Vera Lynn: Last News

Morrissey saw in the New Year with a show at the Hollywood Palladium last night – see footage from the show below.The former Smiths frontman first announced the show in early December, the final of a run of four gigs the singer played between New York and Los Angeles to round out the year.On the night, Morrissey ended the show shortly before midnight, before a countdown played and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ kicked in to mark the start of 2025.

Beabadoobee has shared a blissful cover of ‘It’s Only A Paper Moon’, created for Jack Antonoff‘s soundtrack to The New Look series. Check it out below.Shared today (March 6), the song was created for the series, which is available to stream now on Apple TV+ and focuses on renowned fashion designers like Coco Chanel as they navigated the horrors of the Second World War.Originally, the song was shared back in 1933 with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose.

Apple TV's new prestige drama series The New Look features a soundtrack that's assembled and produced by Jack Antonoff, the in-demand pop savant who just won at the 2024 Grammys for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (his third Grammy in that category and 10th overall). The soundtrack collects covers of classic songbook standards from modern pop giants, and today's track comes from Perfume Genius, the singer-songwriter born Mike Hadreas.

Lana Del Rey has shared a cover of Irving Berlin’s ‘Blue Skies’ – written for the soundtrack to the new series The New Look. Check it out below.Shared today (February 14), the song is the latest to be taken from the Jack Antonoff soundtrack to the new Apple TV+ series, centred on iconic fashion designers as they navigated the horrors of World War II.The new cover sees Lana Del Rey put her own signature spin on the classic song ‘Blue Skies’, shared by Irving Berlin.

Netflix sci-fi cop drama Bodies, which landed on the streaming service today (August 19).Set across multiple timelines, the series comes with an original score by Jon Opstad as well as using music from Vera Lynn, Katherine Jenkins and more.The Netflix synopsis of the show reads: “When a body – the same body – is found on Longharvest Lane in London’s East End in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053, one detective from each period must investigate.“As connections are drawn across the decades, the detectives soon discover their investigations are linked, and an enigmatic political leader – Elias Mannix (Stephen Graham) – becomes increasingly central. Did he have a part to play in the murder? Or is something far more sinister at play?“To solve the mystery, our four detectives must somehow collaborate and uncover a conspiracy spanning over 150 years.”See the full episode-by-episode list of the show’s full soundtrack below.1. ‘Bodies Main Title’ – Jon Opstad2. ‘White Jazz’ – Joe Loss and His Band3. ‘Funk on Steroids’ – Cutta Crepe, Luke de Lux4. ‘The Love Song’ – Altitude Music5. ‘So Many Men, So Little Time’ – Miquel Brown6. ‘Since We Ain’t Together’ – Nia Chennai7. ‘What A Difference A Day Makes’ – Dinah Washington8. ‘Bodies End Credits’ – Jon Opstad1. ‘Bodies Main Title’ – Jon Opstad2. ‘Blue Skies Are Around the Corner’ – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, Evelyn Lane3. ‘We’ll Meet Again’ – Vera Lynn4. ‘Bodies End Credits’ – Jon Opstad1. ‘Bodies Main Title’ – Jon Opstad2. ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’ – Anglican Hymn3. ‘Super Mario Bros. Theme’4. ‘London Pride’ – Noel Coward5. ‘Lose My Way’ – Ane Brun & Dustin O’Halloran6. ‘Agnus Dei Op.11’ – Katherine Jenkins & Rodolfus Choir7. ‘Bodies End Credits’ – Jon Opstad1. ‘Bodies Main Title’

The Queens funeral will take place on Monday 19 September and almost every broadcasting service will air it, except Channel 5.

Lady Gaga? What about both Frank Sinatra and Daniel Craig? The frankly astounding longevity of Queen Elizabeth II produced a vast number and astounding variety of star encounters – many of them at premieres and openings celebrating stage and screen. From her very first appearance at the Royal Variety Performance as an endearingly star-struck young monarch, to her late-in-life introduction to the glamour of Gaga, we trace them here.‘This is the best show of all,’ announced the newly proclaimed Queen after the end of this, her first Royal Variety Performance.The spectacle had featured many of the period’s most popular musicians (the Beverley Sisters, Ian Wallace) and comedians (including Tony Hancock, who went down particularly well with the Duke of Edinburgh).

Brewery bosses will be taking its drinkers back to 1952 today by selling pints at a bargain price of 6p to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.

