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Dionne Warwick announces series of UK tour dates

The 82-year-old will kick off her UK tour in Gatehead before concluding in London on 14 May

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

Daddy Yankee Embraces Faith, Dedicates Life to God in Retirement Concert

In a transformative final concert, Daddy Yankee embraced Christianity and dedicated his future to Christ, as other stars of urban Latin music have done before

Latin Times · Dec 4, 2023

Meet the Swifties who spent 244 days streaming Taylor Swift’s music this year

The top tier of listeners of the top-streamed artist spent more than two-thirds of the year streaming Taylor Swift on Spotify, reports Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

“Paul McCartney was one of my favorite bass players. I didn’t do him justice”: Paying tribute to the Beatles turned out to be a humbling experience for Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn

As a member of Booker T. and the MGs, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn cut an instrumental version of the Beatles’ Abbey Road. But the experience wasn't all that satisfying...

Guitar World · Dec 4, 2023

King Charles is competing with Taylor Swift for an extremely prestigious award

The candidates for Time's 2023 Person of the Year include a wide range, from pop stars to His Majesty

Woman & Home · Dec 4, 2023

Hitchhiking Tom Waits was once picked up by ‘Nature Boy’ songwriter Eden Ahbez

‘It was a big thrill for me,’ US artist tells Iggy Pop in a rare radio appearance

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers announce 2024 Unlimited Love US tour

Red Hot Chili Peppers will be extending their Unlimited Love tour into 2024 with a lengthy run across North America in May

Louder · Dec 4, 2023

AP's top albums of 2023: Music from Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, the Rolling Stones and more

The top 10 albums of the year chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman include Peso Pluma's “Génesis,” Olivia Rodrigo's “GUTS,” Megan Moroney's “Lucky,” The Rolling Stones' “Hackney Diamonds,” Kelela's “Raven,” Karol G's “Mañana Será Bonito," André 3000's “New Blue Sun," Noname's “Sundial,” Wednesday's “Rat Saw God” and Arlo…

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

‘Forty years on, nothing’s changed’: Fun Boy Three on The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

‘Terry Hall was writing about nuclear war and Ronald Reagan, then the US president, the idea being that the world was being run by lunatics’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023

"I like chatting up younger, handsome men": Watch the amusing moment a journalist tries to find out whether classical music fans are "naughtier" than metalheads

For Channel 4's Same But Different segment, journalist Morf gets metalheads and classical music fans to describe each other while trying to find out what they might have in common

Metal Hammer · Dec 4, 2023