BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room series is back!

Piano Room

BBC Radio 2’s legendary Piano Room series kicks off tomorrow (January 29th), with some of the worlds biggest artists scheduled to perform alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra. Running from Monday, January 29th to Friday, February 23rd, […]

North West Offers Hilariously ‘Honest’ Review as Kim Kardashian Relaunches SKKN Makeup

North West Offers Hilariously 'Honest' Review as Kim Kardashian Relaunches SKKN Makeup

Kim Kardashian finds her most intense critics close to home as North West uploads six-minute “honest” review of her mom’s SKKN Makeup relaunch — including an iconic “emo” look! What’s that horror movie trope? The […]

Why 1984 Is Pop Music’s Greatest Year

Michael Jackson's Thriller, Prince's Purple Rain, and Madonna's Like a Virgin album covers.

What was the greatest decade in pop music? Well, we think that’s easily the ’60s. Motown, the Beatles, and psychedelic rock, are all game-changing moments in popular music. But the greatest single year in pop […]

Woodstock Performer, “Brand New Key” Singer Was 76

Woodstock Performer, "Brand New Key" Singer Was 76

Singer-songwriter Melanie, best known for performing at Woodstock and her No. 1 hit “Brand New Key,” has died at 76 years old. Melanie’s children — Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred — announced the news on […]

YES Keyboard Legend RICK WAKEMAN Announces Final Solo Tour

YES Keyboard Legend RICK WAKEMAN Announces Final Solo Tour

The ultimate keyboard wizard, Rick Wakeman CBE, will be embarking on a tour of the U.S. with a series of solo piano concerts for the last time in 2024. Rick, who has become almost as […]

Brian Eno on AI (he’s a fan) and the Sundance doc about him

An image of a man's face is multiplied in several frames.

Part practical problem-solver and part esoteric theoretician, Brian Eno has been involved as a musician and producer on some of the most influential music of the past 50 years, a daunting list of collaborators that […]

Bush | Behind The Lyrics

Bush | Behind The Lyrics

With a career spanning over three decades, English rock legends Bush are certainly no strangers to the tumultuous nature of a life in music. Long underappreciated and underestimated by the industry, since the release of […]

Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open | Music

With Don Letts in 2015.

When Annie Nightingale, who has died aged 83, first approached the BBC in the hope of getting on the radio, she was instantly rebuffed. Her qualifications were inarguable: as a young journalist working in local […]

‘American Fiction’ Star Jeffrey Wright On Cord Jefferson’s Debut Film – Deadline

Jeffrey Wright interview

Jeffrey Wright, star of Cord Jefferson’s provocative debut feature American Fiction, says he felt a personal affinity with his character Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in the film, in part because of the challenges Monk experiences with regard […]

Wilco Release “Space Oddity” Cover for David Bowie’s Birthday

Monday, January 8th, would’ve been David Bowie’s 77th birthday. To mark the occasion, Wilco has shared their rendition of Bowie’s 1969 hit, “Space Oddity.” The release hails from Wilco’s 2023 performance on Mountain Stage (a […]

The 5 best concert movies of 2023, ranked

BTS strike various poses on stage, as a screen behind them displays a water spray or misty image.

Have you heard? 2023 was the year concert films saved cinema — or at least boosted movie theaters. Normally, it would be difficult to wrangle up enough notable entries to warrant an end-of-year concert movie […]

OPPENHEIMER’s Cillian Murphy and BARBIE’s Margot Robbie Talk Barbenheimer

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I believe movie fans will come to remember 2023 as a truly great year for cinema. I have zero doubt which two films will come to define these past 12 months of movies. Barbie and […]

‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’: meet the world’s most prolific film extra | Movies

Jill Goldston

Jill Goldston has only recently moved into this airy flat, on the site of the old Teddington television studios in south-west London, but there are already two framed items on prominent display. One is her […]

I can’t go for that: the vexed business of artists selling off their songs | Music

Bruce Springsteen performing in Edinburgh in May – the singer sold his catalogue for a huge sum.

The “ultimate partnership betrayal” is what Daryl Hall has accused erstwhile musical partner John Oates of, in court documents that allege a breach of their business partnership. Oates was moving to sell half of their […]