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Rod Stewart thinks that Ed Sheeran is a bad habit. In a recent interview with the UK’s oldest national newspaper, The Times, the 79-year-old singer discussed which musicians he thought would stand the test of time, among the younger generation. “You mean like ‘Maggie May’? Songs that will be played in 50 years?” Stewart said.

Stevie Nicks just added 12 new dates to her 2024 ‘Live In Concert Tour.’The new solo shows will take place from May through June; along the way, she’ll stop in at Albany, NY’s MVP Arena on Wednesday, June 12.“It’s a new year… Let’s keep this thing going,” the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee shared on Instagram. “I can’t wait to see you all soon.”Prior to the recently added concerts, Nicks is slated to perform at Elmont, NY’s UBS Arena on Wednesday, Feb.

Rod Stewart has taken a shot at Ed Sheeran, suggesting that he “didn’t know any of his songs”, while praising the “tremendous” George Ezra.The rock legend was being interviewed by The Times when he was asked whether he thought that there were still songwriters creating timeless songs.“I’m sure they are,” he replied. “You mean like ‘Maggie May’? Songs that will be played in 50 years? I like whatshisname…he’s British, really talented….” When the interviewer suggested if he was referring to Sheeran, Stewart retorted: “No, not Ed, I don’t know any of his songs, old ginger [redacted]. Jesus…”Instead, Stewart began to sing the refrain of Ezra’s ‘Shotgun’.

Rick Astley performed covers of Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Driver’s Licence’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Shape Of You’ during his recent appearance in the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room – check them out below.The star performed his 1987 hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, which integrated a string melody of Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’ at BBC’s Maida Vale Studios last week.He also sang a dramatic rendition of Rodrigo’s 2021 song ‘Drivers License’, complete with a full orchestral arrangement and backing singers.Watch the two performances below.It’s no secret that the ’80s star is a big fan of covers, having formed a Smiths covers band with Blossoms.Astley made headlines in 2021 when he joined Blossoms on stage in London to perform a number of Smiths covers, before they went on to perform a number of full gigs dedicated to the indie legends.While former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr wasn’t too pleased about having not been told about it – later telling NME that he’d been in touch with Blossoms and “dealt with it” – Blossoms and Astley even went on to perform at Glastonbury together in 2023.“I can’t tell you how much I love doing this,” Astley told NME of the covers band. “I know it’s sacrilege and they should hang the lot of us on the line for doing it, but I also just don’t care.

NME about why so many grassroots events have seen cancellations recently or are taking a fallow year in 2024.While a number of the UK’s mid-to-large capacity festivals have shared their line-ups over recent weeks, a number of grassroots events have broken news to fans that they would no longer be going ahead. Last month saw Herefordshire’s Nozstock Hidden Valley announce that 2024 would be their final incarnation after 26 years due to “soaring costs” and financial risk”, while the fan favourite Shepton Mallet skating and music festival NASS announced that they wouldn’t be putting on an event this summer either as it was “just not economically feasible to continue”.Elsewhere, rising costs also cancelled Dumfries’ Doonhame Festival for 2024, Bluedot announced a year off for the land to “desperately” recover after being struck by heavy rain and cancellations last summer, Nottingham’s Splendour has been canned for this year due to planning delays from a financially-struggling city council, and Barn On The Farm shared that it would be taking a fallow year due to financial constraints.Last year Barn On The Farm hosted headline performances from Gang Of Youths, Bleachers and Holly Humberstone, as well as sets from the likes of Sigrid, Sam Ryder and Mahalia.

Brenda Edwards has had to deal with huge personal tragedy, but despite her heartache the Loose Women panellist is rarely seen on the ITV show without her winning smile. It’s almost two years since she lost her son, influential music entrepreneur Jamal, who passed away at the age of 31, and almost nine years since her shock diagnosis with breast cancer.Thankfully, she got the all-clear in 2016, after six months of chemotherapy and a mastectomy. And although Brenda tells us that she has had to “smile in the face of adversity” since she was little, the 54-year-old singer and presenter tells us how great she’s feeling at the moment.

Over recent years, Harry Styles’ tattoo collection has garnered quite a lot of attention. With his body art reportedly made up of around 60 pieces, fans have long speculated what each design could mean. Having inked several of Harry’s designs during his time in One Direction, celebrity tattoo artist Kevin Paul speaks to OK! about how the 29 year old singer’s initial choice of tatts was a “last minute” decision after being introduced by a fellow musician.

