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ADVERTISEMENTA BBC music boss has reportedly stepped down following the backlash around British punk-rap Bob Vylan’s controversial Glastonbury 2025 set.  Lorna Clarke, the BBC’s director of music, was reported by The Times as stepping back from her day-to-day responsibilities – including overseeing live music events - following the backlash to livestreaming Bob Vylan’s performance last month. Other

ADVERTISEMENTControversial Croatian singer Marko Perković - known professionally as Thompson and who has a song which opens with the chant “Za dom spremni!”, the Croatian version of the Nazi salute “Sieg Heil” - gathered tens of thousands of fans to Zagreb this weekend.  As we reported earlier this year, Saturday's gig at the Hippodrome was

ADVERTISEMENTThis weekend, we learned of the disappearance of American composer Mark Snow, the celebrated artist best known for his iconic and eerie theme for the hit TV show The X Files. He was 78.  A cause of death has not been provided, but Variety said Snow died Friday at his residence in the northeastern state of Connecticut. Snow’s

ADVERTISEMENTWe’re past the halfway mark of 2025 so it’s time to look back at the movies which have already made our year.So far, we’ve been treated to a wide variety of big screen offerings: body horror to make gorehounds wince; sprawling dramas; spy thrillers featuring Michael Fassbender sporting George Smiley glasses; and blues loving vampires.The criterion for

ADVERTISEMENTWhat began as an extremely rare discovery of two Roman swords by a metal detectorist has led to an enormous Early-Middle Iron Age find in the Cotswolds in south-west England. Archaeological excavations at the site in Gloucestershire have revealed an extensive Roman era settlement from the first and second centuries. The site near Willersey, funded

ADVERTISEMENTJulian McMahon, the charismatic star of "Nip/Tuck" and "Charmed," died aged 56. The Australian-American actor’s family announced that he passed away on Wednesday, 2 July, in Clearwater, Florida, after a private battle with cancer."With an open heart, I wish to share with the world that my beloved husband, Julian McMahon, died peacefully this week after

ADVERTISEMENTOasis returned to the stage on Friday after a 16-year hiatus. The band kicked off their world tour in Cardiff, Wales, in front of a jam-packed Principality Stadium.The Gallagher brothers' return to the stage is an important moment for the band's fans who, despite their enthusiasm to hear their greatest hits live again, remain reserved

ADVERTISEMENTWhile the last few years have been characterised by movie lovers rightfully moaning about superhero fatigue, there is another cinematic ailment that has also taken hold: dino-fatigue.  Symptoms include dejected sighs triggered by recalling the lucrative but utterly pants 2015 – 2022 Jurassic World trilogy; the sudden urge to curse Colin Trevorrow’s name; and wanting