Mercury Prize 2020 shortlist announced, featuring Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Charli XCX

Adele has said that her postponed Las Vegas residency will “absolutely 100%” happen this year, because she has other plans for 2023 already. Mainly having a baby.Her run of shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was supposed to begin in January, but was pulled at the last minute. In a tearful video announcing this news the day before the date of the first show, she said that delays and staff shortages due to COVID-19 meant that the residency was simply not ready to launch.No new dates have yet been announced for that residency, leaving many ticket-holders worried that they may have to wait years rather than months.

Penzing Studios, a significant film and TV studio facility development, has begun a phased opening plan in a former air base 30 miles west of Munich.

As if things weren’t bad enough for the people working at Spotify following all the recent controversies around the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, now they’ve got Ted Nugent coming to their defence – and via the daily podcast he records for the pro-hunting lobby group he advises and represents. Lovely stuff.On Friday night’s edition of the ‘The Nightly Nuge’ podcast, Nugent’s co-host Keith Mark brought up how that Canadian Neil Young is again talking politics in the USA, before musing how a musician that has in the past spoken up for free speech is now pro-censorship.Which isn’t true, of course, but it was Young who instigated the artist boycott of Spotify over the COVID misinformation contained in Rogan’s Spotify exclusive podcast.Young and other artists who have spoken out about the controversial COVID conversations that have occurred on Rogan’s programme insist that they are not calling for censorship.However, they argue, platforms like Spotify have a responsibility to counter misleading information that could negatively impact on people’s health, and they’d rather not be associated with any platforms that aren’t fulfilling that responsibility.Asked what he makes of Young and his Spotify boycott, Nugent initially said some nice things about his fellow musician, but then added “the guy is a complete punk”.

A dad has been to hospital 13 times in three months in a desperate bid for a diagnosis.

APPOINTMENTSFormer major label exec Nick Stewart – who has run his own music business consultancy since 2007 – has been appointed as CEO of TCAT, or To Catch A Thief, an anti-piracy business majority owned by One Media iP Group which has, and I quote, a “ground-breaking AI software, which monitors millions of music tracks across the world, saving rights holders millions in unpaid or fraudulently claimed royalties”.————————————————–RELEASESDoja Cat has released her cover of Hole’s ‘Celebrity Skin’, which appeared in an advert during the Super Bowl this weekend.Central Cee has released new track ‘Khabib’ from his upcoming mixtape ‘23’.Ho99o9 have announced that they will release new album ‘Skin’ on 11 Mar. Produced by Travis Barker, it’ll feature guest appearances from Corey Taylor, Saul Williams and more.

Former Newcastle United and England striker Alan Shearer has accused Manchester United of being 'negligent' in their handling of the futures of both Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard.

A mum is pushing for defibrillators to be installed in her town following the tragic death of her daughter.

Kate Garraway has offered an emotional update on her husband Derek Draper.

Diddy‘s property to play him a demo tape.According to TMZ, the 23-year-old showed up at Diddy’s (real name Sean Combs) Los Angeles home and began pounding on the security gate to strike up a conversation with the Bad Boy Records founder and business mogul.After being refused entry, he then successfully hopped the fence and was met by Diddy’s security, who apprehended him until police arrived.In a video clip obtained by TMZ, Smalls can be seen pacing in front of the security gate and yelling obscenities, getting increasingly frustrated at being unable to make contact.Diddy was not home at the time and Smalls was arrested for trespassing but released from custody an hour later.This is not the first time that Diddy has had to deal with intruders. In early 2021, Diddy‘s home in Los Angeles was reportedly targeted by burglars.

VIEWERS watching Good Morning Britain fumed as host Richard Madeley called an Olympic legend "useless". Richard, 65, hosted Monday's show alongside Ranvir Singh who had stepped in to replace Susanna Reid.

LAST night's instalment of Antiques Roadshow introduced a guest with items of clothing from the seventies - but viewers had a complaint. While the clothes allowed the guest to have a jaw-dropping valuation, viewers of the BBC One show were left puzzled by the valuation. Airing weekly on Sundays, BBC's Antiques Roadshow is a goldmine for any antiques enthusiast.

Shoppers who have purchased some products from Quorn Foods are being urged to return them to stores if they suffer any dairy allergies or intolerances.

