Barbra Streisand apologises for comments on Michael Jackson’s accusers

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Admin

Singer, 76, condemned for remarks on alleged sexual abuse
Said of Jackson: ‘His sexual needs were his sexual needs’

Barbra Streisand has apologised over her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying she should have chosen her words more carefully and that she admires the accusers for “speaking their truth”.

Streisand had been strongly criticized for her comments about two men who accused Jackson of sexual abuse in the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland.

‘We are modern slaves’: Mdou Moctar, the Hendrix of the Sahara

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Admin

His first guitar was made from wood and bicycle parts and his first songs were shared via Bluetooth in the desert. But the Niger musician has become international – and is taking aim at France

How do you even dream of making music when your family and religious leaders disapprove, when you live at the edge of the Sahara desert, and you cannot afford an instrument?

It helps that the Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar, from Niger, is not easily discouraged. Unable to acquire a guitar, he made one out of a piece of wood with brake wires from an old bicycle for strings, and taught himself to play in secret. “I was from a religious family and music was not welcome, but I would go and listen to local musicians and dream of being like them,” the 32-year-old singer-songwriter says over the phone while on tour in the US.

Michael Jackson fan groups to sue accusers for ‘sullying his memory’

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Admin

Robson Wade and James Safechuck, who in HBO documentary accuse Jackson of child sex abuse, face legal action in France

Three Michael Jackson fan groups are suing his alleged victims in France for “sullying his memory” by taking part in the Leaving Neverland documentary, the fans’ lawyer told Agence France-Presse on Friday.

The Michael Jackson Community – which claims to be the “official fan club forum” – and the MJ Street and On The Line groups accuse Robson Wade and James Safechuck of “lynching” Jackson.

K-pop scandal widens as singer admits sharing secretly filmed sex videos

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Admin

Jung Joon-young apologises and says he will retire, one day after singer Seungri was charged with running a prostitution ring

A sex scandal swirling around South Korea’s K-pop industry has deepened after a singer and TV celebrity admitted he had secretly filmed himself having sex with women and sharing the footage online without their consent.

Jung Joon-young, who rose to fame after coming second in a TV talent show, said he would retire from show business and admitted he had shared footage of several women in a group chatroom.

‘K-pop’s Great Gatsby’: Seungri charged over prostitution ring

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Admin

Big Bang singer Seungri retires to clear his name, saying ‘scandal is too big’

Seungri’s taste for the high life earned him the nickname the Great Gatsby of Korea. But now the singer, a member of one of South Korea’s biggest K-pop bands, is facing charges that he procured prostitutes for businessmen in some of Seoul’s most fashionable nightclubs.

The youngest member of Big Bang has announced he will retire to fight the charges and to spare his management agency, YG Entertainment, and fellow band members further embarrassment, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. The decision came after news of the scandal spread on social media on Monday.

R Kelly: tape ‘showing sexual abuse’ handed to law enforcement

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Admin

Gloria Allred client ‘disgusted and horrified’ by find
Singer is facing 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse

A Pennsylvania man was cleaning out an old videotape collection when he found what he thought was a recording of R&B singer R Kelly in concert, but instead turned out to show a man who appeared to be Kelly sexually abusing girls, he and his attorney said on Sunday.

Simpsons producers withdraw Michael Jackson episode

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Admin

Child abuse allegations in Leaving Neverland prompt cartoon’s makers to act

An episode of The Simpsons featuring Michael Jackson’s voice has been pulled by its producers after a powerful documentary accused the star of sexually abusing two men when they were children.

The HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, which was shown on Channel 4 this week, featured James Safechuck and Wade Robson who claimed they were sexually abused by Jackson.

Afrobeats star Fuse ODG: ‘I love myself now. Africa has done that for me’

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Admin

When the south London-raised musician visited his home country, Ghana, he fell in love with it. Now, he is building schools and organising festivals there, and calling for others to return and rebuild a nation

It was in 2011 that Fuse ODG had an awakening. Frustrated with his experiences growing up in south London, he decided to take a trip to Ghana, the country of his birth. “I saw a whole new Africa that I had never seen on TV,” he says. “You’re just a human here, you don’t feel like a minority. It feels like home. That’s the energy I got from coming back: peace of mind.”

