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Kenya Grace sat down with NME at Reading Festival to talk about her debut appearance at the event, her swift rise to the top of the dance world, and her new music.At her set on Friday (August 23), Grace DJed and performed tracks from her debut EP ‘The After Taste’ – including her historic UK Number One ‘Strangers’. She also did mash-ups of nostalgic pop songs like Britney Spears‘ ‘Toxic’ and Imogen Heap‘s ‘Hide and Seek’, and covered Daniel Bedingfield’s ‘Gotta Get Thru This’.The appearance featured two new songs that were much more distorted and bass-heavy than her other offerings.Afterwards, Grace told NME that ‘The Aftertaste’ was “not that deep” when it comes to being a statement about her as an artist and that she’s ready to explore “heavier” and “darker” sounds.Hi Kenya! How was your Reading performance?“It was incredible.

Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall – now known as JADE – has been announced as a headliner for this year’s Mighty Hoopla festival.JADE’s announcement completes an all-female line-up at this year’s edition of the LGBTQ+ focussed festival, following news of Kesha and Ciara being announced as headliners last October.JADE will appear at the London pop music event this summer, where she will perform on the main stage on May 31.Representatives for the musician told The Independent they had been “inundated” by requests for the solo artist to headline, “so the team are delighted to make those wishes come true!”In a post confirming the news on Instagram, JADE wrote: “Well it’s official – I’m playing @mightyhoopla. I thought instead of being in the crowd every year in a wig/shit disguise, why not be up there putting on a show instead lol.“So excited to play at one of my favourite festivals and have fun performing with the community that makes me feel so loved…can’t wait to see you.”A post shared by JADE (@jadethirlwall)A post shared by Mighty Hoopla (@mightyhoopla) A string of other names have already been announced for this year’s line-up, including Kate Nash, Pixie Lott, Loreen, Vengaboys, Mutya, Jamelia, Jojo, Erika Jayne, G Flip, Daniel Bedingfield and more.The event will take place on May 31 and June 1 at Brockwell Park in London.

Kesha‘s hit single ‘TikTok’ earned its highest streams ever after she performed on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.The 2009 song racked up nearly 2million streams on Spotify on Wednesday (January 1) following her performance in Las Vegas. It previously charted at the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 in the first week of January 2010, making it the first hit of that decade.

Kings Of Leon, Queens Of The Stone Age and Vampire Weekend leading the way. Find out more details below.Next year’s edition of the live music event – which is the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – is set to return to the Southsea seafront and run between August 22 and 24.With the new announcement, Queens Of The Stone Age have been confirmed as headliners, and are set to take to the stage on the first day of the three-day event (Friday August 22).

Kendal Calling have announced the first wave of acts for its 2025 festival. You can check out the line-up so far, below.Next year’s edition, which will take place in Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District from July 31 to August 3, marks the 20th birthday of the festival.

Kesha and Ciara have been announced as headliners for Mighty Hoopla festival 2025.A string of other names have also been announced on the line-up for next year’s edition of the London festival, including Kate Nash, Pixie Lott, Loreen, Vengaboys, Mutya, Jamelia, Jojo, Erika Jayne, G Flip and Daniel Bedingfield and more.Next year’s event takes place on May 31 and June 1, 2025 at Brockwell Park in London. Ciara will headline on the Saturday (31) before Kesha takes to the stage on Sunday (1).Weekend and day tickets for Mighty Hoopla are available to purchase now from here.Check out the full line-up so far on the poster below.A post shared by Mighty Hoopla (@mightyhoopla)Speaking about next year’s festival, founder Glyn Fussell said (via Line Of Best Fit): “It was always going to be hard to beat this year’s festival but I think the 2025 lineup is the mightiest of Mighty Hooplas.

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Rachel Zegler has voiced her concerns over artificial intelligence.The actress, who is set to star in the forthcoming live-action version of Snow White, opened up about an incident that happened when she was 18 that has left her on edge over AI, in a new interview with Variety.“I was really scared of being replaced by an artificial intelligence version of myself that they scanned when I was 18 and then never being able to work on a set again,” Zegler said. “What was stopping them from using that for the rest of my life?”She went to say that “465 photos taken of every corner of my body” were made for CGI stunts.

