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Musicians including Kanye West, Jack White, Rihanna, Madonna and Coldplay are uniting behind Jay Z’s “artist-friendly” streaming site, Tidal. They all turned their Twitter profiles teal blue, to reflect Tidal’s branding, on Sunday night. The site launches on Monday, promising CD-quality streaming and thousands of music videos, for a subscription fee. Taylor Swift, who pulled […]
Zayn Malik has quit One Direction, the band have confirmed in a statement. Malik said: “My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined. But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. “I’d like to apologise to the fans […]
One Direction stars Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson face losing more than £3,000 each if they are caught using, or promoting, illegal drugs in Manila. The pair have been asked to post bonds of 200,000 pesos each for a special work permit, ahead of two concerts in the Philippine capital this weekend. Local immigration said […]
Marvin Gaye’s family want to stop sales of Blurred Lines, after a court ruled it copied one of the R&B star’s hit songs. Gaye’s children have filed an injunction to prevent the copying, distribution and performance of Robin Thicke, TI and Pharrell’s 2013 track. Last week, a jury said the performers had based elements of […]
Iggy Azalea may not be coming back to social media anytime soon. The rapper’s management has been posting on her accounts since she announced she was taking a break. In her last Instagram post, she wrote about paparazzi photographers invading her privacy by taking photos of her outside her home in a bikini. “[It’s] so […]
British musicians enjoyed the biggest share of album sales in the UK in 2014, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced. Artists including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Paloma Faith had more than half (53.5%) of all UK sales, according to Official Charts Company data. The last time British artists like Spice Girls, Oasis and […]
Marina and the Diamonds’ last record went straight to number one, but it left her creatively dissatisfied. So she ditched the superstar producers and wrote an album by herself. “Pop should make you feel alive,” she said but warns a glut of “generic” tracks, written by committee, are threatening to kill it off. (Source: BBC […]
Madonna says she suffered whiplash as a result of her “nightmare” accident at Wednesday’s Brit Awards. The 56-year-old was pulled backwards off stage by a cape, which was supposed to fall from her shoulders. In an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, taped on Thursday, the star said: “I had a little bit of whiplash, […]