The Latest Breaking News on Music

Robbie Williams overtakes The Beatles with album record

Britpop has become his 16th number one album as a solo artist after previously being tied with The Beatles.

Evening Standard · Jan 23

“You gave him the world, and he gave you his music in return”: Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies, aged 71

Buchholz played on all the classic Scorpions records and later joined forces with his old bandmate Michael Schenker in his Temple of Rock project

Guitar World · Jan 23

Don't Look Back in Anger at these classic 1996 tracks turning 30 this year

Life comes at you pretty fast

What Hi-Fi? · Jan 23

Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, K-pop and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2026 Grammys

Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammys nominee pack, but Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and others are vying for their moment in the spotlight

The Independent UK · Jan 23

Firerose Drops Bombshell Audio To Support Her Disturbing Accusations Against Billy Ray Cyrus

The Australian singer accused the country music star of verbal and psychological domestic violence in 2024.

Bored Panda · Jan 23

"The lift stops. The doors open. And this bloke gets in. And it's Peter ****ing Gabriel!" What happened when Ozzy Osbourne bumped into the prog legend who made the album he was "obsessed" with

When these two music giants bumped into each other, one of them was a little overawed by the whole thing

Metal Hammer · Jan 23

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Megadeth, Rob Zombie and Poppy are among the best new metal songs this week

Metal Hammer · Jan 23

"It doesn’t feel like anything we’ve done before": Tedeschi Trucks Band announces new studio album and mammoth tour - listen to first single I Got You now

Future Soul will be released during Tedeschi Trucks Band's upcoming residency at New York's Beacon Theater

Louder · Jan 23

“I said, ‘There are no vocals. It’s an instrumental album.’ The lawyer said, ‘Do you mean we’ve just paid $12,000 for a piano player?’” Rick Wakeman relives the moment he delivered The Six Wives Of Henry VIII to a horrified record label

In 1970 they gave him Scotch in the morning, a big cash advance and a three-ton limousine. Eventually the man who’d hated the resulting album gave him a platinum disc for its sales

Louder · Jan 23

“A love letter to the retro sound and aesthetic that has shaped my music”: Suhr unveils its 2026 line-up – kicking off with new signatures for Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden and Lady Gaga’s riffer Tim Stewart

There’s also the return of its short-scale OSO models, and T-types aplenty

Guitar World · Jan 23