Stream the Song Contest Live – Rolling Stone

Stream the Song Contest Live – Rolling Stone

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Eurovision Song Contest is a yearly musical event known for its over-the-top […]

Coronation Concert review – a cobbled-together bunch of B-listers | Music

Tiwa Savage, the sole nod to contemporary pop trends.

On Thursday night, Channel 4 News interviewed Jerub, the Nottingham-based singer tapped to perform with Pete Tong’s Ibiza Classics Orchestra at the Coronation Concert. It wasn’t entirely clear if presenter Matt Frei intended to strike […]

Coronation Concert: Katy Perry, Take That and more perform to celebrate King Charles III – live | Music

Coronation Concert crowds

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature OK, here we go. The coronation concert is about to begin. Everyone strap in, because this is going to be something. […]

UK Eurovision entrant Mae Muller: ‘In our hearts and minds it’s Ukraine’s year’ | Pop and rock

Meeting King Charles and Camilla in Liverpool in April.

In January, pop star Mae Muller wrote a song she thought would be perfect for Eurovision. A few days later one of her managers called asking for an urgent meeting over a cup of tea. […]

‘The phone stops ringing. You never hear from anyone again’: the UK’s Eurovision flops on 25 years of hurt | Eurovision

Blue of the United Kingdom perform during the dress rehearsal ahead of the finals of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

Duncan James was feeling quietly confident, and perhaps with good reason. “All the bookies were behind us,” he says. “Paddy Power had us as favourites to win.” It was 2011, and Blue – one of […]

Gordon Lightfoot Canadian folk singer dies at 84

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said […]

Piano fever sweeps UK as online lessons and street instruments fuel take-up | Music

Alistair McGowan, who is launching the Ludlow piano festival in May.

For years, it seemed like the piano was disappearing from British public life. The bulky instruments were cast out of homes and schools and offered for free online. But now – despite all the digital […]

Enter Shikari net first-ever Number 1 album with ‘A Kiss for the Whole World’ – Music News

Enter Shikari net first-ever Number 1 album with 'A Kiss for the Whole World' - Music News

Enter Shikari celebrate their first-ever UK Number 1 album today with A Kiss for the Whole World. Following a tense battle to the top the St Albans-formed rock outfit, comprising Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds, Rob […]