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Kylie Minogue is set to receive a BRITs Global Icon award at this year’s ceremony.The Australian pop star – who is also nominated for international artist of the year – will perform at the awards on March 2 at London’s O2 arena.The Global Icon award recognises “truly exceptional artists”, and will celebrate Minogue’s five decades in music, during which she has released 16 studio albums.She will join previously announced performers Dua Lipa and Raye.“I am beyond thrilled to be honoured with the global icon award and to be joining a roll call of such incredible artists,” said Minogue in a statement (via BBC).2024 #BRITs Global Icon winner… @kylieminogue!the queen herself will also be taking the stageyou won't wanna miss ittune in Sat 2 March x pic.twitter.com/qGIhriKEOu— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) February 12, 2024“The UK has always been a home from home so the Brits have a very special place in my heart.

Super Bowl were wise to pay tribute to the man who arguably played the biggest role (besides Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel) in making the Sin City what it is today: Frank Sinatra, whose Rat Pack-era residencies defined Vegas in the 1950s, along with his best-known song, “My Way.” The song — which is now among the most-covered songs of all time — already had traveled a long way before it reached Ol’ Blue Eyes in 1968. Since then, it has been performed countless thousands of times, by everyone from Elvis Presley and Nina Simone to Sid Vicious and Miley Cyrus.

Damo Suzuki, who fronted the pioneering krautrock group Can at its peak, has died at age 74. His death was confirmed on Saturday afternoon via Can’s Instagram channel. No cause was given.

Luther Vandross‘ voice was the soundtrack of many Black millennial childhoods. Personally, I would wake up every Sunday to church music followed by his hit single “Never Too Much” which still stops most people in their tracks to this day. In the documentary, Luther: Never Too Much, director Dawn Porter chronicles a his journey to stardom and how he manifested the career he desired.

With a trophy cabinet housing Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello awards, to name a few, Harry has become one of the most decorated music artists of his generation. Lauren Lunn-Farrow, who’s represented stars such as Sharon Osbourne and McFly and is founder of The Expert Agency, describes him as “the modern David Bowie”, achieving something that has eluded countless others – huge commercial success without “selling out”.

Harry Styles is one of the world's most adored artists - and his huge army of 'Harries' and 'Directioners' is testament to that. His incredible music and likeable personality are a winning combination - but according to Lauren Lunn-Farrow, a renowned celebrity agent and founder of The Expert Agency, there's more to it than that.

Modern Family in Netflix series Griselda.Created by Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz (Narcos), the crime drama miniseries is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco, a notorious drug trader who created one of the most powerful cartels in history.A synopsis reads: “Set in 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helps her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as ‘the Godmother’.”Other cast members in the series include Alberto Guerra, Martin Rodriguez, Vanessa Ferlito and Christian Tappan.Carlos Rafael Rivera composed the show’s score. His previous credits include The Queen’s Gambit, Godless and 2014 film A Walk Among The Tombstones.You can stream the full soundtrack below.Along with the score, the show features a bunch of songs by other artists.

Johnny Marr has reacted to a video showing The Smiths track ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want’ being played at a Donald Trump rally.The former president is currently running for the Republican Party nomination to be U.S. President. A video has been making the rounds on X/Twitter showing the famous Smiths B-side track playing at the South Dakota Republican rally last year.Marr, the former guitarist for the Mancunian band and composer of ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want’, expressed his discontent with the song being used by Trump at rallies.“Ahh…right…OK.

David Bowie once played his album ‘Outside’ for him and Gary Oldman before it had been released.Wright and Oldman co-starred in the 1996 film Basquiat alongside Bowie, a biopic focusing on the life of the American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. In the film, Wright played the titular artist, while Bowie portrayed Basquiat’s mentor, Andy Warhol. Oldman, meanwhile, played another artist, a character loosely based on the film’s director, Julian Schnabel.In a new interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Wright revealed that in a spare moment during the shooting of the film, Bowie decided to test out his new material on his fellow cast members.“I remember one day we were in the hair and makeup trailer — Gary Oldman was in the film as well — we’re sitting there and David walks in,” Wright said.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Even next to David Bowie, with his alien regalia and mutating persona, it was Brian Eno who always seemed like the supreme spaceman of the pop-music universe. In 1972, when he first came onto the scene as the 24-year-old synthesizer wizard of Roxy Music, he sported a look that was pure glam, except that he somehow appeared even more baroque than the gender-bending rock stars of the time (the New York Dolls, Bowie, Lou Reed), because they were Dionysian pansexual strutters, whereas Eno was his own unique thing: a delicate sci-fi gamine, a geek in thrift-shop drag.