That trip was a catalyst for what happened next: a string of hit Afrobeats singles that melded old African highlife rhythms with western rap and R&B melodies. Now, the 30-year-old is about to release his second album, New Africa Nation, which comes hand in hand with a vastly more ambitious project: to build schools, bring together communities and change the way Africa is perceived.

R Kelly accused of sexually abusing 13-year-old girl in 2001 incident

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Admin

New allegation comes as Kelly, who was recently arrested over 10 counts of sexual assault, returns to jail for failing to pay child support

A fresh allegation has been made against R Kelly, by an unnamed woman who says the R&B star sexually assaulted her when she was 13, and later infected her with herpes.

Police in Detroit are investigating the claims made by the woman, who says she and Kelly had sex at a hotel in the city in December 2001, and a few weeks later at a recording studio. The woman says she visited Kelly at his home over the next four years, eventually contracting herpes from him when she was 17.

R Kelly taken back into custody after failing to pay $161,000 in child support

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Admin

Kelly jailed hours after the broadcast of an interview in which he said he was being ‘assassinated’ by allegations of sexual abuse

R Kelly was taken back into custody Wednesday after appearing at a child-support hearing, authorities said, hours after the broadcast of an interview in which the R&B star cried and ranted about being “assassinated” by allegations of sexual abuse.

A spokeswoman for the Cook county sheriff’s office said Kelly would not be released from jail until he pays $161,000 in back child support.

Michael Jackson songs pulled from radio stations in New Zealand and Canada

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Admin

Backlash comes after documentary Leaving Neverland details abuse allegations of two men against the singer

Dozens of radio stations around the world have removed Michael Jackson’s music from their playlists after allegations that the late singer abused children aired on Sunday in the documentary Leaving Neverland.

In New Zealand, the public broadcaster and its major commercial rivals – whose listener base covers more than half the population – united in opting not to play Jackson’s hits.

Somali Night Fever: the little-known story of Somalia’s disco era

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Admin

In the 1970s and 80s Mogadishu's airwaves were filled with Somali funk, disco, soul and reggae. Musicians rocking afros and bell-bottom trousers would perform at the city's trendiest nightclubs during the height of the country's golden era of music. But it was short-lived: a brutal civil war began, musicians fled to all corners of the world and the vibrant music scene came to an end.

Habib and Abdulkadir, two former band mates and best friends, lost touch after the war started, and neither knew if the other was alive. But both kept playing music.

Somali Night Fever tells the story of the people keeping Somali music alive, including these two friends, separated by war but united by the music of the golden era.

Chris Grayling’s terrible cost to the nation | Brief letters

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Admin

Chris Grayling | Otto Warmbier | Michele Hanson | Words for toilet | A Beatles Brexit

The likely cost of £2.7bn to the taxpayer due to Chris Grayling’s incompetence will ring hollow to the parents of disabled pupils in Leicestershire and across the country, who have been informed that their council can no longer provide transport to special schools and colleges post-16 due to lack of funds. The implications for these families, who already face substantial additional burdens of care due to cuts in respite and other services, may place another group in the foodbank queue.
Kate Warner
Claybrooke Parva, Leicestershire

• If Donald Trump genuinely believes that Kim Jong-un did not know of the brutal treatment of Otto Warmbier which led to his death (Report, 2 March), has he asked Kim to investigate the matter? And if not, why not?
Jeremy Beecham
Labour, House of Lords

Rock’n’roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis suffers minor stroke

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Admin

American musician, 83, expected to make full recovery, according to representative

Rock’n’roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has suffered a minor stroke, a representative for the star has said.

The 83-year-old was expected to make a full recovery and was recuperating in Memphis with his family by his bedside after falling ill on Thursday, Zach Farnum said.

