Harry Styles and Little Simz lead 2022 Mercury Prize nominees

Harry Styles has helped a couple get engaged during one of his recent shows in Portugal.Footage from the show, which took place at Lisbon’s Altice Arena on July 31, shows Styles interrupt his ‘Love on Tour’ set before handing the microphone to a nearby audience member. The attendee then serenades his girlfriend with a live rendition of Elvis Presley’s 1961 love song, ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’.Watch the heartwarming moment below:A post shared by Vic on tour (@vic_ontour)Amid rapturous applause and singing input from the 20,000-strong crowd, the man — identified as Carl on social media posts — gets on one knee and pops the question, to which his new fiancé exclaims: “Yes!”.TikTok videos taken moments before the proposal show Carl’s request to “sing two lines to [his] girlfriend” during the mid-set pause, as Styles jokingly asks the crowd whether the couple’s year-long relationship warrants his microphone.

Harry Styles’ Love on Tour concerts are living up to their name! During a recent show in Lisbon, Portugal, the “Watermelon Sugar” singer helped a concertgoer pull off an epic proposal.  In the clip, Styles stands onstage and spots the couple before handing the man the microphone.

Harry Styles' biggest fans — and, if it's possible, his biggest haters — finally got to see his full  audition, and it's a delight.The video, which has already surpassed more than one million views on YouTube, shows a then-16-year-old Styles checking in to the 2010 audition with his family in tow. There's a pre-audition interview in which Styles talks about his hometown and, at that point, the extent of his career in music.Before heading to the audition stage to face the three judges — Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh — and the boisterous crowd, Styles' family bombards him with «good luck» kisses before sending him off.

Pretty awkward. Florence Pugh isn’t so fond of Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde’s relationship. The Don’t Worry Darling stars and director seem to have an “uncomfortable” relationship, according to an insider.

The X Factor has released an extended cut of Harry Styles’ original auction for the talent show.A week after The X Factor expanded on how the show put together boy band One Direction, it’s now shared the original, extended cut of Styles’ addition as a solo artist prior to being put into the group.While it was Styles’ a capella rendition of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ that was aired on television in 2010, Styles first performed a Train song, ‘Hey Soul Sister’, for the judges.In the clip, which you can watch below, Simon Cowell can be seen stopping Styles’ performance mid-song and asking him to sing without a backing track.“I don’t know whether it’s the track that’s throwing you, but can I hear something just you, without any music?” Cowell said.Styles then performed ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ before being put through to the next round of the competition – check out the moment here:The previously unseen footage also includes some talk about Styles’ former weekend bakery job and how his “mum’s always” told him he was a good singer.“I think I could do it, but I think with your help I could be a lot better than I am,” Styles said.In other news, during the last date of his European ‘Love On Tour’ run, Styles brought out Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell to duet on a cover of the opening band’s own song, ‘No Hard Feelings’.Wolf Alice opened for Styles on all 17 dates of the Euro trek, which wrapped up last night (July 31) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Florence Pugh is said to be unhappy with her Don't Worry Darling co-star and director Olivia Wilde as it's claimed she 'hooked up' with Harry Styles while engaged to Jason Sudeikis. Harry, 28, and Florence, 26, play a married couple in the sexually charged movie, which tells the story of a 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community.

Harry Styles brought out Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell to duet on a cover of the opening band’s own song, ‘No Hard Feelings’.Wolf Alice opened for Styles on all 17 dates of the Euro trek, which wrapped up last night (July 31) in Lisbon, Portugal. Performing to 20,000 fans at the Altice Arena, the former One Direction member welcomed Rowsell to the stage during an extended encore. The ‘No Hard Feelings’ cover sat in the middle of the five-song showcase, sandwiched between ‘Fine Line’ favourite ‘Watermelon Sugar’ and recent smash-hit ‘As It Was’ (which was recently named the biggest single of the year).‘No Hard Feelings’ initially appeared as a single on Wolf Alice’s third studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’, which the band dropped last June via Dirty Hit.

Lizzo is showing her appreciation for Harry Styles, after the singer decided to send her a beautiful bouquet of flowers with a sweet note, to commemorate the success of her new single ‘About Damn Time’ achieving the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which was previously taken by Harry’s hit song ‘As It Was.’“Yall harry got me flowers congratulating me on about damn time going #1,” Lizzo wrote in the caption, sharing a video with her yellow, orange and red flowers and smiling.

