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BBC issues amber Children In Need warning

THE BBC has issued an amber Children In Need warning across BBC1 and Radio 2 beginning this morning and running until 10pm tonight.

Jagged Little Pill, and other breakup albums that make you wish they'd lived happily ever after

MANY great songs are born out of heartbreak. But it’s a shame certain artists didn’t find lasting love and not have to inflict these albums on the world.

Florence + The Machine, and other artists so irritating you'd swear you shared a student house with them

ONLY musicians and students can indulge in being wilfully obnoxious as a personality. Each of these brings back memories of an arsehole housemate.

Kate would do a far better job of playing Meghan in film

MEGHAN Markle is to play herself in an upcoming film despite the fact the Princess of Wales would be far better for the role.

Six features of anime that its adult fans are oddly reluctant to talk about

ANIME is hugely popular with Gen Z, and with many adults who choose to gloss over many of the genre’s more questionable aspects. These are not often discussed:

Bands with 'Boys' in their name, ranked from rock hard to soft as shite

THEY term themselves ‘boys’ but is the collective noun as in ‘or we’ll get the boys round’ or ‘boys, are you playing nicely’? We sort the boys from the men using it ironically.

The Wombles, and other fictional bands more terrifying than anything AI is coming up with

COMPUTERS may be generating nightmare fuel images and weird non-existent bands, but humans are perfectly capable of creating disturbing musical horrors on their own. As these acts prove.

The top five Halloween movies to start your kids on the tragic path to being a goth

HALLOWEEN is the perfect time for a spooky film with the kids. But could it inadvertently lead to them becoming goths? Think twice before settling down with these…

We ask you: would you listen to Lily Allen's new album if it wasn't for all the divorce gossip?

LILY Allen has re-entered the musical fray with a new album detailing her traumatic, salacious breakup. Is that why you're listening?