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50 Cent responds to Daphne Joy’s sexual abuse allegations

50 Cent has denied allegations made by his ex-partner Daphne Joy of physical and sexual abuse. The rapper made the statement in response to a series of claims made by Joy yesterday (March 28), which alleged 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) of “raping” and “physically abusing” her. Jackson and Joy share a son together, Sire. Joy shared the allegations days after being named in Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ lawsuit […]

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Olly Alexander confirms he will not boycott Eurovision: “It wouldn’t bring us any closer to our shared goal”

Olly Alexander has confirmed that he will not boycott this year’s Eurovision, despite Israel’s inclusion, saying “it wouldn’t bring us any closer to our shared goal”. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Years & Years: “Going solo was like a break-up” The UK’s entry in this year’s competition has faced calls to withdraw in solidarity with Palestine, but it appears that will not be happening. In a personal statement posted on his […]

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Paul McCartney reveals how he came up with The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album title

Paul McCartney has revealed how he came up the title of The Beatles‘ iconic album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. READ MORE: 50 geeky facts about The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ Speaking about the 1967 record on a recent episode of his podcast Paul McCartney: A Life In Lyrics, McCartney said that it happened after a misunderstanding with one of his road crew. “I was with […]

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Listen to Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus’ tender new collaboration ‘II MOST WANTED’

Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus have teamed up for a tender new collaboration called ‘II MOST WANTED’ – listen to the track below. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joy The singer, who dropped her album ‘Cowboy Carter‘ today (March 29), has finally shared her highly-anticipated duet with Miley Cyrus. The collaboration was unveiled yesterday thanks to several insiders who took to social media to spread the […]

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Azealia Banks “personally would have jumped out of seat for a KT Tunstall” appearance on Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’

Azealia Banks has claimed that she would have “jumped out of my seat” if there had been a KT Tunstall feature on Beyoncé’s new album ‘Cowboy Carter’. The comment comes as part of Banks’ latest slate of criticisms of Queen Bey’s new musical direction, which she has previously described as “white women cosplay”, while also stating that she feels the singer is “setting herself up to be ridiculed”. ‘Cowboy Carter’ […]

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Calvin Harris hits back at critics who said his Ultra Music set was “underwhelming”: “And you wonder why I never play EDM festivals?”

Calvin Harris has hit out at people who criticised his Ultra Music set, which was described as “underwhelming”. The Scottish DJ replied in the comments of a now-deleted post from dance music magazine Dancing Astro, where some users reportedly took issue with Harris’ set. In response, Harris wrote: “You expect me to play none of my songs? how deep is your love – billion streams, this is what u came for – […]

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Watch official footage of Charli XCX’s PARTYGIRL Boiler Room 2024 set in full

The full official footage of Charli XCX’s ‘PARTYGIRL’ set at Boiler Room in February has been released – watch the video below. READ MORE: Charli XCX: “I like playing games with pop music. I enjoy poking fun at it” Charli’s latest appearance at Boiler Room went down on February 22, and it saw her airing a number of new and unreleased tracks, as well as her latest single ‘Von Dutch’. The […]

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Listen to Kings Of Leon’s introspective new single ‘Split Screen’

Kings of Leon have shared the second single from their upcoming new album, in the form of ‘Split Screen’ – listen to the track below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Kings Of Leon: “We’re happy and we love each other” The song is the latest taster of the Nashville band’s ninth album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’, which is due for release on May 10 (pre-order here). The band dropped its lead […]

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Lady Gaga shares uplifting birthday post, says “I am writing some of my best music in as long as I can remember”

Lady Gaga has shared a birthday post telling fans she is “writing some of my best music in as long as I can remember”. READ MORE: Lady Gaga live in London: a thrilling, high-concept return from pop’s finest The popstar celebrated her birthday yesterday (March 28) – and to mark the occasion, Gaga sent everyone a little message teasing her new music. “Today has been so special—I can’t remember a time […]

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Olly Alexander responds to Eurovision boycott calls: “We firmly believe in the unifying power of music”

Olly Alexander and a number of other performers have released a joint statement about their participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after calls to boycott the competition in solidarity with Palestine. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Years & Years: “Going solo was like a break-up” Yesterday (March 28) hundreds of queer artists, individuals and organisations called on Alexander to pull out of the competition this year, after its refusal to […]

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