This week's funniest and weirdest music news stories

Matty Healy he was just doing his job by protesting Malaysian anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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Matty Healy he was just doing his job by protesting Malaysian anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Matty Healy has said that his protest against anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Malaysia earlier this summer was just him doing his job as a liberal artist, and the backlash against how he went about it came from “so many incredibly stupid people on the internet”…

Andy Malt • 11 Oct 2023

Pink says SpongeBob Squarepants song about scurvy is her biggest musical regret

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Pink says SpongeBob Squarepants song about scurvy is her biggest musical regret

Asked to choose her worst ever single, Pink has said that she now regrets releasing a song about scurvy. Originally recorded for an episode of ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’, she now reckons “that was a real mistake”…

Andy Malt • 10 Oct 2023

Pet Shop Boys accuse Drake of using ‘West End Girls’ without permission

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Pet Shop Boys accuse Drake of using ‘West End Girls’ without permission

The Pet Shop Boys have accused Drake of using their 1984 hit ‘West End Girls’ on a track from his new album ‘For All The Dogs’ without permission. Meanwhile, the rapper says he’s taking a career break to focus on his health…

Andy Malt • 09 Oct 2023

Ozzy Osbourne museum and music school to open in Birmingham

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Ozzy Osbourne museum and music school to open in Birmingham

Sharon Osbourne has revealed plans to open an Ozzy Osbourne museum in his hometown of Birmingham. “It’s more of an educational thing”, she says, “to see that you can come from nothing, and if you work hard enough this is what you can get”.…

Andy Malt • 06 Oct 2023

Geri Halliwell too busy as a children's author for a Spice Girls reunion

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Geri Halliwell too busy as a children's author for a Spice Girls reunion

A Spice Girls reunion to mark the group’s 30th anniversary next year seems unlikely following comments made by Geri Halliwell in a new interview…

Chris Cooke • 05 Oct 2023

Ed Sheeran gets a Gold BRIT Billion award for passing ten billion UK streams

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Ed Sheeran gets a Gold BRIT Billion award for passing ten billion UK streams

The BPI has presented Ed Sheeran with a Gold BRIT Billion award to celebrate him being streamed over ten billion times in the UK…

Chris Cooke • 04 Oct 2023

Easy Life need to change their name because of trademark run in with EasyJet

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Easy Life need to change their name because of trademark run in with EasyJet

Easy Life have told fans that they are being forced to change their name because of a trademark dispute with EasyJet owner EasyGroup…

Chris Cooke • 03 Oct 2023

Bob Geldof supports Live Aid musical, despite discomfort seeing himself played on stage

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Bob Geldof supports Live Aid musical, despite discomfort seeing himself played on stage

Bob Geldof and the Band Aid Charitable Trust have lent their support to a new musical based on the 1985 Live Aid concert, set to open early next year…

Andy Malt • 02 Oct 2023

Demand high for second batch of Fyre Festival II tickets, Billy McFarland insists

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Demand high for second batch of Fyre Festival II tickets, Billy McFarland insists

Billy McFarland says that there have been applications worth over $3 million for the second batch of Fyre Festival II tickets. “Everyone wants to be Jack Sparrow for a weekend”, he adds…

Andy Malt • 29 Sep 2023