Dancing On Ice fan favourite Bez opened up about the time he was almost killed after being caught in the middle of a drug row.

Engage Renfrewshire has dished out more than £500,000 to communities in a bid to boost post-pandemic mental health.

Bold proposals could hand Scottish councils the power to ban most types of fireworks in back gardens.

The European heads of Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and Paramount+ have talked up their autonomy from the U.S., with Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown stating: “In my head we’re a European streamer.”

Jamie Lang Penzing Studios is in expansion mode, and has begun hosting film and TV shoots in the former airbase 30 KM west of Munich.The refurbished airplane hangars already feature a full-scale virtual production stage with additional sound stages set to open in June and a major investment planned.Developers plan to invest an additional €100 million ($113 million) over the next three years to expand the facility to 12 sound stages with 25,000 square meters of production space and 15,000-square-meters of workshop and office spaces, they announced in a statement on Monday. The new hub will also house post-production, visual effects, gaming, digital media, and technology companies, educational opportunities.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has sold “Nothing to Laugh About,” Petter Næss’s Norwegian drama comedy which played at the Zürich Film Festival in 2020. Næss is best known for his Oscar-nominated film “Elling” and has been working in TV and theatre in recent years.

Kanye West has been photographed looking visibly bored as he attended the Super Bowl with his daughter North and son Saint on Sunday.The 44 year old Donda rapper had seats close to the pitch as he spent some time with two of his children from his marriage to ex Kim Kardashian. Kanye, who legally changed his name to Ye recently, shared a video of his view of the game, as he was thrown a pair of white gloves tossed to him by Los Angeles Rams player Odell Beckham Jr.

Rina Sawayama’s first full-length album, Sawayama, is a hit with critics. It has a robust 89 rating at Metacritic.com, the review aggregation site. It’s one of only 12 albums from 2020 with such a lofty rating. Moreover, it’s one of only two albums by British artists with such a high score. The other is Laura Marling’s Songs for Our Daughter, which also has an 89 rating. Sawayama has even been touted by Sir Elton John, who has a decades-lo

nominations were revealed yesterday –  with the likes of Dua Lipa, Stormzy and Charli XCX leading the acts vying for the prestigious £25,000 prize.Offering an eclectic snapshot of the UK and Ireland’s musical landscape over the last 12 months, the nominees list also included Michael Kiwanuka’s searing self-titled third record (which is currently the favourite to scoop the prize come September), and Laura Marling’s ‘Song For Our Daughter, marking her fourth nomination.But among the big names were a few plucky underdogs who are hoping to ride the wave all the way to Mercurys glory.

The list of nominees for the 2020 Mercury Prize has been revealed with Charli XCX, Stormzy, Dua Lipa, and Laura Marling all featuring on this year's list. The annual prize rewards one outstanding British album.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia and Charli XCX’s How I'm Feeling Now are among 12 albums that are shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, which honors the best British albums released between July 20, 2019 and July 17, 2020. Other top contenders include Laura Marling

The shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize has been revealed with a number of returning nominees.A total of seven of the 12 nominated albums are from women or women-fronted acts.Stormzy, Laura Marling and Michael Kiwanuka have all secured nods in previous years, and are up for the prize once again, while Dua Lipa, Anna Meredith and Georgia made this year's shortlist for the first time.Nominations for the album of the year award were decided by a panel of judges which included Anna Calvi, Annie Mac, Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, Jamie Cullum, Jorja Smith and Vice.com’s editorial director Tshepo Mokoena.Last year’s Mercury Prize was won by rapper Dave for his album Psychodrama, fending off competition from nominees including Slowthai, The

Naman Ramachandran Albums by Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Laura Marling and Michael Kiwanuka have been nominated for the 2020 Mercury Prize, one of the most coveted awards in the U.K.Other nominees for the £25,000 ($31,700) prize include Anna Meredith, Charli XCX, Georgia, Kano, Lanterns on the Lake, Moses Boyd, Porridge Radio and Sports Team. There are five nominations for women artists, one of the highest representations in the prize’s history.The prize is organized by record labels association British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Stormzy has secured his second Mercury Prize nomination and will go head to head with artists including Dua Lipa, Laura Marling and Michael Kiwanuka.