Ed Sheeran has dropped by BBC Radio 1’s studios to a deliver an unlikely but brilliant cover of Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirrty.’

BBC Radio 1 has a long standing tradition of having visiting pop artists perform a cover of one of their contemporaries and has led to some amazing results like when 30 Seconds to Mars covered Kanye West or Haim covered Beyonce. Sometimes…. well sometimes they don’t turn out so well.   This time around Charli XCX, has delivered, offering up […]

Hundreds of revellers have been left disappointed Cambodian authorities to revoke the license for notoriously hedonistic festival KaZantip to operate just 24 hours before it was supposed to start.   Ticket holders arrived at the bridge to Koh Puos island ready to commence their festivities only to be met with disappointment as police had erected a 2 meter high metal barricade, preventing […]

Once upon a time, way back in 2001, there was a guy called Afroman who used to get high and managed to forge an entire career on the back of an anthem for stoners across the world. Following that fleeting 15 minutes of fame and 26 further albums that few people paid much attention to Afroman is finally back in […]

It didn’t take Maroon 5 long after the release of their fifth studio album V to announce their world tour (just a single day!) but they sure did take their sweet time in announcing their Asian tour dates.

  American pop sensation Katy Perry is returning to Manilla on May 7 as part of her latest worldwide tour. The stop in Asia is in support of her latest album Prism which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 100 before she takes off to Europe and South America.

It’s always intriguing when you click on a band’s Facebook page and of their 10,000 odd followers, you have 4 friends from different countries of origin and with wildly divergent music tastes that all ‘like’ their music. So began my foray into Cambodian Space Project and ironically enough, the first single that I am to hear from the band is also […]

Australian indie band SAFIA have claimed that the concept for Ariana Grande’s video for her single One Last Time was copied from their video.

Lady Gaga has just confirmed her engagement via Instagram to Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney after he proposed to her on Valentines Day. It’s pretty easy to see why Lady Gaga gave an emphatic yes to Kinney’s, 33, proposal after he presented her with a massive heart shaped diamond ring which she showed off earlier today. He gave me his […]

Just days before cancelled notorious Eastern European festival Kazantip  was organized to begin, a last minute reversal of decision means that the festival can again take place on Sihanoukville’s Koh Puos island.   The announcement is in contradiction to a previous statement made by Provincial Governor Chhit Sokhom where he advised the festival, booked to begin on 18 February, would not be able to go ahead […]

Do you remember that time when Kanye West crashed Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video in 2009? You know, that time he grabbed the microphone out of the startled teen’s hands and aired his objections. “I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!” Well it almost happened again but the result this time […]

As more people begin to use music streaming services, the paid subscription service has reported a 60 percent growth in its user numbers. Rhapsody, the company which helped pioneer the subscriber pays model in the music streaming industry has reported an unprecedented jump in user numbers. In April last year, the service had 1.7 million users but now, despite operating in […]

Well another year of Grammys has wrapped up and unless you’ve been living under a rock you’d have heard all about Kanye West almost pulling another “imma let you finish” on Beck, Madonna still not realizing she’s older than your grandmother and Rhianna wearing what looked to everyone else to be a giant birthday cake as a dress. But despite […]

Just a few short weeks since their regal wedding ceremony in Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, singer Jay Chou and Hannah Quinlivan have just held a second wedding in the luxury hotel W Taipei.   The ceremony was reported to be for his elderly maternal grandmother, who was unable to take the flight to England for the couple’s ceremony last month. Aged in […]

The organizers of popular Eastern European music festival KaZantip just can’t seem to catch a break. The festival, which has already had to shift location twice in the past two years, was due to be held in Cambodia for the first time, but local tourism officials are pulling the plug before the event even begins due to the festivals corrupting influence on […]

Jimmy Fallon has made his fair share of celebrity friends over his years hosting his late night TV show and the full strength of his star power was on full display last night when he assembled a crack squad of musicians to perform a special rendition of ‘We Are The Champions’. In order to commemorate the New England Patriots victory in the […]

Taylor Swift’s latest album ‘1989’ was the best-selling album of 2014, and now she has taken action to prevent eager money-makers from profiting from her songs.

Katy Perry’s half time show at the XLIX Superbowl had it all. From animatronic tigers, digital stage effects, dancing sharks and big name musical guests like Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot, Katy Perry’s performance almost outshone the action on the field.

Cambodian blues act KROM are making waves internationally with award winning BBC broadcaster Mark Coles playing their newest single Mama Blue” on his world music show, offering glowing praise of their latest offering.

Taiwanese media outlets have revealed that Chinese pop superstar Jay Chou has married long time girlfriend Hannah Quinlivan in England on the eve of his 36th birthday.