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Elton John has been announced to appear as a special guest on Dua Lipa‘s Studio 2054 livestream this Friday (November 27).He joins a host of guests who have been confirmed for the upcoming show, broadcast from a warehouse filled with custom-made sets including Kylie Minogue, Miley Cyrus, FKA Twigs, Bad Bunny and J Balvin.“It’s my absolute pleasure and honour to announce Elton John will be joining me at Studio 2054 this Friday,” Lipa said.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd’s absence from all Grammy nominations in a year that he dominated the music scene and the charts has astonished nearly all observers, and the artist himself has leveled an accusation of corruption against the Recording Academy.“The Grammys remain corrupt,” he wrote on social media. “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”The Grammys remain corrupt.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe annual nominations for the Grammy Awards are always full of surprises.

Kylie Minogue will reportedly join Dua Lipa‘s special livestream event, Studio 2054, this Friday (November 27).Per The Sun, Kylie will duet with Lipa during the show, broadcast from a warehouse filled with custom-made sets.“I am beyond excited to reveal that the legendary Kylie will be performing with me,” Lipa told the newspaper.“She is one of my all-time heroes and female artists and the idea of collaborating with her is what pure dreams are made of.

Kylie Minogue says it would be “amazing” to collaborate with Madonna.The singer, who released her new album ‘Disco’ this month, also stated her desire to work alongside more women.“I’ve done quite a lot of collaborations over the years—I absolutely love doing them because you get to dip your toe into different water and colour your performance by the other artist,” Kylie told ELLE in a new interview.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen Variety Music wasn’t busy breaking huge Taylor Swift stories this week, we’ve been deep in preparing for our version of the Grammys: our annual Hitmakers issue and event, which honors the top songs of the year and, notably, the people behind them.

AC/DC‘s new album, ‘Power Up’, has shot to Number One in the biggest first-week tally of 2020 so far.The legendary Australian rockers’ 18th record has sold 62,000 copies, overtaking Kylie Minogue who racked up 55,000 chart sales of her new album ‘DISCO’ last week.AC/DC’s Angus Young thanked fans for their support. “A very big thank you to everyone who put in their time, effort and creativity to get PWR/UP to Number 1! Also a big shoutout to all our fans, old and new.

Brad Pitt is giving back to families in need. The 56-year-old actor spent a day handing out boxes of groceries to low-income families in South Central Los Angeles last week.Pitt, dressed down in jeans, a white T-shirt and black-and-red flannel, dutifully continued his volunteer work as paparazzi snapped pics.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe annual ceremony for the Founders Award at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) — founded in 2000 by the late Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen and formerly called the Experience Music Project — is normally an exclusive, expensive charity event with unique tribute performances.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorActivist Tamika Mallory, a Time 100 honoree and co-founder of 2017’s Women’s March, will make her literary debut with “State of Emergency,” which will also be the first release from Charlamagne Tha God’s Black Privilege Publishing, a new imprint from Atria Books at Simon & Schuster.Described as “a searing indictment of America’s historical, deadly, and continuing assault on Black lives,” “State of Emergency” will also explore how best to continue the country’s

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIsland Records will relaunch its 4th & Broadway label with LaTrice Burnette as president, Island president/CEO Darcus Beese announced on Tuesday (Nov. 17).

The BBC Radio 2 Allstars swoop straight to the top of the Official Trending Chart with their cover of Stop Crying Your Heart Out in aid of Children In Need.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBleachers frontman and hit producer Jack Antonoff has always worn his New Jersey affiliation and Bruce Springsteen influence proudly, and today he brings it all home: Bleachers have dropped two new tracks, giving fans a sneak peek of new music a forthcoming album due next year — and one of them, “Chinatown,” features none other than Springsteen himself.

Kylie Minogue has become the first female artist to top the UK albums chart in five consecutive decades.She broke the record with the release of her new studio album ‘Disco’, released last Friday (November 6) and entered the Official Charts at Number One.

Kylie Minogue’s 15th studio album is one of the records.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs people looked back on the chaos of the 1960s from the relative calm of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the adage that turbulent times make for great art came up a lot.

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn were first linked in May 2017 and have been notorious for keeping their relationship private ever since.The couple have remained tight-lipped about their love life since its start, but a source told Us Weekly in March 2020 that they “have talked about their future and marriage.”The insider noted that the duo are “very much in love” and that Swift “considers Joe one of the only safe constants in her life.”While the British actor is rumored to be the subject of many of

Kylie Minogue leads a star-studded new Oasis cover which is set to feature on tonight’s (November 13) edition of Children In Need – listen below.The version, first broadcast on this morning’s Zoe Ball breakfast show on BBC Radio 2, sees Kylie taking on the Gallagher brothers’ 2006 hit ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ with some famous friends.Joining the singer on the new version are the likes of Cher, Nile Rodgers and Bryan Adams.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation have announced that The Weeknd will perform during the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show on CBS at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Fla. on Sunday, Feb.