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“That was the last straw, really. I didn't form a group to perform Cilla Black songs”: How a frosty band meeting in a fish and chip restaurant signalled the end for the Smiths

The Smiths story came to a close shortly after completion of 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come, and a tense exchange of words over fish and chips…

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The Independent UK

“He said, ‘Oh, stage fright? I had terrible stage fright.’": How Paul McCartney, Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams cured Hans Zimmer’s performance nerves

Zimmer has a new tour planned for 2026, but playing live hasn’t always been easy for the soundtrack superstar

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Holly Willoughby eyed for BBC reboot after quitting ITV game show

Willoughby is reportedly fielding offers from Netflix and the BBC

The Independent UK

Comedian Duncan Norvelle, famed for ‘chase me’ catchphrase, dies aged 66

The comic, who was a staple of 80s British TV, was described by his partner as ‘the last of the legends of true variety comedy’

The Guardian - UK

The Scouse Red Riding Hood review – Grandma gets high in raucous adult panto

Wolf-like property developers are set to evict the grandmother, who is on a night of drug-fuelled abandon, in this enjoyable show

The Guardian - UK

Election 2024: the fight for Gen Z's vote is closing in on TikTok — but could the platform really swing it?

The UK’s first election with TikTok as the key social media platform is nearly at its climax. Maddy Mussen investigates its ability to make or break a candidate

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Dionne Warwick: ‘Britain has always been very good to me. I feel its wonderful embrace’

The legendary singer, 83, on coping with loss, fighting sexism, taking on the Snoop Dogg – and what she really thought of Cilla Black

The Guardian - UK

The Joy of Six: commentators losing themselves in the moment

From a Norwegian whose gleeful words are still aped today, to some brilliant rugby league apoplexy, via golfing disbelief and more

The Guardian - UK

‘The first TikTok election’: are Sunak and Starmer’s digital campaigns winning over voters?

The Tories and Labour are forking out more than ever on social media ads, but going viral isn’t easy. We speak to influencers and strategists about the messages and memes

The Guardian - UK

UK Parties Face-off On TikTok Battleground

On the face of it, the villain from "Shrek", British singer turned TV presenter Cilla Black, and national service have nothing in common.

International Business Times

National Service and Cilla Black memes: Do Labour or the Tories have a better TikTok game?

Which party has had the better of the first exchanges on the new social media election battleground?

The Independent UK

Jinkx Monsoon on playing new Doctor Who villain Maestro

Jinkx Monsoon reveals everything about the latest Doctor Who villain Maestro who ruins the Swinging Sixties for the Beatles and Cilla Black!

WhatToWatch

The 11 most WTF collaborations in rock history

Bruce Dickinson and Mr Bean? Ozzy and Miss Piggy? Metallica and Ja Rule? Prepare to cringe at these heroically wrong-headed collaborations

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“If one person deserves a knighthood, it’s Ozzy Osbourne”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford urges King Charles to knight the Prince Of Darkness

“Arise, Sir Ozzy” – at least that’s what it would be if Rob Halford had his way

Evening Standard

Why is Cilla Black trending? X unearths her funniest moments

The late Liverpudlian, who hosted renowned shows such as Blind Date, was a hugely popular entertainer for more than five decades

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In praise of the worst poet in NZ history

The sordid back pages of the Wellington Poetry Society are revealed

Evening Standard

Love me do: Beatles wedding venue to mark its centenary with 100 marriages in a day

The London venue has staged more celebrity nuptials than anywhere else in the UK, and now 100 couples will get a chance to marry there for just £100

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The Guardian - UK

‘John Lennon was violent. He’d fight about anything’: the inside story of Merseybeat, the UK’s early pop explosion

Early 1960s Liverpudlian pop may have been dominated by the Beatles, but it was a thriving scene whose acts filled the charts. Its artists explain why wild success gave way to heartbreaking failure

The Independent UK

Eurovision: Liverpool’s trendsetting musical icons

From The Beatles’ sharp suits to Atomic Kitten’s Noughties trends, we pay homage to the city’s most fashionable singers and bands. By Prudence Wade.

Chronicle Live

Megan Markle and Tom Jones: 15 celebrities who don't use their real names

These household names all decided to go by a completely different moniker for one reason or another

Liverpool Echo

Cilla Black 'approached twice' to represent the UK in Eurovision

The Eurovision folklore has been circulating for years

Liverpool Echo

I ate an orange the way Cilla Black used to

It was a pairing I was unsure about but if Cilla loved it, it has to be good, right?

The Independent UK

Upstairs Downstairs theme, Elvis and Sondheim all play at Paul O’Grady funeral

Friends and family paid their respects to the comedian and TV stalwart at St Rumwold’s Church in the village of Bonnington, Kent.

Daily Mirror

Britain's favourite TV puppets including Sooty and Basil Brush as Roland Rat turns 40

As 80s and 90s kids show favourite Roland Rat turns 40, The Sunday Mirror takes a look at his creator David Claridge and the people behind some other well-loved TV puppets

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