We’ve had the Elvis movie starring Austin Butler and now it’s Matthew McConaughey’s turn in new Netflix animation backed by The King’s estate and Priscilla Presley. Agent Elvis is an adult comedy that imagines the late singer as an undercover agent in a world not too dissimilar to that of …
Read More »Harry Styles song chosen for The King’s official Coronation playlist | Music | Entertainment
The 12th track on His Majesty’s official playlist is Styles’ Treat People With Kindness. Fans will know the 2019 song as the sixth single from the star’s second album Fine Line. Presumably, this song was chosen because of its lyrics, especially with The Big Help Out being held on the …
Read More »Elvis Presley Easter Egg turned down for Freddie Mercury in Shazam | Music | Entertainment
Zachary Levi’s original Shazam! movie saw a 14-year-old boy called Billy Baston with the ability to turn into an adult superhero. Fans will remember the powers testing montage which had Don’t Stop Me Now by Freddie Mercury’s Queen playing over the top. Yet after the DC movie’s release in 2019 …
Read More »Brian May unveils what Michael Jackson copied from Queen’s live shows | Music | Entertainment
The Michael Jackson anecdote came up in this week’s episode of Queen The Greatest Live. Today’s mini-documentary looks back at the band’s incredible use of lighting in their iconic shows. Back then they were illuminated by the infamous “pizza oven” rig that was a pretty strenuous ordeal for the band. …
Read More »Shakin’ Stevens can still rattle and roll as he releases new album | Music | Entertainment
Shakin’ Stevens’ latest release is All You Need Is Greed (Image: Andy Fallon) With his hair still jet black, and turned-up collar, Shakin’ Stevens looks as cool now at 75 as he did in his Eighties heyday. The Cardiff-born singer, the UK’s biggest-selling singles artist of that decade, is even …
Read More »Lady Blackbird sings the Blues at O2 Sheperd’s Bush Empire | Music | Entertainment
LA musician Marley Munroe’s debut album Black Acid Soul as Lady Blackbird has garnered 5-star reviews from The Times and The Guardian, and the Metro urged fans to ‘See her before she goes galactic”. Her sold-out show at London’s legendary Shepherd’s Bush Empire was her only UK performance of her …
Read More »All Time Low: Tell Me I’m Alive review – The first real next step for the band | Music | Entertainment
All Time Low have been gone for three years. That’s nothing really out of the ordinary, considering there were three-year gaps between some previous albums, but Tell Me I’m Alive feels like there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes. This is the first album the Maryland crew have …
Read More »Sir Brian May ‘carried’ Freddie Mercury into knighthood with The King | Music | Entertainment
Sir Brian May’s knighthood announcement in the New Years Honours List felt a long time coming for many fans. Not only for his services to rock music and animal rights but also for his performances at two Jubilee concerts for the late Queen. Most notably this was playing the national …
Read More »Priscilla Presley ‘worries’ Agent Elvis mocks ‘He wouldn’t say that’ | Music | Entertainment
It’s been quite the last year for Elvis Presley fans with not only the 45th anniversary of his untimely death at just 42, but also the release of Baz Luhrmann’s big-screen biopic. Elvis star Austin Butler even went on to win the Golden Globe and BAFTA for his starring role …
Read More »Sir Tom Jones song chosen for The King’s official Coronation playlist | Music | Entertainment
Nevertheless, the 82-year-old star obviously took it all in his stride writing on Instagram after news of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death in 2021: “Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh: an incredible individual who always reminded us we are all human. Forever grateful, Sir Tom Jones.” And now the singer has …
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