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Taylor Swift took 4 prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards, in Manchester, UK. Other winners included Sabrina Carpenter, Eminem, Tyla and Ariana Grande. Photo: TNS

Entertainment

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Eminem, Ariana Grande win MTV awards

Taylor Swift tops the MTV Europe Music Awards with 4 prizes, while other winners include Tyla, Shawn Mendes and Busta Rhymes.

11 Nov 2024 - 10:41AM

How Liam Payne of One Direction struggled with addiction and stardom

9 Nov 2024 - 6:15PM

‘Heartwarming’ to be chart toppers again, The Cure’s Robert Smith says

9 Nov 2024 - 4:45PMvideocam

United States & Canada

Beyoncé leads Grammy nominations list, as women dominate

The superstar earned 11 nods, in an album of the year nomination for Cowboy Carter, her venture into country music.

9 Nov 2024 - 2:14AM

Beyoncé appears at a campaign event for US Vice-President Kamala Harris in Houston, Texas, in October. Photo: AP

Entertainment

Andrea Bocelli on new album Duets with Jennifer Lopez, Dua Lipa and more

Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Celine Dion and Karol G also feature on the album, while Bocelli is also releasing a new concert film.

8 Nov 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

8 Nov 2024 - 7:23AM

Entertainment

German band react to being identified as players of ‘mystery song’

The hunt for the title of a song uploaded to the internet in 2007 ended this week. Now band behind ‘Subways of Your Mind’ want to reissue it.

7 Nov 2024 - 4:15PMvideocam

A cassette by 1980s German band FEX including the track “Subways of Your Mind”, identified this week as the mystery song internet users had being trying to trace for 17 years. Photo: Reddit/@marjin1412

Entertainment

Mongolian metal band The Hu sing odes to the sky god Tengri

Heavy metal band The Hu’s folk-metal music and warlike appearance are underlain by a shamanist spirituality and devotion to a sky deity.

7 Nov 2024 - 7:50AMvideocam

(From left) Temuulen “Temka” Naranbaatar, Galbadrakh “Gala” Tsendbaatar and Nyamjantsan “Jaya” Galsanjamts of The Hu perform with the rest of the Mongolian heavy metal band at the Tacoma Dome in the US state of Washington on October 16, 2024. Photo: AP

Rosé’s smash hit APT brings surge of interest in 80s song

Korean singer Yoon Soo-il’s 1982 hit ‘A.P.T.’ is enjoying renewed attention. Some fans remixed the two songs – and he’s grateful to Rosé.

5 Nov 2024 - 9:48AMvideocam

Entertainment

At 91, Willie Nelson releases 153rd album and hopes ‘there’s a few more’

‘There’s no better songwriter,’ Nelson once said of late bandmate Kris Kristofferson. What makes a good song? ‘You know it when you hear it’.

4 Nov 2024 - 4:15AMvideocam

Entertainment

Bruce Springsteen biopic begins filming with Jeremy Allen White as the Boss

Brown contacts masking his piercing blue eyes, The Bear star White is seen playing singer Springsteen for shoots in New York and New Jersey.

1 Nov 2024 - 7:15PM

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in Scott Cooper’s biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Photo: Instagram/@dailycosmicmarvel

Arts & Culture

Review | A glittering turn from Elina Garanca in Hong Kong operatic gala

Showcase for mezzo-soprano’s vocal virtuosity sometimes came at the expense of musical purity, but Macao Orchestra impressed nonetheless.

31 Oct 2024 - 5:45PM

Elina Garanca, Karel Mark Chichon and the Macao Orchestra on stage in Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy of LCSD

Arts & Culture

Why was Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin’s Hong Kong concert scrapped?

Hong Kong government says it cancelled Russia-born Kissin’s recital for ‘scheduling reasons’, yet his nine other Asia concerts will go ahead.

1 Nov 2024 - 12:08PM

Why do Chinese internet users love APT, hit single by Rosé and Bruno Mars?

Users on Chinese Instagram-like platform Xiaohongshu cannot get enough of the catchy song, praising Rosé for being true to her heart.

31 Oct 2024 - 12:29PMvideocam

Arts & Culture

Review | Herbie Hancock as incredible as ever at Hong Kong jazz festival

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock showed he’s still got it at the Freespace Jazz Fest 2024, with other stand-out acts including Ted Lo and Heidi Li.

11 Nov 2024 - 7:20PM

Freespace Jazz Fest 2024

Arts & Culture

Review | Deft conducting by Hong Kong’s Sharon Choa lights up Czech showcase

Sharon Choa draws inspired playing from City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and oboe and harp soloists, until lack of balance lets them down.

28 Oct 2024 - 5:45PM

Harpist Katerina Englichova and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong under conductor Sharon Choa perform a work by Zdenek Lucas, part of an evening of mainly Czech music. Photo: City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

Bands

BTS’ Jin and Shinee’s Minho both release solo albums in November

Jin from BTS puts his album Happy out, while Shinee member Minho’s solo album Callback lands on November 4. Babymonster drop new music too.

28 Oct 2024 - 4:15AMvideocam

Entertainment

Why Amy Allen is every pop star’s go-to songwriter right now

Amy Allen, who has written top 10 pop hits for Harry Styles, Halsey and Tate McRae, talks about how her art mirrors life.

26 Oct 2024 - 4:15PMvideocam

Arts & Culture

David Bowie, Madonna and Prince star in Boy George paintings

Culture Club frontman Boy George’s new limited-edition collection of artworks explores celebrities’ relationship with stardom.

25 Oct 2024 - 7:15PM

Boy George poses in front of his portrait of Madonna (left) and a self-portrait of himself during his Culture Club days from “Fame”, a limited-edition collection with British art retailer Castle Fine Art, on October 23, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Food & Drink

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, October 25-27

Try your hand at cocktail making, immerse yourself in jazz music, learn about endurance running and more this weekend.

25 Oct 2024 - 3:15PMvideocam

Herbie Hancock returns to Hong Kong this weekend as part of the Freespace Jazz Fest 2024 in the West Kowloon Cultural District, one of our picks for things to do and see this weekend. Photo: Getty Images

Entertainment

Tears For Fears drop new album, say ‘We are at heart live performers’

80s stars Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal, now 63, talk about their ‘official’ live album and concert film, and not being a synth band.

24 Oct 2024 - 8:15PMvideocam

Arts & Culture

Producer of hand-made Scottish bagpipes on a dying art

Kilberry Bagpipes, in Edinburgh, is one of the few shops still turning out bagpipes by hand. Artisan Ruari Black explains the process.

24 Oct 2024 - 4:17PM

Arts & Culture

3 unusual Chinese musical instruments that have experts confused

Shaped like a fish, tiger and box respectively, the muyu, yu, and zhu are percussion instruments that all fall under the wood classification.

23 Oct 2024 - 4:15PM

The muyu is a Chinese musical percussion instrument that falls under the wood category. It originated in China and is to this day used by Buddhist monks and followers across Asia. Photo: Shutterstock

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