China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has banned any music that breaches a fresh set of government rules from being played within the country’s near-50,000 karaoke venues. Among other rules, tracks deemed “contrary to public morality”, and/or content “that which insults or defames others” will be banned from October 1. The new set of rules are most likely to target domestic Chinese music and, in particular, Chinese hip-hop.

BBC 2's presenter Rylan Clark-Neal has raised £928,000 for Children In Need by singing non-stop karaoke for 24 hours. He sang 231 songs, with help of more than 90 celebrity guests, including Rick Astley, Nicole Scherzinger, and Craig David. He ate spoonfuls of honey every hour to keep his vocal cords coated. "I am in […]