Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Manchester tour dates have been postponed after issues at the new Co-op Live Arena in a move which fans have called “a joke”. The “good 4 u” hitmaker kicked off her UK and European leg of her tour after performing at Dublin’s 3Arena on 30 April, playing tracks from her latest album Guts, as well as her debut album, Sour. Rodrigo was originally scheduled to perform on 3 and 4 May at the new Manchester-based venue, but Co-op Live said the shows would be postponed due to ongoing technical issues.  Venue organisers took to X (formerly Twitter) on 1 May – two days prior t ..read more

Fangirls have won because Nicholas Galitzine has said he would “jump at” reuniting with his August Moon bandmates from The Idea of You. The British actor coaxed a president in Red, White & Royal Blue and seduced a king in Mary & George, but in new film The Idea of You, actor Nicholas Galitzine is moving towards the former Princess of Genovia, Anne Hathaway. The 29-year-old plays Hayes Campbell in the Amazon Prime Video film, the lead singer of ridiculously good-looking boyband August Moon. The Princess Diaries star Hathaway, however, plays middle-aged mother Solène Marchand. The pair m ..read more

Self-confessed former porn addict Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is seemingly planning to launch “Yeezy Porn”, despite a chorus of “no thank you, we do not want this” from almost every corner of the internet. The controversial rapper, who released gospel-inspired album Jesus is King: A Kanye West Experience in 2019, is reportedly set to enter the adult-film industry, leaving Christians praying for his “true repentance”. If you'e really been paying attention, Kanye's "Yeezy Porn" shouldn't be shocking. Despite his past public displays of a faith journey, his actions consistently suggested ..read more

When it comes to songs about heartbreak, Adele has proved her unrivalled victory in the race against Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department.  Following the release of Swift’s divisive 11th album, the singer already tied with Madonna for the most number-one albums in the UK by a female artist. However, the singer failed to beat Adele’s historic record for the biggest debut in Billboard 200 history.  Nonetheless, The Tortured Poets Department amassed a massive 2.6 million units shifted (streams and sales) upon opening in the US, according to Billboard. That number has ..read more

English pop band Right Said Fred are being relentlessly dragged online after their official X/Twitter account posted a photograph of a phone box that had been repurposed as a defibrillator. The tweet, which has since been deleted, showed a phone box that had been retrofitted with a life-saving defibrillator–  vital devices that apply an electric charge to restore a heartbeat in the case of cardiac arrest. The caption read: “Phone boxes refurbed into defibrillators, what a time to be alive.” Followed by an “eye roll” emoji. A screenshot of the original tweet (X: @TheFreds) Right Said Fred ..read more

Taylor Swift is officially sitting pretty alongside the Queen of Pop. Swift has tied with Madonna in a historic record following the release of The Tortured Poets Department. The “Cruel Summer” singer has officially tied with Madonna for the most number-one albums in the UK by a female artist with her divisive 11th album, which appears to shout out queer boygenius member Lucy Dacus and actor Clara Bow. Following the album’s release on 19 April, The Tortured Poets Department marked the first album to receive over 200 million streams on Spotify in one day. The album even surpassed Swift’s last a ..read more

A new song paying tribute to trans DJ and music producer Sophie leaves a lot to be desired, according to the late musician’s many fans. A track on All Born Screaming, the seventh album from queer singer-songwriter Annie Clark – known as St. Vincent – released on Thursday (26 April), refers to Sophie’s death. Grammy-nominated artist Sophie died in January 2021, after falling from the roof of a three-storey building in Greece while trying to get a better view of a full moon. Sophie’s death prompted an outpouring of grief from LGBTQ+ music fans, artists and collaborators, including Kim Petras, Ch ..read more

Lil Nas X has taken to his SoundCloud account to drop “Trust Me,” his new track about Grindr, sex and PrEP, and it’s everything his “greatest comeback of all time” wasn’t. The rapper released “Trust Me” on his personal SoundCloud account, a few months after dropping his comeback single “J Christ” in January, which hardly set the world ablaze on its release. “J Christ” was the queer artist’s first single in two years, but the chart figures didn’t exactly deliver the “greatest comeback of all time” that he promised fans – it charted at 69. The artist took to joking about the situation on so ..read more

Queen of pop Madonna was joined at her latest performance in Mexico City by trans social media star Wendy Guevara. Madonna’s latest stop on the Celebration Tour saw her arrive in Mexico City and invite prominent trans woman and influencer Wendy Guevara up on stage with her during a performance of “Vogue”. Posting on Instagram, Guevara captioned a photo of her and Madonna with: “Y un sueño hecho realidad gracias @madonna,” which translates to “And a dream come true thanks Madonna.” Fans also posted clips of Guevara up on stage with Madonna, which shows the pair sitting on tall chairs, watching ..read more

Fans can kiss goodbye to Sam Smith’s raunchy on-stage moments – at least, for now – as the BBC has vowed the singer’s upcoming Proms performance will be “entirely appropriate”.  Smith was announced as a headliner for this year’s BBC Proms on 2 August under the pop programme. However, the broadcasting company was forced to reassure audience members that Smith’s set would be appropriate after the star received previous “Satanic” backlash at previous performances. BBC Radio 3 director Sam Jackson told Metro: “I think what you’ll see is a performance that is entirely appropriate for the Proms ..read more