Dr Hook co-frontman Dennis Locorriere dies aged 76
Singer took lead vocal on UK No 1 When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman, and had numerous other transatlantic hits
‘She was phenomenal, she was iconic’: Delta Goodrem wins praise as Australia places fourth at Eurovision
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Prime minister says ‘all Australians are proud of Delta’ as Bulgaria soars to unexpected maiden win
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‘She was phenomenal, she was iconic’: Delta Goodrem wins praise as Australia places fourth at Eurovision
Prime minister says ‘all Australians are proud of Delta’ as Bulgaria soars to unexpected maiden win
Dua Saleh: Of Earth and Wires review – ambitious confrontation of global catastrophe is surprisingly cautious
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Dua Saleh: Of Earth and Wires review – ambitious confrontation of global catastrophe is surprisingly cautious
While the first track is a scorching mix of poetry, rap, falsetto vocals and acoustic guitar, elsewhere the Sudanese-American’s second album feels a little underbaked
Canada is welcome to join Eurovision, says song contest director
‘We know that Mark Carney wants to sort of embrace Europe,’ says competition director Martin Green
Clarence Carter, US soul star who had hits with Patches and more, dies aged 90
Singer-songwriter, and former husband of Candi Staton, was blind from birth and had further hits including Slip Away and Back Door Santa
Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge review – political fury and propulsive fun
Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form
Bring Me the Horizon and Eric Clapton struck by objects thrown by audience members
British pop-metallers’ frontman Oli Sykes suffers concussion after phone strikes him on the head, in latest in spate of similar incidents faced by musicians
Man sentenced to two years in prison for stealing unreleased Beyoncé music
Kelvin Evans pleads guilty to stealing hard drives and laptops from a car before singer’s Atlanta tour dates in 2025
‘Live is the new status symbol’: can New York’s C2C beat festival burnout by embracing the niche?
With performers Arca, Los Thuthanaka and YHWH Nailgun, New York’s C2C proved the thrills – and limits – of staying independent amid a festival boom
Drake lost the beef and embraced the manosphere. Is it too late for him to win back his audience?
After his Kendrick Lamar feud, Drake alienated female fans. With new album Iceman, he’s aiming for the top of the charts again
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