Ed Sheeran says he doesn’t see the point in music critics

in the world without federal paid family or maternity leave. One in four women have had to return to work .

If anyone is thinking of jumping on the bandwagon of training generative AI tools to make new songs in the style of existing artists, well, maybe you should start with Grimes. Because – unlike some in the music industry – she’s not bothered at all about AI being employed in that way and would gladly share the royalties in any tracks featuring an AI version of her voice.Commenting on an article about one of the fake Drake tracks that got people talking last week, Grimes said on Twitter: “I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI-generated song that uses my voice.

Another track has been removed from the official playlist put together by the UK government to celebrate the upcoming coronation of King Charles III. This time it’s those monarchy-hating Proclaimers who have had their song axed from the tracklisting.The playlist was put live in February supposedly to “celebrate British and Commonwealth artists ahead of the upcoming coronation”.

Mark Stewart, frontman of post-punk band The Pop Group, has died, aged 62. The news was shared by his record label Mute on Friday.In a statement, Mute boss Daniel Miller said: “I’ve known Mark as a friend and a fellow traveller for over 40 years, since he was the lead singer of The Pop Group.

GloRilla is being sued over an allegedly uncleared sample that appears on her 2022 track ‘Tomorrow’, and also the remix of said track ‘Tomorrow 2’, which features Cardi B.The lawsuit was filed last week by Ivory Paynes, a member of rap group Dog House Posse. He reckons ‘Tomorrow’ samples his 1994 track ‘Street Of Westbank’, which was on the album ‘Dope Gets No Heavier’, and which was pushed onto the streaming services in 2017.“Defendants used unauthorised samples of ‘Street Of Westbank’ in their sound recordings ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2′”, Payne’s lawsuit alleges.“The plaintiff did not authorise the defendants’ reproduction, distribution, public performance of the sound recording”, it adds, “or creation of an unauthorised derivative work of ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2′”.Expanding on those allegations further, the legal filing continues: “The infringing works, ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2’, misappropriate key protected elements of ‘Street Of Westbank’, including without limitation its musical arrangements, percussion tracks, synthesised orchestration, including but not limited to piano, cello, violin, contrabass, and drum set, and tone and melody”.“Moreover”, it reckons, “‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2’ mimic and copy the arrangement of ‘Street Of Westbank’ by the choice of the instrumentation accompanying the rap lyrics, the choice of when the instruments drop out and reenter and what instruments drop in and re-enter”.GloRilla has yet to respond to the lawsuit.

The family of a Manchester man trapped in war-torn Sudan have told of their fears as fierce fighting continues to rage. More than 400 people have been killed and 3,500 injured after war broke out in the north east African country.

Diogo Dalot thinks Manchester United's players showed personality, quality, and the ability to perform under pressure in Sunday's win against Brighton in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Amanda Owen has broken a lengthy social media silence during which time her ex-husband Clive spoke out on their split. The Yorkshire Shepherdess finally returned to social media after a month-long silence with a collection of photographs of her children and sheep on their Yorkshire farm.

Holly Willoughby has dazzled fans with her spring-ready look as she finally returned to This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield. The presenter has been away from the programme for a number of weeks as her planned return was hit by a setback when she fell ill.

A woman who bombarded an 87-year-old with phone calls before stabbing her at her home in a drunken rage has been jailed.

K.J. Yossman Twitter’s verification woes continue. It appears the company inadvertently awarded a gold verification badge to a fake Disney account that has published racial slurs. Twitter account @DisneyJuniorUK boasted a gold verification badge on the social media site, accompanied by a message reading “This account is verified because it’s an official business on Twitter.” (The account was suspended in the last hour after Variety contacted Disney.) In its pinned tweet, the account — which, due to its content and follower numbers, does not appear to be an official Disney account — has posted: “#FuckThatN****Elon, #KasherQuon and #MeowskullFeetFreaks.” (The original pinned tweet does not censor the racial slur.)

Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn are getting divorced. Taking to her Instagram Stories on Saturday, the German model announced that she and the Magic Mike star had decided to part ways after two years of marriage. "Alex and I have made the very difficult decision to divorce.

Peter Andre suffered a breakdown at the age of 25 after years of "casual sex, posing and arrogance". The 50-year-old pop star shot to fame in the 1990s and became a pin-up and nightclub regular, but he has now admitted his early years in the spotlight were not good for him and it led to a mental health crisis which left him battling depression, panic attacks and agoraphobia. In an interview with The Times, Peter's pop hey day is described as including a lot of "casual sex, posing and arrogance" which he now regrets, with the 'Mysterious Girl' singer explaining: "It was an insecurity thing, trying to prove a point because of the years that you weren’t accepted.

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has died aged 78, his agent has said. Agent Jackie Gill said in a statement: “It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78. “A much loved husband, father and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.

Kate Garraway has revealed on Sunday that husband Derek Draper is home from hospital. The Good Morning Britain presenter shared the news on Instagram where she posted photos of her, Draper, 55, and their children Darcey, 17, and Billy, 13, enjoying a spot of gardening. In one photo, the 55-year-old was seen smiling alongside her husband while their kids and extended family members posed behind, while another image saw Garraway planting a tree in her front garden.

Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding have just pulled ahead in the race for the UK’s Official Number 1 single.  

After becoming Ed Sheeran’s 14th Number 1 single last week, Eyes Closed will have to defend its position at the top of the Official Singles Chart, as Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding fight to overtake it.

