Image copyright PA MediaImage caption Robbie Williams performed at London’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland in November Robbie Williams has become the joint most successful solo act in UK album chart history after scoring his 13th number one, level with Elvis Presley. Robbie’s The Christmas Present has moved to the top spot after entering at number […]
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Stars celebrate Avicii at emotional tribute concert
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Adam Lambert, Mchelle Gonzalez and Rita Ora were among the stars who paid tribute Stars including Rita Ora, Adam Lambert and David Guetta have played a charity tribute concert in honour of the late Swedish DJ Avicii. Avicii, whose real name was Tim Bergling, was found dead in Oman in […]
David Beckham film plays at hospital he was born in
Image copyright PA MediaImage caption Taylor-Johnson’s David video is on display at Whipps Cross Hospital An hour-long video of former footballer David Beckham sleeping has gone on show at the London hospital he was born in. Sam Taylor-Johnson’s artwork has been loaned to the ultrasound department at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, east London, until […]
Soul singer Celeste wins Brits Rising Star award
Image copyright Getty Images/Brits/BBCImage caption Celeste follows such recent winners as Rag’n’Bone Man (left) and Sam Fender (right) Soul singer Celeste has won the Brits’ Rising Star award, priming her for success in 2020. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Brighton, the musician has turned heads with her beguiling, soulful voice. After winning the […]
R. Kelly faces bribery charge over 1994 marriage to Aaliyah
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption The singer has faced allegations of underage abuse for two decades R. Kelly has been charged with bribing a government official in order to get a fraudulent identification document to marry an under-age girl in 1994. The girl, named only as Jane Doe in the documents, has widely been identified […]
Simpsons star Harry Shearer: ‘We’re reliving the 1930s’
Image copyright Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesImage caption Harry Shearer as his Spinal Tap character Derek Smalls For someone who has made his living from comedy for more than 50 years, Harry Shearer is very serious about politics. Together with his wife, the Welsh singer-songwriter Judith Owen, Shearer – who does the voices of more than 20 […]
Katherine Jenkins mugged after trying to help woman in street robbery
Image copyright Getty Images Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins has been mugged in London after intervening in a street robbery. The 39-year-old was on her way to a rehearsal for a charity carol concert in Chelsea at around 15:10 GMT on Wednesday when she witnessed an older woman being attacked, her agent said. The Neath-born mezzo-soprano […]
Was this the original Fyre festival?
Today marks 50 years since the Altamont Festival, which became famous for the wrong reasons. Four people died at the festival, including one who was fatally stabbed by a member of the Hells Angels, Alan Passaro. Passaro was charged with murder but later acquitted on grounds of self-defence. Joel Selvin, author of Altamont: The Rolling […]
Daddy Yankee, Stormzy and Billie Eilish are YouTube’s most-watched of 2019
By Mark Savage BBC music reporter Image copyright Capitol / Atlantic / InterscopeImage caption Daddy Yankee, Stormzy and Billie Eilish racked up millions of views for their music videos in 2019 Stormzy’s infectious single Vossi Bop was the most-watched music video of 2019 in the UK, YouTube has revealed. Based around a viral dance craze, […]
Royal Opera House and Met drop Vittorio Grigolo over ‘aggressive behaviour’
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Grigolo admitted his personality could be “very exuberant at times” The Royal Opera House and New York’s Metropolitan Opera have dropped tenor Vittorio Grigolo over “inappropriate and aggressive behaviour” on tour. The London venue said the behaviour occurred “at a curtain call and afterwards” in Tokyo in September. Grigolo posted […]
Radio 1’s first blind presenter ‘excited to represent disabled community’
Image caption Lucy and her dog Olga in the Radio 1 studio When Lucy Edwards found out she had been chosen to be a presenter on Radio 1, she spent the day “jumping up and down like a bunny rabbit”. “But then I was like, ‘Right, let’s do this’,” she says. Lucy, 23, will be […]
Spassky vs Fischer: How the chess battle became a theatre event
Image copyright AlamyImage caption Boris Spassky (left) and Bobby Fischer duke it out When the American Bobby Fischer challenged the Russian Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in 1972 the media looked on in fascination. It seemed the Cold War was being played out in Iceland on a chessboard. Now a new play reconstructs […]