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Taylor Swift celebrates birthday with Travis Kelce, Brittany and Patrick Mahomes at ‘Eras’-themed party

Taylor Swift celebrated her 35th birthday with an ‘Eras’ tour-themed party earlier this week. Check out the photos below. READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to an end: a look at its massive global impact The singer’s birthday on December 13 came just days after she wrapped up the colossal tour with the very last scheduled show taking place in Vancouver, Canada on December 8. Yesterday (December 18), it was […]

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Megan Thee Stallion seeking restraining order against Tory Lanez

Megan Thee Stallion is seeking a restraining order against Tory Lanez following alleged harassment through third-party surrogates. READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Megan: Act II’ review: the Houston Hottie ends 2024 with a bang A petition for a restraining order was filed by the Houston rapper on Tuesday (December 17) at Los Angeles Superior Court against Lanez, who shot her multiple times in 2020. Lanez was sentenced to 10 years […]

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Robert Smith on why he dislikes The Cure’s ‘4:13 Dream’: “It was nowhere near what I wanted it to be” 

Robert Smith has opened up about his relationship with The Cure‘s ‘4:13 Dream’, saying that he isn’t a fan of how it turned out. READ MORE: The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’: a masterful reflection on loss The frontman looked back at the 2008 record during a new interview with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, in which he celebrated the release of the band’s latest LP, ‘Songs Of […]

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Hear NMIXX’s Haewon cover Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Please Please Please’

Haewon of K-pop girl group NMIXX has released a cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s hit single ‘Please Please Please’. READ MORE: NMIXX on their polarising “MIXX POP” sound: “What we do is make music that we like” On December 18, NMIXX’s Haewon dropped a cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Please Please Please’, where she is accompanied by a guitarist. The new performance is part of the girl group’s Re-MIXX series on YouTube. […]

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Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Alice In Chains among artists who reportedly used COVID grant for parties, travel and luxury items

Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Alice in Chains are reportedly among the artists who spent US tax-payer funded COVID relief grants on luxury items, travel, and parties. The funding, called the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2020, and aimed to subsidise musicians and venues who were impacted by pandemic-related closures. Now, a new report from Business Insider has found that a handful of […]

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IU says she used to be “daunted” by the idea of collaborating with international artists

South Korean singer and actress IU has discussed her thoughts on collaborating with global artists. READ MORE: IU live in Seoul: pop perfection that’s a privilege to watch Earlier this week, Billboard named IU the Korean representative of its ‘Global No. 1’ artist series. In an accompanying interview, the musician spoke about her changing attitude towards working with artists outside of Korea. Since her debut in 2008, IU has only […]

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ADOR urges NewJeans to stop using new Instagram account over possible “legal issues”

K-pop label ADOR has urged its girl group NewJeans to return to using their official social media accounts amid the parties’ ongoing contract dispute. READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2024 Earlier this week, members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein of girl group NewJeans launched a new Instagram account with the handle @jeanzforfree to update and communicate with their fans of their activities. They started the account […]

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Drum ‘N’ Bass streams rocket by 94 per cent in three years, says Spotify

Drum ‘N’ Bass streams have shot up by a whopping 94 per cent in three years, Spotify has claimed. READ MORE: Charlieeeee: vibrant drum ’n’ bass with inclusivity and acceptance at its heart Over the last couple of years, Drum ‘N’ Bass (or DnB) has experienced a resurgence – while the subgenre has always had a steady stream of dedicated fans, interest in it has boomed thanks to hits like […]

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