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Taylor Swift surprised one of her biggest fans by turning up at their wedding. New Jersey couple Max Singer and Kenya Smith were celebrating their marriage when Swift appeared to play a stripped-down performance of Blank Space. It was arranged by the groom's sister, who wrote to the star, telling her the couple had legally wed in her mother's hospital room just before she died, so she did not miss out on their big day. Blank Space was played at […]
The 'Cool for the Summer' singer, Demi Lovato, took to Twitter recently to post a message - co-written with her now-ex, actor and television personality, Wilmer Valderrama - telling her 36.4 million followers of her ended relationship. The message read: "After almost 6 loving and wonderful years together, we have decided to end our relationship. This was an incredibly difficult decision for both of us, but we have realized more than anything that we are better as best friends. We […]
Following the recent announcement of his retirement from DJing, Avicii has now cancelled his Las Vegas residency tour dates for 2016. At the weekend the Vegas clubs stated on Instagram that the cancellation was “due to personal reasons" and Avicii will be replaced by Dillon Francis at XS Las Vegas and by Marshmello at Encore Beach Club this Saturday. Earlier this year, the Swedish producer opened up about his retirement to The Hollywood Reporter and said: “To me it was […]
The Black Eyed Peas have played together for the first time in five years at a free show in London's Royal Albert Hall. Led by will.i.am, the band played hits including Where Is The Love and I Gotta Feeling for an audience of 10,000 fans. But singer Fergie was not part of the line-up - with her parts sung by Lydia Lucy, who Will mentored on The Voice. The star said the band would continue to work together, calling rappers […]
Taylor Swift has been presented with a prize in her own name at the BMI pop awards in Los Angeles. The eponymous award recognised the singer's "artistic talent and influence". Swift told the audience: "If they had chosen someone else to give the Taylor Swift Award to, I'd be kind of bummed about it." It is only the second time the BMI has created an award in an artist's name. The first was Michael Jackson in 1990. The BMI - […]
Justin Timberlake has said he'll be performing at this year's Eurovision Song contest in Stockholm, Sweden. The 35-year-old will sing during the interval at the grand final on Saturday. Eurovision bosses made clear his performance would be in a non-competitive role. It is the first time in the history of the contest that an artist of global stature has taken to the stage to perform independently. In a statement, Sven Stojanovic, one of show's producers said: "This is a fantastic […]
For years, Beyoncé was a hit-machine, defiantly, almost psychotically, churning out chart topping singles. So how, and why, did she become focussed exclusively on the album format? And what does that mean in the age of streaming? "I might get your song played on the radio station," boasts Beyoncé on Formation, the agenda-setting single she premiered at this year's SuperBowl - but her own songs are increasingly failing to make it on radio. In the last month, the Texan superstar […]
Dance-pop act DNCE have scored a global hit with their debut single Cake By The Ocean. "We want to bring some fun and energy to the crowds out there," says Joe Jonas, former teen heartthrob and frontman of freshly-minted pop band DNCE. He's on a mission to put quirkiness and positivity back into the top 40, as exemplified by the springy funk-pop of his group's new single Cake By The Ocean. Intended as a soft launch for the quartet, the […]
Police investigating a stalker who targeted Lily Allen made her feel like a "nuisance rather than a victim", the singer has revealed. Allen said that detectives had destroyed evidence supporting her case and refused to let her see and keep a photograph of the man harassing her. Alex Gray, 30, from Perth, was convicted of burglary and harassment at Harrow Crown Court earlier in April. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said stalking was taken "very seriously". Allen said the long campaign […]
