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Beyoncé won her first career Album of the Year award and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” took Song, Record and Rap Song of the Year tonight at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, in an evening dedicated to those affected by the L.A. wildfire tragedies last month.

Dolly Parton is opening up following the death of her husband Carl Dean.

President Donald Trump may have purged the Kennedy Center board and had himself elected its new chairman, but the venue’s patrons don’t seem to have gotten the message.

Here comes Rhymin’ Simon — again.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic On the heels of opening the “SNL50” special Sunday night in a duet with Sabrina Carpenter, Paul Simon revealed Tuesday that he is un-retiring from live concerts, announcing his first road outing since what was billed as his farewell tour back in 2018, albeit with more “intimate” arrangements and locations than the bigger tours of old. The “Quiet Celebration Tour” will take place in mid-sized theaters and concert halls and be focused around his most recent album, the acoustically based “Seven Psalms,” although it will include other selections from his vast catalog. The tour will begin April 4 in New Orleans and end in Seattle in August.

Van Morrison has announced he will perform in four locations in March in “a rare run of UK live performances".

An award-winning deli, hailed as the first in the region to offer a totally gluten-free menu, is to close. Off the Wheaten Track, on Oxford Road in Altrincham, made the shock announcement on its Instagram account on Monday that its "journey has come to an end."

Tyson Fury has weighed in almost two stone heavier than he did for his first fight against Oleksandr Usyk, ahead of Saturday’s rematch.

For many beauty lovers out there, there's nothing more satisfying than opening up a sumptous designer perfume on Christmas day. Let's face it, it's as practical as it is aesthetically pleasing, so with the right scent, you can't go far wrong.

You know Christmas is right around the corner when chocolate treats are tempting everyone.

Strictly Come Dancing fans are convinced they've pinpointed the winner after the four finalists were unveiled during Sunday night's results show.

Laufey’s blend of jazz, classical and pop influences are on full display in her concert film, A Night At The Symphony: Hollywood Bowl.Directed by Sam Wrench, who helmed Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, the film sees the singer-songwriter perform alongside the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra at the prestigious open-air venue.The performance, which took place in August 2024, comes after she won the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her second studio album, ‘Bewitched’, earlier this year.Speaking about the film at the premiere, Laufey said: “There’s so many cities that I haven’t been able to play in and so many people that I haven’t been able to reach. And I think that was one of the main reasons I really wanted to do this… I think this is a fun way to be able to experience the concert in a more accessible way and still hopefully be able to be among other fans and breathe in the community.“It’s getting rarer and rarer to see young people at the symphony, and to be able to bring it to young audiences and to my audience in this very accessible way is hopefully inspiring.”The film was released in select cinemas worldwide on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Australian fashion label White Fox, which has seen a surge in popularity in the UK this year, has kicked off a massive Black Friday sale. The store's latest discounts allow shoppers to peruse a range of clothing items at significantly reduced prices.

Netflix will not be moving forward with a second season of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

Racing has lost one of its most beloved TV presenters, Alastair Down, who has passed away at 68 after a brief illness. Down was a household name as the face of Channel 4 Racing and an acclaimed writer, having worked as a journalist for the Racing Post and Sporting Life. His passing comes just a week after he was honoured at Cheltenham racecourse, where the Press Room was renamed in his honour.

the Velvet Underground has died at the age of 86.His death was confirmed by his archivist, Michael Chaiken, who told the New York Times that Morrissey died from pneumonia in a New York hospital on Monday (October 28).Best known for films including Flesh (1968), Trash (1970) and Women In Revolt (1971), Morrissey was an instrumental figure in Warhol’s Factory studio after being contracted to run it upon meeting Warhol in 1965. He became known for making low-budget films about drug addicts and hustlers using a cast of models, socialites, artists, drag queens and others that would eventually be known as Warhol’s “superstars”.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Laufey will hit the big screen in December, as a concert movie of her recent performance with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl is headed for a limited engagement in theaters. “Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl” will reach cinemas and Imax screens beginning on Dec.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Dolly Parton‘s Threads: My Songs in Symphony,” a multi-media concert experience designed to pair the country-pop superstar’s song catalog with local orchestras, has announced performances set to take place in 11 U.S. cities from March 2025 through May of 2026. The creation of this Parton-based “storytelling experience” — which will not have the singer involved as a live participant in the shows, but featured on-screen — was first revealed in May of this year.

Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert are sharing the story of her health scare last year.

Emily Longeretta The Oct. 15 episode of “Dancing With the Stars” was “Dedication Night,” which meant the tears were already flowing… and then Derek Hough and wife Hayley Erbert took the floor. The married duo celebrated her return to the ballroom with an emotional routine to “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone, marking Erbert’s first time back following her emergency craniectomy.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Pop quiz: When were women guaranteed the right to vote in the United States? … If you’re like a lot of Americans, your instinct might be to imagine that had to have been early in American history, in the 19th century, if not the 18th. Even those who paid better attention in history class may still be startled to recall that it was just barely over a hundred years ago, as impossible as that may seem in a moment when the country may be about to elect its first woman president.