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Ariana Grande Announces Deluxe Edition of “Eternal Sunshine”

Ariana Grande recently revealed that a deluxe edition of her chart-topping album “Eternal Sunshine” is in the works, but fans will need to exercise patience for its release. During an appearance on the “Shut Up Evan” podcast, the Grammy-winning artist shared that while the deluxe set is definitely coming, it won’t be arriving anytime soon. Grande expressed her desire to let the original album “live in this current state a little while longer,” ensuring she takes her time to perfect the deluxe version. She emphasized her commitment to making it “worth the wait and as special as I think it can be.” “I definitely thought this......

Camila Cabello had 'difficult' festival experiences

Camila Cabello didn’t want to play another festival again after experiencing a “difficult” crowd at the Isle of Wight festival. The former Fifth Harmony member fell out of love with festivals but was “pleasantly surprised” by the reaction to her set at Glastonbury last weekend. She told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “It was a huge crowd. "I am always a little nervous before festivals generally because it’s not necessarily people there who are coming to see just you. I always expect the worst, but I was so pleasantly surprised. “People were being so warm and engaging. “It was hot, so I could completely understand it......

Taylor Swift earns biggest album of 2024 so far with 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is officially the biggest album of 2024 so far in the UK.The eleventh studio album from the US superstar, Tortured Poets has dominated the Official Chart ever since its debut in May, spending seven of its 10 chart weeks at Number 1, and the rest at Number 2. Accordingly, Official Charts Company data reveals that, despite being available for less than two full months, Tortured Poets has already accumulated over 542,200 chart units, including 251,000 physical sales, making it the most physically-purchased LP of the year so far.Upon its record-breaking Number 1 debut in the UK, Tortured Poets became Taylor’s 12th UK Number 1 album,......

Kesha releases first new song since leaving Dr Luke's label

Kesha has released her first new music since leaving Dr Luke's record label.The 37-year-old singer left Kemosabe - which is distributed by RCA Records - in December, six months after her long-running legal battle with the producer came to an end and on Thursday (04.07.24) she unveiled her new single 'Joyride'.In the defiant and upbeat song, she sings: "Don’t even try to give me s***/ I’ve earned the right to be like this."In the chorus, she belts out: “Joy ride, joy ride/ I’m just looking for a good time tonight.”She debuted the song - her first new material since last year's album 'Gag Order' - over the weekend at Brooklyn's Planet Pride, before......

Jason Derulo opens up about breaking his neck

Jason Derulo has opened up about breaking his neck. On the latest episode of Paris Hilton's I Am Paris podcast, the RnB icon reflected on breaking his neck in 2012. Jason explained that the accident happened when he fell on his head and broke his C2 vertebrae while practising back tucks for his 2012 Future History world tour. The artist added that he suffered a "hangman's break," which is an injury in the neck that occurs when a person is hung. "As soon as it happened I heard a big crack and I was just like 'holy s**t, is this it? Is this how it all ends?'" Jason remembered. "All the thoughts you could imagine were going through my head at the time." "And I remember thinking to......

Ed Sheeran launches ambitious music scheme for UK schools

Ed Sheeran has opened up about a new high school scheme he is funding to improve music learning. The chart-topping star credits his own music education in Suffolk as a key to his success and has been left outraged by budget cuts to creative learning in the UK. Opening up to the This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von, Ed explained how he helped fund music facilities in his old school and is now helping others across the country. He said, "Basically in 2018, my old music teacher came to me and he was like, 'look, the government that is currently in charge, do not value art at all.. arts, drama, music.' And they cut all the funding for comprehensive high schools. "So my music teacher came......

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez spend Fourth of July holiday apart

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have spent the Fourth of July long weekend on opposite coasts. Affleck was spotted hanging out with two of his kids on the West Coast, while his wife, Jennifer Lopez, celebrated the long weekend across the country. The Argo actor was photographed enjoying a ramen outing with his and ex-wife Jennifer Garner's kids, Violet and Seraphina, at Kaz The Soba Place in Los Angeles. At one point, Affleck flashed a rare smile as Violet put her arm around the Oscar winner's neck and chatted with him on the walk to the eatery. Meanwhile, Lopez was active on social media on the East Coast, and teased her holiday plans for the Fourth of July weekend. The On the Floor......

Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods to open sports bar in Scotland

Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods have been granted permission to turn an old cinema in St Andrews, Scotland, into a sports bar. The two global superstars will team up to convert the town's cinema into a sports bar called T-Squared Social. Woods and Timberlake opened a T-Squared Social in midtown Manhattan, New York, last September, but the proposed project in Scotland was met with more resistance. Last October a petition against the new sports bar generated more than 10,000 signatures. But the Fife Council has now granted planning permission for the project. T-Squared Social is set to turn the New Picture House Cinema into a luxury bar with sports simulators, duckpin bowling and darts,......

Sabrina Carpenter battles herself for the UK’s Number 1 single

It’s Sabrina Carpenter’s year. The ascendant US superstar made UK chart history last week, and this week she’s her own competition for the top spot – with Please Please Please (1) and Espresso (2) neck-and-neck at the midweek mark.Another ascendant star having the year of her life could mark a major career milestone this week, Chappell Roan is set to claim her first-ever UK Top 10 hit with Good Luck, Babe! this Friday. Coldplay are back and the lead single from their forthcoming 10th album, feelslikeimfallinginlove, produced by Max Martin, could debut at Number 19. Charli xcx is also on the way to net a third Top 40 single from BRAT – girl, so......

Dua Lipa and Coldplay performances will be first ever Glastonbury sets livestreamed globally on BBC

For the first time, the BBC will livestream headline Glastonbury performances to a global audience, with Dua Lipa and Coldplay’s 2024 Pyramid Stage sets available to view on the recently relaunched BBC.com.Music fans around the world can tune into the stream, which is produced by BBC Studios, to watch Dua Lipa’s headline performance on Friday 28th June from 5-6.45pm EST (11pm-12.45am CEST) and Coldplay’s headline set on Saturday 29th June from 4.45-6.45pm EST (10.45pm-12.45am CEST), both at BBC.com/pages/Glastonbury-live. Fans can also follow along with festival highlights, updates and analysis on BBC.com throughout the weekend. Tara Maitra, Chief Commercial......