Kate Bush pays tribute to bassist John Giblin, who has died aged 71

Emily Longeretta Thirty years after “Cheers” came to an end, the cast and creatives got back together on Friday night, courtesy of the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas. The reunion panel, hosted by Variety‘s Michael Schneider, included co-creators James Burrows, Les Charles and Glen Charles and actors Ted Danson, George Wendt and John Ratzenberger. During the conversation, the iconic creators reflected on the making of the show and the cast opened up about how they joined the series and how it’s affected their lives over the years. “Teddy and Shelly auditioned together and they had chemistry that only makes writing better,” Burrows said of casting Danson and Shelley Long, who portrayed Diane Chambers, Sam’s love interest for five seasons.

Yes, she really just still looks THAT good.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the US Supreme Court ruling on a long-running copyright dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and the photographer Lynn Goldsmith, and Universal getting into bed with AI music company Endel.SECTION TIMES01: Prince (00:06:30)02: AI Music (00:23:37)(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…Acast | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | audioBoom | CastBox | Deezer | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Mixcloud | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneInSTORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• Music industry welcomes US Supreme Court ruling in Prince artwork copyright case• Universal Music allies with music AI company Endel to create some “science-backed soundscapes”ALSO MENTIONED• TikTok sues Montana over ban• CMU Podcast: Sound Of 2017, AI in music, Kate Bush (December 2016)MORE FROM CMU• Upcoming CMU webinars• Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon• Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin• Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

Beyoncé, Diana Ross, Elton John and others have paid tribute to Tina Turner after her death. A publicist for the Simply the Best singer announced her death on Wednesday, revealing that Tina had died aged 83 in her Zurich, Switzerland home following a "long illness". Reacting to the news, Beyoncé wrote on her website, "My beloved queen.

Tributes have poured in for music legend Tina Turner who has died aged 83. One of rock's most famous voices, who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, the star died after a long illness. Turner passed away “peacefully" on Wednesday in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her publicist.

The Beatles in their early days, has died at the age of 81.The news was first announced via The Cavern Club Liverpool – where The Beatles rose to prominence – on Tuesday, followed by Roag Best, the brother of former Beatles drummer Pete Best.A cause of death has yet to be announced.The Cavern Club Liverpool wrote on Facebook: “It’s with great sadness to hear about the passing of Chas Newby. Chas stepped in for The Beatles for a few dates when Stuart Sutcliffe stayed in Hamburg and latterly he played for The Quarrymen. Interestingly, he was also the first left-handed bass guitarist in The Beatles.

Chas Newby, who previously played bass guitar for The Beatles during their early days, has died aged 81.

Caroline Polachek has shared her distaste for the label ‘female artists’, saying: “gender is not a genre.”In a new interview with The Telegraph, the singer – who released new album ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’ back in February – said that gender isn’t something she considers in music she loves.Kate Bush, Björk and Fiona Apple were foundational to me, in terms of redefining what music could be. But no more so than Brian Eno, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Radiohead,” she said.“What all these artists have in common is a very vivid sense of subjectivity.

cancer. His former bandmate Johnny Marr announced the tragic news on Twitter this morning, describing Rourke as a 'supremely gifted musician'.

The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Kelly Rizzo shared a touching tribute to Bob Saget on his birthday on Wednesday. The 43-year-old, who had been married to Bob before he passed away in early 2022, honoured her late husband on what would have been his 67th birthday. Kelly took to Instagram to share a carousel of photos of the Full House actor along with a touching message.

Sting, James, Harry Styles and Raye were among the winners at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards with Amazon Music. The former Police frontman performed a special rendition of his song ‘Message in a Bottle’ at the ceremony held at the Grosvenor House hotel in London on Thursday (18. 05.

Harry Styles were among the stars honoured at this year's Ivor Novello Awards, however both acts failed to attend the ceremony in London on Thursday. Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, the duo behind Wet Leg, weren't at the awards to pick up their Songwriter of the Year award. Grammy award-winning artist Harry, 29, who beat out his competition in the Most Performed Work category for his song As It Was, also failed to attend the event which was hosted at Grosvenor House in person.

