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Alessia Cara has shared new single ‘(Isn’t It) Obvious’ and announced her upcoming album ‘Love & Hyperbole’.Her fourth full-length album, which she told fans on Instagram is her “best work to date”, arrives on February 14, 2025, and you can pre-order and pre-save it here.The new track, which features a guitar solo from John Mayer, follows the release of ‘Dead Man’, and sees her touch on long distance relationships, with her singing: “I see it on your face and on your mind / You see the cracks in the ice / Without my hand to hold / I’m the first to know / You’re gripping on the waist of other times.”“If ‘Dead Man’ is about emotional distance, then ‘(Isn’t It) Obvious’ is about being physically apart from someone but reminding them how much you love them,” said Cara in a press release.“As I was coming up with the lyrics I was pulling a lot of inspiration from singer/songwriters like John Mayer, so it’s mind-blowing to me that he ended up actually playing on the song.”Ahead of the release of her third album ‘In The Meantime’, Cara appeared in NME‘s In Conversation series, and touched on dealing with the pressure that came with her breakout success as well as writing songs with Salaam Remi – the producer who worked with her musical hero Amy Winehouse.“[The success of debut single ‘Here’] gave me a soapbox that I hadn’t intended to stand on – it was like, ‘Oh, now I’m like speaking for all the introverts in the world,’ which is wonderful,” she said.

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Smile 2 director Parker Finn has revealed that Amy Winehouse was among the inspirations for the movie, which looks at the struggles of public figures.The director told Entertainment Weekly that he also consulted the media about Britney Spears when working on the sequel to 2022’s Smile – which was released today (October 18) – while Whitney Houston was also kept in mind.Discussing Naomi Scott’s character Skye Riley, a huge pop star who struggles with substance abuse, the death of her boyfriend, and physical and auditory hallucinations, he said, “I wanted to raise the question, did we do this to Skye? By us coming back for a Smile 2, have we done this to her?”Finn explained that he wanted to take the sequel in an unexpected direction – in the first movie, Sosie Bacon played a therapist embroiled in a curse in which a mysterious entity inhabits victims, making them die by suicide. Whoever witnesses the suicide becomes the entity’s next target.He continued, “When I started thinking about ideas, early on, any of the ideas that started coming to me in the first month I was thinking about it, I threw them away.

Music legend Sir Elton John is being immortalised in a unique waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London, showcasing his signature move of playing the keyboard with his legs in the air.

Noel Gallagher made a surprise appearance at the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards yesterday (October 3) to honour Oasis photographer Jill Furmanovsky.Furmanovsky has shot some of music’s biggest names, including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry, Joy Division, Amy Winehouse and more.Her work with the Gallagher brothers over the years culminated in the release of both Oasis – Was There Then: A Photographic Journey (1997) and Oasis at Knebworth (2021).Yesterday (October 3), Noel Gallagher honoured her 53-year career by presenting her with the ICON award. “She’s a very, very dear friend of mine,” he said at the event, which also saw Nile Rodgers, Debbie Harry, David Gilmour, Siouxsie Sioux and Sting send in video tributes.“It’s been an honour to have been associated with her for 30 years.

following her claim that London has a “24-hour culture”. Londoners took to Twitter/X to dispute this, citing a lack of 24-hour transport options and the continued loss of venues in the capital evidence the comments were inaccurate.In February, it was revealed that 31 per cent of UK nightclubs closed last year as the industry demanded government action.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It seems incredibly corny to say that Republic Records’ ethos is contained in the label’s first-ever monster hit, Chumbawamba’s 1997 anthem “Tubthumping”: “I get knocked down, I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down.” OK, it is incredibly corny — but it fits. Republic and its founders, brothers Monte and Avery Lipman, have been the most successful label of the past decade because of their entrepreneurship, ferocious work ethic and the fact that they just don’t give up.

Jessica Kiang In “Amy,” Asif Kapadia‘s Oscar-winning gut-punch about pop icon Amy Winehouse (and to a lesser extent in biographical docs “Senna” and “Diego Maradona” too), the British director employs an emotional rhythm by which his subject’s tragic end seems foredestined right from the start. Perhaps “2073,” his new hybrid docufiction is a natural expansion of that impulse — a blend of archival footage, CG enhancement and speculative fiction that applies similar retroactive dismay to a cautionary tale about a near-future dystopia, and the current rising tide of everything-is-terrible that may bring it about.

Guitars used by Noel Gallagher during the recording of Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe have sold at auction for more than £200,000.

Victoria Beckham's upcoming Netflix show has put the brakes on a Spice Girls documentary.The fashion icon, who made her mark as Posh Spice, will star in her very own mini series produced by none other than her hubby David Beckham's outfit, Studio 99. But in a shock twist, Victoria hasn't yet extended an invite to the rest of the Spice crew to appear on the show. Sources close to Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner say they have been trying to get a Spice Girls documentary off the ground for at least six years.

