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David Bowie has officially opened on what would have been the late icon’s 77th birthday.News that the French capital would be naming a street after him was first shared back in 2020, when Mayor Jérôme Coumet – a professed fan of Bowie – revealed that he was planning the move.Last week it was confirmed that it would officially open on his birthday (January 8) and yesterday Paris honoured Bowie by unveiling the new street – The Rue David Bowie – which also featured his year of birth and death. You can view the unveiling below.It is situated between two modern office buildings, including the headquarters of news publications Le Monde and L’Obs and opens onto Avenue Pierre-Mendes-France and will connect to the future bridge linking the avenue to Boulevard de l’Hopital, near Austerlitz train station and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital.Rue David Bowie unveiled in the 13th in Paris.

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Prince‘s ‘Purple Rain’ is set to become a stage musical featuring some of the pop icon’s famous tracks.The stage adaptation of Prince’s 1984 film will be produced by Orin Wolf – who previously led the Tony-winning adaptation of “The Band’s Visit” to the stage and is currently backing the theatrical adaptation of another music industry movie, Buena Vista Social Club – and will be based on the original screenplay which was written by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn.American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is set to write the book for the musical. His play, Appropriate, is currently running on Broadway.

Nicki Minaj has shown her support for Ariana Grande and her upcoming single ‘yes, and?’.Yesterday, Grande announced that she will be dropping her first song of the year this Friday. The song will serve as the follow-up to Grande’s 2021 single ‘POV’, making it her first solo release in under three years. Since then, she featured on remixes to two of The Weeknd‘s songs, ‘Save Your Tears’ and ‘Die For You’.A number of stars from the music world have since shared their excitement at the news.

Lil Nas X has shared new details and the artwork for his new single ‘J Christ’.Last week, the singer revealed that he will return with a new single and self-directed music video. He released his debut album ‘Montero’ in 2021 and announced just before the end of the year that a new song would be coming soon, paired with his first-ever self-directed video.Taking to X/Twitter, Lil Nas X confirmed that his new single will be released this week on Friday, January 12.

Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child fame recently reunited for a private one-off performance.The band rose to fame in the late 1990s after releasing their most popular and best-selling album ‘The Writing’s On The Wall’ with the original line-up of Knowles-Carter, Rowland and childhood friends LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Robinson. The final line-up included Williams and, as a trio, they delivered some of the band’s most decorated singles including ‘Cater 2 U’, ‘Survivor’ and ‘Independent Woman Part 1’.

Ice Spice has shared a teaser of a new song on Instagram that has since gone viral.Last night (January 7), the 24-year-old unveiled the introduction to an unreleased song produced by longtime collaborator and friend RiotUSA, who also produced her breakout songs ‘Munch’, ‘Bikini Bottom’ and more. In the audio, you can hear Ice Spice say “Fuck am I going to say in the intro? You want me to say something so bad.”She then rapped: “Think you the shit, bitch / You not even the fart / I be going hard / I’m breaking they hearts, like / Bitches be quick but I’m quicker / Bitches be thick but I’m thicker / She could be rich but I’m richer (damn).”The audio came accompanied by picture of the iconic Nintendo character Super Mario smoking alongside the caption “Bitches be thinking they the shit, but they ain’t even the fart”.A post shared by Ice Spice (@icespice)Fans commented under the post to share their love of the teaser.

Taylor Swift was NOT laughing when she was the butt of a joke during the Golden Globes!

Lil Nas X has gone 15 months without releasing new music, a surprisingly long time given how effectively the pop artist channeled the success of “Old Town Road” into a string of hits in a relatively short amount of time. One of the key factors in his ascent was his keen understanding of how internet discourse works and how to bend it to his will, something he’s been flexing again recently.

, trying to decipher what kind of tea, exactly, was spilling to Taylor Swift and Keleigh Teller during a commercial break in a now viral clip. The leading theory is that Gomez was recounting asking Timothée Chalamet for a pic, and being summarily rejected for said pic by Kylie Jenner.

SoundCloud is reportedly going up for sale, and is predicted to fetch upwards of £1billion.News that the owners of the company – which is one of the world’s largest music streaming services – are preparing to sell comes via a new report from Sky News.According to the update, Raine Group and Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean state investment fund, have begun interviewing investment banks, related to a prospective auction of the brand.As of today (January 8), more than 40million artists are active on the platform, and a total of 320million songs have been released on the service since it launched over 15 years ago. First emerging back in 2007, the service has acted as a home for many artists – allowing them to publish their work online and direct listeners to their respective pages.The reports of the company going to auction follows a string of redundancies made in recent years.Back in August 2022, it was announced that SoundCloud would be making cuts to its workforce, and laying off approximately 20 per cent of its workforce globally.The reasons were attributed to changes in the economic and financial landscape, and followed another mass lay-off of staff seen in 2017, when a near-40 per cent cut was made.“During this difficult time, we are focused on providing the support and resources to those transitioning while reinforcing our commitment to executing our mission to lead what’s next in music,” the company wrote in a statement in 2022.As highlighted in today’s report, when Raine and Temasek invested in 2017, the business was reportedly on the brink of collapse.

