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Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar to feature at upcoming London exhibition

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The guitar Kurt Cobain used in Nirvana ‘s iconic ‘MTV Unplugged’ performance is set to feature in an upcoming London exhibition. Check out all the details below. READ MORE:  MTV Unplugged – the 20 best performances Deemed one of Nirvana’s most famous performances, the acoustic set was recorded in November 1993, five months before Cobain’s death. It was released as an album in late 1994, winning Nirvana their only  Grammy , and is considered one of the greatest live albums of all time. Now, the Martin D-18E that the late musician played in the legendary performance will be available to view as part of a landmark exhibition titled ‘Kurt Cobain Unplugged’ that delves into the legacy of the gig. The exhibition, curated by rock journalist Alan di Perna and curator Gabriele Rossi Rognoni, will run at the Royal College of Music Museum in London between June 3 to November 18 2025, and marks the first time the iconic instrument has been displayed in the UK. Cobain’s gui...

Ratbag gives us ‘sweet and sour stomach swirls’ in exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover

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NME ’s latest star of The Cover , Ratbag , has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. READ MORE: Ratbag is crafting her own thrilling alt-pop universe The New Zealand alt-pop artist is on this week’s (March 31) edition of The Cover , a weekly manifestation of NME ’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Ratbag here , written by Laura Molloy and featuring photography by Jared Tinetti. Ratbag – real name Sophie Brown – has curated an exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover, titled ‘Sweet And Sour Stomach Swirls’. Her selections include tracks from Slow Pulp , Yeah Yeah Yeahs , and Sky Ferreira , among others. Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music . In The Cover , Ratbag shares some of the details behind her upcoming new EP, due for release later this year, and the experiences that have...

Shoppers Love These 'Super Flattering' $13 Sunglasses That Look and Feel 'Rich’

If you’ve ever dreamed of looking like a celebrity without spending A-lister money, we found your new favorite accessory. These ultra-chic sunglasses have racked up over 25,000 glowing reviews from Amazon shoppers who can’t stop raving about how expensive they look. At a shockingly affordable $13, the sleek, oversized sunnies deliver serious ‘rich girl’ energy. Oh, and they’re 36% off right now! The sharp discount is part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale , which is only running for a few more days. Shoppers are calling the sunglasses “super flattering” on all face shapes, with a designer-inspired look that turns heads wherever you go. Whether you’re pairing them with a casual athleisure fit or a dressed-up vacay vibe, these sunglasses instantly elevate any outfit. Ready to channel your inner VIP? Snag a pair (or two!) before they sell out. See it! 72 Deals Worth Shopping During the Amazon Big Spring Sale The sunglasses aren’t just super chic — they offer UV400 protection, filtering ou...

Get Katie Holmes' Comfy Slip-On Sandals Look for Just $21

When it comes to dressing for warm weather, Katie Holmes likes to keep it cool and comfy. Breezy pants, flowy dresses and easy tops are essential parts of her signature spring style. Still, our personal favorite is the actress’ go-to slip-on sandals , which look just like a $21 best-seller from Amazon. A fashion icon, Holmes is one star who always pops up when searching for seasonal style inspiration. Now that spring is finally here, we were reminded of a laid-back, sunny-weather look the actress wore a few years ago. It was simple but elevated, including a basic white tank, relaxed black pants, oversized sunnies and black buckle slides. The classic combo still works in 2025, and it’s the vibe we’re hoping to channel to stay comfy this season. While Holmes’ shoes are made of actual leather, ensuring the price is somewhere in the hundreds, we’re copying her style for less with an affordable lookalike pair . After all, we’re aiming to save some money to shop other spring essentials, ...

The 17 Best Spring Dresses From an Under-the-Radar Brand Amazon Shoppers Are Obsessed With

Now that spring is here, it’s time to do some cleaning. Not the traditional and mundane cleaning, but clearing out clothes you no longer wear from your closet. It’s the best time to refresh your wardrobe with flowy and flattering dresses , and thousands of shoppers are doing just that with the same brand on Amazon. PrettyGarden dresses are bestsellers for many reasons: They’re stylish, comfortable, and flatter a variety of body types. Shoppers also appreciate that the boutique-like pieces come with affordable prices — most are under $60! With thousands of perfect ratings, the dresses come in tons of styles, from midi to maxi, fit for everything from brunch to a summer wedding , and most of them have a lot of prints and colors to choose from. Ahead, we rounded up the 17 best PrettyGarden dresses available on Amazon! 21 Boutique-Worthy Spring Dresses That Flatter Fuller Busts 17 Best Flattering and Flowy Dresses 1. Pretty Prints: This pretty printed dress will quickly become a ...

