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From the Sachsgate scandal to conspiracy controversies: A timeline of Russell Brand’s life and career

From the notorious phone calls to Andrew Sachs to his tumultuous and short-lived marriage to Katy Perry, Brand has been the subject of numerous scandals over the years

The Independent UK

Divisive comedian’s career has often pushed the boundaries

Russell Brand has posted a video online saying he ‘absolutely’ denies unspecified criminal allegations.

The Independent UK

From the Sachsgate scandal to conspiracy controversies: A timeline of Russell Brand’s life and career

From the notorious phone calls to Andrew Sachs to his tumultuous and short-lived marriage to Katy Perry, Brand has been the subject of numerous scandals over the years

The Independent UK

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Russell Brand: A career in comedy defined by darkness and delusions

Brand’s comedy style has always relied on shock tactics but a look back at his story prompts uncomfortable questions. Katie Rosseinsky writes

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor was ‘in talks for a huge Hollywood star to play her’ in biopic

The likes of Demi Moore, Saoirse Ronan and Niamh Algar were being touted to play the late singer

Evening Standard

Sinead O’Connor honoured in ‘moving’ Bray funeral as fans line streets to pay tribute

Singer was laid to rest in Irish town where she lived for 15 years

The Independent UK

Bono and Bob Geldof among mourners as ‘beloved’ Sinead O’Connor laid to rest

The life of the singer was celebrated at a private ceremony.

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‘She was a very good friend of mine’: Bob Geldof recalls final texts with Sinead O’Connor

Singer and activist remembered fellow Irish artist during his performance Cavan Calling festival over the weekend

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor – latest: Longtime friend Bob Geldof says singer was ‘full of a terrible loneliness’

Singer, who died 18 months after the death of her son Shane, has been remembered for her music, her activism, and her generosity

The Independent UK

‘She was a very good friend of mine’: Bob Geldof recalls final texts with Sinead O’Connor

Singer and activist remembered fellow Irish artist during his performance Cavan Calling festival over the weekend

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor sent texts ‘laden with despair’ to Bob Geldof weeks before death

The Boomtown Rats frontman dedicated the band’s performance at Ireland’s Cavan Calling festival to the late singer.

The Independent UK

Bob Geldof reveals Sinead O’Connor was ‘full of loneliness’ in final weeks

Sir Bob paid tribute to his ‘good friend’ and fellow Dubliner, who he was messaging shortly before her death

Evening Standard

Bob Geldof recalls last texts with Sinead O’Connor: ‘She was a very good friend of mine’

Singer and activist remembered fellow Irish artist during his performance Cavan Calling festival over the weekend

The Independent UK

OPINION - Sinead O’Connor, a feminist icon whose greatest hit empowered a generation

Artist, who has died aged 56, courted controversy, but never as a means to an end

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"It's going to be chaotic!": Brian May shares amazing rare footage of Queen rehearsing for Live Aid, and being interviewed ahead of their iconic Wembley Stadium performance

Watch priceless footage of Queen rehearsing Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga and more ahead of their spectacular 1985 Live Aid performance

Evening Standard

Midge Ure’s former home up for sale: Chiswick house where Band Aid recorded 1984 charity hit listed for £3.5 million

The Ultravox singer came up with the melody for Do They Know It’s Christmas? in the kitchen of the Grosvenor Road address

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Roger Waters says Nazi outfit at Berlin concert was anti-fascist

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters said he was opposing fascism and bigotry when he wore a Nazi-style uniform on stage at a concert in Berlin that led German police to launch an investigation into the British musician.

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Bob Geldof says he wouldn't take Late Late Show gig even if he was paid €1m

He said that presenting is “properly hard” and he wouldn’t do the job for any amount of money.

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Bob Geldof says he wouldn't present Late Late Show - even if he was paid €1 million

The Boomtown Rats star arrived in Dublin on Sunday evening to attend the star-studded IFTA awards at the Radisson Blu Hotel

The Independent UK

Bono: ‘The lesson Harry Belafonte taught me’

Pioneering musician and activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96. Here, Bono remembers a ‘lightbulb moment’ when he came face-to-face

Belfast Live

Belfast set to play host to major international youth summit

The event will also mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Liverpool Echo

Adelphi Hotel to host Live Aid Liverpool concert

Live Aid Liverpool inspired by a dream will hold its second fundraising event at Liverpool's Adelphi Hotel in April

The New Daily

Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates doco may open old wounds for daughter Tiger Lily

New doco about British TV host Paula Yates and her late partner Michael Hutchence airs in UK as daughter Tiger Lily lives a quiet life in WA.

The Guardian - UK

It’s a good time to think again about Paula Yates. She was the other Diana: hounded by the press for being herself

A new documentary reveals how the tabloids turned on their one-time darling – for daring to be a woman who didn’t shun the spotlight, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Evening Standard

Inside the incredible yet painfully sad life of Paula Yates

Fiercely talented, wickedly funny but dead at 40 — Amy Francombe on the doomed life of a Nineties icon

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