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Demi Lovato, Olly Alexander and more are set to host a YouTube Pride party later this month.They will be joined by a number of guests for the event, including Mawaan Rizwan, Munroe Bergdorf, Daniel Howell, Tyler Oakley, Trixie Mattel, Kim Chi, Monet X Change, Miss Peppermint and Denali Foxx.‘YouTube Pride’ will kick off on the Years & Years YouTube channel at 8pm BST on June 25.Speaking about the event, Alexander said: “I’m very excited to be co-hosting my own variety show with some super

Years & Years have announced that a new Kylie Minogue-featuring remix of their recent single ‘Starstruck’ will be released on Friday (May 21).The original version of the single, the first to be released by Years & Years since they became the solo project of frontman Olly Alexander, came out last month.Posting on Twitter this morning (May 19), Alexander confirmed that Minogue has provided guest vocals for a new remix of ‘Starstruck’ that is now set for release this Friday.“I cannot believe I’m

Brit Awards on Tuesday night as he smouldered in a leopard print suit.  The American Idol star, 39, took to the red carpet in the animal print ensemble and accessorised with a pair of snakeskin style gloves.

Elton John and Years & Years' Olly Alexander seem likely to perform together at The Brit Awards on Tuesday after teasing the collaboration on social media.

Sir Elton John and Years & Years (Olly Alexander) are putting on a last-minute performance at tonight’s (May 11) BRIT Awards.The two singers are thought to be performing The Pet Shop Boys‘ ‘It’s A Sin’ after Alexander starred in the Channel 4 drama of the same name.The giveaway materialised in Instagram images shared by John, Alexander and the BRITs with the words “It’s”, “A” and “Sin” posted respectively and separately on their accounts.A post shared by Elton John (@eltonjohn)A post shared by

It’s A Sin star and Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander has revealed that he was the only person to audition for the role of Ritchie in the record-breaking Channel 4 drama.Alexander played Ritchie Tozer in the show, which chronicles the lives of gay friends living in London during the ’80s Aids crisis and has become Channel 4’s most-binged series of all time since its release.In a new interview on This Morning, Alexander revealed how the show’s creator Russell T Davies earmarked him for the

Olly Alexander is back to releasing music!

Years & Years’ new album will proceed as a one-man operation.

Years & Years have announced that they will go forward as a solo project by frontman Olly Alexander, with band members Mikey Goldsworthy and Emre Türkmen stepping back from band duties. 

Years & Years have announced that they will continue as a solo project for singer Olly Alexander, with the rest of his bandmates taking a backseat role from now on.The synth-pop trio explained that their upcoming third album has been an “Olly” endeavour, although Emre Turkmen and Mikey Goldsworthy will still continue to remain closely connected.“The three of us are still good friends, they wrote in a statement shared to social media.“Mikey will be part of the Y&Y family and play with us live and

Olly Alexander, the lead singer of Years & Years, is starring in the new HBO Max limited series It’s a Sin and he’s opening up about his work on the show.

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It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies has revealed that he debated not writing a particular storyline involving character Colin Morris-Jones.The drama, which stars Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, follows the lives of four friends living together as the HIV/AIDS crisis begins to emerge in the UK.In episode three of the Channel 4 show, fans learn that Colin (played by Callum Scott Howells) has acquired the HIV virus and he starts to suffer from AIDS-related illnesses, which ultimately leads to

It’s A Sin.The Years & Years frontman stars as Ritchie in Russell T Davies’ new Channel 4 show, which tackles the Aids crisis of the 1980s.Since the show aired last month rates of HIV tests across the country have risen, and Alexander says he’s “moved” by the uptake that the show has inspired.According to an employee of the Terrence Higgins Trust charity, the previous record of tests ordered in one day stood at 2,800.

Years & Years singer and It’s A Sin actor Olly Alexander has promoted STI testing in light of National HIV Testing Week commencing yesterday (February 1).Drawing on comparisons and differences between the ’80s setting of It’s A Sin and today, Alexander pointed out that major scientific advances have been made in preventing the spread of HIV and treat people who are HIV-positive.“There has been amazing progress in the fight against this virus thanks to the early activists who fought for research,

Elton John has praised Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin for providing “an incredibly moving account” of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.The drama, which stars Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, follows the lives of four friends living together as the HIV/AIDS crisis begins to emerge in the UK.Praising the series on Instagram, Elton wrote: “It’s A Sin is an incredibly moving account of the arrival of AIDS in the U.K.

It’s A Sin, the searing new AIDS crisis series from A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies, has premiered in stellar fashion for UK broadcaster Channel 4 ahead of the show’s launch on HBO Max next month.

Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander has revealed that he scrapped an entire album’s worth of songs for the band when the coronavirus pandemic hit last spring.Speaking to NME this week about his starring role in Russell T Davies’ new Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin, Alexander said that appearing on the show influenced how the new album will sound.“The pandemic happened and I went back to square one and just wanted to make a lot of upbeat, euphoric dance tunes,” Alexander told NME, revealing that he

Lorraine Kelly was left in shock on Wednesday when viewers of her morning show pointed out that she was wearing an X-rated dress. The 61 year old took to her eponymous ITV show where she discussed the rise in coronavirus deaths, interviewed Years & Years singer Olly Alexander and Vice President elect Kamala Harris' school friend as well as talking about a wide range of topics.

Russell T Davies, the creator of Channel 4 and HBO Max’s upcoming AIDS crisis series It’s A Sin, has spoken out about the importance of casting gay actors as gay characters.