David Bowie has officially opened on what would have been the late icon’s 77th birthday.News that the French capital would be naming a street after him was first shared back in 2020, when Mayor Jérôme Coumet – a professed fan of Bowie – revealed that he was planning the move.Last week it was confirmed that it would officially open on his birthday (January 8) and yesterday Paris honoured Bowie by unveiling the new street – The Rue David Bowie – which also featured his year of birth and death. You can view the unveiling below.It is situated between two modern office buildings, including the headquarters of news publications Le Monde and L’Obs and opens onto Avenue Pierre-Mendes-France and will connect to the future bridge linking the avenue to Boulevard de l’Hopital, near Austerlitz train station and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital.Rue David Bowie unveiled in the 13th in Paris.

Wilco have shared a cover of David Bowie‘s ‘Space Oddity’ to celebrate what would have been the late star’s 77th birthday.The live recording of the cover is the first taster of a new compilation album from live performance radio station Mountain Stage.The album, ‘Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers’, will be released in full on April 19 via Oh Boy Records, and also feature Margo Price, John Prine, Jason Isbell and more.“As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honour and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements,” Wilco said of their ‘Space Oddity’ cover.“Striving to reach the heights of his freedom and talent is a wise goal for any band. We thank Mountain Stage for letting us give this song another home on Earth.”Mountain Stage founder Larry Groce added: “Mountain Stage has always been about our guests.“Our only purpose has been to showcase their incredible talent.

David Bowie album is set to be released on Record Store Day this year.‘Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth)’ is a collection of recordings from Trident Studios in 1971, and features the majority of songs that would go on to form the legendary ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’ album.Included in the new album but not on ‘Ziggy Stardust’ are four songs including a cover of Chuck Berry‘s ‘Round And Round’.The album will be released on April 20, 2024 as part of this year’s Record Store Day, and you can see the artwork and tracklist below.Find more details on the release here.A post shared by David Bowie (@davidbowie)Side 1 ‘Five Years’ ‘Soul Love’ ‘Moonage Daydream’ ‘Round And Round’ ‘Amsterdam’Side 2 ‘Hang On To Yourself’ ‘Ziggy Stardust’ ‘Velvet Goldmine’ ‘Holy Holy’ ‘Star’ ‘Lady Stardust’A host of Bowie rarities have been released for Record Store Day in recent years.

David Bowie is set to be opened next week – meaning France will have a street to honour the musician, while his home country of the UK does not.News that the French capital would be naming a street after the iconic singer was first shared back in 2020, when Mayor Jérôme Coumet – a professed fan of Bowie – revealed that he was planning the move.Now, the street is set to open next Monday (January 8), and will be a new road near Austerlitz train station, rather than a pre-existing one that has been renamed.According to Coumet, the idea for the “rue David Bowie” emerged as the “Space Oddity” singer had “a strong link with the city of lights” (via The Connexion).An inauguration party is also set to be held at Salle des Fetes that same day to celebrate the launch, and a variety of photographs and paintings related to the singer will be showcased at the Galerie Athéna until January 14.As highlighted by The Connexion, Bowie’s ties to France not only include his countless shows across the country, but also his time recording music at the legendary Miraval studio – which is now owned by Brad Pitt.While his home country of the UK does not yet have a street named after the late music legend, his birthplace of Brixton does have a famous mural of the singer, painted by Australian artist James Cochran.Bowie died in 2016, following a cancer diagnosis.In other news about David Bowie, back in November it was reported that the artist’s handwritten lyric sheet has been estimated to fetch up to £100,000 at auction.The documents contained the late singer’s corrections, drafts and notes to his tracks ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ and ‘Suffragette City’.

Queens of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has reflected on the tribute show held for Taylor Hawkins in 2022 and his friendship with Dave Grohl.In a new interview with NME, Homme spoke about performing David Bowie‘s ‘Let’s Dance’ with Nile Rodgers in honour of Hawkins, who away passed in March last year, at Wembley Stadium last September.“That felt really good, because I’ve always placed a really high value on escapism as a really top commodity,” he said.“Being able to sing ‘Let’s Dance’ with Nile Rodgers at Wembley for my friend… Taylor would have loved that gig so much. It’s such a wonderful thing that perhaps only Dave [Grohl] could do as a send-off like that.

