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Here's what to look out for in the coming week, from album releases to what's on at the movies to what you can watch without leaving the house.

Kim K, Chrissy Teigan, Ciara and a host of celebrity mums appear in Fergie's sexy new clip about empowering "women who do it all".

Eden Park is making a last-ditch attempt to secure major concerts at the country's rugby fortress.

Have you ever turned on the radio and wondered how on Earth these songs hit the airwaves, and who's to blame for it? Well here's the bad news: it's you.

Helen Brown enjoys Sylvia Patterson's memoir, I'm Not With the Band.

Kiwi soul singer Aaradhna says her intensely personal new album is about the racism she experienced growing up in New Zealand.

You might do a double-take after watching Rihanna's new video, which gives the chart-topping popstar an alienesque makeover.

Lorde has donated thousands to a struggling charity that feeds hungry schoolchildren saying she is "passionate about all kids having access to food at school".

Natalia Kills has returned to the spotlight a year after she fled the country with her husband Willy Moon over a bullying incident that cost them their jobs.

If you're a superfan, you buy all the albums, attend all the concerts and own at least three T-shirts. But some fans take things a little further. Like this one.

Lena Dunham calls Kanye's Famous video "one of the more disturbing 'artistic' efforts in recent memory".

Coldplay performed a Viola Beach track and were joined by Chris Martin's children at Glastonbury on Sunday evening.

Uber New Zealand has partnered up with music streaming service Pandora to bring ad-free music to its drivers.

Rihanna has unveiled her latest single, and it's out of this world.

Beyonce made a surprise appearance at the BET Awards, stunning fans with her fiery performance.

You can ask Scribe about his new play, but veer off topic and you could be in trouble.

Kanye tweeted "can somebody sue me already?", but he might get just what he wanted because Taylor's apparently "livid".

Adele swore 33 times during her 90-minute Glastonbury set - and viewers aren't happy about it.

New claims say police investigators were "convinced" MJ was preying on his own family members and silencing them with gifts.

Lorde has shared a new snap from the studio that suggests she might finally be putting the finishing touches on her new album.

Reasonable Doubt dropped 20 years ago, and to celebrate, Jay-Z's releasing a behind the scenes documentary - on Tidal, of course.

In a series of tapes secretly recorded 30 years ago, Michael Jackson ranted about his rival Prince, who he said would die prematurely.

Kanye West's new video clip contains way too much nudity for us to show it to you, but it also includes a tonne of celeb lookalikes.

The name may have a Teutonic ring to it, but with a father who hails from Vancouver, cellist Johannes Moser puts himself down as German-Canadian.

John Field (1782-1837) is an elusive figure in 19th century music, an Irish pianist and composer who, for almost three decades, sustained a successful career in Russia.

A Los Angeles jury has found that Led Zeppelin did not plagiarise the opening chords of its defining song, Stairway to Heaven.

Across Strange Little Birds Manson is ragged and restless, writhing with hatred and self-loathing.

Broods' last album, Evergreen was a moody, ethereal offering, beautiful in its pared-back nature. This is the opposite of that.