Lead singer of Bay City Rollers, Les McKeown, dies
LONDON Les McKeown, the lead singer of the pop band The Bay City Rollers, whose catchy songs and tartan-heavy outfits made them famous among teenagers around the world in the 1970s, has died aged 65, his family said on Thursday.
British music and events industry backs COVID-19 certification scheme
LONDON London's Royal Albert Hall, the O2 concert space and dozens of venues and events organisations backed a COVID-19 certification scheme to help reopen the economy ahead of the results of a government consultation.
'Who's going to play me?' Boy George launches casting search for biopic
LONDON British singer Boy George launched a casting search on Tuesday, looking for an actor to portray him in a music biopic set to start filming this summer. | Video
Five years after the death of Prince, fans gather at his Paisley Park estate
Draped in shades of purple, fans of the late artist Prince huddled in a line outside his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota, waiting to enter the museum to remember the musician's life on the fifth anniversary of his death.
BRIT music awards to host 4,000-strong audience in UK pilot event
LONDON Some 4,000 people will attend the BRIT Awards next month, in what organisers of Britain's pop music honours said would be the first major indoor music event with a live audience as the country emerges from COVID-19 lockdown.
With a return to live music, Academy of Country Music awards show airs Sunday
In Nashville, Tennessee, the traditional home of country songs, the Academy of Country Music will hold its annual awards show on Sunday, incorporating small venue live broadcasts from classic genre landmarks.
Listen to the music of a spider's web. Tell me what do you hear?
It is an eerie, foreboding, reverberating tune, enough to send a tingle down your spine. | Video
J-Lo, H.E.R. and Foo Fighters to star in streamed concert to fund COVID-19 vaccines
LONDON (Reuters) -Singers Jennifer Lopez and H.E.R. will star in a global streaming and broadcast special on May 8 to raise money for COVID-19 vaccines, following last year's "One World - Together at Home" fundraiser in which locked-down stars including Lady Gaga performed from their homes. | Video
Mick Jagger celebrates end of lockdown in new track 'Eazy Sleazy'
LONDON Mick Jagger released a surprise new track on Tuesday, "Eazy Sleazy", which celebrates the end of lockdown in England and takes a tongue-in-cheek look at some of the downsides of life cooped up at home during the pandemic. | Video
Tusse - from child refugee to Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest contender
STOCKHOLM For Tusse, Sweden's 2021 Eurovision Song Contest contender, it felt like entering a new world coming to the Nordic country at the age of eight from a Ugandan refugee camp.
British author Rowling says Trump has a right to be bigoted
NEW YORK Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling labeled U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump bigoted after receiving the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award in New York. | Video
