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Who is Erika Vikman? Meet Finland’s 2025 Eurovision star as she addresses controversy surrounding her song ‘ICH KOMME’

Singer has raised eyebrows with her sexually suggestive song

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

“Some people act like that line is nonsense, and I just don't understand that”: How the Killers’ misunderstood classic drew on a struggle with faith - and an MTV presenter’s time with Iraq war veterans

The Killers’ most euphoric song was fuelled by spiritual uncertainty, a reach for U2-level stature and a late night bar chat with an MTV presenter

MusicRadar · May 17, 2025

‘I love we sent good singers’ – UK fans on hopes for 2025 Eurovision final

On Saturday Remember Monday will face touted favourites Kaj.

Evening Standard · May 17, 2025

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Kid Rock blasts Bruce Springsteen over anti-Trump rant at UK concert

Springsteen called the Trump administration ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous’ at his concert earlier this week

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

“Keep your mind on the music. I never thought of myself as a ‘woman’ musician at all, but a guitarist and then a bass player”: Studio bass icon Carol Kaye on why it is not about who you are, but how and what you play that defines you as a musician

As one of L.A.’s top studio musicians during the ‘60s, Carol Kaye’s credits rival anyone's. In this classic 2009 interview, she talks influences, teaching, and how she feels about being a role model

Guitar World · May 17, 2025

“Our guitars were so bad, we couldn’t make them work for us. Glenn came over to my apartment with six guitars, three under each arm, and threw them onto the futon”: Sonic Youth are now alternate tunings icons – but the band opted for them out of necessity

The noise-rock icon is famous for his love of weird tunings, but that fixation only happened with a little help from one of the NY art-rock scene’s biggest innovators

Guitar World · May 17, 2025

Buddy Guy said he would take the blues “into the future,” and he was a guitar brother-in-arms of Mike Bloomfield. An unsung blues great talks influences, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and crossing over into jazz

A brilliant, inimitable guitarist, the late Joe Louis Walker merged Delta, Chicago, and West Coast blues styles with soul, gospel, and all-out aggressive rock

Guitar World · May 17, 2025

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"You can hear how much bigger it sounds!" How Amorphis went large with 2018's Queen Of Time

Thirteen is definitely not unlucky for Finnish prog metallers Amorphis whose Queen Of Time delivered the goods in style

Metal Hammer · May 17, 2025

Eurovision will have to ‘wait and see’ if Celine Dion performs

There has also been speculation that Canadian singer Dion, who won for the Swiss in 1988 with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, could be performing.

Evening Standard · May 17, 2025

“I sometimes do seven shows in a week. A week! I did 91 cities in 2024 — I’m not exaggerating. For an old man I think I deserve a little credit”: Why ex-Skid Row star Sebastian Bach is the hardest working man in showbiz

"I'm not slowing down," the 57 year-old says

MusicRadar · May 17, 2025

“I’m not angry – I’m shocked and disappointed”: Foo Fighters fire drummer Josh Freese two years after he joined the band

Josh Freese, who replaced the late Taylor Hawkins, is no longer the Foo Fighters’ drummer

Louder · May 17, 2025

Julia Stiles says she is ‘honoured’ to play a part in Kendrick Lamar vs Drake feud

Actor made an unlikely cameo in the rappers’ bitter rivalry

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

Musician charged with Chris Brown in alleged London nightclub assault

British police say a musician and friend of Chris Brown has been charged alongside the Grammy-winning singer on allegations they beat and seriously injured a music producer at a London nightclub in 2023

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

Lights, camera, glitter ball: The Eurovision Song Contest reaches its grand final

The world’s largest live music event has reached its glitter-drenched conclusion with the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

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Evening Standard · May 17, 2025

Eurovision 2025: UK entry Remember Monday say they can 'absolutely' win tonight's song contest in Basel

The trio - Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele - will represent the UK at Saturday’s Eurovision Grand Final

Metal Hammer · May 17, 2025

“The sex session did happen. What you hear on the song is real porn action”: The debauched story of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction, the album that electrified 80s rock

Guns N’Roses Appetite For Destruction is one of the greatest debut albums in history

The National (Scotland) · May 17, 2025

Scotland's ultras aren't working class heroes - too many are 'still f****** peasants'

Scotland's ultras aren't the working class heroes they believe they are - they need to stop breaking the law and behave for their voices to be heard.

Metal Hammer · May 17, 2025

“A wolf in sheep’s clothing, full of smart and deceptive songwriting… oddball dispositions lurk in every darkened corner”: You may not have realised, but Deftones’ Diamond Eyes is a cunning prog masterpiece

When tragedy led to ditching the album they’d planned to release, the “Radiohead of metal” delivered something much more unorthodox

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Louder · May 17, 2025

“We exhausted ourselves trying to help Scott and be a friend. He wanted no part of that”: the story behind Stone Temple Pilots’ ill-fated sixth record, as told by the band themselves

What was meant to be a fresh start for the grunge giants ended up being the beginning of the end for their classic line-up

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

How to watch and vote in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest

Acts from more than two dozen countries will take the stage in Basel, Switzerland, to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest

International Business Times · May 17, 2025

Lights, Cameras, Action At Eurovision Song Contest Final

In a blaze of laser lights, artists from 26 countries were preparing to rip the roof off at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest final, the world's biggest live music television event.

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025

Bono says U2 are ‘still a work in progress’ after new film gets 7-minute standing ovation at Cannes

‘Stories of Surrender’ captures the U2 frontman’s one-man show at New York’s Beacon Theatre

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025

Graham Norton on what makes Remember Monday stand out in Eurovision

The Irish talk show host will once again provide his witty commentary for the BBC broadcast

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025

Bono: Stories of Surrender review – megastar tries out humility in likable one-man show

The U2 singer’s solo stage appearance sees him reflect on his anguished family past and have a decent go at being an ordinary Joe

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025

Country star Morgan Wallen sets record within hours of new album release — but listeners say it’s ‘Taylor Swift for dudes’

Music star’s latest album has become Spotify’s most-streamed country album in 2025 (so far)

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