Megan Thee Stallion defied the Met Gala’s strict no-phone policy by sneaking her phone into the exclusive 2025 event, and fans are loving the rare glimpse behind the velvet rope. The 30-year-old rapper shared a video montage from inside New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art during fashion’s biggest night. Despite the Met Gala’s longstanding ban […]
It’s 5pm on the eve of the Ivor Novello Awards and Christine McVie is sat in her London home, excited and contemplating the forthcoming ceremony and the prospect of accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award. “I’m thrilled to bits. It’s a huge honour and I’m overwhelmed, really.” No stranger to awards, Christine can count Grammy Awards, a
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Lady Gaga has shattered records again — this time on Brazil’s iconic Copacabana Beach — with the largest concert ever by a female artist, drawing an estimated 2.5 million fans. On 4 May 4 2025, global superstar Lady Gaga delivered an unforgettable, career-defining performance in Rio de Janeiro, turning the legendary Copacabana Beach into a
2018 witnessed the 70th anniversary of the LP, the ‘long player’, also known as the album. For people of a certain age and for vinyl junkies, the album is everything. Hey Mag takes a look at the music format that is making a comeback. Words_Darren Haynes [First published in Hey Mag, September 2019] Long before the days
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Vinyl’s resurgence isn’t just a trend, it’s transforming the UK’s indie record-store landscape. According to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), the number of independent record stores rose from 339 in 2014 to 461 in 2023, a remarkable 36 % growth at a time when supermarkets and chains have retreated. Those 461 indie shops now make up
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Global pop icon Kylie Minogue brought her electrifying ‘Tension’ world tour to an emotional close in North America on Friday 2 May 2025, with a sold-out show at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Performing hits from across her four-decade career, the 56-year-old superstar expressed deep gratitude and nostalgia as she wrapped up the US and Canada
Once thought to be on life support, vinyl records have not only survived but now they’re thriving. According to The Official Charts Company, in 2023, UK vinyl LP sales surged to 5.9 million units, marking an 11.7 % increase from the previous year and the largest annual growth this decade. That total represents the highest annual
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Country music icon Trisha Yearwood has officially signed with Virgin Music Group, bringing her Gwendolyn Records label along for the ride and marking a powerful return to Universal Music Group’s MCA Nashville, the label where her legendary career began. This new partnership signals a milestone moment for the Grammy-winning artist, as she prepares to release
Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has revealed he politely declined an invitation to watch a tribute band fronted by a singer hilariously nicknamed “Belly Jones” — despite calling fan covers an “honour and privilege”. Kelly Jones turns down tribute show over Easter The 50-year-old Welsh rocker spent Easter with family in his hometown — but skipped
