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Olympic hero Tom Daley, originally from Plymouth, has bagged his fifth Olympic medal, scoring a silver in the men's synchronized diving at the Paris Games.The 30 year old now resides in sunny California with his husband of seven years, Dustin Lance Black.The couple decided to move after a bar brawl that allegedly cost them £600,000.Tom, who was honoured as Team GB's Flagbearer at this year's Olympic opening ceremony in Paris, has previously opened up about the family drama following accusations against his Oscar-winning screenwriter husband Dustin. Dustin was accused of assaulting BBC presenter Teddy Edwardes at a Soho bar in August 2022.Teddy took Dustin to court in 2023, and the ensuing upset led the couple to start anew in LA with their two children.

Sam Smith has revealed that they were recently in a skiing accident which left them immobilised for a month.The revelation came up as the pop star appeared on the latest episode of the Sidetracked With Annie and Nick podcast, and opened up about a personal low that they experienced at the start of the year.According to Smith, back in January they were involved in a freak skiing mishap which saw them tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).“I completely ripped my ACL. I was skiing.

Sam Smith is looking back at a very scary skiing accident.

Sam Smith has revealed that they turned down the opportunity to collaborate with Major Lazer on their song ‘Cold Water’.The ‘Unholy’ singer appeared as a guest on BBC Sounds’ Sidetracked with Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac. During the chat, Smith opened up about being offered the track and having to turn the opportunity down. ‘Cold Water’ ultimately went to Justin Bieber and peaked at Number One on the UK Singles Chart and Number Two on the US Billboard Hot 100.“The only time I got sent a song that I heard and then became a well-known song was ‘Cold Water’ by Major Lazer with Justin Bieber,” the singer told Grimshaw and Mac.

Donald Glover has called out the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards for having the same amount of awards as Sam Smith.The BET Awards were hosted last night at LA’s Peacock Theatre, where Donald Glover was nominated for Best Actor and was part of a tribute performance to Usher.Though he eventually lost out to Denzel Washington, the actor and musician did take to the stage to present the Album of the Year to rapper Killer Mike. During his speech, he said although he was “really excited” to be at the ceremony, he “wanted to get some things off my chest”.“This isn’t personal but I just feel like I should have more BET awards,” he continued.

Sam Smith has revealed that they have re-recorded ‘Stay With Me’ for its 10th anniversary.In a letter to their fans, the singer-songwriter revealed that ‘Stay With Me’ will follow in the veins of other tracks on their seminal debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’, which is being re-recorded from the ground up to mark 10 years since its release.However, the breakout hit ‘Stay With Me’ isn’t just being re-recorded, it’s also being rewritten. Smith wrote: “When me, Jimmy and Tourist wrote this song, none of us would’ve expected it to become what it has in the world. I will never forget Will (Tourist) playing those three chords on the piano.

Glastonbury 2024 (Saturday, June 29) has come to a close – from Coldplay’s record-breaking headline set to Kasabian’s secret show at Woodsies, these are the biggest headlines from the day.Baroque-pop band – and NME Cover stars – The Last Dinner Party played two unreleased songs, ‘Second Best’ and ‘The Killer’, to a packed-out audience at the Other Stage (that included Furiosa star Anya Taylor-Joy and model-actress Cara Delevingne).Before playing their breakout debut single ‘Nothing Matters’, lead vocalist Abigail Morris addressed the upcoming UK general election on July 4, asking voters to “protect each other and just having some fucking empathy”.After weeks of persistent rumours of a Kasabian secret set at Glastonbury, the Leicester band finally confirmed Saturday afternoon that they would perform at Woodsies at 6pm.In an interview with NME before the set – which was so crowded that fans were turned away – frontman Serge Pizzorno promised “a powerful hour”. “We’re trying to cram in as much as can,” he added.

The 1975‘s independent label Dirty Hit has announced a new electronic music imprint, DH2.News of DH2 was announced via The 1975’s drummer George Daniel on social media last night (June 17). Per Daniel’s post, he will be spearheading the new electronic label as a subsidiary of Dirty Hit.

