The Latest Breaking News from Martyn Ware

“Everybody goes on about how brilliant Kraftwerk were, but they were only brilliant because they were rich!”: Heaven 17 legend Martyn Ware on how financial barriers can prevent great music from ever being heard

When we spoke to the Sheffield synth supremo back in 2020, Ware explained how the affordability of modern tech has levelled a once unfair playing field

MusicRadar · Aug 29

Boy George Pulled From London Palladium Musical Following Outrage Over Pro-Israel Song

Boy George has left 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at the London Palladium after backlash over his pro-Israel song, 'Od Nirkod.' Richard Armitage will replace him as King Herod.

International Business Times UK · Aug 4

“When we wrote the piece, it was a warning. I didn’t, honestly, in my heart, think it would ever happen”: Heaven 17 to release new updated version of (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

The song was recently covered by LCD Soundsystem and has become an anthem of resistance in the US

MusicRadar · Oct 28, 2025

“Go f**k yourself”: Martyn Ware’s pithy response to the “pittance” he was offered to use Temptation in GTA6

Martyn Ware reacts to the 'pittance' he was offered for GTA synch

MusicRadar · Sep 9, 2024

Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware claims he was offered just £5,700 to have hit song featured in Grand Theft Auto VI

Musician was clearly not tempted by the offer

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

GTA 6 music deal blasted as "utterly unacceptable" by musician who says his band was offered just $7,500 each by Rockstar, despite GTA 5's $8.5 billion revenue

Don't count on hearing this band around Vice City

GamesRadar · Sep 8, 2024

Sananda Maitreya: ‘I hypnotised myself into believing I was a genius’

The pop-soul singer takes your questions on name changes, musical touchstones, the transformative power of amateur boxing, and not dating Charlize Theron

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Tina Turner remembered by Martyn Ware

The producer and Heaven 17 musician recalls the humble star who gave him tea and biscuits, and who could record a hit track in one take

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023

Through pain and joy, Tina Turner wrote herself into pop history again and again

With her commanding stage presence and astonishingly powerful voice, unbowed even in the face of abuse, Turner lit up every phase of 20th century pop, writes Alexis Petridis

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83

The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.

WEKU · May 24, 2023