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Taylor Swift extended her record-setting 2022 performance with the debut of her tenth studio album Midnights on October 21st, released on Republic Records/Universal Music Group. In just eight weeks, Midnights has achieved over 6 million album equivalent units worldwide, 3 million in the U.S. alone, and cements her in music history as the only artist ever to have five albums with over 1 million units during release week.

The lead singer of dance act Faithless, Maxi Jazz, has died. The musician and DJ - real name Maxwell Fraser - was a core member of the group which is best known for its club classic Insomnia.

Former bandmate Sister Bliss said that he died peacefully in his sleep, in his south-London home on Friday night. "Sending love to all of you who shared our musical journey. Look after each other y'hear," she said on Twitter.

Celebrating over 25 years at the pinnacle of hip hop, it’s been a career that has seen the Doggfather cement his undisputed influence on music with chart-topping, multi-platinum records, while also solidifying his importance to wider culture as an actor, businessman and more across the board.

Known for his dour image and sharp wit, the singer found fame in the 1970s and 80s with hits like Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young. He left The Specials in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three with fellow-bandmates Neville Staple and Lynval Golding, scoring another run of hits.

The singer died after a brief illness, The Specials said in a statement. "Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls," they wrote.

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded Nigerian international music superstar, Burna Boy, for a stellar performance. The show attracted thousands of locals and visitors to the island’s capital, Kingston, and also welcomed the heightened exposure for Jamaica brought by American music stars Cardi B and Offset who vacationed on the island recently.

Festivities will start in the city centre with a packed programme of performances in partnership with Bullring & Grand Central on Saturday 21 January.

The celebrations will continue in Southside on Sunday 22 January with performances, family activities, food stalls and much more.

Millennium Point hosted a special festive performance for its VIP guests featuring principal members of the cast from the dazzling multi award-winning West End production of Dreamgirls, currently enjoying a month-long run at The Alexandra, Birmingham.

The British Open - one of the most prestigious and historic tournaments in professional squash - will be held in Birmingham for the first time in over two decades when the world’s best players line up at Birmingham Rep and Edgbaston Priory Club between April 9-16 2023.
The PSA World Tour Platinum tournament - which has been held in Hull since 2013 - will return to Birmingham for the first time since 2001 when the Utilita Arena Birmingham hosted ‘The Wimbledon of Squash’.

A woman has died after being injured in a crush at an event at the Brixton O2 Academy, in London, that left several others hurt. The concert, by Afro-pop singer Asake, had to be abandoned part-way through, with a large number of fans still outside and waiting to get in.

Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, from Newham, east London, died in hospital on Saturday morning, the Met said. Two other women remain in a critical condition, police added.

Three people are still in hospital, each in critical condition, after being injured in a crush at a show held at the Brixton O2 Academy, in London, that left several others hurt.

With the concert, by Afro-beats star Asake, in full flow, it was abandoned after large number of people tried to force their way in. Social media footage shows people screaming, shouting and struggling, with one crush victim saying: "I couldn't breathe, and I completely passed out.

Best known as the dancing DJ and sidekick on The Ellen Show, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, has died by suicide.

Confirming the news, the TV star's wife Allison Holker Boss said he was "the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans". He became an integral part of Ellen DeGeneres' US talk show from 2014, until it finished earlier this year.

Rap star Offset is in Jamaica with wife Cardi B to host a party at the MECA nightclub in St Andrew tonight.

A member of Grammy-nominated Atlanta-based rap trio Migos, alongside his cousin Quavo and which recently lost another member, and also his cousin, Takeoff back in his native USA, the rapper, born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, and superstar wife Cardi B, have been on vacation on the island, visiting tourist hot spots including Dunn’s River and Ocho Rios, to celebrate his 31st birthday ahead of tonight’s show at MECA (Marketplace Entertainment Centre For The Arts) in Constant Spring, in Kingston.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre have announced that Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures will play Wolverhampton for the first time from Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 October 2023 with Romeo and Juliet, which gives Shakespeare’s timeless story of forbidden love a scintillating injection of raw passion and youthful vitality.

Confined against their will by a society that seeks to divide, our two young lovers must follow their hearts as they risk everything to be together.

Jin, the oldest member of K-pop mega-band BTS, has entered military service - the first of the group to do so.

The 30-year-old posted a photo of himself with his new military haircut before enlisting. "It looks cuter than I expected," he said.

Birmingham Rep has become the only city-centre theatre to be honoured with a MINILAND® model at Birmingham’s LEGOLAND Discovery Centre.

Cast members from Nativity! The Musical, which is currently playing to sold-out audiences at the theatre, helped to unveil the new model as it was added to the famous MINILAND®.

Recently confirmed for a major “dream come true” tour as main support to Sam Ryder, indie-pop trio Tors today provide a fresh taste of what to expect from their shows with the release of their new single ‘Colour in the Ordinary’. Listen HERE.
 
‘Colour in the Ordinary’ laments the grind of the working week and the Sunday night fear that looms before it all begins again. But rather than simply succumbing to the struggle, Tors present a song of hope to encourage you to find those bright little moments that offer an escape from the tedium, as well as a reminder that other people are going through the same thing.