Musician jailed over girlfriend’s drug death at Bestival

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Admin

Ceon Broughton imprisoned for eight and a half years for manslaughter of Louella Fletcher-Michie

A musician who supplied his girlfriend with a lethal dose of drugs and filmed her as she lay dying at a music festival has been jailed for eight and a half years.

Ceon Broughton, 30, gave Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24, the party drug 2C-P at Bestival in Dorset in September 2017. Jurors at Winchester crown court were shown footage in which Fletcher-Michie repeatedly shouts at Broughton to phone her mother but he dismisses her, telling her to “put your phone away”.

Ryan Adams cancels UK and Ireland tour

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Admin

The tour – which was due to commence on 30 March – has been cancelled in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct

Ryan Adams’ planned tour of the UK and Ireland has been cancelled in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct made about the musician.

“Full refunds to ticket purchasers from authorised outlets will be processed by end of day on Monday,” the ticketing company said in a tweet. Tour venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Dublin’s Olympia theatre and the O2 Academy in Newcastle have shared the same message.

Glastonbury festival bans plastic bottles

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Admin

Music festival will no longer sell single-use plastic water bottles in bid to cut waste

With its sea of discarded tents and litter-strewn fields, Glastonbury has become almost as infamous for the mountain of rubbish left in its wake as it is renowned for its music.

But this year, organisers are hitting back – by banning plastic bottles in a bid to stem the tide of waste.

‘Pornographic’ songs by Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande banned in Indonesian province

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Admin

Shape of You and Love me Harder among western hits deemed obscene and playable only between 10pm and 3am

More than a dozen western pop songs, including Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You, have been deemed pornographic and banned from being played in daylight hours in Indonesia’s notoriously conservative West Java province.

The West Java broadcasting commission singled out 85 songs, including 17 western pop songs, it said contained adult and offensive content.

Mark Hollis, lead singer of Talk Talk, dies at age 64, reports say

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Admin

Hollis and the ‘post-rock’ band made a name with 1980s hit singles including It’s My Life

Figures from the world of music have paid tribute to Mark Hollis, frontman of the band Talk Talk, after it was reported that he had died at the age of 64.

With Hollis as its singer and creative mastermind, the group made a name with 1980s hit singles such as It’s My Life, Today, Talk Talk and Life’s What You Make It. They progressed to albums like Spirit of Eden, which was hailed as a “masterpiece”, and Laughing Stock.

R Kelly remains in jail as lawyer says ‘not easy’ for singer to pay $100,000 bail

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Admin

Singer being held in 7,000-inmate county jail in Chicago
Lawyer says Kelly not wealthy despite string of hit records

R Kelly remains in jail as confidants make arrangements to pay the $100,000 bail needed to free him as he awaits trial for aggravated sexual abuse, his lawyer said.

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Barbra Streisand apologises for comments on Michael Jackson’s accusers

‘We are modern slaves’: Mdou Moctar, the Hendrix of the Sahara

Michael Jackson fan groups to sue accusers for ‘sullying his memory’

K-pop scandal widens as singer admits sharing secretly filmed sex videos

‘K-pop’s Great Gatsby’: Seungri charged over prostitution ring

R Kelly: tape ‘showing sexual abuse’ handed to law enforcement

Simpsons producers withdraw Michael Jackson episode

Afrobeats star Fuse ODG: ‘I love myself now. Africa has done that for me’

R Kelly accused of sexually abusing 13-year-old girl in 2001 incident

R Kelly taken back into custody after failing to pay $161,000 in child support

Michael Jackson songs pulled from radio stations in New Zealand and Canada

Somali Night Fever: the little-known story of Somalia’s disco era

Chris Grayling’s terrible cost to the nation | Brief letters

Rock’n’roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis suffers minor stroke

Musician jailed over girlfriend’s drug death at Bestival

Ryan Adams cancels UK and Ireland tour

Glastonbury festival bans plastic bottles

‘Pornographic’ songs by Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande banned in Indonesian province

Mark Hollis, lead singer of Talk Talk, dies at age 64, reports say

R Kelly remains in jail as lawyer says ‘not easy’ for singer to pay $100,000 bail