Neil Young has announced he will headline this year's Glastonbury Festival, just days after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrwvgj0149o

Captivated by major new releases from Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Billie Eilish, music fans in the UK spent more on recorded music in 2024 than ever before, new figures show.

Streaming subscriptions and vinyl sales shot up, with consumers spending a total of £2.4 bn over the last 12 months.

That overtakes the previous high of £2.2bn, achieved at the peak of CD sales in 2001.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7rl3z3jmzo

Sir Elton John's career-spanning greatest hits collection, Diamonds, has reached number one - after 374 weeks on the charts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8kn2lr733o

Jade Thirlwall, one of the girls of Little Mix, has released her 3rd solo single IT Girl.  It debuted at #44 in the UK.  I quite like this one!

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Last year, an Australian DJ named Cyril emerged with a fantastic cover of the 1978 Chris Norman/Suzi Quatro hit Stumblin' In and his remix of the 2015 Disturbed cover of Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence, both which made the Top 20 on the US Dance chart.  His latest effort is a cover of the 2013 Paramore hit Still Into You.  I can't get enough of this one!

Cyril featuring Maryjo - Still Into You
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Here's one of the ones on my Playlist:

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Jenny finally answered the phone!

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A song recorded for Tina Turner's blockbuster album Private Dancer, that was presumed lost, has been rediscovered and received its first play on BBC Radio 2.

Hot For You, Baby, was cut at Capitol Studios in Hollywood and originally intended to be an album track.

But it was ultimately jettisoned in favour of era-defining pop hits such What's Love Got To Do With It, Better Be Good To Me and the album's title track.

Presumed missing, the master tape was recently rediscovered as her record label compiled a 40th anniversary re-release of Private Dancer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydd9352qxo

Sir Paul McCartney has told the BBC proposed changes to copyright law could allow "rip off" technology that might make it impossible for musicians and artists to make a living.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xqv9g8442o

Last year, legendary British rock band The Cure released Songs of A Lost World, their first studio album in 16 years and they recently got BRIT award nominations for Best British Album of the year, Best British Group and Best Alternative/Rock act.  I don't know if they will win because they are up against some of today's top young artists, but it would be nice to see them win

The Weekend's "Hurry Up Tomorrow" released today.

2025 is gonna be a good year for Canadians as along with that new single by The Weeknd, Tate McRae has released her latest single Sports Car and it's already debuted at #8 in the UK.  This marks her 9th Top 40 hit in the UK, and pending it will chart in North America, it is set to become her 12th Top 40 hit in Canada and 5th Top 40 hit in the US.

Tate McRae - Sports Car
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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c805m3l02v5o

Daniel Barenboim has announced today that he has Parkinson’s disease. The 82-year-old musician has had a series of health problems in recent years, forcing him to resign as general music director of the Berlin State Opera in January 2023.

https://www.classicfm.com/artists/daniel-barenboim/legendary-pianist-maestro-daniel-barenboim-announces-parkinsons/

Kanye West has been diagnosed with autism.

Kanye West has been diagnosed with autism.


This year???

This year???


Just the other day from what I saw. Before he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder but now that's considered a misdiagnosis.

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