Lady Gaga pushes back on ageism in pop as she accepts music award for innovation The 38-year-old said she is ‘just getting warmed up’ even though ‘the world might consider a woman in her late 30s old’. Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025
"Unable to pay her full tax liability": Little Simz is getting legal to the tune of £1.7 million to recover cash from her former producer, Inflo The rapper claims that Inflo failed to repay loans that left her short of cash and unable to make her tax returns MusicRadar · Mar 18, 2025
Jesse Colin Young death: Youngbloods singer dies at 83 The Youngbloods enjoyed success with the late-60s hippie anthem ‘Get Together’ The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025
Taylor Swift Sweeps the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards—But Skips a Red Carpet Outfit She still swept the awards. Marie Claire · Mar 18, 2025
'Closing Time' Artists Slam Trump Administration For Using Their Song in Video Mocking Deportees: 'They Have Missed The Point' Alt-rock band Semisonic has responded harshly to the Trump administration using their hit song, 'Closing Time' in a video posted on X to mock deportees Latin Times · Mar 17, 2025
Semisonic objects to White House using their song 'Closing Time': 'You missed the point' The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, 'Fire & Rain' Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond, step aside The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
Ariana Grande teases new songs including a track named after popular London area Grande also shared a video that revealed six new song titles. Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025
“It could have been Jimi Hendrix, could have been all these other things, but weirdly enough, no”: Willow Smith reveals the unassuming album – and actor – that inspired her to pick up the guitar The actor's sole studio album to date – which takes a very DIY and low-key approach – captured Smith's imagination, so much so that she decided to fully dive deep into all things guitars Guitar World · Mar 17, 2025
Ariana Grande reveals new track Hampstead inspired by her time in London Singer called Hampstead ‘fun’ and ‘delightful’ as she described living in the UK to film Wicked Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025
“That song is overplayed now": Blur's Graham Coxon has had enough of Parklife Guitarist also claims he knows all the words to Bat Out Of Hell MusicRadar · Mar 17, 2025
"My mother took me to see Saga when I was 15. It was fantastic!". A glimpse inside Yogi Lang's prog world When German prog rockers RPWL released their album Crime Scene we grilled singer and keyboardist Yogi Lang on his prog loves Louder · Mar 17, 2025
Singer ‘died a hero’ running back into North Macedonia nightclub fire to rescue young fans DNK singer Andrej Gjorgieski was described as being “good and humble” by his grieving manager The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
“He was very frightened, mostly from the volume. My new amplifiers now go to infinity, and I think that idea was very scary to him”: Nigel Tufnel had plenty of volume when he jammed with Joe Satriani, but “couldn't fathom” what the guitar hero was doing Given that this was a guitarist who had already broken new ground in amp volume, the intimidation Satriani felt was definitely understandable Guitar World · Mar 17, 2025
Guitar World · Mar 17, 2025 “I had to teach Jeff Beck a tune. Which was sort of like, ‘Give me your guitar… Oops, now I have to play!’” Hans Zimmer on the time he unwittingly gave Jeff Beck a guitar lesson The pair were working on a film score together when the composer found himself showing the world’s “most inventive” player a thing or two on the guitar
MusicRadar · Mar 17, 2025 “It was just the C shape, moved up, and it’s literally just that - that’s the whole song”: How Lola Young took two acoustic guitar chords and turned them into Messy, her worldwide hit (with a little help from some classic Yamaha, Korg and Roland synths) Listen out for the guitar part that sounds like The Backstreet Boys, too…
Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025 Mark Wright describes birth of daughter as ‘the biggest achievement of my life’ Singer Olly Murs also spoke about having to leave his daughter Madison to go on tour shortly after her birth.
MusicRadar · Mar 17, 2025 “If you hated Tool fans, this is what you would do...”: Tool fans fire up a class-action lawsuit after the band played some songs twice Their Tool In The Sand festival was to have been a crowning glory. Instead their setlist sparked fan fury, social media fallout and now, a growing legal threat
Louder · Mar 17, 2025 “When the saxophone started we laughed and skipped it… The reason I dismissed them then is exactly why I like them now!” How doom and occult keyboardist Carl Westholm was converted by Van der Graaf Generator Ex Candlemass and Avatarium member was won over by prog veterans’ Godbluff album – and it started with a photo of Mikael Åkerfeldt with Peter Hammill
The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025 Playboi Carti: Music review – the most anticipated rap album this decade was worth the wait Already staggeringly popular since its long-awaited release on Friday, the Atlantan rapper shows off his almost mystical level of vocal range on his jaded, narcotised third LP
MusicRadar · Mar 17, 2025 "I was literally on fire for 4 ½ songs, all the power cables melted, and the show was a bust!”: Journey forced to stop believin' as drum riser fire cuts short their gig in the middle of their biggest hit Houston, we have a problem…
Louder · Mar 17, 2025 "We’d love for you to join us for these intimate performances in beautiful iconic theaters to celebrate 25 years of Yeah Yeah Yeahs." Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce special shows in the UK, US and Mexico Yeah Yeah Yeahs reveal Hidden In Pieces tour to celebrate their 25th anniversary
MusicRadar · Mar 17, 2025 “My management and agent have always tried to cover my back on the road”: Neil Young just axed premium gig tickets following advice from The Cure’s Robert Smith Smith’s anti-dynamic, pro-fans rant on “driven by greed” ticket pricing, has opened up Young’s heart of gold
Louder · Mar 17, 2025 The best new rock songs you need to hear right now Starring Witch Fever, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Southern River Band and more!
MusicRadar · Mar 17, 2025 “It was that fusion of funk and rock. It gave birth to Michael Jackson doing his incredible stuff!”: Brian May on a killer Queen song that blew away the King of Pop - and Kirk Hammett! “It was designed to be uniquely a dance track"