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The first song I remember hearing Rod Stewart – ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ “We’re gonna try and get Rod Stewart to be in the film I’m about to make actually. It’s a true story about two guys from Dundee who, in the early 2000s, were rapping and they were really good. They were really talented. They came down and auditioned for Sony, and the two reps who were auditioning them laughed them out of the room because they were Scottish. Anyway, they came back months later, pretending to be two West Coast California skater-dude rappers and they got a…

McChuills Music Bar, a Glasgow venue that has been “anti-fascist since 1993” has been attacked by what was alleged to be a far-right mob. Read More: Massive Attack, Nova Twins and more react to far-right riots across UK: “This is more than ‘thuggery’, it is violent racism” On Saturday (September 7), the liberal venue addressed the incident in a post on Instagram. “Earlier today, a group of up to 40 right-wing ultras attempted to attack McChuills,” their statement read. “They failed. As ever, McChuills stands against fascists and racism in all its forms. This is a place where everyone is welcome,…

Sabrina Carpenter‘s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday night saw her kissing an alien, much to the confusion of Britney Spears. The singer took to Instagram yesterday to react to Carpenter’s dynamic medley of “Please, Please, Please,” “Taste,” and “Espresso,” which saw her paying homage to Spears several times. In an Instagram story, Spears explained that she didn’t watch the VMAs, but did see clips of the awards show online. “Did you guys watch the VMAs? I didn’t watch the VMAs, but I did see stuff on my phone from YouTube of Sabrina Carpenter,” Spears said in the…

Lady Gaga recently responded to an old Facebook group created by some of her ex-classmates, who mocked her dreams of stardom several years ago. Gaga briefly attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts before leaving in 2005 to pursue a music career. At the time, she had just started performing under her now-iconic stage name, and word of her performances spread quickly among her peers, leading to the creation of the Facebook group titled “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous.” Members of the group reportedly ridiculed her dreams of becoming famous, mocking her performances and aspirations. Explore Explore See…

Missy Higgins is back on top with The Second Act, which debuts at No. 1 on Australia’s albums chart. Higgins’ first full-length LP in six years, The Second Act opens at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Sept. 13, for her fourth career leader. The Second Act arrives 20 years after the release of Higgins’ breakthrough debut The Sound Of White, which dominated the tally for seven non-consecutive cycles. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Her sophomore set On A Clear Night (from 2007) and third collection The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (2012)…

Taylor Swift has once again surprised fans by dropping the Dombresky remix of her track “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” today (Sept. 13). It’s been a whirlwind week for Swift, who not only endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election but also won seven awards at the 2024 VMAs, which were held at UBS Arena in New York on Wednesday (Sept. 11). At the awards show on Wednesday (Sept. 11), scored Video of the Year award for “Fortnight,” a track from The Tortured Poets Department featuring Post Malone. This brings the singer-songwriter’s career total of Moonpersons to an even…

Nilüfer Yanya has always been an intriguing songwriter. On her debut album ‘Miss Universe’, her genre-spanning songs were threaded together by Black Mirror-inspired voice notes, with eerie clips hooked around a fictional health company called “WWayHealth” (We Worry About Your Health). Creating a narrative around the record via this ominous organisation who promised to “worry about you so you don’t have to”, the messages also acted as a throughline, piecing together the musically varied record. Meanwhile its follow-up ‘Painless’ saw Yanya draw on more leftfield influences (like t.A.T.u.) and fuse them with – as NME said at the time –…

The song was written and recorded for the singer’s forthcoming Hulu documentary, Child Star Demi Lovato has released a reflective new single, “You’ll Be OK, Kid.” The song, produced by Warren “Oak” Felder, was written for the singer’s forthcoming documentary, Child Star, out Sept. 17 on Hulu. “Working on Child Star was a deeply reflective experience for me,” Lovato explained in a statement. “It allowed me to deep dive into emotions from my childhood, while also connecting with others who had so many shared experiences. As we were editing the film, I became very inspired to write a song. The idea of connecting…

Pharrell Williams and his Neptunes bandmate Chad Hugo aren’t on speaking terms, the musician has revealed. READ MORE: Pharrell Williams tells us about his biopic in LEGO, ‘Piece By Piece’: “This is an amazing experience of history for me” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in a new feature, the ‘Happy’ singer was asked about his relationship with Hugo. The two have been longtime collaborators, forming The Neptunes in 1992 and N.E.R.D. in 1994. However, after more than 30 years of working together, the pair are no longer on talking terms after Hugo filed a lawsuit against Williams earlier this year. Pharrell…

Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 12, 2024, 10:31 PM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.MIAMI — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left Thursday night’s 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills after suffering a concussion in the third quarter, the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career.There is no immediate timeline for his return.The injury occurred when Tagovailoa scrambled…