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Villagers have teamed up with vocalist Lisa Hannigan for a cover of the Christmas classic ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – check it out below.The serene cover of the festive track comes after the Irish indie folk band announced their largest-ever headline show to date at Dublin’s Trinity College on June 29, 2024.Speaking about the song choice in a press release, Villagers’ frontman Conor O’Brien said: “Since I was a little boy this song by Katherine Kennicott Davis has captured my imagination more than any other Christmas carol. Such a dream to perform it alongside the incomparable voice of Lisa Hannigan.”Composed in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis, ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – originally known as ‘Carol Of The Drum’ – has become a holiday staple.

BBC reports.The two tracks are featured on Bowie’s 1972 album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.” The sheet, which includes Bowie’s corrections, drafts and notes, is set to go on sale Tuesday via Omega Auctions.The memorabilia was once displayed by London’s V&A Museum before touring the world from 2013 to 2018 as part of an exhibit. Other items for sale include a lyric book once owned by Oasis’ Noel Gallagher that features lyrics from “She’s Electric,” “Going Nowhere” and “Champagne Supernova,” among other hits.

David Bowie‘s handwritten lyric sheet has been estimated to potentially fetch up to £100,000 at auction.The documents, which will go under the hammer next week, contain the late singer’s corrections, drafts and notes to his tracks ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ and ‘Suffragette City’. Both appear on his seminal 1972 album, ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars‘.So far, the lyric sheet has been valued at anywhere between £50,000 to £100,000.

The latest piece of celebrity memorabilia being made available is a handwritten lyric sheet penned by David Bowie, with estimates that the souvenir could reach up to £100,000 ($126,000) when it is sold at auction.

This is all that remains of a once-legendary nightclub and music venue which had a ‘brilliant’ feature.

David Bowie’s private toilet at a music festival.TV host and author Osman’s brother is Suede bassist Mat Osman, and while backstage at a festival in Barcelona with the band, Richard recounted how he was told to immediately vacate the facility in question.Speaking on The Toby Tarrant Show on Radio X, he said: “When [Suede] got big, it was just the best three years ever. I remember being at a festival in Barcelona – the only good thing about being backstage at a festival is the toilets are nicer – but then there was a particularly nice toilet at this one.”“So I go to this toilet, I’ve literally just started…I get a knock on the door, and I go, ‘One minute’, and he goes ‘Please vacate David Bowie’s toilet!’”“It was lovely, carpet on the walls.

David Bowie once wore during his famous introduction to the 1982 adaptation of The Snowman is now available for purchase.The brand NotJust Clothing revealed their Christmas collection, featuring The World of The Snowman™ branded items. Some of the items include a festive jumper, scarf and blanket inspired by Raymond Briggs’ iconic and best-loved picture book, The Snowman, which was first published in 1978.The legendary scarf – which is priced at £19.99 – was inspired by the one seen on Bowie which he wore in his own attic during the filmed introduction to The Snowman when the animation was first broadcast in the US.For years fans of the beloved Christmas animation have searched for the garment, with Bowie’s own son, Duncan Jones, rediscovering the original scarf last year.Brian Harding, who produced Bowie’s introduction for the film, shared the story behind the scarf in an X/Twitter thread upon Jones’ discovery.“The Scarf was knitted by the lady in the accounts department of TVC, the production company who made the animation.

Michael Jackson in the 1980s has sold for £250,000 ($306,000) at an auction.The black and white jacket, which was worn by the late pop icon in a 1984 Pepsi advert was expected to fetch between £200,000 and £400,000 at the Propstore London auction on Friday (November 10).The garment was among more than 200 pieces of music memorabilia sold, alongside a George Michael jacket and a hairpiece that belonged to Amy Winehouse.The La Rocka! jacket worn by Wham!‘s late singer in the music video ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’, alongside Aretha Franklin, sold for £93,750 including the buyer’s premium.Winehouse’s beehive hairpiece worn in the 2007 music video for ‘You Know I’m No Good’ from ‘Back to Black’, sold for £18,750, including the buyer’s premium. It was expected to go for somewhere between £15,000 and £30,000.Other items that sold belonged to David Bowie, Queen, Oasis, Elvis Presley and Johnny Marr.Elsewhere in the auction, a Gibson guitar that belonged to AC/DC‘s Angus Young did not sell, nor did a limited edition Yellow Submarine Beatles jukebox.A separate high-profile auction will see Tupac’s prison memorabilia go on sale, including a never-before-seen mugshot and prison ID.

The leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson to film a Pepsi ad nearly 40 years ago has sold at a London auction for £250,000 ($306,000).

Hot on the heels of Big Brother’s highly successful return to our screens this year, ITV have officially announced that Celebrity Big Brother will also be returning to TV screens in 2024. The show will once again see a cast of famous faces take up residence in the Big Brother house to take part in weekly nominations and challenges as cameras capture their every move.

The Cover on NME, Towa Bird, has shared a playlist exclusively to accompany the story’s launch – listen to it below.The LA-based artist is on this week’s (November 6) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Towa’s profile here.The artist has compiled ‘Songs To Have Lesbian Sex To’, a playlist featuring Bird’s recent single ‘Drain Me!’, Jake Bugg, David Bowie and Simon and Garfunkel.Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music.In this week’s Cover, discusses her upcoming debut album ‘American Hero’, due out on Interscope.

Raw Power to the hairstylist as a template. “An hour later I walked out with an embarrassing feathered shag, like the kind John Travolta had in Saturday Night Fever a few years later,” he writes.

Strictly Come Dancing Bobby Brazier declared his love for dance partner Dianne Buswell as the pair, who are competing together in this year's series, appeared on Lorraine, hosted by Christine Lampard. Bobby and Dianne have quickly become fan favourites, with the actor admitting he's getting used to life in the Strictly camp. He said: "We spend so much time together, all day every day together." He joked: "There are times where I don't like you, there are times where I love you.

Tiffany Pollard has revealed that she believes the late David Gest "haunts her" following her famous mix up on Celebrity Big Brother when she thought the producer had passed away. In a new interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Tiffany, 41, spoke about the iconic TV moment, which saw the American TV personality mistakenly presume David had passed away in the CBB house, after fellow housemate Angie Bowie, 74, informed her that 'David's dead'. However, Angie was referring to her ex-husband David Bowie, who died while she was on the reality TV show.

Dianne Buswell has revealed the reason why she became emotional on Strictly Come Dancing last week.The 34-year-old and her celebrity dance partner Bobby Brazier scored 30 points for their Tango to Fashion by David Bowie, but in the post-performance interview, she became emotional.The Strictly pro struggled to hold back the tears which sparked concern among fans and viewers. When pressed by the show host Claudia Winkleman, Dianne said that 20-year-old Bobby had been her "rock" after an "emotional week." Now Dianne, who joined the BBC dancing series in 2017, has shared the reason she became emotional with fans.

Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier treated his followers to a glimpse into his training session with professional dance partner Dianne Buswell, ahead of their performance this weekend.Taking what looked like a well-deserved break, Dianne took a quick video of Bobby as he was catching his breath, and said she had “never seen” him “work so hard”. Bobby was seen sitting and grabbing a drink wearing some black shorts and a black t-shirt.The pro dancer said: “I’ve never seen Bobby Brazier work so hard in all of his life, well I haven’t known you that long”, she giggled. “But since I’ve known you, you worked hard, those curls are dripping”, as she zoomed into his sweaty forehead.

Picture Parlour have shared their latest single ‘Judgement Day’ – watch the video for the track below.It is the fast-rising band’s follow-up to their debut single ‘Norwegian Wood’, which came out in July and saw them grace the cover of NME.“‘Judgement Day’ is a love letter. It’s being knocked off your feet by someone you never expected to meet and surrendering to that all consuming feeling,” says the band’s Katherine Parlour.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Bobby Brazier “checked in” on an “emotional” Dianne Buswell with “gentle touches of reassurance” , a body language expert has said. Bobby and Dianne took to the dance floor to perform a tango to Fashion by David Bowie on Saturday, 14 October, which scored them an impressive 30 out of 40, and left them in sixth place on the leaderboard.The pair sailed through to week five, but body language expert Darren Stanton – speaking on behalf of Betfair – has said that 34 year old Dianne seemed upset on the night. He has said: “Dianne did seem upset during her performance.

Best known for fronting one of the biggest rock bands in the world, Angus Young performed many iconic gigs worldwide with AC/DC.

The Guardian. “I looked up to androgynous rock stars.” Bowie’s influence is visible and audible in Electra’s work.Throughout the years, Electra has teamed up with plenty of well-known musicians like Charli XCX, Mykki Blanco, Rebecca Black, Pussy Riot, and even the legendary Village People.Electra has been working hard on a new full-length for some time, and it’s almost here.The singer-songwriter’s third album Fanfare is scheduled for an October 6 release date.