Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Music

Miley Cyrus Sinks Her Claws Into Leopard-Print Pants From Khaite's Fall 2025 Runway

This personal style era simply can't be tamed.

Marie Claire

Smokey Robinson sues former housekeepers for defamation over rape allegations

Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who filed a $50 million lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault

The Independent UK

How to watch Bono: Stories of Surrender online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Bono: Stories of Surrender, which streams from Friday, May 30.

WhatToWatch

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Fifth Harmony 2.0? Girl group ‘in talks’ to reunite but minus Camila Cabello

Girl group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2018, two years after Camila Cabello left the group in 2016

The Independent UK

Funeral for Welsh musician Mike Peters ‘spot on perfect’, long-time friend says

Mike Peters died at the age of 66 in April from blood cancer, more than 30 years after he was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Evening Standard

Leon Thomas is ‘ready for the moment’ with new album 'MUTT Deluxe: HEEL'

Alternative R&B artist Leon Thomas will release his “MUTT Deluxe: HEEL” album on Friday

The Independent UK

“Everyone who met him will carry Chris’ enthusiasm and love for music of all kinds. It was impossible not to be affected by it”: Chris Bird, Guitar World Lessons Editor and former Total Guitar Editor, has died aged 48

Our friend and colleague first joined Total Guitar in 2007 and spent nearly two decades sharing his passion and knowledge for the craft with readers

Guitar World

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Sonically, it’s astonishing. You plug in, turn it on and there it is – there’s the Andy Timmons sound”: That Pedal Show’s Daniel Steinhardt reveals his top 5 pedals (from the past 5 years)

Looking for some 'board inspiration? Here, the man behind GigRig and one half of YouTube's favorite pedal show gives us his shortlist

Guitar World

“Bad moods, sickness, the lot… we weren’t enjoying the show like we normally do”: Toto finally released a live DVD after two previous attempts had failed for Spinal Tap style reasons

A last-minute crew change, an exploding car and a contract battle all contributed to plans being abandoned, until the band delivered 35th Anniversary: Live In Poland in 2014

Louder

The substance and silliness of Sports Team

After being robbed at gunpoint last year, indie’s funniest band are back with a joyous new record, encouraging fans to paintball them and leading the rebirth of smart guitar music

Evening Standard

“It was about being a competitive guitarist in the '80s. That was a completely different playing style than Ace was known for”: In 1985, Kiss needed the best and got the best – his name was Bruce Kulick

It was the no makeup era of Kiss, and after a succession of guitarists, they needed an ace in the pack. Kulick stepped up, and brought his A game. Here he reflects on a pivotal moment in Kisstory

Guitar World

“Gilby had left the band. Axl called me up and said, ‘Do you want to get together and jam?’” Zakk Wylde on the time he almost joined Slash and co in Guns N’ Roses

The GNR lineup – and their music – could have turned out very different had the experiment paid off

Guitar World

“What led to the end of my time with Steppenwolf? Egos and drugs”: Michael Monarch was just 18 when he tracked one of the most iconic riffs of the ’60s –next came Janis Joplin, Jimmy Page and Free’s Andy Fraser

Fan of slide-based tuning recalls not being credited for his work with Janis Joplin, why he left Andy Fraser’s band, waiting to work with Roger Glover, and why Led Zeppelin couldn’t save Detective, his band with Michael Des Barres

Guitar World

“Dropping two beats on our second show is not a firing offence”: Zak Starkey speaks out yet again on being fired - and not 'retired' - from The Who

Come on, keep up!

MusicRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Spice Girls lead stars wishing Melanie Brown a happy 50th birthday

Brown, also known as Mel B, performed alongside Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm in the girl group.

Marie Claire

Beyoncé Channels Taylor Swift on Her 'Cowboy Carter' Tour in a Snake-Embellished Bodysuit

'Reputation (Beyoncé's Version)'.

MusicRadar

“Synths are kind of like a maze you know? It can take forever to really understand them - I still don't understand synths”: Pachyman on the gear behind his characterful and sun-kissed sound

The Puerto Rico-born musician talks us through the key tools in his arsenal, and expanding his dubby sonic universe without enraging the purists

Guitar World

“The guitar player got caught in a snowstorm and couldn’t get down for the gig. They were looking for somebody and I said, ‘I know all that stuff’”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter went to a James Brown gig – and had to step in as his sideman at the last minute

Brown may be known as the the “Hardest-Working Man in Show Business”, but it seems like Skunk is also worthy of that moniker...

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“Obviously sounded like it should’ve been on there, but I guess we were a bit arrogant and stupid”: Charlie Burchill on his one regret from Simple Minds’ 1985 smash-hit album, Once Upon A Time

Eight tracks, all killer, no filler, but why did the Scottish rockers leave their biggest hit out?

Guitar World

“My pickups melted!” Guns N’ Roses’ show in Saudi Arabia was so hot that Richard Fortus’ guitar pickups started to melt

The guitarist’s signature Gretsch was left feeling the heat, and it made for a grizzly sight

MusicRadar

“The kind of instrument that inspires you to take in-the-moment risks instead of feeling like you’ve got to play it safe”: Kramer Volante HSGT Triburst review

Meet the new line-up of fast and furious high-performance machines from Kramer

Guitar World

“I remember thinking, ‘Don’t panic, maybe he’ll come over’”: How a chance encounter at a guitar store led to Leo Abrahams becoming Brian Eno’s right-hand guitar man

The versatile guitarist sets the record straight on his chance meeting with the synth-loving super producer

The Guardian - UK

Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful review – solid pop that’s about as ‘psychedelic’ as a baked potato

The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a star

Louder

Six bands that defined Slam Dunk 2025

Boasting everything from cheeky pop-punk to guttural metalcore, Slam Dunk delivered another er, slam dunk in Leeds last weekend

MusicRadar

“I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all. I sing it at every show”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die

And after 30 years, the singer is still waiting for a reunion with his old band

1 … 315 316 317 318

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.