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It's the world's biggest music competition, and this year the Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Switzerland - the location of Eurovision's first ever show.Canadian singing royalty Celine Dion (a previous Eurovision winner) has already delivered a pre-recorded speech during the semi-finals and there's speculation she may turn up for the final in Basel - health permitting. Now, with 26 nations set to compete for the coveted glass microphone, […]

Chris Brown has been remanded in custody until 13 June by a judge in Manchester.The R&B singer is facing an allegation of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and has been charged. He is accused of attacking music producer Abraham Diaw with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in central London.The incident allegedly took place back in February 2023.During a hearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court, prosecutor Hannah Nicholls said Brown […]

A music video-streaming service whose shareholders include the U2 bassist Adam Clayton will this week announce that it has sealed a management buyout after months of talks.Sky News understands that the assets of MagicWorks, which trades as ROXi, have been sold to a new company called FastStream Interactive (FSI), with backing from two major US-based broadcasters. Sources said that Nasdaq-listed Sinclair and New York Stock Exchange-listed Gray Media were among […]

It's a night of glitz, glamour and high camp, in which pop, rock, disco and opera all come together in one big Eurovision cocktail.This year's acts incorporate a giant gold microphone, a sauna - and of course pyrotechnics and fake ice aplenty.Here are some of the best moments on stage in Basel. Image: Tommy Cash, singing Espresso Macchiato for Estonia. Pic: Reuters Image: Kyle Alessandro performs Lighter for Norway. Pic: […]

Austria has won Eurovision 2025, with Austrian-Filipino singer-songwriter JJ taking the glass microphone.The singer, who originally trained as a countertenor, represented his country with his operatic ballad Wasted Love. Making the most of his falsetto voice - in a way not dissimilar to last year's winner Nemo - it tells a story of unrequited love, with a techno breakdown for the last third of the song. Image: JJ singing Wasted […]

Laurence Fox has denied encouraging others to damage ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) cameras in London.The actor and political activist appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of posting messages on X "which were capable of encouraging the commission of an either-way offence". In the posts, which were shared between 12 September and 4 October 2023, Fox allegedly voiced support for so-called ULEZ "Blade Runners", who repeatedly tore down […]

A second man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after an incident at a London nightclub that allegedly involved US singer Chris Brown.The Metropolitan Police said Omololu Akinlolu, 38, will appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Saturday. Better known by his stage name HoodyBaby, the American rapper has been charged in connection with an alleged assault at the Tape nightclub in central London in February 2023.Brown, 36, […]

R&B star Cassie Ventura told Sean "Diddy" Combs "I'm not a rag doll, I'm someone's child", after he allegedly beat her outside a lift at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in March 2016, a New York court has heard.Footage of Combs appearing to drag and kick the R&B star in a corridor was initially released by CNN in May 2024. Combs subsequently apologised for his actions. Please use Chrome […]

Terminally ill journalist Dame Esther Rantzen was branded "disrespectful" and "insulting" by MPs during a debate on the assisted dying bill.The broadcaster and Childline founder wrote to all MPs ahead of Friday's Commons' debate urging them to vote for what she called a "crucial reform". MPs were voting on amendments made to the bill - the report stage - following months of a committee going line by line through it […]