‘Janis Joplin is important to a lot of people for a lot of different reasons, and it’s not my job to tell them that they’re
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Taylor Swift fans cause seismic activity in Edinburgh – but not as much as Harry Styles did
Seismologists in Edinburgh have found that Taylor Swift fans at her recent Murrayfield stadium concerts triggered spikes in their earthquake-reading equipment – but not as
Massive Attack pull out of gig in Georgia in solidarity with protesters
British band Massive Attack have pulled out of a concert in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, in protest against the government’s “attack on basic human rights”. The
Multiple bands pull out of Download festival over Barclays’ Israel ties
Multiple bands have pulled out of Download festival over Barclaycard being used as its official payment partner, in protest against Barclays providing financial services to
The best albums of 2024 so far
Bring Me the Horizon – Post Human: Nex Gen Being called “overproduced” is generally a criticism but BMTH make it a virtue on this ridiculously
Pop singer Kevin Jonas documents skin cancer treatment
Pop singer Kevin Jonas, a member of chart-topping trio the Jonas Brothers, has received treatment for skin cancer. In an Instagram video, the 36-year-old singer,
Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist
Yé-yé was France’s homegrown response to rock’n’roll: pretty young singers – almost all female – performing a lightweight Francophone adaptation of American music with lyrics
Françoise Hardy, French pop singer and fashion muse, dies aged 80
Françoise Hardy, whose elegance and beautifully lilting voice made her one of France’s most successful pop stars, has died aged 80. Her death was reported
‘Don’t worry about AI. People want bodies in a room’: Faithless on the eternal power of rave – and the death of Maxi Jazz
In 2002 Faithless were granted a sunset slot on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage, and attracted close to 100,000 people. “England had actually just lost the football,
War, disastrous sex and a lot of lawsuits: the chaotic aftermath of Motown’s peak years
Motown Records famously churned out songs like cars on an assembly line, and songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland (HDH) – brothers Eddie and Brian Holland, and the