Lionel Richie nearly gave up singing after leaving The Commodores in the 80s, but 30 years on he can’t wait to play Glastonbury. Andy Welch catches up with a legend

Harry Styles missed his flight from London to the US on Friday morning – because he forgot his passport.

Cissy Houston’s tribute to her late daughter was the emotional highlight of the BET Awards, a show that was defined by extended bleeps and the vulgarities that censors failed to catch on stage throughout the night.

He heard voices, did drugs, and fell apart. Can the Beach Boys’ 50-year reunion tour put Brian Wilson back together again? Andrew Romano reports

Broadcaster Dick Clark has died.

The Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean is heading back to rehab.

Barry Manilow was recovering at his Palm Springs home in a wheelchair following surgery on both hips, but should be walking by the end of the week, his publicist said.

Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, died today of cancer. He was 72.

American TV and radio legend Dick Clark has been forced to pull out of hosting his annual New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square after suffering a stroke.

R&B sensation Usher won all his show-leading four nominations at the American Music Awards yesterday, and rap funksters OutKast went three-for-three during a performance-studded, occasionally-censored broadcast ceremony.

Gorgeous actress Heather Locklear has topped a new Hollywood list of the most ageless people in Tinseltown.

America’s CBS television network has hurriedly scrapped a one-hour prime time special that was to air next week to promote Michael Jackson's latest project.