Ed Sheeran and JK Rowling.As shared by The Sunday Times, the list includes the Top 100 people to have paid the most in taxes over 2023 – adding a reported £5.35billion to public finances in the last 12 months.Among those listed were Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who was placed at Number 31 in the rankings. According to the report, the author made the list having paid £40million in UK taxes last year.

Sofia Richie is going to be a mom!

Sofia Richie is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Elliot Grainge!

BRIT Awards 2024 has been announced – check it out below.This year’s ceremony is due to take place at The O2 Arena in London on Saturday, March 2. The show will be broadcast on ITV 1. RAYE has broken the record as the most BRIT nominated artist ever, with seven nominations at this year’s ceremony.

Ethan Shanfeld On Aug. 5, Green Day will play for more than 40,000 people at New York’s Citi Field. But before that, the alt-rock trio treated 1,200 fans in the city to an intimate gig at Irving Plaza, where they previewed songs off their new record, “Saviors,” and celebrated milestone anniversaries of their most famous albums: 2004’s “American Idiot” and 1994’s “Dookie.” The show was part of SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series, which has previously lassoed big acts like Ed Sheeran, John Mayer and Alicia Keys into tight venues.

Ed Sheeran will be flying between Asia and the UK every week during the Asian leg of his tour.Sheeran is set to kick off the Asian leg of his ‘+ – = ÷ x’ tour later this month. The first two shows will take place in Japan, before heading to Taiwan and Southeast Asia in February.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Festival season is almost underway. As always, Coachella will take place over two weekends — April 12-14 and April 19-21.

Lil Nas X‘s controversial new single ‘J Christ’ has received a stamp of approval from the Church Of Satan.The singer and rapper’s comeback single landed last week and he faced backlash and controversy surrounding the ‘J Christ’ cover artwork, which depicts him lying on a crucifix as five bystanders begin to raise him off the ground.In the video, impersonators of Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Ed Sheeran, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama and more appear as a gospel choir sings: “Oh lord please/ Deliver us/ Deliver me.”In an interview with TMZ, Church Of Satan leader David Harris described the track and video as “fantastic.”It comes after the organisation also supported Lil Nas X back in 2021, when he faced controversy after promoting that he would be selling selling 666 pairs of limited edition “Satan Shoes” – each containing a drop of real human blood.Lil Nas X was accused of making a “mockery of Christ” with the song’s artwork, and responded by revealing that he was going to university to join a Biblical Studies programme. He will undertake a dual concentration in Christian Leadership and Biblical Studies later this year at Liberty University, a Christian university in Virginia.In the caption, Lil Nas X wrote: “I know some of yall hate me right now but i want yall to know im literally about to go to college for biblical studies in the fall.

Cradle Of Filth have given fans an update on when to expect the release of their long-awaited collaboration with Ed Sheeran.The collaboration was first revealed in 2021, when the band’s frontman Dani Filth revealed that he had been in touch with the pop star and that Sheeran had invited him “up to his place”.Work on the track was progressing in 2022 according to Filth, with work then halted due to Sheeran becoming a father. Filth was then pictured at the pub with Sheeran and producer Scott Atkins in late 2022, with a tentative release date of summer 2023 then set.While the track didn’t arrive then, Filth has now spoken to Polish YouTube channel Pełna Kulturka about progress on the track.“One of the surprises, obviously, but it’s not so much a surprise is that we’ve got a song that we have Ed Sheeran guesting on,” he said. “It’s gonna be on the album.”He added that “people have heard it and loved it” and that the song is “what you imagine — it’s Cradle Of Filth and it’s Ed Sheeran.

Lil Nas X has returned with a new single titled "J Christ" and a video suitably filled with headline-grabbing religious imagery. The video, which is streaming below, begins with a group of celebrity lookalikes (including Ed Sheeran and Oprah) making their way to heaven.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has become the first song to pass the 4 billion stream mark on Spotify, a rep for the company confirms to Variety. The song passed Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” as the all-time most-streamed song on the service just over a year ago, and it is one of two Weeknd songs in the top 10: his 2016 song “Starboy” is at No.