Guillermo del Toro has had his say on the use of AI in art, claiming it can do “semi-compelling screensavers” and “that’s essentially that”.The Pan’s Labyrinth director was speaking in conversation with BFI when he addressed the controversial topic, making his sentiments clear on its inability to recreate genuine human expression.“AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers and that’s essentially that,” he said, to some audible laughter from the audience.Guillermo Del Toro on AI, emotion and the value of art.Watch the full In Conversation on our YouTube channel.@RealGDT pic.twitter.com/XxO05Fpea7— BFI (@BFI) September 17, 2024“The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it’s how much would you risk to be in its presence. How much would people pay for those screensavers? Are they going to make them cry because they lost a son? A mother? Because they misspent their youth? Fuck no!”The use of AI in art continues to be a hot topic, with Nick Cave recently describing it as “unbelievably disturbing”, and arguing it will have a “humiliating effect” on the creative industries.Tears For Fears, meanwhile, have this week addressed why they chose to use AI in the design of their new album cover ‘Songs For A Nervous Planet’, saying it was “just one of the many tools used in the creative process”.Peter Hook recently claimed that every song that had been written with the help of AI has been “shit”, while Daniel Bedingfield has proclaimed AI to be the future of music, questioning the “neo-luddites” who are trying to resist it.Del Toro, meanwhile, claimed he was disturbed by “angry and territorial” ghosts in an Aberdeen hotel room last month.

Daniel Bedingfield has said he believes that AI is the future of music, and has questioned the “neo-luddites” who are trying to resist it.The singer and producer discussed the controversial issue in a new interview with The Guardian, where he said that he believes the technology is here not going anywhere and that it should be embraced by creative people.“AI is now here for ever,” he said. “And so I think that there will be two paths: there’ll be the neo-luddite path, and then there’ll be everyone else, most of the planet, who thinks the music’s really good and enjoys it.”Bedingfield has recently developed his own AI app, Hooks, which pairs music with AI-generated videos, and has also put together a new album comprised of AI-generated songs.“It will be possible to continue without AI.

Kenya Grace has covered Britney Spears, Daniel Bedingfield and more during her first-ever Glastonbury set.Today (June 28), the South African-born musical polymath took over the Woodsies stage, bringing her signature mellow drum and bass sound to Worthy Farm. Her performance comes after the success of her major-label debut single, ‘Strangers’, which she released last September. The song eventually blew up on TikTok and topped the charts in seven countries, including the UK.

Stacey Solomon fans have been left stunned after the mum-of-five revealed another 'genius' trick that helps her get her chaotic house in order quickly.

Take That have announced details of a new festival called ‘The Greatest Weekend’, starring performances from Sugababes, Sam Ryder and more. Find ticket details below.Developed by the iconic ‘90s boy band, the new festival will be held on the Mediterranean island of Malta, and span across four days later this year.Running between Thursday, October 17 and Sunday, October 20, the live event is the first of its kind, and will see Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, and Howard Donald host what promises to be a “celebration of music, entertainment, and unforgettable moments, curated by the band themselves”.The exclusive event tells fans that it offers a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to see the band perform in an intimate live setting, and bring out an array of special hand-picked guests to perform.So far, the first wave of artists have been announced, with Sugababes, Ella Henderson and Gok Wan lined up for the Saturday instalment, and Sam Ryder, Daniel Bedingfield and Heather Small being confirmed for the Sunday event.

Sussex-born Natasha Bedingfield, 42, whose runaway 2004 hit Unwritten has gone viral on TikTok and is back in the UK charts 20 years later, thanks to being featured in US romcom, Sydney Sweeney's film Anyone But You, opened up to OK! about the time she nearly lost her son Solomon, now 6. Natasha’s only child with her American businessman husband Matt Robinson, Solomon, who the couple welcomed in December 2017, was just two when he developed a serious infection, which led to a brain abscess - and ended up being admitted to hospital in LA, where the family - now based in New York, were living at the time.

Natasha Bedingfield’s No1 single, Unwritten , became an instant anthem when it was released in 2004. Now, her hit about living life to the fullest is back in the UK charts, thanks to its appearance in Sydney Sweeney’s latest romcom, Anyone But You . Sussex-born Natasha says she’s delighted her old track has made a resurgence – it’s even gone viral on TikTok – but the 42-year-old “introvert” is an unlikely pop star.

Daniel Bedingfield has announced a run of UK shows to mark the 20th anniversary of his debut album ‘Gotta Get Thru This’. Find all the details below.Released back in 2002, the singer-songwriter/producer’s first studio record reached Number Two on the UK albums chart.

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A post shared by Daniel Bedingfield (@danielbedingfld)In the caption to the post, the performer wrote: “Loving the strength returning to my heart finally, after all that Trump, covid, stuck in America bull****.

He’s best known for his 2001 hit, Gotta Get Thru this, but singer Daniel Bedingfield had his fans swooning with a smouldering new image posted to his Instagram page. In the black and white snap, 42 year old Daniel stared broodingly into the camera showing off his salt and pepper beard and a hint of chest hair. He wore a printed hooded top and wore a necklace, looking world’s away from his former pop crooner self.

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