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This year’s Record Store Day, on 19 April, saw a surge in vinyl sales, with an increase of 133% on the previous week, industry figures reveal. Led by a reissue of The Stone Roses’ debut album, vinyl sales grew by more than 62% compared to 2013, with 12-inch single sales growing by 15.4% alone. However, […]
Robin Thicke’s controversial hit single Blurred Lines has been named the UK’s most downloaded song of all time. The song has sold 1.54 million copies since it was released last May, despite criticisms of its explicit lyrics. About 20 university student unions banned the track, saying it promoted “date rape culture”, an accusation Thicke consistently […]
The White House has said it won’t comment on a campaign to deport Justin Bieber from the US. Around 275,000 people have signed a petition on its website calling for the Canadian singer to be removed from the country. The petitions usually need more than 100,000 signatures for a response from the President. But the […]
Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman Ricky Wilson has seen his time on The Voice pay off as his band scored a number one album. The day after the live final of The Voice, on which Wilson served as a judge and mentor, Education, Education, Education & War hit the top. The Kaiser Chiefs had previously released four […]
Avicii has said he is “on the road to recovery” after an operation to remove his appendix and gallbladder. Last week, the DJ, whose real name is Tim Bergling, announced he was pulling out of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival because of stomach pains. He was admitted to hospital in the US, and later told he […]
Chart favourites The Saturdays have this morning unveiled their Greatest Hits album alongside dates for their new tour. The girls, who have racked up a massive 16 UK Top 40 hits, hinted at the announcement yesterday on their Twitter page, telling their followers: ‘We’ve got some BIG news coming your way at 10am tomorrow!’, before […]
Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke is joining The Bodyguard musical in the West End to play the role made famous by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film. Burke, who replaces Beverley Knight in June, said it was “a dream come true” to land the “iconic” part of troubled superstar Rachel Marron. The film, which […]
Beyoncé broke down in tears last night (27th March) in Portugal for the final show on her year-long ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’ world tour. The ‘XO’ singer performed in the country on Thursday evening for the last night of the lengthy tour, and found herself in floods of tears while addressing the crowd for the […]