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Girl group Flo on entering into their 'bombastic, confident, strong' era

The R&B trio having been making waves this year with their latest hit, Leak It.

Suzi Quatro review – at 75, her signature scream is still thrilling

Royal Concert Hall, GlasgowThere is something eternally teenage about the trailblazing rocker, who can still deliver at her glam-era best – but her rambling reminiscences are a bit Alan PartridgeSuzi...

Cardi B says thieves spent $60,000 on her credit card

The singer says her card was used to buy designer clothes, telling the culprits "y'all going to jail".

Gladiators star banned from driving after speeding

Barney Walsh, who already had nine penalty points, gets a six-month ban after speeding on the M4.

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Channel 4 scraps Bake Off episode starring Scott Mills

The former DJ, who was sacked by the BBC last month, was due to appear on the show's celebrity spin-off.

‘We wanted to put a mark on the world’: the sweaty, singular indie music scene of early-00s Brighton

From Bat for Lashes to Brakes and the Pipettes, misfits on the south coast made fearless music amid cheap rents and salty air. Could this ever happen again?It’s any given night in 2002. We’re at the F...

Music giant Universal gets $64bn takeover offer

The music giant behind acts such as Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter gets an offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square.

Matthew Perry's stepmother says 'Ketamine Queen' should get maximum sentence

Jasveen Sangha faces decades in jail when she's sentenced on Wednesday over the Friends actor's death.

Katie Price banned from driving for seventh time

The former glamour model, from Brighton, has received bans totalling more than six years since 2010.

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Modern heroes and a ravaged Earth: reboot of 1950s space comic Dan Dare has liftoff

Beloved characters reinvented in graphic novel coming later this year – just as interest rockets in all things spaceSufferin’ satellites! The quintessential British space hero Dan Dare is back, 76 yea...

Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK

West was due to headline the festival in July but drew criticism over past antisemitic comments.

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Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West banned from entering UK

Rapper had been booked to play at festival in London, prompting outcry over his past antisemitic remarksThe Wireless music festival has been cancelled after the artist formerly known as Kanye West was...

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National Gallery picks Tokyo Olympic stadium architect to design new wing

London gallery to undergo biggest transformation in its 200-year history, with Kengo Kuma’s design called ‘exemplary’The National Gallery has announced that its largest and most significant transforma...

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Strictly star will not face rape charges, police say

Detectives determined there was "insufficient evidence" to bring criminal charges against the unnamed man.

Rapper Offset hospitalised after being shot outside Florida casino

The former member of Migos is in a stable condition after being shot on Monday, with police detaining two peopleThe rapper Offset is in a stable condition in hospital after he was shot outside a Flori...

Rapper Offset in hospital after being shot in Florida

The rapper is in a "stable" condition, with two people detained in connection with the incident.

Legendary Disney composer Alan Menken on winning Oscars, Razzies and his ‘filthy’ rock musical

The Whole New World composer who soundtracked millennial childhoods and won eight Oscars looks back on a stellar careerGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn early 1991, the composer Alan Menke...

Kanye West controversies - how did we get here?

West has a history of making antisemitic remarks and other controversial comments.

‘I thought I’d finish the album then die’: how Angelo De Augustine came back from a medical nightmare

When the singer-songwriter and Sufjan Stevens collaborator became gravely ill, he had to learn to walk, talk, hear, play and sing again. Music – and a love of antique instrumentation – helped him rebu...

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Welsh composer makes history as music tops worldwide chart

Sir Karl Jenkins is the first living composer to top the Classic FM Hall of Fame with mass for peace.