Drake’s still relevant – as his famous friends will tell you
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Has TikTok got us hooked again?
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Dave Myers widow Lili ‘cannot watch’ final Hairy Bikers series
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Ozzy Osbourne fans’ joy after paying £666 for Comic Con meeting
Alice Cullinane BBC News, West Midlands BBC Christy Willison has been a Black Sabbath fan for more than 30 years…
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Sony Pictures / Getty Images This week, I Know What You Did Last Summer returns to the big screen, decades…
BST Hyde Park cancels final day after Jeff Lynne’s ELO pulls out
Fans of Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) will have been left disappointed after finding out they won’t get to…
Fiona Phillips’ husband, Martin Frizell, on her Alzheimer’s diagnosis
The husband of TV presenter Fiona Phillips says they have become socially isolated since her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Phillips, who hosted…
Fans feel the heat at TRNSMT 2025 in Glasgow
1 hour ago ShareSave ShareSave PA Media Irish rockers The Script sparked a string of sing-a-longs on Friday evening The…
The 10-year-old song that keeps getting bigger
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Lord Huron, led by Ben Schneider, are about to release their fifth album The…
BBC faces dilemma over new series of MasterChef
Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock Gregg Wallace has been the face of MasterChef for 20 years Gregg Wallace may have been sacked as…
TRNSMT music festival begins in Glasgow in scorching heat
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News Reporting fromTRNSMT, Glasgow Green PA Media The first bands took to the stage in the…
Oasis sweep UK album chart after reunion frenzy
Oasis fans have gone mad for their music again following their reunion, sending the band to number one in the…
Ed Sheeran fans camp overnight ahead of Ipswich Portman Road gigs
Cameron Noble BBC News, Suffolk Reporting fromPortman Road George King BBC News, Suffolk Cameron Noble/BBC Fans of the singer have…
Author Raynor Winn’s next book delayed due to ‘distress’ of newspaper investigation
Author Raynor Winn’s new book has been delayed because questions about her bestselling work The Salt Path have caused her…
Singer Iris Williams who performed for Queen Elizabeth II dies
Welsh singer Iris Williams has died at the age of 81. Born in Rhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in 1944, Williams…
Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting, its sequel and modern-day malaise
Trainspotting was a cult hit in the 90s, and now author Irvine Welsh has written a sequel named Men in…
Chris Brown in court to face more assault charges
US singer Chris Brown has arrived at a court in London to enter a plea over two charges relating to…
Jeff Lynne’s ELO Co Op Live gig called off at last minute
BBC Fans said they were told the performance would not be going ahead just before the band was due to…
Oasis fans queue for Manchester gig
Oasis will play their first gig in Manchester for nearly 16 years tonight. After kicking off their highly anticipated world…
IVF pioneer Lord Robert Winston quits BMA over doctor strikes
Lord Robert Winston, a professor and TV doctor who was a pioneer of IVF treatment, has resigned from the British…
Justin Bieber drops new surprise album
Canadian singer Justin Bieber has surprised fans by releasing a new album titled Swag. The record features 20 songs with…
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says AI has made us dumbed down machines
BBC Irvine Welsh is pointing up to the second floor of a grey stone building in Leith, the port district…
Mata combines art with legends of football
Juan Mata explains how he has brought 11 legendary football players to work with 11 contemporary artists to produce a…
Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag fetches millions
Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag has sold for a record-breaking €8.6m (£7.4m; $10.1m) at an auction in Paris. The timeworn…
Kneecap advert ‘banned’ on London Tube network
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Bob Dylan to play three nights in Swansea on UK and Ireland tour
Bob Dylan will play for three shows in Swansea in November as he returns to the UK and Ireland for…
Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag sells for £7m at Sotheby’s auction
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Jane Birkin owned the original bag and lent her name to all that followed…
Cartoon Cavalcade presenter Glen Michael dies aged 99
Children’s TV presenter Glen Michael has died aged 99. His family said he passed away peacefully at his home in…
Gregg Wallace faces backlash over autism defence
Noor Nanji & Felicity Baker Culture reporters BBC/ShineTV Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace is facing criticism from charities and groups…
Video game actors’ strike officially ends after AI deal
Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Union members had staged protests outside studios such as Warner Brothers Video game actors…
