Oasis sweep UK album chart after reunion frenzy
Oasis fans have gone mad for their music again following their reunion, sending the band to number one in the UK album chart. After the group kicked off their comeback…
TRNSMT music festival begins in Glasgow in scorching heat
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News Reporting fromTRNSMT, Glasgow Green PA Media The first bands took to the stage in the blistering sunshine Fans have begun flocking to Glasgow after Scotland’s…
Ed Sheeran fans camp overnight ahead of Ipswich Portman Road gigs
Cameron Noble BBC News, Suffolk Reporting fromPortman Road George King BBC News, Suffolk Cameron Noble/BBC Fans of the singer have come from far and wide to see his Portman Road…
Singer Iris Williams who performed for Queen Elizabeth II dies
Welsh singer Iris Williams has died at the age of 81. Born in Rhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in 1944, Williams performed around the world including in the US, where she…
Author Raynor Winn’s next book delayed due to ‘distress’ of newspaper investigation
Author Raynor Winn’s new book has been delayed because questions about her bestselling work The Salt Path have caused her and her husband “considerable distress”, her publisher has said. Penguin…
Chris Brown in court to face more assault charges
US singer Chris Brown has arrived at a court in London to enter a plea over two charges relating to an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years…
Justin Bieber drops new surprise album
Canadian singer Justin Bieber has surprised fans by releasing a new album titled Swag. The record features 20 songs with track names including Dadz Love, Devotion and Therapy Session and…
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says AI has made us dumbed down machines
BBC Irvine Welsh is pointing up to the second floor of a grey stone building in Leith, the port district of Edinburgh. As he gets ready to publish a sequel…
Jeff Lynne’s ELO Co Op Live gig called off at last minute
BBC Fans said they were told the performance would not be going ahead just before the band was due to take to the stage. A gig by Jeff Lynne’s ELO…
Kneecap advert ‘banned’ on London Tube network
Getty Images The rejected TfL advert featured Kneecap’s logo which depicted a balaclava Belfast rap trio Kneecap have said they are “banned” from advertising one of their posters on the…