Summary

  • News updates for 29 March 2018

  • DMX jailed after pleading guilty to tax fraud

  • Ricky Martin 'avoided' platonic male relationships over fears of being outed

  • Kylie insists she is not bitter after her failed engagement

  • Warning: Third party content, may contain ads

  1. Bye everyone, take it it away Taylorpublished at 15:57 BST 29 March 2018

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    As it's the Easter weekend, sadly we won't be here to discuss Tay Tay's new video with you tomorrow but how about we all meet up again on Tuesday to get some reactions to it?

    Until then, scroll down for some legal news on DMX, Kylie talks about moving on from her split, plus Ricky Martin on hiding his sexuality for many years, Kodaline talk about their romantic fans and MIA relives her 2012 Super Bowl scandal.

    Plus new music from Chvrches and Nick Cave.

    See you on Tuesday and don't eat too many Easter eggs you greedy monkeys.

    Black-capped squirrel monkeys enjoying Easter treats at London ZooImage source, PA
  2. Lost In Vagueness hitting cinema screens in Maypublished at 15:50 BST 29 March 2018

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    For Glastonbury veterans - before Shangri-La, there was Lost Vagueness.

    It was the after-hours Glasto attraction familiar to the brave and debauched and a new documentary is telling the story of its rise and fall.

    The organisers fell out with the Eavises more than a decade ago.

    The film – the debut feature from director Sofia Olins – tells the story of Lost Vagueness and its creator Roy Gurvitz.

    The film features interviews with artists including Suggs, Kate Tempest, Keith Allen and Fatboy Slim.

    Watch the trailer., external

  3. Opera House ruling will have 'profound impact' on orchestraspublished at 15:35 BST 29 March 2018

    Orchestra

    We told you yesterday how viola player Christopher Goldscheider had won a landmark High Court judgement against the Royal Opera House (ROH) after claiming he suffered hearing loss while playing at the concert hall in 2012.

    Now, we've been hearing how the ruling will have a "profound impact" on orchestras.

    "It effectively says an orchestral workspace is no different from a factory," said Mark Pemberton, director of the Association of British Orchestras.

    "What it says, is that musicians will need to be wearing their hearing protection at all times.

    "It has hammered the square peg of these regulations into the round hole of the beautiful music that orchestras and opera companies produce on a daily basis,"he told BBC Radio 3's In Tune.

    Read more.

  4. Queen biopic's 'long and bumpy road'published at 15:24 BST 29 March 2018

    Brian MayImage source, EPA

    We told you yesterday how the release date for the Queen biopic had been moved forward to November.

    Now Queen's Brian May has been talking about the film to the BBC and admitted making it has been "a long and bumpy road" with "a good deal of wreckage".

    The film has been through a number of stars and directors since it was first confirmed in 2010.

    May is a producer of the film along with the band's drummer Roger Taylor.

    "Movies that mean anything very often go through a very difficult gestation period and this is probably no exception," he told Neil Smith.

    "This is an interesting experience for Roger and me because we have so little power. To get the movie made you basically sign away all your control."

    "I hope it's okay and we don't come across [badly]."

    Read more.

  5. Tom Misch and Loyle Carner have love for the mumspublished at 15:09 BST 29 March 2018

    BBC Radio 2

    The pair were guests on Jo Whiley's Radio 2 show to perform Water Baby from Tom's forthcoming debut album.

    As they prepared to play, Loyle - aka Ben Coyle-Larner - revealed its his mum who runs his social media accounts.

    "My mum's in charge of Instagram, if she doesn't like it, it doesn't go up, that's how it goes.

    "She's the boss, she's the social media guru."

    "I like it, man," concurred Tom.

    Listen above for their soulful performance.

  6. Hear Nick Cave's latest movie musicpublished at 14:55 BST 29 March 2018

    The latest film collaboration between Nick Cave and Warren Ellis from his band the Bad Seeds is the soundtrack to the Halle Berry and Daniel Craig film Kings.

    Based in the aftermath of the 1992 LA riots, it's just opened in the States but doesn't have a release date in the UK yet.

    But two tracks from the their soundtrack have been released today - so sit back and listen to the atmospheric score.

  7. Dua Lipa on sexism, #MeToo and 'dance crying'published at 14:35 BST 29 March 2018

    Dua LipaImage source, PA

    Dua Lipa has spoken out about sexism in the music industry, saying women struggle to get recognition.

    "For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or with a guitar," she told GQ, external.

    "For a male artist, people instantly assume they write their own music, but for women, they assume it's all manufactured."

    She also talked about how important the #MeToo movement had been for women in the entertainment industry.

    "For lots of females, be it actresses, singers, models, no matter what it is, it's not being able to have the right to dress and wear how and what you want and be taken seriously."

    She revealed she has started work on her second album and described it like this:

    "It's very much dance crying. It is a pop album that you're going to be able to dance to, but a lot of the songs are sad."

