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Sufjan Stevens says “The Bible is very gay” 

Sufjan Stevens has shared his thoughts on Christianity, and said that he has come to think that “the Bible is very gay”. READ MORE: Review: Sufjan Stevens – ‘Carrie & Lowell’ The Michigan singer-songwriter spoke about religion during a new interview with Vulture, and revealed that he has been pondering the content of the Bible in recent times. “The Bible’s very gay,” he told the outlet. “Just all men. That’s […]

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Israel qualifies for Eurovision final after pro-Palestinian dress rehearsal protests 

Israel has qualified for the final of Eurovision 2025, despite Pro-Palestinian protests taking place during their dress rehearsal. READ MORE: Eurovision 2024 – fans and boycotters speak: “This is bigger than the contest” Confirmation that they would be moving into Saturday’s grand final comes following Yuval Raphael – the 24-year-old contestant representing Israel – having her performance of ‘New Day Will Rise’ at a dress rehearsal disrupted. Six people holding […]

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Full line-up announced for Noah Kahan at London’s BST Hyde Park 2025

The full line-up has been announced for Noah Kahan’s headline show at BST Hyde Park 2025. Check it out below. READ MORE: Noah Kahan in London: rising folk-pop superstar graduates to arenas News that the singer, songwriter and guitarist would be taking to the stage at this year’s edition of the London live music series was first shared back in November. The event will mark his biggest UK headline show […]

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Listen to Tate McRae and Morgan Wallen’s crooning new ballad ‘What I Want’

Tate McRae and Morgan Wallen have shared a new ballad called ‘What I Want’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Tate McRae – ‘So Close To What’ review: serving flip phone-era club-pop It is part of the new album from Wallen, ‘I’m The Problem, ‘ which features 37 songs and collaborations with the likes of Post Malone, ERNEST and Eric Church. It was released today (May 16) News of him […]

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The Black Keys announce “labour of love” new album ‘No Rain, No Flowers’ with breezy title track

The Black Keys have officially announced their 13th album ‘No Rain, No Flowers’ – listen to the new title track below. Read More: The Black Keys talk returning to the UK and their “epic” ‘Ohio Players’ album The Ohio rock duo – comprising Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – are due to release the 11-song record on Friday August 8 via Easy Eye Sound/Parlophone. Pre-order/pre-save here. It’ll feature the band’s 2025 singles […]

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Watch Sugababes’ live cover of Lorde’s ‘What Was That’

Sugababes have covered Lorde‘s recent comeback single ‘What Was That’ – check out the performance below. READ MORE: Sugababes on “unexpected” new single ‘Jungle’ and being “ghosted” by ex-label: “We’re standing behind art we’re proud of” The pop trio – comprising Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy – recorded a session for the first-ever Radio 1 Anthems Live Lounge yesterday (May 15). They played their classic hit ‘Too Lost In You’, […]

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Rihanna shares ‘Friend Of Mine’ – her first new single since 2022

Rihanna has released her first new single in almost three years – listen to ‘Friend Of Mine’ below. The song was recorded for the Smurfs soundtrack, with the singer set to star as Smurfette in the upcoming animated film. It marks Rihanna’s first material since ‘Born Again’, which arrived in November 2022 from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. She previously shared ‘Lift Me Up’ from the movie. The energetic Afrobeats-influenced […]

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Listen to Lola Young’s “liberating and sexy” new single ‘One Thing’

Lola Young has shared a new single called ‘One Thing’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Lola Young tells us about the success of ‘Messy’ and her love of The Cure “It’s a song that on first listen sounds like I’m talking about one thing. Sex. Which I am, of course,” Young explained of the upbeat and empowering song. “However, sex in itself is never about one […]

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Eurovision: how many times has the UK won the song contest?

The UK has entered the Eurovision Song Contest every year since 1959, but its success at the event has been very mixed over the decades. This year’s contest in Basel, Switzerland is the 69th edition of the annual competition, and comes after Swiss singer Nemo won the event last year with ‘The Code’. READ MORE: The 20 maddest Eurovision moments… ever! Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer, and Michelle Hunziker are set to […]

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