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Keith Urban forced to cancel concert over health issue amid Nicole Kidman divorce

Urban is expected to continue his tour Friday in Nashville

The Independent UK

“I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' And he went, 'I'll do it, darling’ - downed a vodka, and went in and killed it”: How Freddie Mercury took on death itself for Queen’s majestic final single

It was sadly to be Freddie’s last single with Queen before he passed away just six weeks after its release

MusicRadar

Britney Spears slams ex Kevin Federline’s ‘constant gaslighting’ after alarming memoir claims

In his forthcoming memoir, ‘You Thought You Knew,’ Federline details Spears’s allegedly erratic behavior around their children

The Independent UK

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Freddie Mercury’s ‘alternative versions’ of Queen hits revealed in new book

Handwritten notes offer window into the Queen frontman’s ‘brilliant, creative mind’, his closest friend Mary Austin says

The Independent UK

"We’ve decided not to count drummers anymore, it got depressing when we got to two figures." An audience with Spinal Tap legend David St. Hubbins

Spinal Tap singer/guitarist David St. Hubbins on beefing with Metallica, hanging with Ronnie James Dio and why they could never be Slipknot

Metal Hammer

Unseen Bohemian Rhapsody verses to feature in Freddie Mercury lyric book

Drafts of other Queen hits and photos from singer’s private archive will also feature in A Life in Lyrics

The Guardian - UK

Book by Freddie Mercury’s former fiancee to feature lyrics to unreleased songs

Unpublished material in the book also includes alternate lyrics and abandoned verses for Bohemian Rhapsody and multiple drafts of Don’t Stop Me Now.

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“It’s light-hearted, sexually ambiguous – I love it!” Justin Hawkins chooses the 10 best Queen songs you might have missed

Cat suits, mega-mullets and time travel: The Darkness frontman on Queen’s deepest cuts

Louder

“You’d get the chart positions. ‘Oh, we're Number One again!’ It almost got boring after a while”: Brian May and Roger Taylor recall the making of Queen’s masterpiece A Night At The Opera

“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us," May says

MusicRadar

33 Male Stars Whose Actual Height Will Completely Shock You

A surprising number of famous names are actually shorter than their reputations suggest.

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“A testament to their expansive and much-loved music catalogue that they continue to mean so much to UK audiences to this very day”: Which 20th-century band are the top ‘rock’ act in 21st-century Britain?

According to PPL, anyway

MusicRadar

Queen named the UK’s most played rock act in the 21st century

Formed in the 70s, the rock band continues to resonate today with Somebody To Love and Radio Ga Ga among their top five most played songs.

Evening Standard

Marc Bolan honoured with blue plaque outside London home

The frontman of glam rock band T. Rex died in a car crash in 1977 at the age of 29.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Allen White Wishes He’d Reached Out To Timothée Chalamet, Austin Butler And More Before Playing Bruce Springsteen

Will he still earn his place among them?

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The Guardian - UK

It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

The Independent UK

Dave Franco and Alison Brie film pulled from Chinese theatres over ‘unauthorised’ change of gay couple to straight

Chinese distributor reportedly altered man’s face into woman’s to portray gay couple as heterosexual

The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s iconic guitar set for auction

IN FULL

The Independent UK

The famous piece of Oasis memorabilia that could fetch £500,000 at auction

Liam Gallagher broken Noel’s 1960s red Gibson ES-355 on the night the band split

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The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s guitar damaged when Oasis split goes under the hammer

The guitar will go under the hammer this October at Propstore’s music live auction with an estimated sale of £250k – £500k.

The Guardian - UK

Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight

Viewers outraged after same-sex wedding scene changed in Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie

The Independent UK

Gay couple in Dave Franco and Alison Brie film digitally changed to straight for Chinese release

Homosexuality is decriminalised in China but same-sex relationships are not legally recognised

Louder

“He’s the only rock star who’s never done anything to be embarrassed about. He’s never put a foot wrong”: Why Peter Gabriel was the ideal inspiration for fictional prog icon Brian Pern

Simon Day and Rhys Thomas, creators of the TV mockumentaries, identify the Gabriel song that got them started and the one time the ex-Genesis singer refused them – but won’t name the band they wouldn’t allow to take part

Louder

A Freddie Mercury Memorial Garden has opened in West London

The opening was attended by Queen guitarist Brian May and Freddie Mercury's sister Kashmira Bulsara

Evening Standard

Best Halloween Costumes for Adults in 2025: From Chic to Scary

Proof that Halloween can be stylish, scary and only mildly regrettable the morning after

MusicRadar

“We were at the peak of our confidence. It felt like there wasn’t anything we couldn’t do”: Queen’s A Night at the Opera and Bo Rhap to get 50th anniversary reissues in October

“It was a watershed album for us” remembers Brian May

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