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In what must be the most unlikely prospective musical alliance in pop history, Kanye West has reached out to none other than legendary songwriter Bob Dylan to ask for a collaboration.

Finding time in his schedule between posting pictures of trees and reigniting his on/off feud with Drake, Kanye took to Twitter to ask Dylan to work together on something unspecified.

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A few months after the release of the massively successful biopic of the same name, Queen’s signature song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has been named the most streamed track of the 20th century.

The song, from the band's album A Night At The Opera and which reached no.1 in the UK upon its original release in 1975, and hit the top of the charts again in 1991 in the aftermath of lead singer Freddie Mercury’s death, has been streamed more than 1.6 billion times across all platforms, including Spotify and YouTube.

As such, it’s overtaken classics like Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ to take the number one spot in Spotify’s list of the 20th century’s most streamed songs. Those two tracks are in second and third respectively, with the Gunners’ ‘November Rain’ taking the fourth spot and a-Ha’s pop classic ‘Take On Me’ finishing off the top five.

Continue reading: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Named Most Streamed 20th Century Song

Rami Malek, the lead star of the forthcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, has hit back at critics who have complained that the movie might be about to shy away from discussing frontman Freddie Mercury’s sexuality and AIDS battle.

37 year old Malek, the former star of ‘Mr. Robot’, plays the part of Mercury in the film, whose first trailers dropped earlier this year. However, some onlookers were disappointed that the trailer made no references to the singer’s bisexuality or illness - but did show Mercury in a romantic exchange with a woman.

Now, Malek has spoken out about the controversy in a new interview with Attitude magazine, saying that judging an entire film by its trailer is unfair.

Continue reading: Rami Malek Defends 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Over Criticisms About 'Erasing' Freddie Mercury's Sexuality

After Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler had to write a second cease-and-desist letter to Donald Trump asking him to stop playing their songs during his rallies this week – having already called him out for doing the same with ‘Dream On’ three years ago – we thought we’d compile some other famous moments when politicians got scolded by musicians for using their songs without permission.

Almost inevitably, such clashes come up when songs are used by right-wing or conservative parties and candidates. Musicians are a fairly liberal bunch, understandably, and they don’t want their messages and sentiments getting confused with those counter to their own beliefs and ideologies.

So, here’s seven other famous moments when politicians tried to get some credibility off pop stars.

Continue reading: 7 Times Politicians Tried To Use Pop Songs Without Permission

As the 2018 FIFA World Cup nears conclusion in Russia, football fans everywhere are going to be spending the summer either crying or cheering. Thus, we've put together the perfect playlist no matter whether you win or lose, because music is everything when it comes to victory. Or failure.

New Order performing live in 2016

WIN: Happy - Pharrell

Continue reading: Win Or Lose: The Ultimate World Cup Playlist

Adam Lambert has for some years now provided vocals for Queen, on a number of different tours and live shows. He's never wanted to fill the boots of the late Freddie Mercury who was of course the original singer in the iconic group, but instead simply brings his own flair and style to the classic songs that audiences across the globe have fallen in love with. Working his way into the hearts of Queen fans, he's widely accepted as a brilliant frontman for the band in the modern day.

Adam Lambert will join Queen for 10 shows in Las Vegas

Now it's been revealed that Queen and Adam Lambert will be teaming up once more, to bring their 'The Crown Jewels' show to the Las Vegas Strip for an extremely limited run of just 10 dates! The shows will take place at the Park Theater at MGM, with dates confirmed as being on September 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 19, 21 and 22.

Continue reading: Adam Lambert And Queen Headed To Las Vegas For Limited Run

The world has desperately been waiting on a Freddie Mercury or Queen biopic for years, and now we're finally getting one in the shape of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' starring Rami Malek next year. The first picture of the actor as the late singer has now been unveiled and it's totally uncanny.

Rami Malek at Mont Blanc For Unicef collection launch

The 'Mr. Robot' star recreated Freddie's iconic look from the Live Aid concert in 1985 in the first official photo from the movie, and it comes only a week after Rami teased its imminent arrival on Twitter following his first costume fittings.

Continue reading: Rami Malek Is The Spitting Image Of Freddie Mercury In Biopic's First Look

Queen have confirmed their biopic is ''finally happening''.

The rockers - comprised of Brian May and Roger Taylor, as well as past member John Deacon and the late Freddie Mercury - have announced that work on their biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is officially underway, with principal photography due to start in September.

In a new post published to the band's official website QueenOnline.com (QOL), the band said: ''Yes folks, it IS finally happening. You've been hearing rumours about Bohemian Rhapsody The Film for some time, but now QOL is about to become your most direct source of official information. This will be the place to come to stay ahead of all the very latest news and updates as the film gets underway - and hopefully we'll have some regular insider information to share with you too. (sic)''

Continue reading: Queen: Biopic Is 'finally Happening'

We shouldn't wish away the year, but that's difficult when we know Queen + Adam Lambert are hitting the UK and Europe in November for a 25-date arena tour in all major cities. It's an exciting announcement because they'll also be debuting a new stage set-up and set list.

Queen and Adam Lambert are coming to Europe

The band have just announced that they will kick off their European tour on November 1st 2017 at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech republic, before arriving at Dublin's 3 Arena on November 25th and kicking off their UK leg at Belfast's SSE Arena on November 26th. They'll conclude the run with two dates in London; the 02 Arena on December 12th and Wembley on December 15th.

Continue reading: Queen And Adam Lambert Finally Return To The UK For A Full Tour

If anyone in the world was still in any doubt that Adam Lambert is the perfect frontman for Queen, his skit with James Corden on 'The Late Late Show' should settle it for you. Because this week Adam and James had a brilliant sass-fuelled Front Man Battle.

Adam Lambert and James Corden go 'head to head'

On 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' last night (February 2nd 2017), James made the mistake in getting a little cocky about his favourite band of all time and its current frontman, Adam Lambert. 'I'm not saying I'd be a better frontman than him, I'm just saying I think I'd be a better frontman than him', said James. 'That's all I'm saying.'

Continue reading: Adam Lambert Crushes Competition In Live Head To Head