    Crying on the dance floor we like it.

  8. More acts added to Boardmasterspublished at 14:20 BST 29 March 2018

    Among the acts putting on their surf gear to head to Cornwall in August are Editors, Tiga, Butch, Gwenno, King Tuff and Fun Lovin Criminals.

    They're joining the line up of Catfish and the Bottlemen, Chemical Brothers and George Ezra.

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  9. Happy birthday RAH!published at 13:58 BST 29 March 2018

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    For he's a jolly good fellow...

    It's the birthday of the one of the most iconic music venues in the world as the Royal Albert Hall in London celebrates 147 years.

    Doesn't look a day over 21, does it?

    As part of today's #tbt, here are singer Amanda Palmer and musicians’ collective s t a r g a z e at the 2016 David Bowie Prom - in tribute to the late pop icon - performing a no less iconic song.

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  10. Shawn Mendes performs new track for James Cordenpublished at 13:45 BST 29 March 2018

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    The Canadian teenager dropped two singles last week and sang one of them on the Late Late Show with James Corden.

    Check out In My Blood above and see if you agree with Jame's assessment.

  11. Kanye splits with manager and hires the Biebs' bosspublished at 13:15 BST 29 March 2018

    Billboard magazine

    Kanye WestImage source, PA

    Kanye West has split from his longtime manager Izvor "Izzy" Zivkovic according to Billboard magazine, external.

    It's not known why they have parted ways and he's thought to have been his manager for around eight years.

    In 2016, Kanye added Scooter Braun to his management team and he's expected to take on all management responsibilities for West.

    Scooter is Justin Bieber's manager and also looks after Ariana Grande and speaking in 2016, external he said he wanted to show us all the real Kanye.

    "A lot of people have an assumption that he might be selfish or arrogant. The guy who I’ve gotten to know -- who I'm learning to translate to others -- is someone who literally got himself in financial trouble because he would give the shirt off his back to help someone."

    Braun has been credited with steering Bieber's career back on course after he went off the rails.

    Scooter BraunImage source, Getty Images
  12. MIA spills on Superbowl fall outpublished at 12:52 BST 29 March 2018

    MIAImage source, Getty Images

    M.I.A. has been talking about the fall out from her 2012 Superbowl appearance with Madonna.

    She flashed a middle finger to the camera which led to her being sued by the NFL for $16.6m.

    It was eventually settled out of court.

    The events feature in the documentary about her life MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

    She told Huck magazine, external:

    “It [the hatred] was from everybody and it just felt ridiculous. When they hit me with the lawsuit it activated so many people to come after me on so many different levels."

    And she says her management wanted her to take a deal she wasn't happy with.

    “If you’re talking about racism and sexism, that moment in my life showed the cracks in everyone I knew. I was at Roc Nation at the time and Jay Z was managing me.

    "The lawsuit was so ridiculous, it proposed that they would keep 100% of my earnings for the rest of my life if I ever earned more than $2 million dollars. Jay Z was, like, ‘you should sign'."

    "People were like, ‘oh you’re lucky you’re not in jail, give up all your profit, be this slave for the rest of your life’.”

  13. Liam Gallagher confirms support artists for Finsbury Parkpublished at 12:20 BST 29 March 2018

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    Gallagher the younger just tweeted that his upcoming show at Finsbury park in north London has sold out, and confirmed for the first time his supporting acts.

    They include Wolf Alice, The Sherlocks and two of our previous Newbie Tuesday arists - Dream Wife and Hey Charlie.

    Wolf Alice bassist Theo Ellis told NME, external, it was "mega really, innit", adding, " What’s better than getting an offer to support Liam Gallagher?"

  14. Music company "scam" has left artists thousands of pounds out of pocketpublished at 11:42 BST 29 March 2018

    Sarah Kaloczi

    "They took everything I had put my heart and soul into and just shattered it into pieces."

    Singer Sarah Kaloczi is one of the artists who have fallen victim to a music company "scam" which has left her thousands of pounds out of pocket and facing eviction.

    In an apparent fraud, management firm Band Management Universal (BMU) charged up to £4,000 for services and continued to sign clients despite having numerous complaints about not meeting promises

    Sarah told BBC London she paid £2,000 to BMU for a contract that was supposed to include music production, marketing, gigs and tours, as well as help to secure a recording contract.

    Head of the Musicians' Union Horace Trubridge called it the worst scam he had seen in the past 20 years.

    BMU could not be reached for comment.

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  15. Kylie insists she is not bitter after her failed engagementpublished at 11:06 BST 29 March 2018

    Kylie MinogueImage source, Getty Images

    Kylie Minogue has been opening up about how she deals with anxiety every day.

    "There are a lot of voices in my head. I guess part of that is our brains, they’re problem solvers, tick tick tick tick tick...

