK’s biggest summer party”, the concert will take place at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday, June 12. Tickets go on general sale exclusively on Global Player this Thursday (April 28) – buy yours here.Yesterday (April 25) saw organisers announce the first wave of acts, which included Harry Styles, George Ezra and KSI.The line-up was completed during Capital Breakfast With Roman Kemp this morning (April 26), with the news that Sheeran would be returning to the Summertime Ball for the first time since 2014.Other new additions include Guetta, Aitch, Joel Corry and Mimi Webb.

Loose Women star Brenda Edwards has announced that she is set to return to the show on Tuesday, in her first TV interview since the tragic death of her son Jamal Edwards MBE.

Brenda Edwards is set to return to Loose Women for the first time since her son's tragic death, it has been announced. The theatre star will appear on Monday's show (April 25) in a pre-recorded interview with Coleen Nolan.

Harry Styles is already racing ahead to secure a possible month-long stint at Number 1 with As It Was this Friday.

Ed Sheeran returns to Number 1 with his fifth studio album = (Equals).

New analysis from the BPI – the UK association of independent and major record labels – reveals that a record number of tracks hit eight-figure annual stream totals in 2021.

One of the UK TV industry calendar’s biggest nights, the British Soap Awards, will return this June after a two-year hiatus.

Ed Sheeran smiles as he makes his way to a music video shoot in London, England on Friday (April 15).

Adele, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Dean 'Inflo' Josiah Cover lead nominations for the 2022 Ivor Novello Awards.

Ed Sheeran has won a copyright battle in UK court over his 2017 hit “Shape of You.”

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a U.K. copyright battle over the 2017 hit “Shape of You.”

LONDON -- Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a U.K. copyright battle over the 2017 hit “Shape of You.’’The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, had denied allegations that the 2017 song copied part of 2015's “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri, who performs under the name Sami Switch.Sheeran and his co-writers said they did not remember hearing “Oh Why” before the court case.In a ruling on Wednesday, Judge Antony Zacaroli concluded that Sheeran “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied a phrase from “Oh Why″ when writing his smash hit.“Shape of You” was the biggest-selling song in the U.K.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently leading the pack in the race for this week’s Number One album in the UK.On Friday (April 1), the California icons released their 12th studio LP, ‘Unlimited Love’, marking their first full-length project since 2016’s ‘The Getaway’.The album sees the band reunite with guitarist John Frusciante, who left Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2009. He last appeared on the group’s 2006 Number One album ‘Stadium Arcadium’.In the midweeks, the Official Charts Company has revealed that ‘Unlimited Love’ is outselling its closest competition – Ed Sheeran‘s ‘=’ – by 8:1.

Example has revealed that Matt Lucas had to step in as a contestant on The Great Celebrity Bake Off after Martine McCutcheon pulled out of the show last minute. The Great British Bake Off special in aid of Stand up to Cancer has seen a new host of celebrities step into the famous tent to bake for the judges, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.