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Ed Sheeran did not infringe the copyright of Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get It On’.Today (November 1), The US Court Of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Sheeran’s 2014 hit track did not infringe on Gaye’s iconic track, citing that both songs only share the “fundamental musical building blocks”, per Billboard.The original case was filed in 2018 by Structured Asset Sales, the partial owners of the copyright of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote ‘Let’s Get It On’. The case claimed that the ‘Lego House’ singer had copied a chord progression and rhythm from the iconic ‘1973’ song.The appeals court said that the suit was seeking “a monopoly over a combination of two fundamental musical building blocks.”A panel of appeals court judges also wrote: “The four-chord progression at issue—ubiquitous in pop music—even coupled with a syncopated harmonic rhythm, is too well-explored to meet the originality threshold that copyright law demands.“Overprotecting such basic elements would threaten to stifle creativity and undermine the purpose of copyright law.”Sheeran’s attorney Donald Zakarian told Rolling Stone: “We are gratified that the Second Circuit agreed with Judge Stanton that Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge did not infringe ‘Let’s Get It On’ in creating ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

The cast of Scandal and creator Shonda Rhimes are getting together for a good cause!

Ari Lennox has shared her unhappiness over her contract with record label Dreamville – which is owned by J. Cole – by saying she feels “played right now” by them and wants out of it.In an Instagram reel published on Tuesday (October 29) – which has since been deleted – Lennox aired her grievances over her alleged mistreatment by Dreamville, an imprint of Interscope Records.

Olivia Rodrigo on Instagram, thinking (or happily pretending) she’s Man City player Rodri.Earlier this week (October 28), Rodri – a midfielder for the football club – was awarded the Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious individual award in the sport, presented by French magazine France Football. Normally, fans react to the results by either attacking or defending the choice of recipient in a vicious whirlpool of discourse.This time around, fans who believe Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr.

A.D. Amorosi If I told you 40 years ago, when the Cure was in the midst of its new-wave wonder moment, that the band would craft an inventively elegiac epic like “Songs for a Lost World” — a singular record worthy of face-soaking tears — you would have broken my teasing comb and melted down my Kohl eyeliner.

Cyndi Lauper teamed up with Sam Smith for a duet of ‘Time After Time’ at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.The pop icon took over the legendary venue on Wednesday (October 30) as part of her ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour’. Lauper kicked off the night with her hit track ‘The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough’ before playing tracks from her career-spanning discography.Towards the end of her set, Lauper busted out ‘Time After Time’ and brought out Smith as a surprise guest.

Ariana Grande opened up about her experience auditioning for Wicked.

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Madonna has endorsed Kamala Harris for the upcoming US Presidential Election on November 5.The singer previously endorsed Harris as Vice President in the lead-up to the 2020 election, calling her “intelligent” and “compassionate”, and highlighting the sexism she had faced during the campaign.Now, she’s backed Harris once again in her bid for the presidency.

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry has announced a solo UK headline tour to take place in March 2025 – check out the full list of shows below.The singer is preparing to release her debut solo album ‘Vicious Creature’ on December 6 via EMI Records, and last week shared the latest single ‘Crocodile Tears’.Now, she has announced a run of six headline shows around the UK, which will kick off with a hometown show at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on March 20. Dates in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will follow, before the run wraps up at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on March 26.Tickets go on pre-sale at 10am on November 6 for those who have pre-ordered the album, with general sale starting on November 8.

Marina Diamandis has opened up about her experience with bulimia and shared that shame should be taken away from the condition.In her new poetry book Eat The World the singer – formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds – used the form of literary art to tackle an assortment of topics such as relationships and their complexities, the good and bad of living in Los Angeles and how she dealt with bulimia during her 20s.The first taster of her book came in the form of Aspartame, one of the poems in her book that chronicled Diamandis’ move to LA at 20 and trying to get the attention of a man while dealing with her condition. The poem described the singer as “rail thin in a polka dress” with “tooth enamel dissolved by stomach acid”.A post shared by ⭑ MARINA ⭑ (@marinadiamandis)Speaking to BBC about the poem, the ‘How To Be A Heartbreaker’ singer said: “This chapter in my life was like 15 years ago, so I feel very much moved on, and I’m able to talk about it and not feel any kind of shame or self-consciousness.”“I think it’s really important to take that mystery or shame away from it,” she continued: “At the end of the day, it’s like any other mental illness or health issue, and it can be life-threatening, and most of all, for the majority of people, it makes your life a misery.“I think with the subject of eating disorders, there’s so much secrecy around the illness itself, like in terms of maintaining it, or being allowed to exist doing what you’re doing without kind of commentary from other people, because it’s obviously such a harmful thing.”She also added that the physical side effects of the illness are what encouraged her to get better.

Laufey has shared a cover of ‘Santa Baby’ alongside a festive music video featuring Bill Murray. Check it out below.Now Halloween has passed, Laufey has officially switched to Christmas mode, with the latest edition of her ongoing project ‘A Very Laufey Holiday’.

Throughout November, Dumfries and Galloway Council will run events across the region inviting struggling families and individuals to go along and help themselves to free warm winter clothes.

Coldplay played ‘The Karate Kid’ live for the first time on Thursday, alongside the star of the 1980s film of the same name, Ralph Macchio.The ‘Moon Music’ track was given its debut at the band’s second show at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on October 31, as the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour begins its Australia and New Zealand leg.Before beginning the song, frontman Chris Martin joked that he was losing his voice and asked if there was anybody out there that could help him sing the next song. With that, Macchio, who played Daniel LaRusso in the original trilogy of The Karate Kid films in the ‘80s, walked on stage to an ovation from the crowd.As the band started the song, Macchio appeared to sing along, but it soon became clear that he was in fact miming to Martin’s own pre-recorded vocals.

Ellise Shafer Finn Keane is holding a funeral for himself — or for his pseudonym, anyway. On Halloween during his label PC Music’s Pop Crypt event in London, Keane bid farewell to the EasyFun moniker he’s been releasing electronic music under for over a decade by playing a back-to-back DJ set with himself.

Charli XCX‘s album of the same name.‘Brat‘ took on a new meaning in 2024 after Charli XCX announced it would be the name of her sixth studio album. Speaking to NME ahead of its release, she defined it as: “kind of bitchy and gossipy and hardcore”.As the summer progressed, ‘brat’ took on a life of its own and became a cultural phenomenon.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos went all out for Halloween this year!

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has premiered on Disney Channel!

Sabrina Carpenter has covered Olivia Newton-John‘s ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ while dressed as Sandy from Grease for Halloween – see clips of the performance below.While Carpenter has covered ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ numerous times, her October 30 concert in Dallas marked the first time she’s dressed up as the late Newton-John for the song. Olivia Newton-John famously performed the song in Grease, where she portrayed Sandy Olsson.For the pre-Halloween performance, Carpenter sported curls in her hair, a black leather jacket and Sandy’s iconic catsuit.

Elvis Costello has once again spoken out about his decision not to sue Olivia Rodrigo after fans suggested there were similarities between their songs.The ‘Oliver’s Army’ singer first came to Rodrigo’s defence in 2021, after people noticed a similarity between the guitar riff on ‘Brutal’ and that of Costello’s ‘Pump It Up’. Responding to claims the track was “a direct lift from Elvis Costello”, the artist said, “this is fine by me”.“It’s how rock and roll works.

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