Summary

  • News updates for 19 January 2018

  • Early Tom Hardy mixtape shared online

  • Eagles settle Hotel California legal action

  • Madonna spotted at London recording studio

Live Reporting

Victoria Lindrea & Kev Geoghegan

  1. Piano legend 'hurt' over being asked to retire

    The famous piano teacher says decision by The Leeds International Piano Competition was "misguided".

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  2. Former BBC Radio 2 presenter Pete Mitchell dies

    The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess says the veteran radio DJ was the first to champion the band.

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  3. How coronavirus could affect your festival plans

    Find out which festivals are going ahead as artists discuss the impact of shows being called off.

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  4. Radio 1 Big Weekend cancelled due to coronavirus

    The music festival was due to take place in Dundee over the late May bank holiday.

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  5. Disney promises 'commitment' to LGBT stories

    Disney boss Bob Chapek responded to a campaigner worried about the rising number of LGBT characters.

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  6. How I Fell In Love With Welsh Language Music

    How I fell in love with Welsh language music. Cwympo mewn cariad â cherddoriaeth Cymraeg.

  7. How coronavirus is hitting entertainment events

    Mulan is the latest film to be delayed, while some concerts and TV shows have been cancelled.

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  8. Niall Horan on Elton's advice and touring with no trousers

    The ex-One Direction star discusses songwriting tips and the perils of touring with Lewis Capaldi.

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  9. Glastonbury reveals line-up amid virus uncertainty

    Emily Eavis says her team is "working hard" and hopes the festival can go ahead in June.

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  10. Bombay Bicycle Club: Why we use backing tracks

    The band give us a tour of their live set up - and tell us why they use backing tracks

  11. Disney pulls up red carpet for Mulan premiere

    Liu Yifei on the red carpet in HollywoodGetty Images

    Chinese actress Liu Yifei attended the world premiere of Mulan in Hollywood this week

    Disney says it has cancelled the red carpet entrance for the European premiere of the live-action version of Mulan.

    The US company said it made the decision "in an abundance of caution" over the outbreak of coronavirus.

    The screening of the film, in London's Leicester Square, will still go ahead, it added.

  12. Are London's buskers under threat?

    Critics say Westminster City Council proposals for busking licences could be a "cultural loss".

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  13. Loreto Grammar - Wraggle Taggle Gipsies

    Loreto Grammar, Omagh sing Wraggle Taggle Gipsies, a popular folk song originally from Scotland. Also known, among many other names as the Raggle Taggle Gypsy

  14. St Ronan's College - The Water of Tyne

    St Ronan's College singing The Water of Tyne, an arrangement of a folk song from the north-east of England

  15. Thornhill College, Derry - Lord of the Dance

    Thornhill College gives a rendition of Lord of the Dance, composed probably by Elder Joseph Brackett with words by Sydney Carter

  16. Stephen Fry backs Reading Prison campaign

    The prison is most famous for housing Oscar Wilde, whom Fry portrayed in a 1997 film.

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  17. Thornhill College - Ubi Caritas

    Thornhill College sing Ubi Caritas (Where there is Charity), a Gregorian song from maybe as early as the fourth century

  18. The Royal School, Armagh - Didn't my Lord Deliver Daniel

    The Royal School, Armagh sing the spiritual Didn't my Lord Deliver Daniel famously arranged by Moses Hogan

  19. Holy Trinity Primary School - Look to the Sky

    Holy Trinity Primary School in Cookstown give us a tour of outer space with Look to the Sky by Linda Spevacek, based on traditional Irish melodies

  20. Bros and Pet Shop Boys Svengali Tom Watkins dies

    In the '80s and '90s he helped Pet Shop Boys forge their success and also managed Bros and East 17.

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