Shakira cancels Lima concert after being hospitalised during global tour
The Colombian star went to the emergency room in Peru’s capital on Saturday night, days after launching her first worldwide tour in seven years Shakira...
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As Band Aid marks 40th anniversary critics take aim at Africa stereotypes
Latest version of Do They Know It’s Christmas fundraiser reignites debate about ‘problematic’ lyrics and imagery Forty years ago this week, a group of pop...
Ed Sheeran: I wish I wasn’t on 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid
Singer says his ‘understanding of the narrative’ around Do They Know It’s Christmas? has changed since 2014 appearance Ed Sheeran has said he would rather...
Neil Young to return music to Spotify as he attacks ‘disinformation’ across streaming services
Rock star left Spotify in 2022 in protest over podcaster Joe Rogan, but says he can’t keep up fight as Rogan broadens distribution to Apple,...
Taylor Swift fan died of heat exhaustion at Rio concert, forensics report finds
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died hours after the singer’s 17 November show – a day when temperatures hit 40C Heat exhaustion caused the death of...
Zahara, platinum-selling South African singer-songwriter, dies aged 35
Singer who played for Nelson Mandela at his home had been hospitalised with ‘physical pains’, and previously suffered liver damage from alcoholism The South African...
Coldplay concert to go ahead in Malaysia amid opposition from conservative Muslims
‘Kill switch’ to cut power in case of an ‘unwanted incident’ was discussed, but the band’s support of Palestine has endeared them to prime minister...
BTS and Taylor Swift fans give Javier Milei and his running mate an earful
Argentinian Swifties say ‘Milei is Trump’ as devotees of BTS decry ‘hatred and xenophobia’ of Victoria Villarruel’s tweets about group Weeks before Argentina’s run-off election,...
K-pop megastars BTS release keenly awaited memoir
Fans of boyband brave heavy rain to gather at Seoul bookshop for Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS The K-pop megastars BTS have released...
BTS’s Jimin becomes first South Korean solo artist to top US songs chart
Jimin’s single Like Crazy is the 66th track ever to debut at the peak of the Hot 100 chart, and the first by a South...
