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“This album is really inspired by my son, my wife, my family, but more so than any album I’ve ever written, where I’m from,” Justin Timberlake says, in an effort to describe his forthcoming album, Man of the Woods. The video in which this is said, is accompanied by clips of Timberlake running, stretching and […]

Snoop Dogg’s new album causes controversy as the cover for ‘Make America Crip Again’ shows Snoop Dogg standing over a dead body of President Donald Trump. The album is a reference to Ice Cube’s 1991 album cover, ‘Death Certificate’ where he stands over the dead body of ‘Uncle Sam’. Snoop Dogg uploaded the photo to

Justin Bieber was thrown into more controversy when he a lawsuit was filed against him due to similarities between his track “Sorry” and a song indie-pop singer Casey Dienel but it has recently been dropped. Bieber’s track was released on his album “Purpose” which debuted in October 2015 but Casey Dienel felt that the song

DID YOU KNOW? Craig David’s mother is related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company.   Craig Ashley David is a British singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer who rose to fame in 1999 featuring on the single, “Rewind” by garage DJ/Producer Artful Dodger. Born in Southampton, Hampshire his debut studio album, “Born to

Jamie Hewlett, artist and co-creator of Gorillaz, has confirmed that the cartoon band will release a new record in 2018. The group, led by Blur’s Damon Albarn, released their first record since 2010 in April of 2017, Humanz (their fifth studio album). After that release, they also treated fans to another track, Garage Palace, in

Following an interview in which 22-year-old rapper, Post Malone, said fans who are, “looking for lyrics” should avoid hip-hop, the hit-making-machine has since attempted to clarify his words. This comment naturally caused quite the outburst, especially considering Malone makes hip-hop himself. He has since come out to clarify his statement. He claimed he was drunk

At the recent Pride of Britain Awards Sir Rod Stewart made the grand gesture of donating a large sum of money to Katie Walke, a businesswoman who was receiving the Prince’s Trust Young Achiever Award. Sir Rod was there presenting Walke with her award for her work running a beauty salon in Liverpool that helps

Jay-Z stopped a performance in California on Saturday in order to invite a fan onstage after discovering she was a cancer survivor. The rapper halted his show to read Christina Cruz’s sign, which read “I Beat Cancer 2X 2 C U! I LOVE U!!! SELFIE OR HUG?” After reportedly saying “I gotta give you at

Ed Sheeran has announced that he has written a James Bond theme song, even though he has not been officially asked to do so. The singer said that he created it just in case it was ever required. Sheeran stated that “with Bond, I’ve actually had a theme tune written for about three years.” A

Apple has recently denied reports suggesting that they are likely to retire the iTunes Music Store as soon as 2019. Apple launched their own streaming service Apple Music back in 2015 – Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the time: “It will change the way you experience music forever” but rumours say that a “phase-out”

  The end of the year is drawing in, the weather is prompting more coat purchases than ever before, and your life is most severely lacking in Spice. Well, if this is the case (which, let’s face it, it is) then there is some cracking news. The Spice Girls are reportedly set for a reunion

The BBC has announced its sound of 2018 long list and it makes for interesting reading.  The listing envisages the up and coming musicians anticipated to grow in success in the next year. Artists included in this season’s harvest are London rappers Not3s and Yxng Bane and Norwegian singers Sigrid and Alma, who have all

  The Cure have announced details of their only European show of 2018 – a special 40th anniversary celebration gig at London’s Hyde Park, as part of British Summer Time festival on July 7. They want to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of their first single in a magnificent way and their official

Rising K-Pop sensation Kim Jong-hyun has sadly passed away, at the age of 27. His death, which occurred on 18th December 2017, has been ruled by South Korean authorities as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. It has been reported that his sister believes the singer committed suicide, and supposedly communicated with him in his

Next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been revealed, with the roster including legends Bon Jovi and Dire Straits. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself is a museum in Ohio, but it is more widely recognised as the prestigious annual awards ceremony, where iconic artists from history get a chance

“Now” albums are known for their tendency to reside in almost every home and car in the UK – it’s no surprise then that four of these albums have sat among the top ten most popular albums of the UK this year, based on the iTunes charts. Now 95 through to 97 have achieved this

In an effort to end sexual harassment and misogyny in the Australian music industry, an open letter has been signed by over 300 women working in and around music. “We are not whingers or vibe-killers,” the piece explains. “We are passionate people dedicating our lives to music. In the face of uncountable discrimination, harassment, violence,

Apple has acquired Shazam, the popular music identification app that was founded in 1999 and that is averagely used 20 million times a day around the world. Shazam lets users identify songs, movies, TV shows and commercials from short audio clips. While Shazam identifies a song or other audio playing, it shows ads to users,

On December 13, a Beatles box set signed and gifted by Paul McCartney to benefit the Manchester Victim’s Fund was auctioned off.   Sir Paul donated a special ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ six-disc Super Deluxe (50th Anniversary Edition) box set which he also offered to personalise. It sold at Bonhams in London for

Jack Whitehall is set to host the BRIT Awards in 2018. The 29 year old comedian will be walking in the footsteps of Dermot O’Leary and Emma Willis who were the presenters this year. Past hosts have included James Corden, Peter Kay and Russell Brand. Jason Iley, the BRIT Awards chairman, said that Whitehall would