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A Mercury prize winner, a host of fresh collaborations and a posthumous release of a much-lauded live performance are all among the year's standouts ...

Singer says he plans to install thunder and lightning features on lavish toy train setup he built over decades ...

'I was sitting between Annie Lennox and Stevie Wonder at the Ivor Novellos awards when Bob the Builder won bestselling single of the year'

Adrianne Lenker makes a record in the woods, Jack White returns with ripping riffs and Mach-Hommy gives a lyrical masterclass as we start counting down our critics' picks of the year ...

Director Rich Peppiatt said 'there is an irony in the best British film being Irish' as his Belfast-set film won seven prizes in total ...

Pop singer's 149-date tour, which ended on Sunday in Vancouver, more than doubles the previous record for a completed tour ...

She promises us the 'ho-ho-ho-iest' hour of all and she delivers! The gloriously droll star brings the festive special bang up to date ...

Jay-Z denies allegations that unnamed girl was drugged and raped by him and Combs at a party after MTV Music Awards in 2000 ...

The Primal Scream man is resolutely unromantic and really dislikes the royals, but what does he put on at a party when 'everyone's had a few'?

After 152 shows, Swift's global tour has been the most successful of all time. At the final dates, fans explain their devotion ...