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Al B. Sure! watched Sean “Puffy” Combs go from an intern at the label in 1990 to the A&R exec behind hit acts such as Mary J. Blige and Jodeci.And he also saw the man who would become known as Diddy set his sights on Uptown Records‘ receptionist Kim Porter after she already had a son, Quincy, with the R&B crooner.“He walked into the studio, and he looked over and he saw this really beautiful girl, and she was holding this really beautiful baby, and he said ‘Hey, man, I wish I had a beautiful girl like that,’ ” recalls Al B.

Rolling Stone, his family said: “It is with a resounding sadness that the Hurley family announces the recent sudden passing of the inimitable Michael Hurley. The ‘Godfather of freak folk’ was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit.

Mark Ronson has shared an update from hospital after sustaining a painful injury during his recent concert.The DJ and producer ended up in a hospital bed after he 'popped two bicep tendons' amidst his set, trying to amp up the energy for his fans.Taking to Instagram, Mark, who has worked with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars and the late Amy Winehouse, shared a snap of himself sporting a thumbs up from the ward. He explained: "That time the house PA was so bad that I tried to one-hand turn the stage monitor towards the crowd mid-mix to give them some extra juice.Turns out they weigh more than I thought...Two popped bicep tendons and one finished gig later, here we are, baby! #tornthisway".

Dead & Company is back at the Sphere in Las Vegas for their second residency and the band has kicked off the latest run of shows!

Coldplay will be helping choose acts to perform at the first ever World Cup half-time show in 2026.Next year’s World Cup tournament will be co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico with the final set to take place on July 19 2026 at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The planned half-time show would be in the same style as the iconic Super Bowl half-time shows.Though pre-match performances at specific occasions such as the Champions League final are common, there has never been a proper mid-game performance break.During the Super Bowl half-time shows, artists perform a 15-minute set which usually includes a few surprise guests.

Beyoncé has paid tribute to late R&B singer Angie Stone.Stone, a veteran of the R&B genre, tragically died in a car crash at the age of 63 on Saturday (March 1). She was the only person involved in the accident to die.Following the news of her untimely death, Beyoncé has paid tribute to Angie Stone by sharing a post about her on her website.

Angie Stone, the R&B singer behind hits such as ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’ and ‘Brotha’, has died in a car accident at the age of 63. A representative of the singer confirmed to Variety that the crash happened in Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday morning (March 1) as Stone was coming from a show. She was the only person to die in the accident.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a prominent soul singer, died at the age of 63. Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama early Saturday morning.

Gene “Groove” Allen, a New York City rapper of the 1980s-’90s trio Groove B. Chill who went on to appear in the 1990 movie House Party and 1993’s What’s Love Got To Do With It, died Wednesday at his home in Maryland.

Jack White is offering affordable $20 tickets to students on his ongoing US ‘No Name’ tour.The former White Stripes frontman released his sixth solo album ‘No Name’ last August and is currently in the middle of a North American tour to support the record, with the guitarist set to play the first of two Brooklyn shows tonight (February 11).White said that a limited run of $20 tickets for students will be available for purchase in person only at each venue’s box office and would require a valid student ID.Writing about the tickets, White said in an Instagram post: “For every stop on the No Name Tour, a limited number of student tickets will be available to purchase in-person only at each venue’s box office on show day. These tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis with a valid student ID (1 ticket per student ID).”A post shared by Jack White (@officialjackwhite)The tour is set to make stops across North America, including in cities such as Kansas City, Detroit, Chicago, Oakland, Dallas and Seattle.

Sir Stephen Fry took part in a celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? over the weekend and was stumped on a question about a pop song.The former QI host took away £250,000 for mental health charity Mind on Sunday (January 26).Reaching the £500,000 question, however, host Jeremy Clarkson asked the following: “Which of these cover songs entered the UK Top 40 the longest time after the original version first charted?”The options to choose from were ‘Tragedy’ by Steps, ‘Fast Car’ by Jonas Blue & Dakota, ‘Uptown Girl’ by Westlife, or ‘Killing Me Softly’ by The Fugees. The question left Fry stumped.He said to the host: “Well Jeremy this is not my subject I’m afraid, but I’ve got one friend who might know these things, he’s pretty good on pop music I think and that’s Richard Osman, so we might as well give him a tinkle”.He called Osman, known for his knowledge of obscure facts as a presenter of the Pointless quiz show, using his Phone A Friend lifeline.