Lil Nas X has shared his first new single in two years – listen to ‘J Christ’ below.The rapper/singer confirmed last week that he would be releasing a song and a self-directed music video, asking fans: “Y’all ready for a show?” He later posted a teaser for the official visuals.Arriving today (January 12), the video for ‘J Christ’ begins with a scene in which various celebrity lookalikes walk across a field before making their way up a stairway to Heaven.We see impersonators of Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Ed Sheeran, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama and more as a gospel choir sings: “Oh lord please/ Deliver us/ Deliver me.” After the faux celebs cross over to the other side, we’re greeted by a godlike Lil Nas X at the pearly gates.Later, viewers are transported to the fiery depths of Hell and introduced to a devil version of the artist. He then plays a one-on-one basketball game against Satan in Heaven in front of a crowd of spectators.The video spoofs various biblical stories, with Lil Nas X later seen on a crucifix and travelling across a stormy ocean on an arc.

holy sh—.Lil Nas X is no stranger to stirring up controversy, and the premiere of his new music video “J Christ” is no exception. Impersonators of Barack Obama, Mariah Carey, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Ice Spice, and more all attended the rapper’s red carpet event Thursday ahead of its release on midnight.

Lil Nas X has shared a teaser clip of the music video for his single ‘J Christ’ which features Taylor Swift and Kanye West lookalikes.The pop singer revealed that he will return with a new single and self-directed music video earlier this week. Yesterday (January 10), he took to his official Instagram page to share a teaser clip of the video which shows various celebrity lookalikes walking through a field – that resembles a Windows 7 background – to walk up what appears to be a stairway to heaven.These lookalikes include two who appear to resemble Swift and West as well as Oprah Winfrey, Ed Sheeran, Mariah Carey and more.

Boston Calling just announced their star-studded 2024 lineup and this year’s edition is one of their most sonically diverse yet, spotlighting established and up-and-coming rock, Hip-Hop, pop, R&B and country stars.Just a few of the mega headliners scheduled to perform include arena rockers The Killers, soulful crooner Hozier, earnest pop star Ed Sheeran, Hip-Hop hero Megan Thee Stallion and Phish frontman Trey Anastasio.They’ll be joined by Tyler Childers, Leon Bridges, Reneé Rapp, Young the Giant and The Revivalists at Boston’s Harvard Athletic Complex from May 24-26.All in all, 51 acts will take the stage over the long weekend.Need tickets today?That can be arranged.Although the presale doesn’t start until Thursday, Jan.

Ed Sheeran, The Killers, Hozier, Megan The Stallion and more have been announced to play Boston Calling 2024.The huge lineup as been unveiled today (January 9), where acts will play from May 24 to May 26 in Allston, MA. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday (January 11) at 10:00am ET – you can get yours here.On the first day, Ed Sheeran is slated to appear as a headliner; he’ll be joined by the likes of Leon Bridges, Reneé Rapp, Young the Giant, Luke Hemmings, Cannons, Ric Wilson, Madi Diaz and more.Then, country singer Tyler Childers will lead the second day.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ready for it? ROXi, a music video streaming app for TVs whose backers include Simon Cowell and Kylie Minogue that was first launched in the U.K., is coming to the United States. The service promises American viewers access to some 100 million music videos — including the likes of Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé — plus hundreds of curated music video channels, karaoke and music games.

Napa, CA’s BottleRock Festival at the Napa Valley Expo for three huge days of music, food, wine and brews.Just a few of the headliners set to take the stage this year include grunge legends Pearl Jam, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks, chart topper Ed Sheeran, Hip-Hop icon Megan Thee Stallion and rock stalwarts Queens of the Stone Age.They’ll be joined by St. Vincent, Norah Jones, Kali Uchis, The Kid LaRoi and Dominic Fike.Plus, industry vets like Nelly, T-Pain, The Offspring, My Morning Jacket and Tower of Power will be there, too.You won’t want to forget Action Bronson, either.In total, over 75 (!) acts are scheduled to perform at the three-day extravaganza.And if you want to go, you can grab tickets for BottleRock as soon as todayAt the time of publication, three-day general admission passes start at $409 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes can be found for $277 before fees.Looking for just a few more details before smashing that buy button?You’re in the right place.We’ve got everything you’re looking for and more about the 2024 BottleRock Festival below.All the prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of single and multi-day passes can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Ed Sheeran has reacted to the win of his first-ever Emmy, saying he “was not expecting” to take home the award.The singer-songwriter was announced as the winner of the Emmy in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category, thanks to the track he wrote for the TV show Ted Lasso.News that the superstar was asked to write music for the show’s third season was first revealed in October 2021. The series also commissioned Eurovision runner up Sam Ryder to write a song, called ‘Fought & Lost’.Titled ‘A Beautiful Game’, the singer shared the award with co-writers Max Martin and Foy Vance, and was unable to attend the ceremony due to scheduling conflicts with his ongoing tour.“We won an Emmy last night,” Sheeran wrote, addressing the victory on social media.

