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Ariana Grande’s new album Petal branded ‘an old fashioned triumph’

The 33-year-old American singer released her eighth studio album on Friday.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

Kim Kardashian’s daughter North West, 13, cancels tour days before first show

The daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had been set to embark on the Kimokawaii Tour with rapper Molly Santana.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

We explore the enigma of the Alan Parsons Project on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Phil Collins, Supertramp, Popol Vuh, The Anchoress, Dave Greenslade, Dee Palmer, Phideaux, Sleeping Pulse, Plini, Jarboe, Ian Neal, Prince Of Failure and more...

Louder · Jul 31

Charli XCX 'owes so much' to George Daniel

Charli XCX doesn't think anyone has ever "understood" her in the way her husband George Daniel does.

BANG Premier · Jul 31

'Rebirth of the band': The Living End put their trust back in rock'n'roll

Chris Cheney's simple rule: "The less you play, the harder it rocks."

Newcastle Herald · Jul 31

“I spend more time writing emails than playing guitar these days. That really bums me out. I’m trying to bring the joy back into creation”: Elder’s Through Zero is a bid to balance conflict and resolution

Burnt-out leader Nick DiSalvo got sick of washing dishes in Boston and started a new life in Berlin, which inspired the psych rock giants to make their broadest, brightest album yet

Louder · Jul 31

‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star

​She faced racist bullying as a child – then pigeonholing as an artist. Now following up a hit debut album championed by the A-list, the Croydon singer-songwriter says she finally understands who she really is

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

"John Belushi always used to try to get off with my ex-wife. I'd say: 'John, I can hear you, you fat git'": Ronnie Wood's wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan and Axl Rose

Living with Hendrix? Jamming with Dylan? Giving Axl relationship advice? Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has done it all

Louder · Jul 31

New Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding details emerge in permit paperwork

Newly obtained documents outline the strict operational requirements organisers reportedly had to follow before the singer and NFL star's high-profile Madison Square Garden ceremony in New York City.

BANG Premier · Jul 30

Barack Obama remembers ‘great musician’ Glen Hansard after death aged 56

The Irish musician died in a motorbike crash on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jul 30