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Goonew’s family respond to criticism of displaying rapper’s body on stage
This report contains details readers may find distressing. Goonew’s family have responded to criticism they received after it was revealed that the rapper’s body was propped up on stage at Washington, DC nightclub over the weekend. Goonew, 24, was shot in a car park in Prince George’s County, Maryland on March 18 and died hours later in hospital. The Maryland native’s life was celebrated on Sunday (April 3) with a memorial party at Bliss Nightclub. Footage showed his embalmed body propped up on stage as his supporters danced nearby. Footage of the moment was shared widely on social media...
Annie Mac’s strange pronunciation of “kneading” goes viral
Annie Mac‘s bizarre pronunciation of “kneading” has caused a stir online. READ MORE: Annie Mac’s bidding farewell to Radio 1 after 17 years. Here’s why we’ll miss her The former BBC Radio 1 presenter was starring in last night’s (April 5) episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer when she made the comment that some have likened to Nigella Lawson’s Bafta-nominated “mee-cro-wah-vay” (microwave) moment. Mac, who is a podcaster, author and DJ, appeared keen to hit her dough while making six identical raspberry doughnuts by “nedding” it. Advertisement “Maybe I should do a bit more...
R. Kelly loses bid to delay sex trafficking sentencing by months
R. Kelly has had a bid to delay sentencing for his sex trafficking and racketeering convictions rejected by a court in Brooklyn this week (April 5). The singer stood trial last September for racketeering, bribery and violating the Mann Act, which criminalises the transportation of any woman or girl across state lines for “immoral” purposes, such as illegal sexual activity. Kelly was found guilty of all the charges against him and was jailed ahead of formal sentencing on May 4, 2022. Kelly wanted a delay to the sentencing in the case until after an upcoming Chicago trial on separate changes...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis on Will Smith Oscars slap: “I love being offended”
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has become the latest star to respond to Will Smith’s viral slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars. READ MORE: The best supporting actors in the Smith/Rock scandal Last month, Smith struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”. Asked by Howard Stern what he thought of the incident, Kiedis originally replied that “too much has been said already.” Advertisement The band’s guitarist...
Joy Division, Sex Pistols and more to feature in new British Pop Archive in Manchester
Details of a new British Pop Archive in Manchester have been revealed, detailing the history of some of the city’s most famous bands. Hosted at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library at the University of Manchester, the new BPA is described as “a national collection dedicated to the preservation and research of popular culture.” Featuring artefacts from Joy Division, Sex Pistols, New Order and more bands integral to the city’s musical history, the BPA promises to “celebrate and preserve British popular music and other aspects of popular culture, recognising its pivotal influence on the world stage.” Advertisement The...
Sparks to reissue five albums on vinyl and share rare track ‘It’s A Sparks Show’
Sparks are reissuing five albums on vinyl and have shared a rare track, ‘It’s A Sparks Show’ – check that out below. READ MORE: Sparks and Edgar Wright’s ‘The Sparks Brothers’: “This is the totality of who we are” The brothers are re-releasing five albums from 2000-2009: 2000’s ‘Balls’, 2002’s ‘Lil’ Beethoven’, 2006’s ‘Hello Young Lovers’, 2008’s ‘Exotic Creatures of the Deep’, and 2009’s ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’. The albums, which have all been re-mastered, will be available on vinyl and CD this spring, and each release comes with new bonus material. It’s the first time ‘Balls’ has...
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever tackle lockdown loneliness on new single ‘My Echo’
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have shared a lively new single titled ‘My Echo’, contrasting a jaunty, solo-heavy sound with soul-baring lyrics about feeling trapped in isolation. READ MORE: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: “Lennon, McCartney, Harrison were in competition with each other. We’re not” Written during one of the extended lockdown periods that Melbourne experienced in 2020, the track tackles themes of claustrophobia, anxiety and the damaging effects of a reliance on technology. In a press release, singer/guitarist Fran Keaney said it’s “about being surrounded by phone screens, computer screens, TV screens, paranoia and loss of time and place”. ‘My...
Paul Oakenfold announces new autobiography, ‘Ready Steady Go’
Paul Oakenfold has announced that he’s releasing an autobiography this summer, Ready Steady Go: My Unstoppable Journey In Dance. READ MORE: Paul Oakenfold: “To get into clubs, we made false IDs and told everyone we worked for NME” The superstar DJ’s memoir follows his journey from his “musical baptism” in 1980s New York and seminal club nights in London to starting one of the longest-running dance record labels – Perfecto Records – and “a legendary trip” to Ibiza that introduced him to trance and changed dance music forever. Oakenfold will also delve into the details of living with dyslexia and...
Cardi B granted permanent injunction over blogger’s “false and defamatory” statements
Cardi B has been victorious in court once more, when on Monday (April 4), a judge ordered YouTuber Tasha K to take down over a dozen videos and social media posts deemed “false and defamatory” by a jury verdict in January. A filing received by the court last Thursday (March 31) claimed the recent $4million defamation verdict against the host of UnWineWithTashaK required an additional court order, one that would force the removal of any remaining defamatory statements from her social media and prevent her from “repeating and republishing” her “patently false” statements. The filing called Tasha K (real...Recent Posts
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