An autobiographical TV comedy created by Maroon 5 star Adam Levine has been picked up by network bosses at NBC in America.
The This Love singer, who is a star of the channel’s The Voice, signed a one-year first-look development deal with executives earlier this year, and it appears his...
The tenor who suffered two near fatal brain tumours at the peak of his powers isn’t lacking in drama. Now Russell Watson will sing the story of his life in the latest stage project from the French composers who created the all-conqueringLes Misérables.
KISS have bought an American football team based in Los Angeles. The outfill will be called LA Kiss and the group promise that “attending an LA KISS game in 2014 will be similar to a live KISS show, with thrilling, heart-pounding action.” No word on...
Released in 1995, ‘Waterfalls’ became TLC’s most successful single, spending seven weeks at Number One in the US and peaking at Number Four in the UK. However, it was revealed that the band’s two surviving members, T-Boz and Chilli,
The YouTube clips purportedly showed him rapping about raping women and committing violent acts in the guise of his alter-ego ‘The Phantom’. An ITV spokesperson said the content was “totally unacceptable”, adding that the 25-year-old had been suspended.
In a statement,...
It follows claims of similarities between their hit and other songs, including Gaye’s Got to Give it Up. Musicians Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris Jr insist there are no similarities “other than commonplace musical elements”. The track was created “without...
Michael Jackson’s doctors competed for his business and over-prescribed medications to help overcome his “incredible” fear of pain, the late pop singer’s ex-wife testified on Wednesday in a wrongful death trial.
“His fear of pain was incredible. I think the doctors took advantage...
A woman faces felony charges in an attack last month on 73-year-old R&B singer Lester Chambers at a San Francisco Bay Area blues festival, where he had just dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin, authorities said Wednesday.
Alameda County prosecutors charged 43-year-old Dinalynn Andrews-Potter...
Singer Eydie Gorme, who had a hit in 1963 with Blame It On The Bossa Nova, has died in Las Vegas at the age of 84, her publicist has said. Gorme was a popular nightclub and TV singer, both with her husband Steve Lawrence and as a solo act.
In 1953, she joined what became the Tonight Show on...
As a singing teacher I am always trying to teach pupils to ‘use their own voice’ but this impressionist is hilarious and definitely worth a watch.
Franz Ferdinand star Alex Kapranos has collapsed at a music festival – but still managed to perform later that evening. The Scottish singer has a severe nut allergy and accidentally ate some peanuts at the Sziget Festival in Hungary, after mistaking them for a rice snack.
The 41-year-old...
A leading vocal group from NBC’s The Sing-Off share their secrets to the perfectly prepared performance voice.
What do you need to keep in mind when you’re singing under intense pressure?
Taken from the Voice council website’s interview...
Say what you will about the polarizing (and oft-arrogant) rapper Kanye West – he still knows where he came from, and is now making an effort to give back to Chicago youth.
The Grammy Award-winning artist’s non-profit organization, Donda’s House, has launched...
I first came across Eric Whitacre’s work through the wonderful and inspiring Ted Talks (ideas worth spreading). The concept is fascinating and a wonderful way of using the internet to bring singers together. Eric Whitacre’s most recent virtual choir performance involved 6000 singers...
