As if this week’s threats of police raids on over-sized Christmas Day gatherings were not barmy enough, then along comes something even sillier: a ban on singing the national anthem. Even the Welsh Government’s comedy order prohibiting the sale of kettles does not come close to the absurdity of forbidding loyal ex-servicemen and women and … Read more
Critics have accused NBC of censorship after they edited out a message urging citizens to vote during their broadcast of the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday night. The incident occurred during Demi Lovato’s performance of her new anti-Trump anthem, Commander In Chief. Raw footage of the performance, obtained by TMZ, shows that the act concluded … Read more
After a rough patch in her personal life, she’s focusing on political activism through her music. Demi Lovato surprise-dropped a new song on Tuesday night, titled Commander In Chief, which is an unapologetic call-out of US president Donald Trump. The 28-year-old singer’s new ballad is timed just weeks ahead of the presidential election, and in a year … Read more
Fans of the NFL have been expressing their dismay at how the NFL has become ‘politicized’ in the wake of recent Black Lives Matter protests. Teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums on Sunday knelt, locked arms, raised fists in protest or stayed off the field entirely for the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and the Black anthem … Read more
Fans of the NFL have been expressing their dismay at how the NFL has become ‘politicized’ in the wake of recent Black Lives Matter protests. Teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums on Sunday knelt, locked arms, raised fists in protest or stayed off the field entirely for the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and the Black anthem … Read more
BBC insiders have blasted their bosses for ‘walking into an unnecessary and absurd row’ and making a ‘ghastly mistake’ by censoring the ‘racist’ to Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia on the Last Night of the Proms. The decision to use instrumental versions of the patriotic anthems for the summer festival has drawn … Read more
BBC insiders have blasted their bosses for ‘walking into an unnecessary and absurd row’ and making a ‘ghastly mistake’ by censoring the ‘racist’ to Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia on the Last Night of the Proms. The decision to use instrumental versions of the patriotic anthems for the summer festival has drawn … Read more
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson put her three-octave mezzo-soprano pipes to use with an inspiring performance during the virtual 20th BET Awards on Sunday night. The Chicago-born 38-year-old sang To Be Young, Gifted and Black, a 1970 Civil Rights anthem originally written by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. The late, great Aretha Franklin also … Read more
Trevor Phillips slammed the RFU plan to ban the song. Pictured here in 2017 A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has slammed plans to ban ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – describing it as ‘Black people’s own culture being cancelled’. Trevor Phillips, 66, condemned the Rugby Football Union for reviewing the popular sporting … Read more
Hong Kong’s parliament plunged into chaotic scuffles for the second time this month as pro-Beijing politicians took control of a key committee on Monday. Securing the House Committee, which scrutinises bills before a second reading in the legislative council, paves the way for a debate on a bill that would make it a crime to insult … Read more