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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 it out after teenager Luke Friend was voted out on Saturday after they performed at […]
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 Rolling Stones were the highest placed British act - at number six - raking in […]
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 her latest UK performance, Lady Gaga had the emergency services at her beck and call […]
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 on the Official Streaming Chart (which launched in May of last year) and Rihanna’s second […]
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 the money earned by the likes of Slade and Mariah Carey when their festive songs are […]
McBusted have been named as the headliners for British Summer Time 2014. The group, made up of Mcfly and Busted, will close the first weekend of the festival in Hyde Park on Sunday 6 July. American boyband The Backstreet Boys have also been confirmed on the line-up. The second weekend will be headlined by Neil Young and Crazy Horse on July 12, with The National and Tom Odell also on […]
Westlife star Kian Egan has been crowned king of the jungle on ITV show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! He beat fashion designer David Emanuel in the final on Sunday. Egan said: "It's been such a team effort. Everybody in here is a king and queen. It was probably one of the best three weeks of my life." Runner-up Emanuel, who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress, said the […]
Singer Tulisa Contostavlos is to be charged "with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs", the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed. "We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction," Baljit Ubhey, London chief crown prosecutor, said. The 25-year-old was arrested in June after the Sun claimed she introduced a journalist to a drug supplier. In a statement, her lawyer said she would […]
Music mogul Pete Waterman was stunned to discover that one of his rare Beatles records was worth more than £1,000. The pop producer, 66, found out the true value of his Love Me Do promo copy from vinyl expert Danny Reddington on the BBC Radio 5 live's Phil Williams programme. Despite being reportedly worth £30 million, the pop producer cried "Oh blimey!" at the news.
