PA Media Singer Jessie J says she has undergone surgery for breast cancer and is now resting at home while awaiting her results. In a social media post, the 37-year-old star thanked her doctor, surgeon and “all the nurses who cared for me”, sharing series of photos and videos of her time in hospital. She...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent BBC Critics have called Jacob Alon’s music “otherworldly”, “delicate” and “raw”. Jacob Alon’s fingernails are something else. Their left hand is beautifully manicured in sparkling purple and royal blue. On their right, the nails are like talons, sharpened to a menacing point. The Scottish singer-songwriter nurtured those claws as a teenager,...
US singer Chris Brown has been freed on bail by a court in London after being charged with inflicting an “unprovoked attack” in a nightclub in 2023. The Grammy-winning 36-year-old star, who has not yet been asked to enter a plea in the case, is able to begin his world tour next month as planned...
Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Lee Blakeman BBC Radio Stoke BBC A statue of Motörhead frontman Lemmy has been unveiled in his hometown A statue of legendary heavy metal frontman Lemmy Kilmister has been unveiled in the late singer’s hometown. Hundreds of music fans flocked into Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, throughout Friday before the black-coloured 2.25m...
Getty Images Brad Arnold, the singer with US rock band 3 Doors Down, has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. The 46-year-old said in an Instagram video that he has “clear cell renal carcinoma that had metastasised into my lung”, adding: “And that’s stage four, and that’s not real good.” The...
The Premier League’s bottom two meet at King Power Stadium on Saturday, so will Leicester or Southampton manage to pick up a rare victory? “Saints still need a point to beat Robbie Savage’s useless Derby side, and avoid a share of the ‘worst Premier League team ever’ trophy,” said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton....
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Mike Peters fought cancer three times and was recognised for his advocacy and charity work Mike Peters, front man of Welsh rockers The Alarm and a long-standing cancer campaigner and fundraiser, has died aged 66. His band was formed in 1981 in Rhyl, Denbighshire, out of the punk era and had a...
Getty Images Clodagh Rodgers came fourth in Eurovision Clodagh Rodgers, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, has died at the age of 78. Rodgers, from Warrenpoint, County Down, came fourth with the song Jack In The Box. She was chosen to represent the UK at the contest being held...
Mark Savage Music correspondent Jimmy Fontaine Alex Warren has kept Chappell Roan off the top of the UK singles chart for the last two weeks Alex Warren is on top of the world. Ordinary, a song he wrote for his wife Kouvr after their wedding last year, is at number one in six different countries....