Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Music

“I need to build a sound of my own that has the power that I want”: Floating Points hates festival sound systems so much that he’s invented his own

The DJ and electronic performer is set to hit the road with his own bespoke system christened The Sunflower

MusicRadar

“How daring to have a long intro before he’s even singing. It’s like psychedelic Mozart”: With The Rose Of Laura Nyro, Elton John and Brandi Carlile are paying tribute to both a 'forgotten' songwriter and the lost art of the long song intro

“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

MusicRadar

“I had a blast. Thank you”: Original Beatles drummer Pete Best retires, aged 83

His daughter says it’s due to “personal circumstances”

MusicRadar

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

“It was so inspiring to see them put animosity to one side and just go on stage to play”: Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser explains his love for Yes and Steve Howe

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser cares so deeply for Yes that his band named an album after one of the prog giants’ songs

Metal Hammer

“What’s going through our mind is ‘What the…?’ And if you see Bob’s face, you could see he’s thinking the same thing”: When Bob Dylan played with an LA punk band to promote the album he made with Mark Knopfler

1983's Infidels, Dylan's first secular album in half a decade, was graced with a bounty of sweetly tasteful leads from the Dire Straits man. To recreate two of its songs on Late Night with David Letterman, Dylan hired LA punks the Plugz

Guitar World

“It was the most disgusting thing I could ever imagine. It makes me sick just thinking of it!” The Cars’ guitarist Elliot Easton recalls the worst thing that ever happened to him on stage

The band had a rude awakening on their first trip to England

MusicRadar

“I really thought I was going to die... and it absolutely was so freeing”: Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus talks surviving cancer and his band’s resurrection

Bassist was diagnosed with B-cell lymphona

MusicRadar

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

“Trent Reznor told me, ‘You’re by far the best guy that we’ve tried. I would love to have you in the band’”: Richie Kotzen came close to joining Nine Inch Nails – but one detail stopped him getting the gig

The former Poison guitarist aced his surprise audition but never got a call back

Guitar World

“From the very start of his social media rise Giacomo has been using other people’s compositions”: Social media guitar influencer Giacomo Turra accused of using other musicians’ arrangements and passing them off as his own

Turra releases an apology video but denies selling tabs using other artists' material

MusicRadar

Old is gold: why I massively prefer buying old vinyl to new

I've stopped buying new copies of older albums – here's why.

What Hi-Fi?

Joan Armatrading shouts out Sabrina Carpenter and Shaboozey: ‘Music hasn’t died, it’s just different’

Revered singer-songwriter, whose career spans five decades, is known for championing up-and-coming artists

The Independent UK

"I got taken in by a group of older witches."How Bambie Thug went from ballet and Catholic school to witchcraft, Eurovision and touring with Babymetal

How Bambie Thug went from ballet and Catholic school to witchcraft, Eurovision and touring with Babymetal

Metal Hammer

Everyday people: the parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs

After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits

The Guardian - UK

Clem Burke obituary

Drummer with Blondie who provided the backbone of their string of hit singles and live performances

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“We finally buried the hatchet!!!”: 20 years after he accused her of miming and called her “a fairground stripper”, Elton John and Madonna are speaking to each other again

Best not get him started about that time he stole Patti LaBelle's Tupperware…

Guitar World

“In the beginning, I was a terrible rhythm player. I avoided it like the plague”: Martin Barre once distanced himself from rhythm playing – but some Steve Lukather wisdom changed his mind

The former Jethro Tull lead guitarist reassessed his playing priorities after hearing some wise words from the Toto legend

MusicRadar

“I didn’t think people would mind that I didn’t play it, but it became a problem. I got myself into a pickle”: Clairo says it was Charli XCX who convinced her to perform one of her most popular songs again

“We played a few shows, and she told me she watched my set the day before. But she was like, ‘Where’s ‘Sofia?’”

The National (Scotland)

Scottish band’s song about Spanish Civil War to go on show in international museum

A SCOTTISH rock band is to have one of its songs showcased in a museum dedicated to the Spanish Civil War ...

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“One of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever seen in music”: Popular social media guitarist Giacomo Turra accused of stealing other musicians’ songs for content

The funk and R&B guitarist has responded to the accusations

Metal Hammer

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs hone their dream to be as potent a live band as Download festival favourites Vengaboys

Newcastle's finest Pigs x 7 deliver a masterclass in stoner/doom/psych riffathons on the release day for their new album Death Hilarious

Guitar World

“I said, ‘If I could have it my way it would sound like this,’ and I pulled the bass guitar out of the mix”: Why Prince stripped the bassline from one of his biggest hits

From the beginning, Prince had an inkling that Purple Rain’s landmark single would be better without bass guitar

International Business Times

Tracy Chapman Explains Why She Avoids Streaming: "Buy a CD, Support Artists"

Tracy Chapman explains why she avoids streaming music and supports artists by buying physical copies like CDs and vinyl.

MusicRadar

"I've analyzed hundreds of players over the years. They're all a part of what I do": Clem Burke's 10 essential drum albums

"You've got to listen to what the greats have done," the Blondie 'heartbeat', who passed away this week, told us

The National (Scotland)

US pop superstar Chappell Roan announces huge Scottish show – how to get tickets

A US pop superstar has announced a huge gig in Scotland ...

What Hi-Fi?

I interviewed three independent record store owners – and they have one big piece of advice for vinyl newbies

New to vinyl? Here are some top tips from three record store owners to help

1 … 422 423 424 425

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.