The BBC drama Sherwood, centred around Nottingham's former mining community turned hotbed of gang conflict and political distress, is back for its gripping second season. After being off our screens for over two years, Sherwood returned on Sunday, August 25, at 9pm on BBC One.There was a reunion with familiar faces and the introduction of some intriguing, possibly dangerous newcomers.

Oppenheimer, Maestro, Elvis and King Richard all picking up Best Picture nominations at the Oscars in recent years.Reddit user samx3i prompted the discussion on Thursday (August 15) after watching 1984’s Amadeus, another major Oscar winner that told the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s rivalry with Antonio Salieri.“Incredible film if you haven’t seen it, and if you think you need to be a huge Mozart fan to get the full benefit of it, you do not (although it couldn’t hurt),” they wrote. “No sooner than Amadeus had ended did I immediately start thinking, “I wonder if there are biopics near as good regarding other great composers?”The post then asked others to recommend other great films in the genre, and people were not slow in coming forward.Films about the lives of musicians were common suggestions.

Busted star Matt Willis and famous wife Emma Willis have been happily married since 2008.The pair first met when Emma was presenting on MTV and interviewed Busted. Matt proposed in 2007 and they married the year after in Northamptonshire. Now, the pair have three children, two daughters, Isabelle and Trixie, born in 2009 and 2016, and a son, Ace, born in November 2011.The pair usually embark on separate projects but have reunited for Netflix series Love is Blind.

Kym Marsh and Samuel Thomas proved their romance is still going strong as the couple left Manchester Palace Theatre holding hands after a performance of 101 Dalmatians: The Musical, in which they both appear. Kym and Samuel are currently on tour with the production, and are due to perform in Belfast, Newcastle, Dubin and Southend over the next few weeks.

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Kym Marsh has been seen cosying up to her new boyfriend after facing backlash when they revealed their new relationship earlier this month (July).

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Vivendi, the parent company of French pay TV banner Canal+ Group, saw its 2024 first-half revenues reach €9.05 billion ($9.8 billion), a 5.8% year-on growth. The media conglomerate also posted a 98.4% spike in second-quarter revenues. Lagardère, the media, publishing and travel retail conglomerate which was acquired last year, as well as Canal+ Group, bolstered revenues.

Lupe Fiasco’s creative process is more studied than most. Now 42, the Chicago MC born Wusalu Jaco has been rapping professionally for most of his life.

Back to Black star Marisa Abela has revealed she's engaged to West End star Jamie Bogyo.The actress, who rose to fame after playing troubled songstress Amy Winehouse in her biopic, admitted she was a "weeping mess" in an adorable Instagram post. Moulin Rouge! actor Jamie shared sweet pictures and clips of the moment, captioned: "She said she’ll think about it!", with Marisa commenting: "A weeping mess." Paying tribute to the late singer Amy, whom Marisa became a household name portraying, the pair celebrated their engagement on Primrose Hill, which features in the film as one of the Rehab singer's favourite spots. Marisa could be seen jumping into Jamie's arms in delight after he got down on one knee.

Paloma Faith has hit out at critics of Glastonbury 2024’s female performers, calling the social media response “absolutely appalling”.Faith, who performed on the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 30), mentioned artists such as Little Simz, Janelle Monae, Dua Lipa and SZA in a post responding to backlash levelled at female artists over the weekend.Dua Lipa, who performed on Friday (June 28) was accused of miming, while SZA’s headline slot on Sunday was plagued by audio issues and an uncharacteristically small crowd.The day after performing her comparatively smoother set, during which she covered Amy Winehouse, Faith took to X/Twitter to say: “The way people criticise the women who performed at @glastonbury online is absolutely appalling.”The way people criticise the women who performed at @glastonbury online is absolutely appalling.I think people need to understand that women are not on stage to be ridiculed and shamed we are there in all our boss bitch power and we stand by one another.GIVE WOMEN A BREAK pic.twitter.com/goleam3XQY— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) July 1, 2024Personally I watched women perform my fave shows of Glastonbury @LittleSimz @JanelleMonae @sza and @DUALIPA were my faves for entertainment power and talent that I managed to catch this year and Janelle's speech about marginalised Communities got me in the heart.— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) July 1, 2024 “I think people need to understand that women are not on stage to be ridiculed and shamed we are there in all our boss bitch power and we stand by one another.

Glastonbury 2024 has come to an end – the Worthy Farm festival saw out its last day with the likes of Shania Twain, Janelle Monáe, Avril Lavigne and of course, headliner SZA. Catch up on everything that happened with our news recap below.Paloma Faith took the Pyramid Stage in the afternoon, and after saying, “We love you Amy, you’re here in spirit,” launched into a cover of Amy Winehouse’s 2007 hit ‘Back To Black’.Indie rock artist – and NME Cover star – Blondshell debuted two new songs at Glastonbury, one of which is titled ‘T&A’, which musician Sabrina Teitelbaum told the crowd “stands for tits and ass”.Avril Lavigne has been in the music business 22 years (her debut album ‘Let Go’ was released in 2022).