Major boost for music education after ‘historic decision’ to scrap key school measure | UK | News

Music education in schools will be given a massive boost today with the English Baccalaureate system to be scrapped by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s long-awaited Curriculum Review. The “game-changing” axe represents a significant victory for the Daily Express’s Strike A Chord Crusade, which has been demanding that the arts-excluding More...

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025

Rap legend dies aged 51 aged after brain aneurysm as son issues tribute | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Young Bleed, whose real name was Glenn Clifton Jr, has passed away after being rushed to the hospital days earlier following a collapse. The rapper died after suffering from complications due to a brain aneurysm, More...

Tuesday, November 4th, 2025

Download 2026 tickets, line-up, headliners and final dates | Music | Entertainment

Download Festival 2025 may have only been just a few months ago, but we’re already looking ahead to the 2026 offering. Last year’s headliners Sleep Token revelled in one of the biggest and busiest More...

Monday, November 3rd, 2025

Rock legend who defined Grateful Dead’s sound dead at 78 | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Donna Jean Godchaux, the powerhouse vocalist who helped define the Grateful Dead’s sound throughout the 1970s, has passed away at the age of 78. The Alabama-born singer passed away on Sunday, November 2, at More...

Monday, November 3rd, 2025

‘I visited Natural History Museum at night for special reason- it blew my mind’ | Music | Entertainment

The Natural History Museum in London holds a special place in the heart of everyone who has visited. From its stunning building, awe-inspiring Jurassic garden outside and world-beating dinosaur exhibits, to it’s More...

Saturday, November 1st, 2025

Andrea Bocelli and son Matteo Bocelli duet Fall On Me in emotional live video | Music | Entertainment

Andrea Bocelli was pleasantly surprised to discover that his son, Matteo Bocelli, could sing, and just a few years ago, they sang their first duet together, “Fall On Me.” The single, sung partly in More...

Saturday, November 1st, 2025

Sex Pistol Glen Matlock on Bowie, Blondie and Ex-Pistol John Lydon | Music | Entertainment

After the last show of Iggy Pop’s 1979 US tour, his pal David Bowie offered to give the band a lift to New York’s Mudd Club in his Lincoln Continental executive stretch limousine. “We piled into his limo, More...

Friday, October 31st, 2025

How to buy Lily Allen tickets for West End Girl tour | Music | Entertainment

Lily Allen’s new album, West End girl, has had publications all around the world writing headlines about her, her ex-husband David Harbour, and the nature of their split. And while the album bares all, the More...

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

As it turns 50, this is what Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody really means | Music | Entertainment

Freddie Mercury in his element – performing live on stage (Image: Getty) Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? We have argued the toss for years. Although Freddie Mercury never explained his most celebrated More...

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

Brian May announces ‘most epic Christmas track ever – two years in the making’ | Music | Entertainment

Posting a teaser clip on Instagram, Sir Brian wrote: “Only the most EPIC Christmas track EVER !!! And available in November – so you have plenty of time to assimilate its treasures. It’s a tour de More...