Tag: Pop music
Italy’s Eurovision song winner tests negative for drugs
ROME — Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Monday that the lead singer of Italian glam rock band Maneskin tested negative for drug use, putting...
Drake, The Weeknd poised for big night at Billboard Awards
NEW YORK — Some of the Grammys' biggest critics, who felt they've been overlooked at the famed awards show, will take center stage at...
Rome band brings Eurovision back where song contests began
ROME — Italy woke up Sunday to news that a glam rock band who got their start busking on Rome’s main shopping drag had...
Get the party started! Live audience for Eurovision final
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — After more than a week of rehearsals, two semifinals and 53,000 COVID-19 tests for fans, staff and performers, the Eurovision Song...
Lady Gaga says rape at 19 led to a ‘total psychotic break’
Lady Gaga says she got pregnant at 19 after being raped by a music producer early in her career, a trauma that triggered a...
U.S. rapper Flo Rida to rap in San Marino’s Eurovision song
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — American rapper Flo Rida will inject extra star power to the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday night,...
Iceland band won’t play at Eurovision after positive test
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Iceland’s popular Eurovision Song Contest entrant Dadi og Gagnamagnid will not perform live at the event after one of the group...
Cyprus’ devout want no part of Eurovision entry ‘El Diablo’
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Several dozen Orthodox Christian faithful and clergy members held up wooden crucifixes, icons of saints and a banner declaring Cyprus’ love...
Sweden’s Ericsson Globe gets a new name: AVICII ARENA
NEW YORK — Avicii's legacy will live on in Sweden — one of the country's popular arenas is being renamed AVICII ARENA.
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Demi Lovato is non-binary and is changing pronouns
Singer Demi Lovato revealed on Wednesday they identify as nonbinary and are changing their pronouns, telling fans the decision came after “self-reflective work.”
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