EXCLUSIVE: The memoir of a choreographer teacher who secretly taught Princess Diana to dance to be turned into a 90-minute feature documentary.

Peacock has unveiled the first footage of Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, its new documentary special about disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, set for premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Ethan Shanfeld Peacock has unveiled the trailer for a new Diddy documentary in which his bodyguard, intern, makeup artist and producer speak out against the disgraced music mogul. “Honestly, I didn’t want to be around him unless there was cameras,” one of the people in Sean Combs’ inner circle says in the trailer for “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.” The 90-minute documentary special will premiere on Peacock on Jan. 14, promising to provide “crucial insight into the forces that shaped [Combs] and may have made him a monster.” “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy” features interviews with one of Combs’ childhood friends, his former bodyguard and a winner of Diddy’s music competition series “Making the Band.” Plus, producer and singer-songwriter Al B.

Billy Joel has brought out legendary drummer Jason Bonham to perform Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ at his New Year’s Eve concert – watch footage of the show below.For his final show of the year, Billy Joel performed at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on New Year’s Eve (December 31). To mark the special occasion, Joel was joined onstage by Jason Bonham – the son of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham – to perform ‘Whole Lotta Love’.The performance came mid-way through Billy Joel’s set. Jason Bonham’s band – Jason Bonham’s Led Zepellin Evening had performed earlier in the night to open the show.“We’re going to bring a guest onstage and do this next song,” Joel said to the audience.

15 years to the day after Brittany Murphy tragically died at just 32 years old, co-stars on her final film, Something Wicked, are speaking out about her final days.

cause of death listed as pneumonia.Murphy’s co-stars from her final movie, “Something Wicked,” detailed that in the months before her death, the star was “frail” and a shell of herself.“She was just a little bird that you wanted to be around and you wanted to help,” actress Katie O’Grady told People in a story published on Friday.The “Uptown Girls” alum became extremely sick with flu-like symptoms and passed out in her mom’s arms after telling her, “Mommy, I can’t catch my breath. Help me,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.“She was really sick with pneumonia, very anemic, and she was taking medication, and all that combined killed her,” Coroner Asst.

Anna Tingley Bradley Cooper, Ana de Armas, Cynthia Erivo, Martha Stewart and many more bold-faced names made their way Uptown on Thursday night to celebrate Louis Vuitton’s new store opening on 57th street in Manhattan.The sprawling five-floor building is a temporary store ahead of the multi-year renovation of the Fifth Avenue flagship — whose scaffolding was geniusly transformed into a supersized LV Trunk. But it’s hard to imagine a more luxe space than the ad-hoc one feted this week, which features a soaring atrium installation and a multi-floor activation highlighting Louis Vuitton’s most iconic collaborations.

Flavor Flav was recently joined on stage by Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis to perform Public Enemy‘s ‘Bring The Noise’ – watch below.Last Saturday (November 9) saw the US rapper make a live appearance at the Thundergong! 2024 benefit concert for Steps Of Faith – a non-profit charity “providing prosthetic care, hope and comfort to amputees needing financial support”.Actor and comedian Sudeikis co-founded the annual event with drummer Billy Brimblecom in 2017. The latter lost his left leg to a rare form of cancer in 2005, as Spin notes.Flavor Flav was joined on the line-up by Sudeikis himself, “Weird Al” Yankovic and more at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.According to Setlist.FM, the Public Enemy co-founder played two of the hip-hop group’s classic tracks on the night: ‘Bring The Noise’ (1987) and ‘911 Is A Joke’ (1990).For the first song, Flavor Flav invited Sudeikis to perform alongside him and his live band.

Jason Sudeikis and Flavor Flav teamed up for a good cause this weekend, performing one of Flav‘s iconic Public Enemy songs together!

During the 90s, heartthrob Jesse Spencer played the beloved role of Billy Kennedy in Neighbours. But 30 years since his soap debut, the actor, now 45, looks unrecognisable having secured a huge new TV role. Jesse first arrived in Ramsay Street in 1995 as the second son of Dr Karl and Susan Kennedy, one of Ramsay Street's most beloved families.