Superman film age classification card designed by Eastbourne girl
Chrissie Reidy BBC News, Eastbourne Craig Buchan BBC News, South East BBFC Elsie’s winning design will be shown before every…
Ex-member Taeil jailed for rape
South Korean singer Taeil, formerly from the K-pop band NCT, has been sentenced to three years and six months in…
EastEnders and theatre actor Frank Barrie dies aged 88
Theatre star and former EastEnders actor Frank Barrie has died aged 88. The Scarborough-born performer passed away peacefully at home…
Rubicon rap festival in Slovakia starring Kanye West called off
A rap festival offering what organisers claimed would be the only performance in Europe this year by controversial American rapper…
River City actor Iain Robertson to face trial over rape charge
A River City actor has been accused of rape and a range of offences against four women. Iain Robertson –…
Steve Coogan to lead regeneration of Greater Manchester hometown
Sarah Spina-Matthews BBC News, Manchester PA Media Steve Coogan has been named as the chair of the Middleton regeneration project…
Llangollen Eisteddfod concert cancelled after children fall ill
A concert at a music festival had to be cancelled after eight children fell ill and had to be taken…
Love Island’s Cierra Ortega apologises for derogatory social media post
Love Island USA’s Cierra Ortega has apologised for old social media posts including a derogatory term for Asian people, following…
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Heartstopper star to make West End debut in Clarkston
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter BBC Locke said he enjoyed playing characters who had “a bit of a bite, a bit…
Raynor Winn hits back at claims she misled readers
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Raynor Winn released a 2,300-word statement responding to the Observer’s allegations Author Raynor Winn…
Miles Nazaire ‘not bad person’ for rehoming dog
Peter Gillibrand BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Made in Chelsea star Miles Nazaire said he broke down realising he had to…
ITV drama Grantchester to end following 11th series
Katy Prickett BBC News, Cambridgeshire South Beds News Agency Robson Green was seen filming the drama in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire,…
Black Sabbath’s final performance raised £140m, director says
Black Sabbath’s final performance raised £140m for charity, according to the event’s musical director Tom Morello. Morello, who is also…
Getting there, shuttle bus, road closures
Lauren Hirst BBC News, Manchester PA Media Oasis’s long-awaited reunion gig began in Cardiff on Friday The wait is almost…
Penguin says it did ‘all necessary due diligence’
Publishing house Penguin has said it “undertook all the necessary due diligence” before releasing The Salt Path, after a series…
‘They can’t stop us’ – Kneecap hit out at John Swinney at Glasgow show
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News Getty Images Kneecap were dropped from TRNSMT after concerns were raised by police Irish rap…
‘Don’t say women made it up,’ watchdog warns
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Ed Sheeran’s artwork to feature in new London exhibition
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Ellie Lawrie Ed Sheeran began painting in 2019 and created his latest works in a…
Hip-hop is struggling to have its own ‘MeToo’ moment
Anoushka Mutanda Dougherty Podcast host, Diddy on Trial BBC One day in 2010, Sean “Diddy” Combs was in the kitchen…
MasterChef host sacked as 50 more people make claims
Noor Nanji & Felicity Baker Culture reporters BBC/Getty Images Gregg Wallace has been one of the most high-profile presenters on…
Bayeux Tapestry to be shown at the British Museum as a loan
Bayeux Museum It will be the first time that the tapestry has been shown in the UK since it was…
TV magician Wayne Dobson dies, aged 68
Former TV magician Wayne Dobson has died at the age of 68. The Leicester-born entertainer became a well-known face through…
Fans let down by late Wireless festival line-up announcement
Yasmin Malik & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Drake was announced as the headliner for an unprecedented three nights…
Eating disorder stopped me from working on new music
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Lorde debuted her new album Virgin with a surprise set at Glastonbury the day…
Oasis fans miss reunion gig after fake Cardiff ticket sales
Joe Langstaffe & Antonia Matthews BBC News Reuters One fan said the biggest disappointment was missing out on seeing Oasis…
The Indian cartoonist who fought the censors with a smile
BBC Abu’s cartoons sharply captured the media’s servility during the Emergency “It’s unfair to lift censorship suddenly,” growls a grizzled…
Reginald D Hunter appears in court over alleged antisemitic posts
Comedian Reginald D Hunter has appeared in court over alleged antisemitic social media posts. The US stand-up comic, 56, is…
The best photos from Black Sabbath’s Birmingham farewell
Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands Ross Halfin AFP via Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne, 76, performed his farewell show on…
What are the allegations against The Salt Path author?
