Sabrina Carpenter has revealed the story behind her latest single Manchild, a track many fans believe takes a swipe at her ex-boyfriend, Irish actor Barry Keoghan. The new single was co-written with hitmakers Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen. Carpenter shared more about the song’s creation on Instagram, describing the session as an unexpected moment of
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Franz Ferdinand are heading to Dubai for a one-night-only concert at Coca-Cola Arena on Saturday 13 December 2025. The Scottish indie rock icons will close out their 2025 world tour with this exclusive UAE performance, delivering a setlist packed with fan favourites and tracks from their latest album, The Human Fear. With over two decades
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Madonna has officially announced Veronica Electronica, a long-rumoured remix album originally conceived during the Ray of Light era but never released — until now. The eight-track collection will drop on 25 July and features “rare and unreleased” remixes from her 1998 Grammy-winning album Ray of Light. Many of the tracks have been newly edited or
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Barry Manilow believes today’s pop music has forgotten how to write a proper song. Now 81, the music legend says the craft of songwriting has changed so much that he barely recognises the form he was trained in when he first launched his career in the 1970s. “Young people don’t write the way I was
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Rick Astley is officially part of streaming royalty. His 1987 breakout hit Never Gonna Give You Up has just crossed one billion streams on Spotify, thanks to a combination of timeless synth-pop charm and a second life as the internet’s most famous meme. He marked the milestone on Instagram, saying: “So who would’ve believed after
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James Blunt has embraced his reputation as a one-hit wonder and he’s not losing sleep over it. He became a global name in 2005 with the release of his breakout hit – You’re Beautiful – from debut album Back to Bedlam. But two decades later, Blunt says he’s perfectly comfortable being defined by just that
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Little Simz has asked to be recognised simply as an artist, not a “female rapper”. The British MC and actress, whose real name is Simbiatu Ajikawo, spoke openly on The Louis Theroux Podcast about her discomfort with gendered labels in the music industry. “It just feels a bit lazy, and I understand sometimes it’s the
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Dolly Parton has praised Beyoncé’s powerful reimagining of her 1973 country classic Jolene, calling the version featured on Cowboy Carter “honouring” and “magnificent”. In a recent interview with People, the country legend opened up about how it felt to hear Queen Bey’s fierce new take on the song, which flips the original’s vulnerability into defiance.
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Bono has revealed how U2 still works together as a band after more than four decades, describing the group as a “democracy” where everyone contributes — even if The Edge tends to have the last word. In a new interview, the U2 frontman joked that the Irish rock icons operate more like a balanced political
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Taylor Swift has reclaimed ownership of her entire discography, marking the end of one of the most high-profile music ownership battles in modern history. In a statement posted to her website on 30 May, the global superstar announced: “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.” The move comes after Swift struck