    "There’s enough discussion in my head. I probably would benefit from [counseling] but I don’t really like it…," she told Attitude magazine.

    "My 98-year-old grandma said years ago: ‘What you need to is lie flat, and you put your arms up and you just lie like that for 10 minutes’.

    Kylie Minogue and Joshua SasseImage source, Getty Images

    Kylie releases her fourteenth studio album Golden next month and was working on it when her engagement to British actor Joshua Sasse ended just over a year ago.

    But she says there's no bitterness on the new record.

    "I'm not writing from a place of heartbreak. I was a bit broken, I wasn't feeling very strong at a certain point, and we've all been there, we know what that's like.

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    "But I tend to bounce back pretty quickly, I'm pragmatic about stuff. It's looking rationally, with heart, with humour, to where I'm at…

    "I hope you can feel on the album there's no blame, I'm not hanging on to anything.

    Read more, external

  16. Kodaline have the most romantic fanspublished at 10:41 BST 29 March 2018

    KodalineImage source, RCA Records

    Kodaline have been telling how fans are always proposing at their shows.

    "No matter where we go, somebody will get in touch with the venue to tell us that they either want to propose during a specific song, or they'd like to come up on stage to ask the question," says drummer Vinny May Jr.

    "It's not every show, but it's probably 80%."

    The Irish band revealed their fans' romantic tendencies to our music reporter Mark Savage.

    They also spilled on their "colourful" new sound, busking in America, becoming rock and roll cliches and how they'll do anything for a chicken fillet roll.

    Read more.

  17. Chvrches share another new trackpublished at 10:19 BST 29 March 2018

    Chvrches

    We hope they are keeping something new back for the album.

    The Scots electro-poppers have shared another new track off Love Is Dead.

    Never Say Die says singer Lauren "is one of my favourite songs on the record because it really leans into the juxtaposition of what we do—the mixture between the dark and the light.”

    It follows Get Out and My Enemy - which features The National's Matt Berninger.

    The album is out 25 May.

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  18. Jack White played his free show and it sounds like it was pretty epicpublished at 10:03 BST 29 March 2018

    Jack WhiteImage source, PA

    The White Stripes frontman, in the UK to play an intimate show at the Garage in north London, performed a short free set at a pub in south London at tea-time on Wednesday.

    In an all black outfit which he joked he had stolen from a sleeping Russian spy, his set included tracks from his new album Boarding House Reach and his previous album Lazaretto plus some old WS faves.

    Setlist

    • Over And Over And Over
    • Corporation
    • Connected By Love
    • Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
    • Cannon
    • Ice Station Zebra
    • Fell In Love With A Girl
    • Lazaretto

    Fans lucky enough to get in on a first come, first served basis seemed pretty happy with it all.

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  19. Ricky Martin opens up about hiding his sexualitypublished at 09:45 BST 29 March 2018

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    Ricky Martin has revealed he spent years avoiding even platonic relationships with men because he feared people would find out he was gay.

    He came out in 2010 and is now married to Swedish artist Jwan Yosef. The couple are raising twin boys.

    In an interview with Attitude magazine, external he said in the past he closed himself off.

    "I submitted myself to my career completely. I didn’t open doors to new relationships, and I’m not talking about romantic relationships, I’m talking about any relationship, because I didn’t want people to know me too much," he explains.

    "I wouldn’t even sit down and have a cool relationship with amazing producers or great film directors because I was afraid that if they spent more than two hours sitting with me they would know my nature.

    "I wasted so much energy trying to manipulate my sexuality."

    Ricky Martin and husband Jwan YosefImage source, Getty Images
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    Ricky Martin and husband Jwan Yosef

    The singer is currently starring in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, as Gianni Versace's former partner Antonio D'Amico.

    And he said every part on the drama series feels personal.

    "I played every role before I even started working on this project.

    "I was a closeted gay man who was making my partners hide. I had relationships with other men who were in the closet and I had other relationships with men who were not in the closet but because of me went back into the closet.

    "And so I’m re-living everything that I did."

  20. DMX jailed over tax fraudpublished at 09:21 BST 29 March 2018

    DMX outside courtImage source, Getty Images

    The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty to not paying $1.7 million in taxes.

    His lawyers had argued that a difficult upbringing left Simmons unprepared to deal with the responsibility that came with financial success - and his 1998 track Slippin was played in court to illustrate the difficulties he has faced in his life.

    The rapper who has 15 children cried during the hearing.

    He said he was sorry and he knew what he did was wrong. "I wasn't following the rules, I was in a cloud," he said.

    Prosecutors said Simmons avoided taxes for years by living a cash-only lifestyle and putting royalty checks in bank accounts belonging to other people.

    Prosecutors had asked for five years jail time but the judge sentenced him to a year saying DMX "is a good man" and "in many ways, he's his own worst enemy."