2026 Proms season just announced. I'm definitely going to try for the Marvin Gaye night, the Prog Prom sounds like a blast and reuniting the BBC Young Musician class of 2016 is a lovely idea.
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Lana Del Rey has recorded a Bond Theme for the forthcoming 007 video game, First Light.
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I was privileged to get early access to the V&A’s new “Music Is Black” exhibition. The sound design is next-level and the storytelling is powerful.
(Was pleasantly surprised to see Mel&Kim represented, too!)
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Six British acts will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year - a record.
• Phil Collins
• Oasis
• Joy Division / New Order
• Sade
• Iron Maiden
• Billy Idol
Full write-up by Colin Paterson
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More: #BTS launched their world tour with a high-octane performance for 40,000 fans in Goyang, overcoming heavy rain to make a record-breaking return. The opening night is estimated to have generated £125m in sales from four million livestream viewers. #방탄소년단 #DS_BTS
Thanks @mrdiscopop.bsky.social.
Really enjoyed the first night of BTS's tour... probably because I was watching at home, instead of the driving rain in Goyang.
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🚨 In Light Of Global Events, The Official Correct Amount Of Pints Has Been Revised To Five (5) Pints
When I told him about The New Yorker's very human fact-checking process, he crowed that "a lot of that is going to go away." To which I said, NO, AI means we need MORE fact-checking, because AI has flooded the web with bullshit. It certainly can't be trusted to fact-check itself, or anything. /
That's home. That's us.
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Arlo Parks' dancefloor transformation has a very welcome surprise. We had a chat about cathartic crying, hangover cures and finding freedom in a room of strangers.
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I share this warning most years. I just want young journalists to know. On April 1st some PRs publish ‘hilarious’ press releases.
In my first year of journalism no one told me there was this magical day where they simply lie. And that is how I came to write an article about condoms for dogs.
I thought the second episode was even better than the first - especially the two musical sketches. And, unlike the US version, they’ve remembered to write punchlines.
Whoever is running the show & keeping the cast protected from external cynicism, they’re doing an amazing job.
Didn’t you listen to anything TLC told us?
After a week of intense speculation, Céline Dion announces her comeback.
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After a week of intense speculation, Céline Dion announces her comeback shows
Freya Ridings sent her manager a new album. He left it, unplayed, in his inbox for a year.
She told me the story (obviously, the album is great)
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A picture of a pancake on a sidewalk.
[David Attenborough voice]
As the wild pancake warms itself in the morning sun, it is completely unaware that a human adolescent will eat it on a dare.
Also, in all my years of covering award shows, I’ve never met a band more delighted to win a trophy than Flo.
After working with everyone from David Bowie to Diana Ross and Beyonce and Daft Punk, Chic legend Nile Rodgers reveals the secret to a good collaboration.
(Live from the 2026 #Mobos red carpet)
Shock news: Raye’s album is a crazy mad glorious soul-bearing grand slam.
Here’s that same review, but in 800 words.
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Caught up with Slick Rick ahead of his lifetime achievement prize at the MOBOs tonight. What a legend.
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Thank you!
More hits than misses. They seem to be reading from cue cards a lot less than the US show. Really promising start.
Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.
existential question from the NHS
So, I got to tell Kate Pierson that @itskayes.bsky.social and I walked down the aisle to the sounds of Rock Lobster.
“I love that! So many people have really dreary wedding songs. When you walk down the aisle, it should be like, ‘Hey, let's go!’”
Full interview:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you!
