Museum to celebrate career of pioneers who transformed live music with their dazzling light shows The Victoria & Albert Museum’s David Bowie exhibition in 2013 became the fastest to sell out in the museum’s history. Now curators are planning a celebration of another musical institution, Pink Floyd – in collaboration […]
Several hurt as railing collapses at Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa gig
Partition separating fans from stage at New Jersey performance gives way sending dozens falling on to concrete below Forty-two people were injured after a railing collapsed during an outdoor performance by rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa in New Jersey on Friday night. A partition separating fans from the stage […]
Robert De Niro: 'Donald Trump is totally nuts'
Film star, accepting award at Sarajevo film festival, says Republican candidate shouldn’t be running for president Robert De Niro has become the latest celebrity to criticise Donald Trump, whom he said should not run for president because he was “totally nuts”. The Republican candidate has been widely criticised for claiming […]
€10m fight to save James Baldwin’s Provençal home
The writer’s home was a regular haunt of African-American cultural giants In the Provençal town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the picturesque stone house beneath the medieval ramparts is known as “la maison de Jimmy”. The official records office lists it as the ancienne maison Baldwin. Here in the hills behind the Côte […]
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport again
Actor says experience ‘really, really sucks’ after being detained for a third time in seven years, this time in LA The Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has expressed annoyance about being detained by US airport immigration authorities for a third time, saying the experience “really, really sucks”. The last time […]
Dogg's dinner? Snoop and 'homegirl' Martha Stewart make dinner party TV
The rapper and the doyenne of domesticity will host new unscripted show for VH1, which will see the pair hosting dinners attended by celebrity guests In what’s surely one of the unlikeliest pairings to ever grace the small screen, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg have been brought together to co-present […]
Fabric to close this weekend after drug-related deaths
London nightclub suspends operations amid investigation into recent deaths of two teenagers The London nightclub Fabric is to close this weekend after the drug-related deaths of two teenagers. The most recent incident took place on Saturday, when an 18-year-old male collapsed outside the venue at 8.20am and was pronounced dead […]