The Irish-language hip-hop trio Kneecap from Belfast caused much spluttering from the DUP in 2019 when, one day after William and Kate’s royal visit to
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Taylor Swift says she felt ‘tremendous guilt’ after Vienna shows cancelled over terror threat
Taylor Swift has spoken for the first time about the three Vienna shows on her blockbuster Eras tour that were cancelled earlier this month after
Liverpool venue that hosted some of the Beatles’ earliest gigs turned into Airbnb
They became the biggest band in the world, but without a dilapidated building in Liverpool, a lucky bet on a race horse and one woman’s
‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music
In 1987, a group of white British independent label bosses came together to invent a new marketing category: world music. Eager to promote the growing
Bennifer is over – again. But why does Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s divorce feel so sad?
All Hollywood stars embarking on a romance secretly hope for just one thing: official condemnation from the Vatican. When it emerged that Elizabeth Taylor and
‘They couldn’t even afford a bag of chips!’: Scotland’s great lost all-female bands
When musician and film-maker Carla Easton was growing up in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the 1990s, her favourite girl band were Jem and the Holograms –
‘Colonialism and nationalism, we’re rejecting all that’: the folk musicians rethinking Britishness
Over a pint of bitter in a muggy Camberwell pub, Daniel S Evans of folk music iconoclasts Shovel Dance Collective regales me with what he
Love story: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at Wembley – photo essay
As Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour sweeps across the globe, it’s on track to gross more than $1bn (£770m) by the end of 2024, having already
Palestinian hip-hop collective DAM: ‘Music can’t stop a war machine’
It’s just after 10.30pm on a Friday night when, fresh from their packed-out sundowner set, Tamer Nafar, Mahmoud Jreri and Maysa Daw – AKA the Palestinian
Chappell Roan blasts ‘entitled’ fans for ‘creepy behaviour’ amid her rapid rise in fame
The musician Chappell Roan has spoken out against fans’ “creepy behaviour” amid the explosion of interest in her and her music, saying she and her