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Sir Mick Jagger Exercises To Chemical Brothers And Fatboy Slim
Sir Mick Jagger works out to the Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim.The Rolling Stones frontman also exercises to his own group's 'Mess It Up' and 'Living in a Ghost Town', as well as...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 February 2024
Daft Punk's Unreleased Fifth Album Sitting In 'Limbo'
Daft Punk's unreleased fifth studio album is sitting in "limbo", according to their session drummer Quinn.The 'Get Lucky' hitmakers - Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo - are said to be working on getting the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 February 2024
Daft Punk Split Up After 28 Years
Daft Punk have split up.The electronic duo - whose real names are Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo - have announced their split via a dramatic video titled 'Epilogue'.In the video, the French duo -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 February 2021
The Weeknd And Daft Punk Sued For Plagiarism Over 'Starboy'
The Weeknd and Daft Punk are being sued by a singer-songwriter for plagiarism regarding elements of their collaborative track ‘Starboy’.The French dance music hooked up with The Weekend – real name Abel Tesfaye – worked...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 19 September 2018
President Scowls During French Army's Amazing Daft Punk Tribute
The French have always been patriotic when it comes to music, and this year they decided to celebrate Bastille Day by having the French Army perform a medley of hits by electronic duo - and...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 14 July 2017
Daft Punk To Perform Live At 2017 Grammy Awards With The Weeknd
Daft Punk are to return to the live stage for the first time in three years at next months’ Grammy Awards, with the announcement that they’ll be performing during the ceremony with The Weeknd.The robotic...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 31 January 2017
Daft Punk Are Rumoured To Headline Glastonbury Festival 2017
Daft Punk are reportedly set to headline Glastonbury Festival next year. The French electronic music duo - which is made up of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter - are rumoured to helm the annual...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2016
Sam Smith And Ed Sheeran Lead Bmi Song Of The Year Nominations
Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran each have two tracks nominated for Song of the Year at the BMI Awards.The two Brits lead the way in the category, which will see Sam's hits 'Stay With Me'...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 October 2015
Mark Ronson Feels 'Past His Sell-by Date'
Mark Ronson feels like he's ''past [his] sell-by date''.The 'Uptown Funk' hitmaker, who will turn 40 next week, has admitted he sometimes feels too old to be a popular musician but takes comfort in the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 August 2015
Duran Duran Want Kanye West For Bond Theme
Duran Duran want Kanye West to do the next James Bond theme.The 'Hungry Like The Wolf' hitmakers have suggested the 38-year-old musician should follow in Adele's footsteps by rapping the theme to the forthcoming James...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 July 2015
Natalie Imbruglia Releasing New Album
Natalie Imbruglia has announced a new album.The 40-year-old singer is returning with her first record in six years, titled 'Male', while will feature a selection of covers all originally performed and written by men including...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 July 2015
Pharrell Williams Works With People With 'Right Energy'
Pharrell Williams will only work with people if they have the ''right energy''.The 42-year-old songwriter-and-performer is a frequent collaborator working with artists such as Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers, Gwen Stefani and Ed Sheeran among others...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 June 2015
Kanye West, Pharrell Williams And Nile Rodgers To Feature In First Daft Punk Documentary 'Unchained'
The mysterious, hit making duo known as Daft Punk might soon be lifting their helmets ever so slightly in a new documentary titled, ‘Daft Punk Unchained’. Made by BBC Worldwide France, the doc is the...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 10 June 2015
Jay Z Defends Tidal
Jay Z has slammed a ''smear campaign'' against his Tidal music streaming service.The '99 Problems' hitmaker has spoken out against the backlash against his company - which had a star-studded launch two weeks ago -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 April 2015
Lily Allen And Madonna Offer Their Opinions On Jay Z's Tidal Streaming Service
The biggest music news of the last few days has been the launch of the subscription-only streaming service Tidal, and the stars have been lining up to give their differing opinions on the controversial business...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 31 March 2015
Pharrell Says He Could Never Rap Like Jay Z
With pretty much the whole world at his feet having had the biggest selling single of the last few years, you could perhaps excuse Pharrell Williams for being immodest. But in a new interview he...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 06 March 2015
Pharrell Williams: I Couldn't Rap Like Jay Z
Pharrell Williams would sound like he was bragging if he tried to rap like Jay Z.The 'Happy' singer believes all artists have to find their own voice and what works for one musician won't work...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 March 2015
Daft Punk Make Short Promo Film For New Chic Album
Electronic dance stars Daft Punk have reteamed with funk legend Nile Rodgers to create a short film for his first Chic album in over two decades.The Le Freak star recently enjoyed a popularity rebirth thanks...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 February 2015
Michael Bublé'S All 'Loved Up'
Michael Buble urged his audience to ''get loved up'' at his gig in Birmingham last night (02.12.14).The 'Cry Me A River' hitmaker couldn't stop talking about romance as her performed the first show at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 December 2014
Daft Punk Get Lucky Again At Bmi Awards
Daft Punk's luck is refusing to run out - the French electronic music duo has just picked up another major music industry award for the hit tune Get Lucky.The track was named Song of the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 14 October 2014
Nicole Kidman And Keith Listen To Music In Bed
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban listen to music in bed together.The 'Grace of Monaco' actress says lying in bed with her country singer husband and listening to their favourite records is the ''thing'' they do...
By Clive King in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 June 2014
Sir Tom Jones To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Sir Tom Jones will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clefs Awards next month.The 73-year-old music legend has been added to a list of winners who will attend...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 June 2014
Daft Punk's New-old Jay Z Collaboration 'Computerized' Surfaces On Internet [Listen]
A new Daft Punk/Jay Z collaboration has leaked online and has sent fans into a whirlwind of curiosity regarding the origins of the song. 'Computerized' is a track that sounds more like the old, purely...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 11 March 2014
10 Things You Never Knew About Spotify
2014 is set to be the year of the music streaming services, with Dr Dre launching Beats and Google music continuing to grow, but Spotify is still the major player in the ever changing streaming...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 19 February 2014
Disclosure Struggle To Plan Lorde Collaboration
Disclosure admit planning their collaboration with Lorde for the BRIT Awards has been ''tough''. The duo, who are nominated for four awards at the event tomorrow night (19.02.14), are set to perform with the New...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 February 2014
Madonna To Duet With Drake?
Madonna wants to collaborate with Drake. The 55-year-old singer has confirmed she's started working on her new album, the follow-up to her 2012 'MDNA' soundtrack, and she'd love to have the rapper collaborate with her...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 February 2014
A Week In News: Grammys Glory, Bad Boy Bieber, Retiring Rockers, And The Wild, Wild West
Grammy Awards Glory: Last Sunday's Grammy Awards proved probably the most spectacular ceremony in living memory. The most enviable of all performance line-ups entertained a near-record 28.5 million viewers, with Madonna, Daft Punk, Beyoncé and...
By Lauren James in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 31 January 2014
Grammys Scores Second Highest Ratings In 21 Years With Out-of-this-world Show
The 56th Grammy Awards has been rewarded for its monumental live performance line-up at last night's ceremony with the news that more people tuned in to catch the show than have done since 1993. The...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 27 January 2014
Daft Punk Perform With Stevie Wonder At Grammys
Daft Punk performed a disco mash-up with Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams and Chic's Nile Rodgers at the Grammy Awards last night (26.01.14). The French hitmakers were not seen for the first half of the performance...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 January 2014
Lorde Thanks Fans After Grammys Win
Lorde has thanked fans after winning two prizes at the Grammy Awards last night (26.01.14). The 17-year-old singer, who picked up gongs for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for her debut...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 January 2014
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