Sir Bob Geldof sent 1,000 dead rats to radio DJs

This week marks twenty years since Samantha Mumba first appeared on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

Piers Morgan is known for heated clashes with guests - but the Good Morning Britain presenter was today faced with an attack that got very personal.

Twins John and Edward Grimes, better known by their stage name Jedward, have shown their support behind the Black Lives Matter movement by joining a protest in Los Angeles, America.The march was in response to the wrongful killing of George Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man who was arrested, pinned to the ground and died after a policeman kneeled on his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US.The Irish pop stars, 28, shared several videos on their Twitter account where they could be seen marching

By Todd Spangler

Country singer Thomas Rhett has broken his silence about America’s race divide, insisting it’s time for him to speak up as the father of a black child.

Country singer Thomas Rhett has broken his silence about America’s race divide, insisting it’s time for him to speak up as the father of a black child.

Bon Iver joined the national outrage over the unlawful death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died shortly after a Minnesota police officer knelt on his neck, suffocating him.As a result, protests for justice have spanned throughout Minneapolis and other big cities in the United States. "The hurt and rage in Minneapolis-Saint Paul right now are harrowing," Bon Iver wrote in a statement via Twitter on Friday (May 29).

Bob Geldof has recalled an early Boomtown Rats publicity stunt put together by the band’s US record label in the 1970s. It was so simple, but went so badly wrong that he reckons it is the reason the band never broke America.

They were sent to DJs "busy playing disco in the middle of the 70s"

Pop music is not doing much for Bob Dylan.

Riyadh Khalaf is going to be showing off his cooking skills when he takes to the Masterchef kitchen.

Bob Dylan doesn’t have strong feelings about “pop entertainment” to say the least, but he does think one star is at least “good.”

Sir Bob Geldof has said that a publicity stunt by the Boomtown Rats which saw 1,000 rodents posted to radio hosts was “basically the end” of the band’s chances of finding success in the US.