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VC Pines is baring not just his soul, but his brain. Black and white skeletal images showing the inner workings of his grey matter illustrate his music, as do the harsh, eerie pulses of MRI bleeps and buzzes that have soundtracked a huge part of his life. The alt-soul singer-songwriter, real name Jack Mercer, has

Tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days at the Burning Man festival in Nevada because of flooding have started to leave the camp. Attendees at the festival were told to conserve food and water and find shelter after around 1.5 inches of rain fell on Friday in the north Nevada desert, causing flooding and

Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell has died aged 56. The rock star died on Monday morning, surrounded by his friends and family at his home in Boise Idaho, his agent confirmed to Sky News. Image: Smash Mouth accept Alternative Artist of the Year at the WB Radio Music Awards in 1999 Harwell had recently been

A global search is under way to find Sir Paul McCartney’s missing bass guitar which he bought for £30 and could reportedly now be worth more than £10m. The instrument “powered Beatlemania and shaped the sound of the modern world”, according to those behind the Lost Bass project. The Hofner 500/1 electric bass was purchased

Former WWE star Hulk Hogan has lost 18kg, revealing that giving up alcohol eight months ago “changed everything”. Hogan, 70, said he last drank alcohol on New Year’s Eve and had intended to take a small break from the booze, but has not had a sip since. He told TMZ: “I wasn’t eating late at

US superstar Billie Eilish was supported by fans through her Electric Picnic gig after complaining of feeling “really, really sick”. The crowd sang along to hits including Happier Than Ever after the 21-year-old told her 110 million Instagram followers she was “really suffering” ahead of her headline performance at the Irish festival on Friday. Videos posted

Kevin Costner will pay his estranged wife Christine Baumgartner less than half of what she currently gets in child support payments after their divorce judge sided with the Hollywood actor, according to US media. The Bodyguard star, 68, must give her $63,000 (£50,000) each month for their three children. She had been getting $129,000 (£102,000)

Riot police called to a performance of The Bodyguard in Manchester; “Rude and abusive” audience members removed from the balcony of a West End performance of Grease by police and a performance of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell at London’s Peacock Theatre brought to a standstill by a man hurling abuse at fellow theatregoers.

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have donated $10m (£7.9m) to a Maui relief fund they’ve created, to help those affected by deadly wildfires in Hawaii. The Hollywood stars say donations for the People’s Fund Of Maui will be sent “directly” to residents who are trying to rebuild their homes following the fires, which have killed

Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni has died. The British rock band announced the news on X (formerly Twitter), writing “Jack Sonni Rest In Peace” with a photo of the musician. He was 68, according to the Dire Straits official blog. Sonni was affectionately referred to as the “other guitar player in Dire Straits” having joined

A body has been found in the search for missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo, police have said. Mr Odubanjo, 27, was meant to do a reading at the Shambala festival in Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, on Sunday – but never arrived for his performance. He was last seen at the festival at around 4am on Saturday. While formal

The Royal Family “weighed in” to stop Meghan Markle from saying a particular word on Suits, according to the TV show’s creator. Aaron Korsh told The Hollywood Reporter that “poppycock” was scrubbed from a script – amid fears it could have been maliciously edited. He explained that Meghan’s character Rachel was going to have an

Taylor Swift has become the first female artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The streaming giant described the achievement as “Queen behaviour” – and it comes as the superstar continues to break records. Last month, it was announced that Swift has achieved more number one albums than any other woman. That comes

Long before Louis Theroux went on his first Weird Weekend, Ruby Wax was chipping away at the shiny coalface of celebrity culture and documenting offbeat US tribes to the delight of the viewing public. Now the comedian, actress, writer and mental health campaigner says she “can’t get a job on television” and was forced to

Adele has halted one of her shows mid-song to defend a standing fan she thought was being “bothered” by security guards. The British singer, 35, who is part way through her Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, stopped singing Water Under The Bridge to speak directly to a male fan after he

As the Edinburgh Fringe ends, one of the festival’s biggest producers is at risk of collapse after Coventry’s City of Culture Trust went into administration while owing them nearly £1.5m. Edinburgh Fringe producer Assembly Festival say they are surviving on a short-term loan after the Coventry City of Culture Trust commissioned them to create a