After forming at university as teenagers, London Grammar have quietly become one of the UK’s most successful bands. They started their set on the main stage about five minutes ago. Over the last decade, they’ve sold three million albums, two of which went to number one in the UK. And in 2021, they joined tonight’s...
Composer Richard M Sherman, who wrote songs for Disney film classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has died aged 95 in Beverly Hills. Sherman partnered with his late brother Robert, and the pair won two Oscars in 1965 for their work on Mary Poppins. Some of the brothers’ best-known scores include...
Before Raye, the crowd was thrilled by the likes of Aitch and Mabel. Aitch told Newsbeat he was “very excited” to “do what I do best”. But he came from Wembley Stadium, after watching the first 55 minutes of the FA Cup final between his beloved Manchester United and Manchester City – which United won....
American rapper Nicki Minaj has been freed by police after being detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Dutch police posted on X: “We have just released a 41-year-old American woman whom we arrested this afternoon at Schiphol on suspicion of exporting soft drugs.” “The suspect was fined and can continue her journey.” The artist had been...
A comedian with autism and Tourette’s who appeared on Britain’s Got Talent said he poked fun at his tics as they were “fundamentally funny”. The involuntary movements are a key feature of Tourette’s syndrome, and Alex Mitchell made them part of his routine on the ITV talent show. The primary school teacher, who comes from...
8 minutes ago Emma Saunders,Culture reporter at the Hay Festival Getty Images Jodi Picoult has seen several of her books adapted for the big screen Bestselling American author Jodi Picoult has said “the loss of free speech is a very, very slippery slope” and that having two of her books banned in school districts in...
Just now Steven McIntosh,Entertainment reporter EPA Taylor Swift’s own life is reflected in the lyrics of her songs Taylor Swift heads to the UK in a fortnight, with cities braced for a jamboree of sparkly outfits, mass singalongs and boyfriends proposing during the final chorus of Love Story. Fans are likely to spend hundreds of...
13 minutes ago Aseem Chhabra, Cannes,Film writer BBC Kapadia’s film follows two women navigating careers and love in Mumbai Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s new film opens with street scenes of contemporary Mumbai. But All We Imagine as Light does not show us the rich, elite Mumbai of Bollywood stars and billionaire industrialists. Instead the filmmaker...
The day also saw a surprise from Rachel Chinouriri on the BBC Introducing Stage, who was only revealed as Friday’s stage headliner in the morning. She played songs from her recent debut album What A Devastating Turn Of Events. “Me and my friends, we’re quite good at keeping secrets. I’m a Scorpio so quite secretive,”...
10 minutes ago Emma Saunders,Culture reporter at the Hay Festival Getty Charlotte Church has attended protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza Hay Festival has suspended its sponsorship deal with management investment firm Baillie Gifford, following controversy over the latter’s links with Israel and fossil fuel firms. The news comes after artists including Charlotte Church...