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Author Raynor Winn has been accused of fabricating or giving misleading information about some…
Jessie J reveals cancer operation success
Singer Jessie J says results from tests following surgery to remove one of her breasts after an early cancer diagnosis…
Lewis Capaldi says therapy played ‘massive part’ in musical comeback at Glastonbury
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Lena Dunham on fatphobia, dating advice and her new London rom-com Too Much
Getty Images Dunham’s move to London in 2021 inspired her new rom-com Lena Dunham is almost synonymous with New York…
Barry house home to Doris goes up for sale
Baby Cow Actress Margaret John, who died in 2011, pictured in the doorway of the home where her character Doris…
Chic Nile Rodgers curates David Bowie Centre display in Stratford
Chic star Nile Rodgers has guest-curated a display for the new David Bowie Centre, including personal correspondence between the two…
Embarrassing ancestor goes from a ‘bit of a giggle’ to an icon
National Trust Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, poses in one of the elaborate costumes he had made for…
Sabrina Carpenter tones down show
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What’s coming up this week
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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath go out on a high at farewell gig
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Lisa Nandy asks why nobody has been fired at BBC over Gaza film
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has questioned why nobody has been fired at the BBC over its decision to air a…
Oasis setlist for comeback tour with Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger
Watch: Moment Oasis take to the stage in Cardiff for first gig in 16 years Oasis are back. Brothers Noel…
Fans on cloud nine after Oasis reunion tour kicks off in Cardiff
Fans are on cloud nine after Oasis kicked off their reunion tour in Cardiff after a 16 years hiatus. The…
The best they’ve been since 1995
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Wakanda-style $6bn project abandoned by Senegal
Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan Griffin BBC News 10 Design Architecture Some compared the designs to the awe-inspiring fictional…
DJ Hannah Laing organises, headlines and sells out debut Doof festival
Frankie Allan BBC Scotland News Graeme Ogston Hannah Laing is bringing her dream to life with her first Doof festival…
Fictional K-pop bands zoom to top 10 of US music charts
A hugely popular K-pop musical animation has seen songs by its fictional bands zoom to the top 10 of music…
Radio stations will remain available outside UK
BBC The BBC has said its radio stations will continue to be available for people outside the UK to listen…
It may be Ozzy Ozbourne’s night, but Jeff Lynne’s ELO bow out too
Andy Giddings BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images Jeff Lynne is originally from the Shard End area of Birmingham While…
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom split six years after engagement
Pop star Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom have officially confirmed they have split, US media outlets say, six years…
Black Sabbath’s Iommi admits nerves ahead of farewell show
Andy Giddings BBC News, West Midlands Tony Iommi has nerves ahead of Sabbath farewell Black Sabbath guitarist Toni Iommi has…
Diddy’s reputation is tarnished, but could he find a way back?
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Reuters Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of the most influential figures in hop-hop After the verdicts…
Oasis ‘sounding huge’ as comeback tour launches
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Oasis’s second album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? has sold over 22 million copies…
Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen dies aged 67
Hollywood actor Michael Madsen died in his California home on Thursday morning, US media reported. He was 67. He was…
Optimo DJ diagnosed with untreatable brain tumour
One half of legendary Glasgow clubbing duo Optimo has revealed he has been diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour. Keith…
Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley dies aged 87
Christian Fuller BBC News, South East Getty Images Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley has died after contracting Covid and developing…
Lisa Nandy ‘not satisfied’ with BBC response on Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said she is “not satisfied” with the response she’s had from the BBC about the…
Fans say CD copies of Virgin don’t work
Getty Images Lorde recently performed a not-so-secret set at Glastonbury Fans of singer Lorde say copies of her latest album…
Oasis drone display appears above Principality Stadium ahead of Cardiff gig
Big Brother Recordings Illuminated drones were flown above the Principality Stadium to create the Oasis logo A large drone display…
‘I looked after Sean Connery, David Lynch and Tarantino for work’
Jonathan Geddes BBC Glasgow and West reporter BBC Angela Freeman has retired after 34 years at the Glasgow Film Theatre…
Watch: What it was like inside courtroom when verdict came in
In total, the jury deliberated for 13 hours over three days to come to a unanimous decision on the charges…
Lost Turner painting sold as Bristol art museum outbid at auction
Bea Swallow BBC News, Bristol Sotheby’s The masterpiece was sold at auction to a private collector An art museum has…
Watch: What to know about the Diddy verdict
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail and will remain in custody after a jury found him guilty on…
Rock’s wildest frontman prepares for one last show
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne has somehow made it through decades of drink, drugs and…
Timeline of the charges against Sean Combs
Mark Savage Music correspondent Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs is one of the most successful musicians in hip-hop Rap musician…
Noel Gallagher takes train to Cardiff for Oasis Principality gig
@Joey2Steezy Fans have been waiting 16 years to see Noel Gallagher and brother Liam perform with Oasis Oasis star Noel…
Renee Zellweger film to premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival
Pauline McLean BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent Getty Images Renee Zellweger’s film is a nine-minute animated short She’s one of the…
What would superhero make of the world today?
Yasmin Rufo BBC News Reporting fromLeicester Square Getty Images James Gunn, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Peter Safran…
What we know so far
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Shutterstock Meryl Streep played the terrifying fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly In 2006, the world was…
Canaletto Venice painting owned by first UK prime minister sells for record £32m
A painting of Venice by the Italian artist Canaletto which was once owned by the UK’s first prime minister has…
Bob Vylan dropped from music festivals in Manchester and France
PA Media Punk duo Bob Vylan have been dropped from the line-up of a music festival in Manchester following their…