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Watch Bad Bunny perform ‘NUEVAYoL’ and ‘PERFuMITO NUEVO’ on ‘SNL’

Bad Bunny performed ‘NUEVAYoL’ and ‘PERFuMITO NUEVO’ on Saturday Night Live – watch footage below. READ MORE: Bad Bunny – ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ review: ode to homeland is a new high for the Puerto Rican star Last night’s (May 17) SNL season 50 finale marked the Puerto Rican rapper’s third time on the show, after previous performances in February 2021 and pulling double duty as both host and musical guest […]

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Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Austria has come out on top for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with 436 votes for singer-songwriter JJ, who beat Israel’s Yuval Raphael. This makes the country’s third win following previous victories in 1966 and 2014 – this makes Austria the country with the longest gap between years at 48. The 24-year-old JJ – real name Johannes Pietsch – won Eurovision 2025 with ‘Wasted Love’, a stirring pop song with […]

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Ronnie Radke claims Tommy Lee’s estranged wife is threatening him over “catfish” affair

Ronnie Radke has claimed that Brittany Furlan, the estranged wife of Tommy Lee, is threatening him over an alleged affair that he maintains was with a “catfish” – someone else posing as him. The Falling In Reverse frontman shared a video earlier this week clarifying to fans on his official social media pages. “I don’t have a Snapchat,” he said. “I’ve never had a Snapchat guys.” He showed a Snapchat […]

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Bono on new U2 album: “We’ve been recording. And it sounds like future to me”

Bono has updated fans on the upcoming as-yet-titled studio album by U2 – their follow-up to 2017’s ‘Songs Of Experience’. READ MORE: ‘Bono: Stories of Surrender’ review: U2 frontman’s stunning stage show becomes unmissable film While at Cannes Film Festival to promote his upcoming one-man feature Bono: Stories of Surrender – due to stream on Apple TV+ on May 30 – the Irish rock star spoke with Rolling Stone about […]

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Warning of “devastating blow” to London culture after campaigners win court case deeming Wide Awake, Mighty Hoopla and more “must be cancelled”

A warning of a “devastating blow” to London culture has been made after campaigners have won a court case that deems Wide Awake, Mighty Hoopla and more “must be cancelled”. Last month (April 22), it was reported that local residents in London had begun crowdfunding for legal action against music festivals held at Brockwell Park that they claimed were “unlawful”. The festivals are held at the venue under Brockwell Live, […]

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French rapper Werenoi dies hours before concert, aged 31

French rapper Werenoi has died at age 31, just hours before a concert that was scheduled to take place in Lyon, France. Per Charts in France, Werenoi – real name Jérémy Bana Owona – died after being hospitalised, due to going under cardio-respiratory arrest on Saturday morning (May 17) today. Owona had a concert scheduled tonight at Lyon’s Azar Club. Babs, a friend and collaborator of Owona, tweeted earlier today […]

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Justin Bieber responds to rumours he was one of Diddy’s alleged victims

Justin Bieber has addressed speculation he is one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged victims amid the rap mogul’s ongoing sex trafficking trial. Their relationship dates back to around 2008, beginning shortly after the then–14–year–old ‘Baby’ singer had signed with Usher and Scooter Braun’s label, RBMG Records. A year later, a video titled ‘JUSTIN BIEBER’s 48 HRS with DIDDY!!’ was shared on the singer’s YouTube channel, in which Diddy says to […]

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Watch Bob Dylan cover Ricky Nelson’s ‘Garden Party’

Bob Dylan covered Ricky Nelson’s ‘Garden Party’. Check it out below. READ MORE: ‘A Complete Unknown’ review: don’t think twice about seeing this brilliant Bob Dylan biopic The moment took place on Thursday night (15 May) at Willie Nelson’s ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ stop on the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California. As his set came to an end, Dylan surprised fans by playing Nelson’s 1972 comeback hit […]

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Cassie and husband Alex Fine release emotive statements after her testimony in Diddy sex-trafficking trial

Cassie Ventura and her husband Alex Fine have each released a statement after the conclusion of her testimony in the ongoing Sean “Diddy” Combs sex-trafficking trial. This week has seen Ventura testify against the rapper in court in connection with the federal investigation into allegations of abuse, trafficking and racketeering by Diddy, her former partner, who is alleged to have spent years subjecting her to brutal sexual violence and abuse. […]

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Slick Rick announces first new album in 26 years featuring Idris Elba, Nas and Giggs

Slick Rick has announced his first new album in 26 years. Find all the details below. READ MORE: British rap legend Slick Rick on Brexit, misogyny in music and his 20 year absence from music: “If you’re not inspired, then you just chill” ‘Victory’, the rapper’s first LP since 1999’s ‘The Art of Storytelling’, will be released on June 13 through Idris Elba‘s record label, 7Wallace, in collaboration with Mass Appeal. […]

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