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Chappell Roan performs "Good Luck, Babe" during the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Why Chappell Roan is quintessential pop princess of our age

Chappell Roan is known for her ‘here’s what I’m thinking moments’ which has made her a divisive public figure. That mess is what makes her the quintessential pop princess of our age.

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Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil performs on stage at the Rod Laver Arena.

Iconic Aussie rocker announces shock cancer diagnosis

The drummer and vocalist for one of Australia’s most iconic and controversial rock bands has announced he has been waging a fight against cancer for over two years.

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Pop star Katy Perry reaches space on the 10-minute Blue Origin flight.

Tears and a Perry performance: Inside the Blue Origin flight

The all-women Blue Origin rocket launch, including passengers Gayle King and Katy Perry, briefly entered space overnight. What does that mean for the rest of us?

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Pregnant Tiger Lily Hutchence married her partner Ben Archer in London on Saturday.

Daughter of Aus rock royalty ties knot in secret UK wedding

The daughter of late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence and British television personality Paula Yates has married her partner of two years.

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Pop singer Katy Perry (third from left) feels ‘super connected to love’ after her trip to space.

Footage emerges of Katy Perry’s trip to space where she sang

Pop singer Katy Perry brought a daisy to space for her daughter, as she and five other women took part in the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years.

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A misfired firework during Green Day’s Coachella debut caused panic as it hit the crowd and set a palm tree on fire.

Green Day Coachella explosion: ‘Everybody out’

A misfired firework during Green Day’s Coachella debut caused panic as it hit the crowd and set a palm tree on fire.

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Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and partner Melanie Hamrick are engaged.

‘Horny teenagers’: Mick Jagger, 81, engagement confirmed

Age shall not weary him, although at 81 Mick Jagger may be slightly wedding weary, after his fiancee revealed the couple have been engaged for three years.

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Queenslander Amy Shark had a message for the NRL during her Gather Round performance at Penfold’s Magill Estate.

Amy Shark smashes NRL in front of AFL bigwigs: ‘Screw them’

The Aussie pop star had strong thoughts on the sport she grew up with, and she didn’t hold back.

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Weezer rocker Scott Shriner’s wife shot during police chase, charged with attempted murder

Popular band member’s wife shot by cop, charged with attempted murder

The shooting occurred as police were hunting suspects involved in an unrelated hit-and-run.

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Aussie music legend Lee Conway has died aged 85

Aussie country music legend dies after short health battle

The singer rose to fame in the 1970s and became known as Australia’s answer to Johnny Cash.

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Jillian Schriner, wifest of Weezer bassist Scott Schriner, has been shot and arrested by police.

Rock star's wife shot, arrested on attempted murder charges

Chaotic scenes have unfolded in a Los Angeles neighbourhood as the wife of a US rock star was chased and shot by police before being arrested on attempted murder charges.

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Australian Idol Grand Finale results show - Gisella Colletti

Outraged Australian Idol viewers claim Gisella robbed of win

Fans of the hit TV show have taken to social media to express their disappointment.

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American punk rock band Blondie in 1979. Clockwise from top left, guitarist Chris Stein, singer Debbie Harry, bass player Nigel Harrison, drummer Clem Burke, guitarist Frank Infante and keyboard player Jimmy Destri.

Legendary Blondie rocker dead at 70

‘It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate.’

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It was alleged Dua Lipa's Levitating copied its "signature melody" from a 1979 disco song. (AP PHOTO)

Decision handed down in Dua Lipa copyright fight

Dua Lipa has learnt her fate after her hit song Levitating was drawn in to a bitter copyright court case involving a 1979 disco song.

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Kanye West only follows one person now on Instagram and it's not his wife Bianca Censori.

Kanye and Bianca unfollow each other on Instagram

Amid controversy over the rapper's anti-Semitic outbursts and rumours around domestic violence, Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have unfollowed each other on Instagram.

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