Kojey Radical has spoken to NME about his recent Mercury Prize nomination, and flying the flag for UK hip-hop. Watch our video interview with the rapper above.The Hoxton rapper was speaking to NME from the London launch event for the prize yesterday (Wednesday July 27), where his acclaimed debut album ‘Reason To Smile‘ was named as one of the Albums Of The Year alongside records by the likes of Sam Fender, Self Esteem, Nova Twins, Harry Styles, Little Simz and more.Before we started talking about music, we put it to the rapper in his mint green suit that he might well have been the best-dressed person at the launch.“That’s a fact,” he replied.

Nova Twins have spoken to NME about representing rock on this year’s Mercury Prize shortlist – as well as their recent praise from Elton John and what the future might hold. Watch our interview with the band aboveThe rock duo were speaking to NME from the London launch event for the prize yesterday (Wednesday July 27), where their acclaimed second album ‘Supernova’ was named as one of the Albums Of The Year alongside records by the likes of Sam Fender, Yard Act, Harry Styles, Little Simz, Self Esteem and more – an honour they described as “crazy!”“We are so happy,” said singer and guitarist Amy Love. “It’s a bucket list moment, for us.

The 79th Venice International Film Festival has presented the movies that will compete for this year’s Golden Lion. Following Cannes’ impressive 2022 line-up was always going to be a tough task, but the Venice Film Festival has pulled out all the stops and unveiled a programme that fuses red-carpet glitz with politically-charged fare.

In a nice change of pace, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced many of its world premieres over the past few weeks instead of one traditional deluge. There is Steven Spielberg’s “The Fablemans,” Michael Grandage’s “My Policeman” with Harry Styles, Clement Virgo’s “Brother,” “Bros” written and starring Billy Eichner, Sanaa Lathan’s “On The Come Up,” and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” with Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu.

Feeling the love! Lizzo got some special treatment from Harry Styles on Tuesday to celebrate her accomplishment.

nominated for the Mercury Prize and now they’ve discovered Barack Obama has been rocking out to their tunes. Y’know, just a casual week. The former president has a tradition of revealing what songs have been the soundtrack to his summer and this year, he featured stars like Beyonce (Break My Soul), Harry Styles (Music For A Sushi Restaurant), Nina Simone (Do I Move You?), and Bruce Springsteen (Dancing in the Dark).

Yard Act have spoken to NME about what this year’s shortlist for the Mercury Prize 2022 says about guitar music – as well as plans for their next album and working with Elton John.The Yorkshire band were speaking to NME from the London launch event for the prize yesterday (Wednesday July 27), where their acclaimed debut album ‘The Overload‘ was named as one of the Albums Of The Year alongside albums by the likes of Sam Fender, Nova Twins, Harry Styles, Little Simz, Self Esteem and more.They were in attendance without frontman James Smith, “because of the trains,” said guitarist Sam Shjipstone, adding: “support the strikes.”Asked what the Mercury Prize shortlist says about music in 2022, Shjipstone replied: “There’s quite a lot of guitar music on it, which is quite weird. People are finally realising that the guitar is the greatest instrument ever made!”Bassist Ryan Needham added: “There’s quite a lot of rage and unrest lyrically across the whole thing, which is nice to see.

Lizzo got some special treatment from Harry Styles on Tuesday to celebrate her accomplishment.The «Truth Hurts» songstress took to TikTok to show off a beautiful bouquet of multi-colored roses and chrysanthemum which she got from Styles after her megahit «About Damn Time» unseated his tune «As It Was» from the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.«Yall harry got me flowers congratulating me on about damn time going #1

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday and Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar lead the pack with seven nominations each. Lamar is nominated in the best cinematography category for his music videos for songs "family ties" and "N95." The rapper, who has not been nominated since 2018, is also nominated for best hip-hop, visual effects, direction, editing and best video.  Kendrick Lamar is nominated in the best cinematography category for his songs "family ties" and "N95." He is nominated in five other categories as well.

Barack Obama has diverse taste in music.

Ellise Shafer The shortlist for 2022’s Mercury Prize has been revealed, and includes albums from Harry Styles, Little Simz and Wet Leg.This year’s ceremony for the prestigious award, which celebrates the best of British and Irish music, will take place on Sept. 8 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith and feature live performances from many of the shortlisted artists.

Barack Obama has shared his summer playlist for 2021, featuring tracks by the likes of Wet Leg, Burna Boy, Harry Styles, Sampa The Great, and more.The former president of the US began sharing his recommendations for music, books and films and TV shows during his time in the White House and has continued the tradition since.Posting his latest playlist earlier today (July 26), Obama wrote: “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies – it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together.”The list includes Wet Leg’s ‘Angelica’, Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’, Maggie Rogers’ ‘That’s Where I Am’ and Sampa The Great’s ‘Energy’. In terms of older tracks, Obama selected the likes of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’, Miles Davis’ ‘Blue In Green’ and Aretha Franklin’s ‘Save Me’.

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