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Raye, This Music May Contain Hope review – Pop star’s dazzling second album will have you screaming for an encore

5/5 The way the 28-year-old throws her vocal virtuosity and infectious delight into every moment of her storytelling is breathtaking

The Independent UK

Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression

Almost overstuffed with musical ideas, the singer’s second studio album can be self-indulgent and messy, but it’s a heartfelt and exuberant grand statement from an artist determined to go her own way

The Guardian - UK

Raye installs 'heartbreak plaque' at her ex's favourite pub in south London in 'iconic' swipe

The singer, 28, previously revealed the ex caused her ‘crippling’ heartbreak and that she won’t date again until she feels ‘safe’

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Could Olivia Dean be the one we need for the next James Bond theme song?

The British singer-songwriter is having one hell of a year, with a Grammy win and four awards at the recent BRIT Awards. These trophies follow the release of her stunning second album 'The Art Of Loving'. Could the new Bond theme song be next for Olivia Dean?

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Harry Styles, fake stage invaders and a censored Peter Mandelson joke: the biggest moments at the Brit awards

The ITV censors had their work cut out in a protest-filled, relatively edgy ceremony that hosted ultra-expressive performances from Rosalía, Wolf Alice and more

The Guardian - UK

Wolf Alice call for support for UK’s small venues in Brits group of the year win

Pop star Olivia Dean and singer-songwriter Sam Fender won song of the year for Rein Me In.

Evening Standard

Olivia Dean and Sam Fender win song of the year as Brit Awards begin

The song Rein Me In, which features on Fender’s album People Watching, beat the likes of Raye, Lola Young and Calvin Harris to the gong.

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Raye: This Tour May Contain New Music at the O2 review – she's got that serious star quality

5/5 The singer-songwriter is “in her dramatic era” and it’s a non-stop pleasure to witness

Evening Standard

Listen: RAYE's greatest heartbreak channelled on powerful ballad Nightingale Lane.

RAYE has shared the latest single from her forthcoming album This Album May Contain Hope.

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Brit Awards to honour Ozzy Osbourne with lifetime achievement award

Osbourne’s legacy will be recognised by Brits during its annual award show on Saturday along with a tribute performance, fronted by popstar Robbie Williams

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne to be honoured with Brit Awards lifetime achievement award

The Black Sabbath singer died aged 76 in July last year, just over two weeks after his Back To The Beginning farewell concert.

Evening Standard

Raye to perform at this year’s Brit Awards in Manchester

She joins a line-up that so far includes Harry Styles and Olivia Dean.

Evening Standard

Raye review – dazzling display of range from old-school Vegas to Euro-dance

Switching from noirish drama to funk stomps, neo-soul to showgirl glamour, this is a big, bold show from a singer who has entered her ‘dramatic era’

The Guardian - UK

RAYE review, Co-Op Live Manchester – Just give her the Bond theme now

5/5 Ambitious, thrilling show asserts the UK pop artist as one of the greats, as she traces her lineage through jazz, blues, dance and R&B

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Raye ‘devastated’ as fans denied entry to Paris gig after ‘Ticketmaster error’

The 28-year-old singer-songwriter took to X to address the incident.

MusicRadar

“I brought two speakers, keyboards and a vocal mic, and moved the dining table”: Producer Mike Sabath on starting Raye’s “outrageous” second studio album at an Airbnb in the mountains, and the “crazy” reaction to Where Is My Husband!

“Mark Ronson DM’d me. He was like, ‘Nice.’ And I was like, ‘yeah!’”

The Independent UK

Victoria Canal on misogyny in the music industry: ‘People will take advantage’

Musician backs calls to create safer environments and end a culture in which victims are told to ‘bite your tongue and not complain’

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Report: Lily Allen, RAYE and Dua Lipa to perform medley in tribute to Mark Ronson at BRIT Awards

Mark Ronson's contribution to music will reportedly be saluted with a medley featuring his biggest collaborators.

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The Guardian - UK

‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts education

The Guardian - AU

Olivia Dean’s Man I Need wins Triple J’s Hottest 100

Dancing2 by Keli Holiday comes in second, with almost twice as many Australian songs making the count this year compared with last

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Raye's new album is like 'a hug'

Singer Raye has described her new album This Music May Contain Hope as like a "hug" for "that person who needs it".

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Raye finds 'discipline' and 'abstinence'

Raye is taking better care of herself these days and likes herself more after finding "discipline" and "abstinence".

The Independent UK

The next big star in UK pop? Absolutely

NEW SENSATIONS: The artist born Abby-Lynn Keen is preparing to release her excellent new album, ‘Paracosm’, and head out on an arena tour with her big sister RAYE. She speaks with Roisin O’Connor about finding freedom through her imagination, learning to love again, and being a boss when she needs…

International Business Times UK

Bruno Mars' First Tour in a Decade Heads to the UK in 2026 as Ticket Details Emerge

Bruno Mars announces his first tour in nearly a decade, with Wembley shows confirmed and UK ticket prices and presale details emerging.

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“Even though it sounds gigantic, this song is literally drums, bass, fresh elements… and then one of the greatest singers of our time”: Producer Mike Sabath reveals the surprisingly limited instrumentation in Raye's Where Is My Husband!

But he still wondered if one particular section could be "too much"

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