Killer Mike was detained at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena just before the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony was broadcast Sunday night (Feb. 4).

The rapper, who won three awards during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony before the televised show — best rap song and best rap performance for “Scientists & Engineers,” and best rap album for Michael — was detained for a misdemeanor charge.
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“This is my 13th Grammy – which is my lucky number, I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that. I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way. I know the way the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans. So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years,” she teased, “which is that my brand new album comes out April 19.
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Steve Lamacq has warned of the “challenging time” faced by the live music sector, as grassroots venues face massive rises in running costs and ongoing closures.
The veteran DJ and BBC Radio presenter was recently appointed chair of LIVE, a trade body representing the UK’s live music industry.
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Britney Spears said she will “never return to the music industry” as she shot down rumours of a new album on Instagram.

The 42-year-old described claims that she was sourcing songwriters as “trash”.
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The English National Opera's musicians and singers have voted to go on strike in protest at a plan to cut jobs.

Members of the company's orchestra, chorus and music staff will walk out on 1 February, the opening night of its latest run of The Handmaid's Tale.

The Musicians Union and Equity said plans to axe 19 orchestra posts and make other staff members part time would threaten musicians' livelihoods.
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A city centre concert series for up to 15,000 fans a day will go ahead, despite objections from neighbours.

Live music promoters FKP Scorpio UK, who have worked with artists including Diana Ross and Ed Sheeran, will run three events in Queen Square, Bristol, between 9-11 August.

Almost 50 residents and business owners have opposed the plans because of noise, disruption and security fears.

Bristol City Council granted permission for the event on Thursday.
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WHEN SHE WAS growing up, Margaret Qualley — the actress known best for Maid and, most recently, Poor Things — was the type of kid who would break into little dances to entertain her family during TV commercial breaks. Now that she’s grown up, she still does it — just with a more selective audience. “I wouldn’t do it in front of everybody, but with [my husband]? Sure,” she tells Rolling Stone, laughing. “I’m like, ‘What do you think of this?’ — like a precocious child.”
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TWO NEW YORK musicians filed a lawsuit against drill superstar Ice Spice on Wednesday, alleging her 2023 hit single “In Ha Mood” infringes on the copyright of their song “In That Mood” published a year earlier.

In the 21-page complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn-bred rapper and songwriter Duval “D.Chamberz” Chamberlain and Bronx-based sound engineer and producer Kenley “Kass the Producer” Carmenate alleged Ice Spice and her producer Riot “copied” the ******* le, hook, chorus, phrasing, and tempo of “In That Mood” without permission or proper credit.
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Potholes caused misery in 2023 on a scale not seen in years, but scientists hope technology like self-healing roads will help rid us of them for good.

Reports of potholes and damage they caused hit five-year highs, according to local governments and the AA.

The AA estimates they may have cost UK drivers as much as £500m in repairs.

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Zayn Malik's collaboration with popular Pakistani band Aur has given fans much to celebrate - with many psyched that the British singer is fluent in Urdu.

A remake of Aur's breakout hit Tu Hai Kahan features the ex-One Direction singer providing vocals in Urdu.

The original version of the song has more than 95m views though the remake, released last Friday, is fast catching up, with 3m views.

Malik said he was "incredibly humbled" when Aur reached out to him.

"I love the song and have brought some of myself to it. I hope people love what we've done," he said.

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A Turkish doctor selling weight-loss "holidays" abroad told an undercover BBC reporter to gain weight so she could have gastric sleeve surgery.

Dr Ogün Erşen told the reporter to "eat some snacks" so she could increase her body mass index (BMI) to qualify for his weight loss surgery.

The BBC reporter had a BMI of 24.4, which is within the healthy weight range.

"You must eat, eat. Eat something and reach 30," Dr Ersen said.

The reporter gave the weight-loss clinic information which would have meant her BMI was 29 but she was not weighed and no medical checks were carried out during