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The Beatles are to release 59 rare and unheard recordings in a bid to stop their copyright protection expiring. The digital compilation includes BBC sessions, four alternate takes of She Loves You and five of A Taste Of Honey. It has not been officially announced, but a spokeswoman for Apple records confirmed the release to […]
Beyoncé has unexpectedly released her fifth album on iTunes overnight, with 14 new songs and 17 music videos. The self-titled record is the follow-up to 2011’s 4, and features guest spots from her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy. “Surprise!” wrote the 32-year-old in a press release, adding she was “bored” of releasing music the […]
Lily Allen has held on to the number one spot in the UK singles chart for a second week with her cover version of Keane’s Somewhere Only We Know. The song, used in a festive television advert for department store John Lewis, is tipped to be Christmas number one. In the album chart, Swings Both […]
Sam Bailey has beaten fellow finalist Nicholas McDonald in the final of this year’s X Factor show on ITV. The prison officer, 36, received more than one million votes and thanked everyone for choosing her before performing her single Skyscraper. Her mentor Sharon Osborne was tearful throughout much of Sunday’s show. Bailey and McDonald battled […]
US rock band Bon Jovi had the biggest international music tour of the year, according to Billboard magazine’s 2013 rankings. The group played to more than two million fans during 90 sell-out shows, grossing $205m (£125m). Cirque Du Soleil’s Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour was second on the list, followed by singer Pink. The […]
The singer sees oxygen as an important part of helping her to de-stress while on tour around the world. The good folk of St John Ambulance spend their lives helping others: patching up cuts, fixing broken limbs, giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. And, in the case of a certain well-known pop star, providing oxygen. That’s right, during […]
The US rapper’s duet with Rihanna tops the Official Streaming Chart today for a fourth consecutive week. The Monster made its Official Streaming Chart debut back in November, entering at Number 82. It climbed a massive 80 places the following week, before claiming the top spot four weeks ago. It is Eminem’s first Number 1 […]
Rarely does a new Christmas pop song reach the heights of such classics Merry Xmas Everybody and Fairytale of New York, and the resulting royalties which earn six-figure bonuses for the musicians who created them bear this out. Analysts using data from the Performing Right Society (PRS), which collects fees when songs are played in public, have estimated […]