Elvis Presley’s ‘Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite’ turns 50

The album cover for "Elvis Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" shows the singer superimposed on planet Earth.

While Elvis Presley was an American icon, the rest of the world worshipped him too. But Presley never experienced that global adulation in person. His manager Colonel Tom Parker, born in the Netherlands and residing […]

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter: ‘When we started I was 18 and when we ended Daft Punk I was 46’ – Music News

Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter: 'When we started I was 18 and when we ended Daft Punk I was 46' - Music News

BBC Radio 6 Music has broadcast The First Time With… Thomas Bangalter. In this rare and exclusive interview with one half of Daft Punk, Matt Everitt asks Thomas about the origins of the electronic duo, […]

RAYE, Young Fathers , Ezra Collective and J Hus on 2023 Mercury Prize list – Music News

RAYE, Nova Twins, Gregory Porter, Adam Lambert and N-Dubz all Silver Clef Award winners - Music News

The 2023 Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ have just been announced today on Thursday 27 July 2023. The 2023 Mercury Prize with FREENOW ‘Albums of the Year’ are: Arctic Monkeys ‘The Car’Ezra Collective ‘Where […]

Arctic Monkeys and RAYE among 2023 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year shortlist – Music News

Arctic Monkeys and RAYE among 2023 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year shortlist - Music News

Arctic Monkeys, RAYE and Jessie Ware’s albums are shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize with FREENOW. Alex Turner and co have the chance to win their second Mercury Prize of their career with 2022’s ‘The […]

Sinead O’Connor Dead At 56: Reports

The "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer more recently began going by the name Shuhada Sadaqat. She is seen performing in 2020.

Singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has died at 56, according to her family. Her death, which was first reported by The Irish Times on Wednesday, follows the death of her 17-year-old son, Shane O’Connor, early last year. […]

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme | Arts funding

Thatcher’s Britain begins … the Tory leader in 1983.

In the summer of 1983, British politics was in a fractious place. In June, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government roared to re-election after victory in the Falklands, eviscerating Michael Foot’s Labour party. Within weeks, new chancellor […]

‘My life is beautiful’: Felix Klieser, who plays the horn with his toes, on making his Proms debut | Proms 2023

‘I think it is possible to solve every problem in the world’ … Klieser.

When Felix Klieser was four he made a decision: he was going to learn the french horn. “Nobody knows where I’d even heard about this instrument,” he laughs. “There is nobody musical in my family. […]

‘It has been an absolute pleasure’: George Ezra closes out 18 months of touring with Latitude performance – Music News

'It has been an absolute pleasure': George Ezra closes out 18 months of touring with Latitude performance - Music News

George Ezra closed out his 18-month tour at Barclaycard presents Latitude Festival on Sunday (23.07.23). The 30-year-old singer has been out on the road in support of his latest album ‘Gold Rush Kid’ and ended […]

Tobia Meznies On SAG-AFTRA Strike, Working With Julia Louis-Dreyfus And More – Deadline

Tobia Meznies On SAG-AFTRA Strike, Working With Julia Louis-Dreyfus And More – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies was hiding in plain sight at a rally held by UK actors union Equity in support of its sister union SAG-AFTRA. Cameras and microphones were being shoved in front of the likes […]

‘From the dancefloor to the ballot box’: how house music helped Labour win a landslide in 1997 | Music

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It’s late in the evening on election night 1997, shortly after the enormity of the result has become clear; former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, under whom the party had begun its “long trek back towards […]