Fergie pens letter to younger self on 50th birthday: “It always makes sense later – I love you”

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Fergie recently penned a letter to her younger self to mark her 50th birthday. READ MORE: Fergie On Casting Kim Kardashian In Her ‘M.I.L.F. $’ Video And Getting ‘Primal’ At Taco Bell Taking to Instagram this Thursday (March 27), the former Black Eyed Peas singer – real name Stacy Ann Ferguson – shared a carousel of images, including shots of her as a child and a screenshot of her name listed in Billboard’s Top Women Artists of the 21st Century ranking. Reflecting on her career to her 4m followers on the milestone birthday, the ‘London Bridge’ singer wrote: “I honestly didn’t know what to post to mark this landmark number, so I started with a letter to my younger self. “Dear little Stacy, one day you’ll be 50 and you’ll be proud of yourself. You won’t have it all figured out, but you realize …. who does? Success really is in the journey, and true happiness can be found in the smallest simple moments. Keep loving deeply with all your heart, and keep working on yourself. It alwa...

Elon Musk says he sold X to his AI company for $33billion

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Elon Musk ‘s xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired X – the social media platform formally known as Twitter – for $33billion (£25.5billion). The all-stock deal announced on Friday (March 28) values xAI at $80billion and X at $33billion. Musk paid $44 billion for Twitter in 2022 . “xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk wrote on X, announcing the transaction. “Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent.” The move may be aimed at protecting the investors who helped purchase X from losing money. Both X and xAI are privately held and share some major investors as well as significant resources. Per the Guardian , Musk did not ask investors for approval but told them that the two companies had been collaborating closely and the integration would ease his ability to train his AI model Grok – a prominent feature on X. xAI has used data from posts on X to train its models. Elon Musk. CREDIT: Samuel Corum/Getty Images “Th...

Elon Musk Sells X in $33 Billion Deal to His AI Startup

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Elon Musk has sold X in a $33 billion deal to his AI startup company almost three years after buying Twitter and rebranding it. Musk, 53, announced the deal via a statement posted on his X account on Friday, March 28. “The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt),” Musk wrote. “Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and scale.” He continued, “X is the digital town square where more than 600M active users go to find the real-time source of ground truth and, in the last two years, has been transformed into one of the most efficient companies in the world, positioning it to deliver scalable future growth.” Elon Musk's Family Guide: Meet His Children and Their Mothers The news comes more than a year after Musk’s startup created Grok, an AI-powered chatbot similar to ChatGPT. Musk added it was time to “take the step to combine...

David Reid of Factory Records’ X-O-Dus dies behind bars, serving time for rape and sexual abuse

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David Reid of the Manchester reggae band X-O-Dus has died in prison while serving time for rape and sexual abuse. It has been revealed by an inquest that guitarist Reid died in January 2021 of heart failure brough about by a heart disease (via Manchester Evening News ), after he had been jailed in 2013 for a series of historic sexual offences, including rape and indecent assault against one victim. He was serving a sentence of 16 years in HMP Rye Hill, a category B training prison in Warwickshire, with Sue McAllister, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, finding that the healthcare he had received was “not equivalent to that which he could have expected to receive in the community”. The government representative, who investigates every death in custody, noted that Reid had been subject to a “delay” in finding a cell, although she could not say whether that had “affected the outcome for him”. Reid pleaded guilty to four charges of indecent assault against a girl, but denied four c...

Silverchair celebrate 30 years of classic debut ‘Frogstomp’ – but without frontman Daniel Johns

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Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou of Silverchair are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut album ‘Frogstomp’ – without frontman Daniel Johns . READ MORE: Every Silverchair and Daniel Johns release ranked in order of greatness Celebrations were marked by a sold-out event at Sydney’s Metro Social on Wednesday (March 26), which saw drummer Gillies and bassist Joannou interviewed by triple j’s Richard Kingsmill to revisit the stories behind the seminal debut album. Released in 1995, ‘Frogstomp’ propelled the then-teenage trio from Newcastle, Australia, to international fame, with breakout single ‘Tomorrow’ reaching Number One on both the Billboard Alternative and Rock Airplay charts, as well as the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Today, it has sold over 10million copies globally. Frontman Daniel Johns was absent and remains estranged from his former bandmates since they announced an “indefinite hibernation” in 2011, saying that the project was “no longer fulfilling creatively” ...