Elvis Presley AI hologram show Elvis Evolution is more like “time travel” than ABBA Voyage, according to its creator.As announced last week, Elvis Evolution will make its bow in the capital in November. The “immersive concert experience” will use AI and hologram technology to create a life size digital hologram of the legendary star from home video footage and personal photos.It follows hot on the heels of the launch of ABBA Hologram show ABBA Voyage in 2022, which is continuing to run until at least November 2024 at the 3,000-capacity ABBA Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.Andrew McGuinness, the founder of Layered Reality, who are behind the new Elvis show told BBC News of what to expect from the spectacle.“You’re going to be stepping in to intricate sets that make you feel like you’ve time travelled,” he said.

The Mirror are reporting that Catchpole was found on Friday, January 5 and that there are no suspicious circumstances around her death.The pair have two children together – 15-year-old Elsie and Ada, five.A source told The Mirror: “Gill was found dead on Friday at the family’s home in Whitminster. James is devastated and is being supported by his family.

Taylor Swift has gone viral following her reaction to one of Jo Koy’s jokes at the Golden Globes.The moment took place at last night’s (January 7) awards ceremony in Los Angeles, when the comedian and Golden Globes host took a shot at the pop star for one of his jokes on the night.During the event, Koy appeared to leave Swift less than impressed when he made a joke about her attendance at several NFL games to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce.“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL,” he began. “On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift… there’s just more to go to here.”Following the punchline, the camera switched to a close-up of the singer, who was seen with an icy expression, pursing her lips before taking a sip of her drink.#TaylorSwift doesn’t seem impressed with JoKoy’s joke about her at the #GoldenGlobes2024 “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift.” [Via: variety/X] ♬ original sound – MuchMusic The awkward moment after the joke landed also spurred some response online, with fans taking to social media to comment on the footage.“Too late to add Jo Koy to the In Memoriam montage? I think Taylor just ended him,” one wrote, sharing a clip of Swift on X/Twitter, while another added: “I would be TERRIFIED if taylor swift glared at me this way.”Piers Morgan also weighed in his thoughts on the moment, writing: “If Taylor Swift death stares could actually kill, Jo Koy would now be deceased.” Check out more responses below.Too late to add Jo Koy to the In Memoriam montage? I think Taylor just ended him.

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Ed Sheeran has reacted to the win of his first-ever Emmy, saying he “was not expecting” to take home the award.The singer-songwriter was announced as the winner of the Emmy in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category, thanks to the track he wrote for the TV show Ted Lasso.News that the superstar was asked to write music for the show’s third season was first revealed in October 2021. The series also commissioned Eurovision runner up Sam Ryder to write a song, called ‘Fought & Lost’.Titled ‘A Beautiful Game’, the singer shared the award with co-writers Max Martin and Foy Vance, and was unable to attend the ceremony due to scheduling conflicts with his ongoing tour.“We won an Emmy last night,” Sheeran wrote, addressing the victory on social media.

Taylor Swift‘s concert film The Eras Tour has officially become the highest grossing concert movie of all time.As of yesterday (January 7), the film overtook Michael Jackson‘s This Is It with an overall global taking of $261.6million (£206m), as reported by Variety.After its release in October, the film scored the biggest opening weekend for a concert film in history, while the tour itself was the first ever to gross $1billion.The film documents the six performances completed by Swift at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium earlier this year. The shows encompassed a career-spanning setlist that lifted songs from all ten of her albums from ‘Fearless’ to ‘Midnights’.“The Eras Tour is a concert movie in the true sense,” NME wrote in a four-star review.

Ellise Shafer Taylor Swift has arrived to the Golden Globes, where her “Eras Tour” concert film is nominated for cinematic and box office achievement. The music superstar walked the red carpet in a shimmering green gown.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Janelle James bring a pop of color to their black dresses while arriving for the 2024 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 7) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

is competing for her first award at Sunday's ceremony for her song for the Barbie movie, but her dress is giving…Oppenheimer?Lipa recently changed up her signature dark hair for a classic shade of “,” and the unique tone popped even more against the jet black of her dress.The contrast between the dramatic gown and Lipa's fun, flirty hair color is bringing us back to the “Barbenheimer” vibes of summer—we're just going to say it. So while she may be at the awards show for Barbie, her look is serious business.Lipa is, of course, nominated for her song of the summer from the Barbie movie “Dance the Night Away,” one of three songs from the film to be nominated.

Taylor Swift at Harvard University has proved so popular that the institution is seeking more teaching assistants to help deliver it.The course is set to begin later in the spring and will involve explorations into “fan culture, celebrity culture, adolescence, adulthood and appropriation; how to think about white texts, Southern texts, transatlantic texts, and queer subtexts”, according to Harvard’s website. According to CBS, nearly 300 students have signed up.Now, according to the course’s instructor Stephanie Burt, more staff are needed to deliver the course to keep up with demand and she has reached out on X/Twitter to try and find more people to teach it.“Our Taylor Swift course at Harvard is so popular that we need additional teaching assistants.