Madonna
Madonna is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her breakout single, Holiday, by embarking on her first-ever greatest hits tour. The pop icon will perform music from her entire career, from 1983’s self-titled debut album to 2019’s Madame X. The 35-date Celebration Tour will see also her return to arenas and stadiums after the experimental, […]
Adele has announced a Las Vegas residency with weekend performances due to begin in the new year. The singer will perform on Friday and Saturday nights in the Colosseum theatre at Caesars Palace Hotel from 21 January until 16 April 2022. The British star will take one weekend off in mid-February. Fans will have to […]
The future starts now for self-isolating Dua Lipa fans after the star put out her new album a week early. Future Nostalgia, which features writing contributions from Tove Lo and Madonna’s producer Stuart Price, was brought forward after it leaked online. Early reviews have been glowing, with critics calling the record “viscerally brilliant” and “pop […]
Swedish star Tove Lo says she still faces prejudice for talking about sex in her songs and on stage. She’s been singing about female sexuality since her first big hit with Habits (Stay High) in 2014. But she reckons attitudes to women who speak about sex have not moved on in three decades. It’s after […]
Jay Z is selling a stake in his Tidal music streaming business to the telecoms company, Sprint. Jay Z bought Tidal three years ago and his wife Beyoncé and other artists own equity in the company. Aiming to challenge larger rivals such as Spotify, Tidal offers artists on its platform more control over their music. […]
Madonna has told fans she is no “diva” after technical hitches meant she was late on stage for a gig in Manchester. The 57-year-old artist made the comments on Monday at the Manchester Arena during her Rebel Heart tour. “If you diva bitches want to keep complaining about it, then don’t come to my show,” […]
Grace Jones has hit out at artists like Rihanna, Beyonce and Rita Ora for “copying her”. In her new book, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, she criticises them for being “middle of the stream”. The 67-year-old, who became an international star in the 1980s, performed her recent festival gigs in a topless corset. She says: […]
Jay Z is not one for writing a lot of tweets – but he’s just put out a “stream of consciousness” defending his music streaming service, Tidal. Launched last month with some very high profile backers, critics have said that the company has been a bit of a flop, with low subscriber numbers. But Jay […]