Sam Smith and Alicia Keys have joined forces for a duet of Smith’s ‘I’m Not The Only One’ – watch it below.Smith was celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’, which went on to make Smith the only artist to sell one million albums in the US and UK.To commemorate the anniversary, Smith hosted a karaoke party at NYC’s gay bar Julius’, with drag queen Lady Bunny serving as the night’s emcee and DJ. Smith also unveiled a surprise duet with Alicia Keys, which they called “a dream come true.”In response, Keys said: “This is amazing.

Sam Smith celebrated the 10 year anniversary of their debut album In the Lonely Hour!

LCD Soundsystem have announced they will be making their way to Los Angeles this year for an eight-night residency.James Murphy and co will kick off the run of Californian gigs on October 31 at the Shrine Expo Hall. They will play four consecutive nights there on November 1,2 and 3.

Lana Del Rey was asked by the BBC if she’d write a title track for a James Bond movie.

Lana Del Rey has revealed that she wrote a song for the James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected by the franchise’s producers.The singer was speaking backstage at the Ivor Novello Awards in London this week (May 23), where she picked up the Special International Award.As the BBC reports, she was asked about the prospect of recording a Bond theme, to which she said she had already given it a shot, before beginning to sing her song ‘24’, from her fourth album ‘Honeymoon’, released the same year as the film.“I wrote that for them,” Lana said. Listen to the song below:The eventual theme for that film, ‘Writing’s on the Wall’, was recorded by Sam Smith and became the first Bond theme to reach Number One on the UK Singles Chart.“Sam, you did a wonderful job,” Del Rey quipped, before saying she had not given up hope at making a song for the film series.“But I’m going to continue to do my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it’s the title track,” she added.It was not the only time that Bond producers turned away a stellar music name for the choice of Spectre’s signature song.

Lana Del Rey addressed a long-running rumor about her discography while discussing her desire to write a song for the James Bond franchise.

Just two days before the Britain's Got Talent final and arguably one of the biggest nights of his life, Tom Ball was rushed to hospital because of his type 1 diabetes - a condition that has seen him in and out of hospital since he was eight years old. The secondary school teacher turned singing sensation has since been fitted with a new technology to help manage his diabetes which will soon be offered to other type 1 sufferers across the UK.Tom, 26, who hails from West Sussex, near Brighton – and married his fiancée back in November 2022 – stole the hearts of the nation when he took to the stage in 2022 to audition for Britain's Got Talent.

Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Tom Ball showed off his incredible new look and weight loss in a backstage video taken two years after the show.The 26 year old teacher shot to fame after competing in the 2022 series where he took to the stage to sing.Tom performed a rendition of Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall and received a standing ovation from the judges, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon. Now, Tom looks completely different and fans were shocked by his appearance in a YouTube video where Tom announced he would be headlining at his local theatre.

FKA twigs danced the night away after the 2024 Met Gala at an after party that she hosted!

Burberry kept the party going after the 2024 Met Gala with an exclusive event co-hosted by Naomi Campbell and Jodie Turner-Smith.

Sam Smith and Christian Cowan are making their red carpet debut as a couple!

The stars ate hitting the red carpet in New York City!

AI deepfakes by law.The push from the government comes after artificial intelligence has been used increasingly more to impersonate the image and voices of those in the public eye without their consent or knowledge.It also comes in light of various British artists – including Jess Glynne, Mumford and Sons, Sam Smith, Robert Smith and Zayn Malik – signing an open letter last month, calling for the government to enforce wider protection against the technology.Now, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music has called on the UK government to regulate the use of AI in music through law, and enforce “a specific personality right to protect creators and artists from misappropriation and false endorsement”.The push came via a report shared earlier today (May 1), and highlighted how a law should be issued to protect celebrities from the risk of AI becoming “a destroyer of creators’ livelihoods”.As highlighted by BBC News, the cross-party group’s chair, Labour MP Kevin Brennan said politicians must “confront the danger that unfettered developments in AI could pose to the UK’s musicians and music businesses” and warned that “AI can be a great servant but would be a terrible master.”The MPs also made reference to a new law passed in the US – the Elvis Act – which prohibits the use of AI to mimic an artist’s voice without their permission, and insisted that “the UK [should] not fall behind our international competitors”.At time of writing, the UK does have regulations in place to prevent people from misrepresenting others when offering goods or services, but the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music argued how much protection it could offer in relation to AI technology and deepfakes.In response to the issues put forward, a