#FreeBritney movement resurges after star’s hotel fight sparks conservatorship fears | Britney Spears

Britney Spears has known the highs and lows of how the US treats its celebrities, traveling from Mickey Mouse club child actor to teen pop icon, to global superstar – and then more than a decade under legal conservatorship after a mental health crisis before winning freedom, for the first time perhaps, to be herself. But now there are fears of More...

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Megastar DJ Alok ‘thrilled’ to link up with ‘amazing’ Brit rising star Allegra | Music | Entertainment
By MDN On Sunday, May 12th, 2024
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Megastar DJ Alok ‘thrilled’ to link up with ‘amazing’ Brit rising star Allegra | Music | Entertainment

ALOK has worked with everyone from Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa to RAYE, and now he is collaborating with one of the UK’s brightest rising stars. In the end of year musical Hunger Games reckonings for 2023, More...

By MDN On Saturday, May 11th, 2024
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MPs call for levy on arena concert tickets to raise funds for struggling small venues | Music

A group of MPs are calling for a ticket levy on concerts at UK arenas and stadiums to raise funds for grassroots venues that are struggling with rising costs and the risk of closure. A VAT break for smaller More...

Brian May and Jean-Michel Jarre free concert – How to attend or live stream | Music | Entertainment
By MDN On Friday, May 10th, 2024
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Brian May and Jean-Michel Jarre free concert – How to attend or live stream | Music | Entertainment

This weekend, Sir Brian May will perform as a special guest in a free concert helmed by Jean-Michel Jarre, called Bridge from the Future. The Queen legend and French composer will play in Bratislava, Slovakia More...

By MDN On Thursday, May 9th, 2024
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Steve Albini was a button-pushing musician of uncompromising brilliance | Steve Albini

There was a story that Steve Albini liked to tell about his senior year in high school. Aged 17, he was involved in a serious road accident: hit by a car while riding his motorcycle, he badly broke his leg. More...

Elvis’ karate moves left hidden damage that fans can see on Graceland tour | Music | Entertainment
By MDN On Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
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Elvis’ karate moves left hidden damage that fans can see on Graceland tour | Music | Entertainment

During Elvis Presley’s 20 years living at Graceland, the star was not short of eccentric habits inside his Memphis playground. This was especially so in moments of enthusiasm and emotion, often involving a More...

By MDN On Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
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‘I thought it was a speech by Kurt Vonnegut’: Baz Luhrmann on making Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) | Culture

Baz Luhrmann, director and song producer In 1997, my music supervisor Anton Monsted and I decided to make a charity album with remixes of songs from my films. I was working on a new version of Rozalla’s rave More...

Elvis’ wedding day heartbreak and those five terrible secret words | Music | Entertainment
By MDN On Monday, May 6th, 2024
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Elvis’ wedding day heartbreak and those five terrible secret words | Music | Entertainment

Priscilla and Elvis cut the cake at their wedding 1967 (Image: GETTY) Elvis Presley said the two magical and binding traditional words to Priscilla at a wedding that seemed like a fairytale from the pictures More...

By MDN On Sunday, May 5th, 2024
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Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – a banger-filled missive from dating land | Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa’s last album, 2020’s Future Nostalgia, moved the cultural dial. Released into the pandemic, it was ubiquitous, neon-hued and life-affirming, winning two Brits and her third Grammy overall, confirming More...

Elvis Presley’s Graceland unseen – Behind the mysterious drapes upstairs | Music | Entertainment
By MDN On Saturday, May 4th, 2024
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Elvis Presley’s Graceland unseen – Behind the mysterious drapes upstairs | Music | Entertainment

When Elvis Presley moved his family from 1034 Audubon Drive to Graceland in 1957, the rising star wanted to protect his privacy. The Memphis mansion and its grounds would be open for his inner circle to enjoy More...