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The female-led festival redefining women’s place in the UK music scene

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The lack of female headliners at major festivals in the UK is no secret. Campaigns highlighting this issue are as regular as festival season itself, but this fact sits amongst a wider discussion of women’s place in the festival scene, and the question of whether or not festivals truly value and welcome women. Summer’s End Angus (SEA) is a brand-new, female-founded and female-funded independent music festival aiming to address these issues, launching in the North East of Scotland from 14–16 August 2026. Alongside the bookings issue, there lies a deeper…

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Michelle Visage returns to the stage in new West End musical Sea Witch – review

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Over the weekend we paid a visit to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to check out the premiere of a brand new musical, Sea Witch, written by Michael David Glover (book) and Segun Fawole (music and lyrics). It features some big names: in addition to Drag Race icon Michelle Visage we have The Wanted’s Jay McGuiness, alongside renowned West End stars including Natalie Paris, Amy Di Bartolomeo and Mazz Murray. So how does it fare? Go to Source Author: Chris Selman

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Singer Jsky to deliver TEDxNorthernQuarter talk on societal impacts of social media

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Bury-based singer and songwriter Jsky – who we featured last year ahead of his headline appearance at the Manchester Pride festival – will deliver a talk on the psychological and societal impacts of social media later this year, as part of TEDxNorthernQuarter 2026. Also known for his work with the BBC’s new music Introducing show, and Channel 4’s body-positivity series Naked Beach, Jsky’s session will examine how digital validation affects modern ambition and self-worth, challenging audiences to rethink the metrics that define their lives. This appearance follows “An Audience with…

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a truly charming new musical – review

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We were recently afforded a sneak peek into the world of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: singer and songwriter Passenger, who has written the songs for this show, performed an intimate preview gig in London which we were fortunate enough to attend. As such, going into the theatre, we already had a sense of the songs we were about to hear, as well as a reasonable idea of the story. Given this, we were really quite surprised by just how invested we felt in these characters, and how impactful…

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Ballad Lines is an engaging new folk musical full of great songs – review

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Ballad Lines has been a long time in the making – this week marks its London premiere, although the past decade has involved a whole series of workshops, concerts and public readings. Now it’s finally arrived, has it been worth the wait? We’re pleased to report that it’s really very good indeed. It all starts quite conventionally: we’re introduced to Sarah (Frances McNamee) who has just moved in with her partner Alix (Sydney Sainté) into an apartment in New York – well, we say it’s a conventional start; it wasn’t…

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Troye Sivan gets candid on body image in response to a viral TikTok dissecting his looks

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WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Instagram: @troyesivan Troye Sivan has opened up about his body image struggles after a doctor analysed his looks on TikTok. On 21 January, the Grammy-nominated singer uploaded a lengthy post on Substack, titled feeling a bit uggo (ugly), which was initially titled F*ck this guy!! For real!!  As the OG title suggested, the post was made in regard to a now-deleted TikTok from an aesthetics doctor named Zayn, who described the Rush singer as looking “older looking” during his appearance at the NGV Gala. He also…

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Kesha sends support to Kim Petras amid record label dispute: “I hear you”

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WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO  Kim Petras has received support from Kesha amid her ongoing battle with her record label. On 20 January, Petras shocked fans when she shared a candid update on her new music, claiming that her label, Republic Records, had stalled the release of her next album. “My album has been done for 6 months, but my record label has refused to give me a release date or pay my collaborators for the work they’ve done,” she wrote. Petras went on to claim that her label has also…

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Hilary Duff delivers pure pop bliss with new single ‘Roommates’

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WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Hilary Duff has continued her streak of pop perfection with her new single ‘Roommates’. The second release from her upcoming sixth album, luck… or something, the mid-tempo synthpop track finds the pop icon reflecting on a romance’s fiery beginnings before it settled into the awkward territory of “practically roommates”. “I’m touching myself by the front door, but you don’t even look my way no more,” Duff croons on ‘Roommates’, which she co-wrote with her husband Matthew Koma and Brian Phillips. “’Roommates’ is a song about when life…

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Destin Conrad teams up with Terrace Martin for immersive new single ‘Nothing is Real’

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Photo by Ryder Our manifestation for more Destin Conrad music has come true! On 13 January, the Grammy-winning talent dropped his new single, ‘NOTHING IS REAL’, featuring Terrace Martin. On the lush track, Conrad thoughtfully explores themes of love and illusion, highlighting the uncomfortable truths that can arise when the rose-coloured glasses come off in a relationship. Backed by stunning production — including layered percussion and warm piano notes — and Conrad’s incredible vocals, ‘NOTHING IS REAL’ beautifully expands the creative world of his second studio album, wHIMSY. Conrad’s new…

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Billie Eilish’s ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ becomes the most-streamed solo song by a female artist in Spotify history

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WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Billie Eilish has claimed a brand-new record, and made queer history in the process. This week, the Grammy winner’s timeless love track ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ became the most-streamed solo song by a female artist in Spotify history, surpassing Tones and I’s ‘Dance Monkey’. The new-wave hit, which was first previewed in a teaser trailer for Heartstopper season three, has amassed nearly 3.4 billion streams. It was the most-streamed song of 2024 and the second most-streamed song of 2025. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ served as the second…

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