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A brief scuffle broke out at London's Royal Opera House after a performer unfurled a Palestinian flag during a show.The incident took place during a performance of Il Trovatore on Saturday. During the final night of the 11-night run of the show, a performer held up the flag on stage.In video footage, shared online, someone backstage could be seen attempting to take it off the performer. The performer grabs it […]

Police are taking no further action over Kneecap's performance at Glastonbury.Officers said they had investigated "comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap's performance" at the festival on 28 June. However, after Crown Prosecution Service advice, they decided there is not enough evidence "to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence".The Avon & Somerset force started investigating the Irish group's show last month, as well as comments […]

Snoop Dogg has become a co-owner and investor of Swansea, with the US rapper hailing the Welsh football club as "an underdog that bites back, just like me".The former Premier League club, which plays in the English second tier, confirmed the US rapper and producer plans to use his own money to invest in it, Sky Sports reports, although it didn't disclose financial details. "My love of football is well […]

MasterChef presenter John Torode will no longer work on the show after an allegation he used an "extremely offensive racist term" was upheld, the BBC has said.His co-host Gregg Wallace was also sacked last week after claims of inappropriate behaviour. In a statement posted on Instagram, Torode said he had not "heard from anyone at the BBC" or the production company that makes MasterChef but confirmed the specials he filmed […]

A huge fire has destroyed the main stage of a major festival in Belgium - two days before it was due to begin.Tomorrowland is a dance music event as big as Glastonbury - and David Guetta was due to perform. Footage showed flames and thick plumes of black smoke engulfing the stage and spreading to nearby woodland on Wednesday. Image: The fire gutted the main stage The annual festival in […]

An X account for the Sesame Street character Elmo has been targeted by an unknown hacker who posted antisemitic and racist messages.The profile is followed by more than 650,000 users on the social network - and usually posts upbeat and motivational updates. Sunday's messages, which have since been deleted, called for violence against Jews, insulted Donald Trump, and referred to alleged files related to Jeffrey Epstein.In a statement, Sesame Workshop […]

Gary Lineker has topped the list of the BBC's highest-earning stars for the eighth year running.The former Match Of The Day presenter, who left the BBC in May, earned £1.35m in 2024/25, according to the corporation's annual report. Presenter Zoe Ball was the second-highest paid, earning £517,000 for her work on the Radio 2 breakfast show, which she left in December last year.Her replacement as breakfast show host Scott Mills […]

Huge steel fences have been erected to prevent ticketless fans from watching the Oasis reunion tour in Manchester.Liam and Noel Gallagher will resume their sold-out run of shows - their first since 2009 - with a performance at Heaton Park tonight, and two more on Saturday and Sunday. While tens of thousands bought tickets for Oasis's first two shows last weekend, crowds gathered to glimpse the large screens above the […]

An American Idol TV executive and her husband have been found dead in their LA home.Robin Kaye was a music supervisor on the long-running reality TV series. The bodies of the 70-year-old and her husband Thomas were discovered after officers conducted a welfare check at their home.Both had died from gunshot wounds. Image: Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas. Pic: Facebook Detectives say Raymond Boodarian has been arrested in connection […]