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Jeremy Clarkson fears he is about to die – as many of his friends and family passed away at 61.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘WAP’ has topped the UK’s most-Googled lyrics of 2020 run-down.The explicit collaborative single, which has been named NME‘s song of the year, came in at Number One in the search engine’s new top 10. You can see the full list below.Following on in second place is ‘We’ll Meet Again’ by Dame Vera Lynn, who died back in June aged 103.In third position is Eminem‘s ‘Godzilla’, which seemingly owes its high charting to the #GodzillaChallenge that took over social media earlier this year.

Three of Britain’s greatest Dames – Shirley Bassey, Helen Mirren and Vera Lynn – are to go head to head in a Christmas charts battle.

British Vogue has just released its annual list of the 25 most influential women in Britain and only one royal lady made the list – Queen Elizabeth.

Roger Waters has shared a video of a socially distanced performance of two Pink Floyd deep cuts from their 1979 LP ‘The Wall’.The band’s former frontman was joined by Dave Kilminster, Joey Waronker, Lucius-Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig, Gus Seyffert, Jonathan Wilson and Jon Carin for the performance.Waters sang about Vera Lynn, the World War II singer who passed away in June, in the song ‘Vera’. In a statement, he said: “The Vera in question is Vera Lynn.

Muse‘s Matt Bellamy has shared a new cover by his supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club.The band, which is made up of frontmen Nic Cester (Jet) and Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), guitarists Graham Coxon (Blur), British guitarist Jamie Davis as well as Bellamy on bass and The Zutons’ Sean Payne on drums, have covered Vera Lynn’s 1939 song ‘We’ll Meet Again’.Blending it with their recent cover of Four Tops’ ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’, the mashup was featured at the end of the BBC‘s Saturday (August 1) broadcast of this year’s FA Cup final, which saw Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1.Taking to Instagram to share the cover, Bellamy wrote: “Me singing We’ll Meet Again and @thejadedheartsclub doing Reach Out I’ll Be There over the FA Cup final

BBC Radio 2 host Zoe Ball, 49, and Michael Reed watched the Spitfires fly over Ditching, West Sussex, today in tribute to Dame Vera Lynn ahead of her private funeral.The Strictly: It Takes Two presenter was pictured receiving a supportive kiss from her beau.Zoe separated from Michael in November last year, which was her first relationship since Billy Yates, who took his own life in 2017.However, the pair put on a united front today as they paid their respects for the Forces Sweetheart.Michael, who was taking pictures of the Spitfires, had his arm around Zoe's shoulder during the event.He also kissed the radio presenter on the side of her head while she watched the planes fly over.Elsewhere, Piers Morgan, 55, who presents Good Morning

Vera Lynn following her death aged 103.The We’ll Meet Again singer died on 18 June, with her private funeral held today in her beloved village.In order for fans of the icon to pay their respects, Dame Vera’s cortege is set to leave her family home and pause in the centre of the village, allowing residents to pay tribute.Fans have already gathered, while still appearing to maintain social distancing rules, with many lining the street of the village, with Second World War re-enactor Steve George, 59, coming to Ditchling and sharing his memories of meeting Dame Vera.He told PA: ‘We had a group photograph with Dame Vera, we were all gathered round her dressed as the different generals.‘She was wonderful, absolutely wonderful, she had time for

Vera Lynn children: Did Dame Vera Lynn have children?“I chose it for that reason I wanted to go where no one else went, where it was most needed,” she added to Radio Times. Today, the We’ll Meet Again singer’s private funeral will be held at the Woodvale Crematorium.Police will also close roads for her cortège in Ditchling, the East Sussex village, where she lived for 50 years.A flypast, consisting of a Spitfire and a Hurricane, will take place at midday.Dame Vera sold more than a million records by the age of 22.She is widely remembered for her hits We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs Of Dover.Her other hits include There'll Always Be An England, I'll Be Seeing You and Wishing and If Only I Had Wings.Dame Vera’s family announced the news

Vera Lynn will be honoured with a Spitfire flypast, before her funeral later today.The We’ll Meet Again singer died on 18 June, aged 103, with her family confirming the sad news in a statement.And crowds are expected to gather in her beloved village of Ditchling, Sussex, to say their final goodbye to the music icon.The cortege is set to leave her family home and pause in the centre of the village, allowing residents to pay their respects.At around midday, a Spitfire and a Hurricane will soar over the area in tribute, before the cortege moves on to the crematorium in Brighton.A bugler from the Royal Marines is providing a musical tribute, and a senior officer from the Ministry of Defence will also join a small group of family members

A Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, consisting of a spitfire and a hurricane, will fly past the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn today.

Dame Vera Lynn has performed her most iconic hit thousands of times in the past nine decades.