Selena Gomez Recalls ‘Sweet’ Moment She Made Taylor Swift and Her Mom Cry 

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Selena Gomez is opening up about a special moment she experienced with her longtime pal Taylor Swift during their friendship. During an interview with iHeartRadio shared via social media on Thursday, March 27, Gomez, 32, recalled the time she played Swift, 35, her then-unreleased hit song, “Lose You to Love Me,” which was released in 2019. “When I played her ‘Lose You to Love Me,’ right before it came out, she and her amazing mom [ Andrea Swift ] started to cry and then I started crying,” Gomez said. “You know, it’s very sweet.” In “Lose You to Love Me”, Gomez sings about reclaiming herself after the end of a relationship that was no longer serving her, with many fans speculating it to be about her romance with Justin Bieber . Gomez and Bieber had an on-again, off-again relationship between 2010 and 2018, before he ultimately married Hailey Bieber and she moved on with Benny Blanco. Watch Selena Gomez Sing Stripped-Down Version of 'Lose You to Love Me' With Swift the b...

Want Longer, Thicker Lashes? This Now-$8 Oil Is Leaving Amazon Shoppers 'Amazed'

It’s no secret that castor oil is an effective treatment for improving skin texture and complexion. It also works wonders for hair growth, even for your brows and lashes. Of course, you can reach for a serum, but those can cost upwards of $100. That’s why many are turning to affordable castor oils like this on-sale pick for bolder, thicker lashes. The Kitsch Organic Castor Oil helps to enhance your hair, skin and lashes. Its potent yet gentle formula promotes fuller-looking strands without having to add a lineup of new products to your routine. The castor oil is hexane-free and USDA-certified organic. It’s also cold pressed, which preserves the oil’s potency and nutrients, making it even more effective. While most shoppers rely on castor oil for hair growth, you can also apply it to your skin for a glowing complexion. The consistency is thick, so you just need a small amount to reap the full benefits. Now that the castor oil is under $8 as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale , it’s tim...

Lady Gaga sued by surf company over ‘Mayhem’ logo

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Lady Gaga has been hit with a $100m (£77.4million) lawsuit by a surf company who claim she ripped off their logo. READ MORE: Lady Gaga – ‘Mayhem’ review: queen of pop bombast dials everything up to eleven Lost International, a surf and lifestyle brand, filed a complaint against her, in a California district court on Tuesday (March 25) alleging that the imagery she has been using to promote her new album ‘Mayhem’  is “substantially similar if not nearly identical” to the logo they trademarked back in 2015, according to documents. The company claim that they have been using the Mayhem trademark since 1986 on surfboards, surf equipment, clothing, accessories and in surf videos, as Mayhem is the nickname of co-founder Matt Biolos. Following the release of her new album, Gaga’s website has been selling T-shirts, sweatshirts and more with a ‘Mayhem’ logo design that Lost claims is “nearly identical” to its trademarked logo. View this post on Instagram ...

Doctor Shares New Details of Miller Gardner's Death in Costa Rica

A doctor at a Costa Rican hospital is sharing new insight into Miller Gardner ’s medical emergency and death.  Dr. Kevin Gannon , who runs Quepos Urgent Care hospital in Quepos, Costa Rica, tells Us Weekly that his team tried to resuscitate Miller after being called to his hotel on Friday, March 21.  While speaking to Us on Wednesday, March 26, Gannon, who did not personally treat Miller, said that the hospital dispatched a medical team to the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort, where Miller — the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees star Brett Gardner — was staying with his family. “We received the call from the hotel and we responded immediately,” Gannon explained to Us . “The emergency was for a patient who was a non-responsive 14 year old male. At the scene was a licensed physician, a nurse and an ambulance first response driver.” Brett Gardner’s Son Miller Was Following In His Footsteps Before His Death When they arrived on the scene...

ARTMS renew contracts with Modhaus

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All five members of K-pop girl group ARTMS have renewed their exclusive contracts with label, Modhaus . READ MORE:  Yeji on going solo: “All the experiences of working with ITZY have led me to this” On March 26,  The Korea Times   reported a statement from Modhaus announcing the quintet’s contract renewals.  It comes a little over two years since the former LOONA members – JinSoul, HeeJin, Kim Lip, Choerry and HaSeul – joined the label’s roster, after terminating their contracts with their previous label in 2023. Modhaus wrote in its statement that it has worked with ARTMS through a “transparent settlement process”, where their “meticulous management and various album and content plans” made the band’s choice to renew with the company a “natural” one. The company also added that both parties have established a “vision and systemic strategy for the future” during contract renewal discussions. “We are thrilled to be able to continue to walk alongside ARTMS,”...