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Soft Cell star Dave Ball dies aged 66

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Soft Cell star Dave Ball dies aged 66

October 23, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: It is with great sadness that we report the passing of synth-pop pioneer Dave Ball, the instrumental half of the iconic duo Soft Cell. He died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on 22 October 2025, aged 66. A defining voice in electronic music Born David James Ball on 3 May 1959 in Chester and raised in Blackpool, he studied art at Leeds Polytechnic where he met vocalist Marc Almond […]

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Lizzo hit with lawsuit for copyright infringement

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Lizzo hit with lawsuit for copyright infringement

October 23, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: Pop icon Lizzo has found herself in legal hot water yet again — this time over a yet-to-be-released song that allegedly uses a decades-old composition without permission. What’s the claim? According to court documents filed in Los Angeles on 21 October 2025, the rights-holder GRC Trust (based in Georgia) alleges that Lizzo’s unreleased track — tentatively titled “I’m Goin’ In Till October” — incorporates instrumental and vocal elements from the 1970s soul […]

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Foo Fighters return with new song Asking For A Friend

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Foo Fighters return with new song Asking For A Friend

October 23, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: Rock veterans Foo Fighters have returned in full force with a fresh single titled “Asking for a Friend”, and to top it off they’ve announced a major 2026 North American stadium tour. The new track: what to know Released on October 23, 2025, Asking for a Friend is their latest original song, following previous 2025 releases. The track shows the band in a “lean, mean and rocking mode” — with heavy riffs, […]

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Demi Lovato felt responsibility to publicly address health and substance abuse struggles

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Demi Lovato ‘felt responsibility’ to publicly address health and substance abuse struggles

October 23, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: Pop star and mental-health advocate Demi Lovato has once again spoken frankly about why they chose to publicly address their struggles with mental health and substance use — not as a publicity move, but out of a deeply felt sense of responsibility and connection to fans. Why Lovato went public In a candid interview on the podcast Las Culturistas (October 22, 2025), Lovato reflected on a pivotal moment: their manager had posed an […]

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Miley Cyrus honoured to contribute personal song to Avatar movie soundtrack

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Miley Cyrus honoured to contribute ‘personal’ song to Avatar movie soundtrack

October 23, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: A meaningful collaboration Pop-star Miley Cyrus has announced that she will contribute an original song titled “Dream As One” to the soundtrack of the upcoming film Avatar: Fire & Ash, the next instalment of the celebrated Avatar franchise directed by James Cameron. In a public statement she said: “Honoured to support Avatar: Fire and Ash with an original song I’ve written with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. Having been personally affected by fire and being […]

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Selena Gomez dishes on sneaky way she hid wedding ceremony dress

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Selena Gomez dishes on ‘sneaky’ way she hid wedding ceremony dress

October 22, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: The story Selena Gomez recently revealed how she deliberately kept her ceremony gown a secret during her wedding to Benny Blanco — not for style alone, but to protect her privacy and control over the moment. On an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, she explained: “I tried to do this sneaky thing—I’m sure you can relate—but I didn’t want anyone to get photos of my wedding unless it was from me. I keep my life […]

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Lizzo sued for copyright infringement over unreleased song

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Lizzo sued for copyright infringement over unreleased song

October 22, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: What’s going on? Lizzo and her label Atlantic Records have been hit with a copyright-infringement lawsuit by The GRC Trust. The claim centres on a track dubbed “I’m Goin’ In Till October” (also known among fans as “Good Jeans”) that circulated on social media this year. The GRC Trust alleges that this unreleased track uses both instrumental and vocal elements from their copyrighted composition titled “Win or Lose (We Tried)”, without obtaining a license. […]

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Kenny Loggins calls out Donald Trump for using song Danger Zone on AI video

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Kenny Loggins calls out Donald Trump for using song Danger Zone on AI video

October 21, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: What happened? On 18 October 2025, former U.S. President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video via his social platform Truth Social. The clip depicts Trump wearing a crown, flying a jet emblazoned “KING TRUMP” and ejecting brown sludge onto protesters from the nationwide “No Kings” protests. Accompanying the visuals: the 1986 hit “Danger Zone”, recorded by Kenny Loggins for Top Gun. Loggins speaks out Kenny Loggins issued a clear public statement condemning […]

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Rosalia announces fourth album LUX

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Rosalía announces fourth album LUX

October 21, 2025 - Radio 854 Music News: Spanish pop-innovator Rosalía is set to release her highly anticipated fourth studio album, LUX, on 7 November 2025 via Columbia Records. What we know so far LUX (Latin for “light”) marks Rosalía’s next major project following the critical and commercial success of her 2022 album Motomami. The lead-in campaign has been bold: large-scale billboards in Times Square (New York) and a surprise fan event in Plaza de Callao (Madrid) hinted at the […]

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