[ “How many best friends are in the audience tonight?” Californian superstar Olivia Rodrigo asked a feverish and overwhelmingly young female Glasgow crowd. The response, not for the first time, was deafening screams and hysteria. “Besties in the house!” she smiled in approval. At 21, Rodrigo is the fastest-rising phenomenon of the decade, a Disney … Read more
[ Ultravox bass guitarist Chris Cross, who co-wrote the new wave band’s classic hit Vienna, has died aged 71. The musician, whose real name is Chris Allen, died on 25 March, and the news of his death was announced last night. Midge Ure, Ultravox’s frontman, led tributes to his “instant” friend on Facebook, posting an … Read more
[ Welcome to Tuesday’s Early Edition from i. “Initially I thought: fireworks or something like that…” concertgoer Dave Primov told the Associated Press. “I looked at my colleague, and he also said: ‘Fireworks, probably.’” Mr Primov was recounting the first moments he heard gunshots as four armed men stormed Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, as thousands waited … Read more
[ The dual life of Jack Antonoff is one of modern music’s more curious phenomena. Super-producer and collaborator to a host of pop A-listers – Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray, Lorde and The 1975 among them – the 39-year-old’s aesthetic is all over the defining music of the current era. He has the Grammys to … Read more
[ Popular singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh, who will soon be seen in the movie ‘Crew’, has met British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran in Mumbai.Diljit took to his Instagram to share a video of his meeting with the ‘Shape of You’ singer at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai, where the latter performed on Saturday evening.In the video, … Read more
[ By now, Holly Humberstone’s preoccupation with places is well established; the title of last October’s debut album, Paint My Bedroom Black, suggested she believed in the importance of some feng shui when making an emotional restart. But even before that, she was lamenting the loneliness of stop-gap house shares on her 2021 EP The … Read more
[ “We’re The Last Dinner Party,” singer Abigail Morris announced to mass screams. “But you knew that already.” It seems like most people do right now. The London-formed quintet have the mantle as the year’s most hyped band: 2024 has already seen them win the Rising Star Award at the Brit Awards and top the … Read more
[ Their transition from royals to celebrity-seeking ‘multi-hyphenates’ is like something from ‘Black Mirror’ – and won’t help them stay relevant February 2, 2024 1:36 pm(Updated 2:23 pm) (Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) What a strange place the Duke and Duchess of Sussex occupy in our culture. They are some of the most famous … Read more
[ Parineeti Chopra made her first-ever live singing appearance at the 2024 Mumbai Festival. While she has been garnering praises from all sides, it is her husband Raghav Chadha‘s appreciation post on Instagram that grabbed our attention.Check out his post here:Raghav shared some moments of Parineeti singing live on stage from her recent concert. Along … Read more
[ In her Spice Girls heyday, Mel Chisholm was known for many things – her retro tracksuit bottoms, her athleticism on stage, and arguably the best singing voice as Sporty Spice in the 90s pop supergroup. She doesn’t disappoint as she bounds on to the stage of a packed KOKO to mark her 50th birthday … Read more