K.J. Yossman The Eurovision Song Contest paid tribute to John Lennon during the grand final on Saturday night with a cover of “Imagine.” After all this year’s contestants had completed their performances and the phone lines opened for the public vote, a number of former contestants from previous years delivered a tribute to some famous Liverpudlian musical acts, including Lennon, former Spice Girl Mel C, Atomic Kitten and Gerry and the Pacemakers.Imagine iconic Eurovision alumni taking to the stage together… Oh wait, you don't have to! #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/v6iFWYNfrV Italian singer and former Eurovision contestant Mahmood opened the musical interlude – nicknamed the Eurovision All Stars – with a performance of Lennon’s “Imagine.” He was followed by Israeli winner Netta, who came first in the contest in 2018, performing “You Spin Me Around” by 1980s band Dead or Alive. Next came Daði Freyr from Iceland with “Whole Again” by late 1990s pop band Atomic Kitten, which had the entire auditorium singing along.

Popular parenting blogger Heather Armstrong has died at the age of 47, her boyfriend has announced.

Big Boi and Phantogram reunited their Big Grams project on stage at Shaky Knees festival this weekend – see what went down below.The Outkast rapper and electronic duo released a collaborative EP together in 2015 and haven’t played together since the following year.At Atlanta’s Shaky Knees on Saturday night (May 6), Phantogram invited Big Boi on stage with them to play two of the tracks from that EP.Watch Big Grams play ‘Born To Shine’ and ‘Fell In The Sun’ below.A post shared by Meagan Iwaniszek (@melgies85)Elsewhere, 2021 saw Big Boi and Organized Noize’s Sleepy Brown release their joint album ‘The Big Sleepover’. The collaborative project between the two frequent collaborators was first teased in 2019 after the release of ‘Intentions’ featuring CeeLo Green.Big Boi also revealed that he is holding on to a song he made with Kate Bush, and he’s described it as “a monster hit”.Speaking to Mark Ronson on The FADER‘s Uncovered Podcast, the rapper said the collaboration came after he met the elusive singer in the UK in 2014, while he and André 3000 were on their Outkast reunion tour.“I have a monster hit with Kate Bush that I’m just holding,” he said, adding: “It’s a dream come true and the people are going to fucking love it.

Although Princess Diana’s untimely death was long before Kate Middleton ever met Prince William, Kate has frequently paid tribute to her late mother-in-law in various touching ways. For the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Kate chose to give a subtle nod to Diana’s memory by wearing a pair of her earrings for the occasion.The Princess of Wales wore a set of Diana’s pearl and diamond earrings throughout the procession and ceremony and has been spotted in them on several occasions before, with them being one of Diana’s favourite pairs.The earrings were a gift to Princess Diana from Collingwood before she became Princess of Wales, with the jewellery firm being a favourite of the Spencer family, and were given to her ahead of her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981.They feature a round diamond stud, with a second round diamond danging from it and bell cap set containing a pearl drop and three additional rows of smaller diamonds.

and Queen Camilla, a hugely historic event. So it's no wonder the royal chose to touchingly honor both the late and with her choice of jewelry.To pay tribute to the two royal women who came before her, the Princess of Wales wore the late Queen's George VI Festoon necklace, three tiers of stunning diamonds which was originally created in 1950 as a gift from King George VI to his daughter, then Princess Elizabeth before being crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.Kate also honored Princess Diana by , which she's worn many times before.Kate Middleton attending the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla.Princess Diana wearing the pearl earrings during a visit to South Korea in 1992, her last official trip.Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George VI Festoon necklace at Buckingham Palace 2018.The Princess of Wales wore formal regal robes and a deep blue Royal Victorian Order mantle edged in scarlet—at the request of the King and Queen—over .

The National, and claimed that he wishes he “could be Matt Berninger”.He made the comments in a new YouTube video this week (May 3), which saw him share his views on the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame class with longtime colleagues Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay.While sharing his thoughts on this year’s inductees — which include George Michael, Rage Against The Machine and Kate Bush — Letterman also expressed his “disappointment” at singer-songwriter Warren Zevon being snubbed.It was here that the conversation shifted to the former television host’s fondness for Matt Berninger-fronted band, The National. “Oh, I love the National,” he explained, going on to label them as “your saddest friend’s favourite band.”He also expressed his admiration for one of their songs, which wasn’t featured on their latest LP, ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’: “They had this song called ‘Weird Goodbyes,’ which is not on the new album,” he said, going on to recite some of the song’s lyrics.

Kate Bush and Rage Against The Machine have each made statements about their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions. Earlier today (May 3), the two acts have been confirmed for the coveted placement alongside George Michael, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, and more.