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Lord of the Dance star Michael Flatley reacts to reports of U2 Las Vegas residency

The foursome are rumoured to be the first band signed up to play the high tech MSG Sphere arena

Irish Mirror · Sep 2, 2022

Britney Spears 'saddened' by son's comments and hits out at Kevin Federline again

Britney Spears took to Instagram to respond to her son Jayden's latest interviews and apologised if she 'wasn't up to his expectations of a mother'

Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022

R. Kelly speaks at his federal trial, but only to tell judge he won’t testify

CHICAGO — R. Kelly’s voice had been heard a few times in three weeks of testimony at his Chicago federal trial: crooning one of his biggest hits at the 1998 Grammys, rapping on a music video, and allegedly cajoling his then-14-year-old goddaughter to perform sex acts on tape.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

David Bowie’s handwritten Starman lyrics expected to fetch £40,000 at auction

Starman was released in 1972 and appears on Bowie's fifth album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Wales Online · Sep 1, 2022

The Monkees v. the FBI

The last surviving member of the Monkees seeks his unredacted FBI file, which describes the band as "beatnik types"

Salon · Sep 1, 2022

The 1975 announce Cardiff date on UK tour

The flamboyant indie rockers will hit the Welsh capital next year

Wales Online · Sep 1, 2022

Tom Jones says Rod Stewart replaced him in Jubilee concert after Shirley Bassey fallout

Sir Tom Jones was notably absent from the Queen's Platinum Jubilee concert earlier this year and has now spoken about why he didn't perform – saying that he'd been hoping to take to the stage

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Tom Petty's lessons on darkness

This "Long After Dark" track re-positions darkness not as a symbol of negativity, but as a space of the unknown

Salon · Sep 1, 2022

Feist announces departure from Arcade Fire tour over Win Butler sexual misconduct allegations

‘I’m claiming my responsibility now and going home,’ Leslie Feist wrote

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Feist leaves Arcade Fire tour following sexual misconduct allegations against Win Butler

Singer-songwriter Leslie Feist announced on Thursday that she’ll no longer open for Arcade Fire on their European tour, citing the recent allegations of sexual misconduct against that band’s frontman Win Butler.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 1, 2022