Scene & heard: The latest entertainment news

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of entertainment.

Scene & heard: The latest entertainment news

MUSIC NEWS: The collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and Bono that appeared on the superb Damn album was one of the leftfield match-ups of the year, and the Compton rapper has been telling Rolling Stone how it came about.

Apparently the track that ended up as ‘XXX’ involved a vocal the U2 singer had done for a different tune, but when that went nowhere, Lamar had an idea of how it could be used on his new album. He also spoke of his respect for the Irishman.

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