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Stock Aitken Waterman reveal desperate lengths fans went to meet idols like Kylie and Jason Donovan

EXCLUSIVE The police would even make cups of tea for some die-hard autograph hunters

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

“Steve Hackett asked, ‘Do you want paid or shall I record for your next album?’ I said, ‘I’ll forget the money in two weeks – your solo will be there forever”: Orphaned Land updated Plato to make a point about revolution

Lead vocalist Kobi Farhi explains why 2018 album Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs echoes the ancient message: “dictators live forever – only the good die young“

Louder · Jan 26, 2025

Sinead O’Connor leaves £1.7m to her children with advice to 'milk' her music for all it’s worth

The Irish singer, who passed away aged 56 in London in July 2023, had three surviving children

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

“I was dead against it… I have to say I was sulking for no reason”: the Depeche Mode classic that Martin Gore was opposed to, despite the fact he wrote it

Had he not seen the light, we would’ve been deprived of one of the synth-rock titans’ all-time great songs

Louder · Jan 26, 2025

“We didn’t want to do a cheap cash-in, a quick reunion album. We took our damn time”: How extreme metal legends Celtic Frost returned from the dead with the Monotheist album

The story of the second coming of Celtic Frost

Metal Hammer · Jan 26, 2025

Scottish singer Jacob Alon: ‘A cardiologist wanted to make an example out of me. I wish I’d slapped his face!’

NEW SENSATIONS: The Fife-born artist has only released two songs but is already drawing comparisons to Jeff Buckley thanks to their extraordinary voice. Poised to release a new single, they speak to Roisin O’Connor about their ill-fated venture into medicine, loneliness in the queer community, and a very specific kind…

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

Nick Cave: I’ll retire when I can’t do knee drops anymore

Cave was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

Kasey Chambers finds heart and soul on the road again

After 25 years at the top of the music industry and with 14 ARIA awards to her name, Kasey Chambers has hit the road in a caravan to get back to her roots.

AAP · Jan 25, 2025

The trouble with Billy Ray Cyrus is deeper than his inauguration performance

IN FOCUS: The ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ star was facing difficulties even before his much-maligned appearance at President Trump’s inaugural Liberty Ball, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025

‘There just aren’t words to explain’: Jeff Buckley documentary brings tears to Sundance

A new film looking at the life and tragic death of the singer has premiered to an emotional response at this year’s Utah-based film festival

The Guardian - US · Jan 25, 2025