Kelsey Parker has praised Ed Sheeran for being a huge support to her late husband Tom during his cancer treatment. Kelsey, 33, was speaking to Ashley Cain on the MTV series Faces, a year after The Wanted star Tom's tragic death at the age of 33. She told Ashley: "Ed is just an incredible person and what he did when we needed him, I will for ever be thankful for.

Ed Sheeran has gushed about his love of being a father to his two young daughters as he declared: "It's great being a girl dad".The global singing superstar, 32, appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show on ITV as he promoted his new album, Subtract and latest single, Eyes Closed. As Jonathan asked him about his two young daughters, Lyra, two, and Jupiter, 10 months, Ed, 32, sweetly said that he loves being a father to girls. He said: "It's great.

The project was announced in May last year with artists like Ed Sheeran backing the Own Our Venues campaign. In the months that followed, the MVT raised over £2.3million through a series of donations and investments.“We are delighted to let you know that the Music Venue Properties Board met today and voted unanimously to move ahead with modelling the purchase of the first set of Grassroots Music Venues,” said the MVT in a statement.“This community owned society will now forge ahead to deliver one of the primary long-term goals of MVT; radical change to the ownership of the UK’s grassroots circuit to deliver stable, supported and ethically managed properties that provide long term security for Britain’s fantastic venue operators.”In total, 1261 people contributed to the £2,318,210.

The Jonathan Ross Show is back on our screens tonight (April 1), with the popular host returning for more chat with a host of celebs. ITV’s flagship prime-time talk show sees the broadcaster and comedian joined by some of the biggest names in entertainment.

He’s done it! Ed Sheeran debuts at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with his brand-new single, Eyes Closed. 

Lewis Capaldi has opened up about the email of encouragement he received from music legend Elton John.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Little Mix‘s Perrie Edwards has announced that she is working on new solo music, but has “no deadline” set on when it’ll be released.Edwards was a part of the multi-platinum award-winning girl group, who are currently “taking a break” since last year.Prior to Little Mix’s hiatus, Jesy Nelson left the group and embarked on her own solo career, releasing the Nicki Minaj-assisted ‘Boyz’ that sparked some online controversy.The remaining girls – Leigh-Ann Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall – have all done a solo project. Pinnock was a protagonist in the Christmas movie Boxing Day and has since signed to Warner Records.

If you are - like most of us - waiting with bated breath for the solo music of Little Mix members Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thrilwall, well, we have some bad news for you...

Ed Sheeran has shared with fans one of the key inspirations behind his new album ‘–‘ (‘Subtract’).The pop star told the audience at his Eventim Apollo show in London on Monday (March 27) that his wife’s illness made their already deep bond “unbreakable”. It inspired a number of songs on his upcoming fifth studio album [via MusicNews].His wife, Cherry Seaborn, was last year diagnosed with a tumour while she was pregnant with their second child.

Ed Sheeran has had many musical collaborations over the course of his career, but one wasn't meant to be. In a recent interview with , the singer revealed that JAY-Z turned down an offer to feature on the 2017 megahit «Shape of You.»«We were in touch,» Sheeran told the magazine.

Ed Sheeran could finally be the artist to do what those before him could not, and dislodge Miley Cyrus from Number 1 in the UK.

Ed Sheeran could finally be the artist to do what those before him could not, and dislodge Miley Cyrus from Number 1 in the UK.

Ed Sheeran has revealed that Jay-Z “respectfully passed” on featuring on the singer’s massive hit single ‘Shape Of You’.‘Shape Of You’ was released at the start of 2017 and went five times platinum in its first year, becoming one of the biggest UK singles of all time on streaming services.Speaking to Rolling Stone for a new interview, Sheeran said that he was “in touch” with the legendary New York rapper’s team about a collaboration, but that it was turned down on Jay-Z’s side.“We were in touch,” Sheeran said. “I sent him the song, and he said, ‘I don’t think the song needs a rap verse.’ He was probably right.

Ed Sheeran is sharing some big details.

Ed Sheeran surprised a fan who covers his songs on YouTube by inviting him on stage to perform ‘The A Team’ in London last week – check out the footage below.The singer-songwriter was performing at The O2 last Friday (March 24) as part of his current UK/Ireland and European arena tour when he spotted Luke Gittins, 22, in the audience.“Do you know ‘The A Team’?” Sheeran asked. “Do you want to come up and sing ‘The A Team? This isn’t set up, so thank you very much for doing this last-minute.

Ed Sheeran has debuted at Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart with his brand new single, Eyes Closed.

Taylor Swift's impact continues to be felt.On Monday, the singer-songwriter received the Innovator Award at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards -- an honor bestowed upon artists who have «impacted global pop culture throughout their career.» Swift accepted the award onstage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles from presenter and tourmate, Phoebe Bridgers following a video tribute, which saw everyone from Dolly Parton, Justin Timberlake, Selena Gomez, Ed Sheeran and others praising the «Anti-Hero» singer.After telling Bridgers that she loved her and shouting out everyone who contributed to the tribute video, Swift, who dazzled in a midnight blue sparkling hooded number, joked about being deemed an innovator.«The innovator award — I never, a single time woke up in the morning and thought, 'You know what I'm gonna do today? I’m gonna go innovate some stuff. Things need to be innovated and I'm gonna be the one that does it,'» Swift quipped.She continued, «But what I did do, was try to make the right decision for me, at the time — whether or not it had ever been successfully done before.

It’s now more than a year and a half since the idea of a collaboration between Ed Sheeran and Cradle Of Filth was first mooted. Have we heard anything yet? I think you know the answer to that. However, by the time the two year anniversary rolls around, all that could change.“Ed’s done all his parts”, Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth tells Metal Hammer of said collaboration.