This Friday: Celebs Rumors

Sean "Diddy" Combs has spoken up about his decision to reassign the publishing rights back to artists and writers on Bad Boy Records. In the latest Billboard cover story, the hip-hop mogul explained that he made the decision mid-2021, but it took him the last couple of years to finalize the deal. "I was put in a position where I felt like I had to look in the mirror," he told Billboard.

PJ Harvey was joined on stage by Johnny Marr at her show in Manchester last night (October 3) – check out the footage below.The singer-songwriter was performing the second of two consecutive gigs at the city’s Albert Hall as part of her current UK and European headline tour.After playing her latest album ‘Inside The Old Year Dying’ in full, Harvey treated the audience to a second set of songs.“I’d like to welcome a very special guest to the stage – please welcome Johnny Marr,” the artist said ahead of a collaborative rendition of ‘The Desperate Kingdom of Love’. The former Smiths guitarist later returned for the encore tracks ‘C’mon Billy’ and ‘White Chalk’.You can watch fan-shot footage of the three performances here:A post shared by Elizabeth Aubrey (@eaubrey_writes)A post shared by Elizabeth Aubrey (@eaubrey_writes)Following the concert, Marr took to X/Twitter to share an image of himself on stage with Harvey and her band.

N-Dubz have announced details of free pop-up gig in London this Friday (June 30) ahead of their upcoming album.Last year, the trio reunited after an 11-year hiatus, before sharing comeback single  ‘Charmer’ and embarking on a 27-stop reunion tour which was mostly sold out.This Friday (June 30), the iconic British pop–grime band will perform a free surprise show for 2,000 fans at BOXPARK Wembley. The concert is set to start at 6pm and end at 8pm, with tickets available here.The pop-up gig, in partnership with Festival Republic, will warm the duo up for their headline show at Gunnersbury Park on August 11, with Tion Wayne and Venbee set to support. N-Dubz will finally release their fourth record ‘Timeless’ next month.

In what's set to be one of the biggest chart battles of the year, two iconic rock acts - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Foo Fighters - will be going head-to-head to secure the UK's Number 1 album next week.

This Friday (March 24), Rina Sawayama will make her acting debut in John Wick: Chapter 4, the latest installment in the ongoing Keanu Reeves-led assassin action fantasy franchise. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the English-Japanese pop star has a song on the film’s soundtrack, the first new cut of music from Sawayama since last year’s Hold The Girl.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to share a new song this week – listen to a preview of ‘Nerve Flip’ below.The song originally existed as a Japanese bonus track from the band’s new album ‘Unlimited Love’.This Friday (June 3) it will now come to all streaming services.Preview ‘Nerve Flip’ below.A post shared by Red Hot Chili Peppers (@chilipeppers)Since its release in March, ‘Unlimited Love’ has gone on to become the best-selling rock album of 2022 so far.The band’s 12th album topped the Billboard 200 chart and the UK albums chart and it has gone to Number One in several other countries since its release.It’s the Californian band’s best-selling album since their 2006 double LP ‘Stadium Arcadium’ and their first since guitarist John Frusciante returned to the band after leaving following that particular record.In a four-star review of the record, NME’s Ali Shutler wrote: “There’s a lot to ‘Unlimited Love’, both in scale and ambition. It’s at once familiar – without being boring – and fresh (but never at the expense of the band’s identity).”Meanwhile, the band were among a host of artists including U2‘s Bono and Edge, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John who recently joined Global Citizen’s new ‘Stand Up For Ukraine’ campaign.

When Adele swings with a new single, she rarely misses. Since her 2008 debut, the superstar has released 14 singles as a lead artist, and landed 13 Top 40s on the Official Singles Chart.

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Following up a global smash is no mean feat, not least when said smash was your debut single.

The Snuts have announced that they’re about “to embark in the biggest fight” of their lives this week as they hope to bag the top spot on the UK album chart.The Scottish indie rockers, who have been making music since they were teenagers, released their debut album ‘W.L.’ on Friday (April 2), which features the singles ‘Elephants’, ‘Always’ and ‘Somebody Loves You’.Hoping the album lands at Number One on the UK album chart, the band look like they will be battling it out with Demi Lovato, whose comeback album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’ was also released last week.“Today we found out that we are about to embark in the biggest fight of our lives (square go),” The Snuts wrote on Twitter. “This Friday the count is in

Demi Lovato. The unlikely chart battles sees the uber talented West Lothian lads fight global icon Demi for the number one album spot this Friday.

Ozzy Osbourne has announced an expanded edition of his debut solo album ‘Blizzard Of Ozz’ to mark its 40th anniversary.The record was originally released back in September 1980 and contains the tracks ‘Crazy Train’, ‘Mr.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits to his name in less than two years, OZ (that's O-Z) knows the stakes are raised with every production he attaches his name to -- but the Turkish beat maestro won't let that hamper his creativity.This Friday (July 17), The 28-year-old bolsters his already-impressive 2020 run by notching a pair of production credits on Drake and DJ Khaled's hopeful summer anthems: "Greece" and "POPSTAR.""Greece" might sound familiar to 6 God faithful, as the lavish track leaked earlier this year.

ITV programme is without its main presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield as they take an extended break. This means that Friday hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford have stepped in to present from Monday to Thursday.The husband and wife team hosted their first show of the summer today but this means the last show of the week has been left without its usual line-up.

This Friday (May 8) marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

This Friday (March 6) marked the end of a week full of many surprises and happy returns, including the early drop of a brand new Megan Thee Stallion album, a surprise drop from Lil Uzi Vert, a new track (and pregnancy reveal!) from Katy Perry and a Demi Lovato declaration of self-love her fans adore.