The Last Of Us, The Bear, The White Lotus and more have nabbed multiple awards at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.The ceremony took place on Saturday (January 6) at the Peacock Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, and honoured artistic and technical achievements in American primetime television programming. The Last Of Us, which received the most nominations – 19 to be exact – also emerged as the biggest winner of the night, taking home eight awards.Among these awards were wins for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, which were given to Storm Reid and Nick Offerman respectively.

Ed Sheeran has won his first Emmy thanks to music that he wrote for TV show Ted Lasso.Back in October 2021, it was revealed that the superstar was asked to write music for the show’s third season. The show also commissioned Eurovision runner up Sam Ryder to write a song, called ‘Fought & Lost’.Both Ryder and Sheeran were nominated for Emmys.

In the battle between British pop stars Ed Sheeran and Sam Ryder — both nominated for Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso — it was Grammy winner Sheeran who walked away with the Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.

Shawn Mendes is looking back at the past year of his life in a new post after the New Year.

Jools Holland‘s traditional New Year’s Eve show on BBC2 has been announced.Jools’ Annual Hootenanny will see the likes of Rod Stewart, Joss Stone, Olivia Dean, Paul Jones, P.P. Arnold, RAYE, Sugababes and The Mary Wallopers seeing in 2024.Other guests include Boogie Woogie Queen, Ruby Turner and as always, the Pipes & Drums of the 1st Battalion Scot Guards will feature, as the hour strikes midnight.Details of which songs the artists will perform on the night are yet to be announced.This year’s show will air from 11.30pm GMT on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer this Sunday (December 31).

Roman Kemp has opened up on the alarming health concern that might force him to retire from showbiz. The breakfast show presenter on Capital, also well known as Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp's son, made a name for himself being vocal about mental health issues in the country and emphasising the importance of asking for help. Following the death of his close friend Joe Lyons, Roman spoke bravely about supporting friends live on air.

OnlyFans and how people are so susceptible to influencers — particularly children — and to online pornography.The episode’s logline read: “After it’s discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of online influencers,” including peddlers of energy drinks, with a satiric nod to celebrity influencer Logan Paul and his KSI energy drink.It’s a not-so-veiled reference to real-life OnlyFans creators who are also teachers and who’ve been pressured to quit their day jobs once their online activities are discovered.“South Park” parents were infuriated by Randy’s discovery, shouting “This isn’t just softcore porn we’re talking about here! We’re talking about someone who influences our children!”“If you’ve seen how some really kids want Prime [energy drink], you might feel a little different,” one commenter wrote on the show’s Reddit thread. “My friend’s kindergarten age kid begs for them all the time.”“I love it when [series creators] Matt [Stone] and Trey [Parker] take a hard stance, or when an episode makes me reflect on the state of our society,” another fan chimed in.

NME about how 2023 was the “worst year for venue closures” – calling upon the upper echelons of the industry to contribute and for the government to introduce a mandatory ticket live on arena and stadium gigs.Earlier this year, it was revealed that the UK was set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023. An MVT report from January warned that grassroots gig spaces in the UK were “going over a cliff” – shutting off the pipeline of future talent without urgent government action and investment from new large arenas.The latest stats from the MVT show that this year saw 125 grassroots venues shut down in 2023 – causing a loss of 4,000 jobs, with 14,500 events no longer possible and 193,230 opportunities lost to musicians.One of the more high-profile gig spaces to shut its doors was Bath Moles.

A Scot could make history tomorrow – becoming the producer with the most consecutive Christmas No1s.

Bobby Brazier beamed as he enjoyed a night out with a mystery blonde following the Strictly Come Dancing final, which saw him lose out on the Glitterball trophy to Ellie Leach. The EastEnders actor, 20, was spotted looking cosy with a female friend just days after his Strictly loss, with the pair heading to a local Nando's restaurant together. Bobby looked to be in good spirits as he laughed and hugged his dinner date.