Ed Sheeran is very aware of the contradictions at the heart of his superstardom. The first line of his new Disney+ documentary, The Sum of It All, finds the multi-platinum songwriter declaring: “I’m speccy, ginger […]
“Hello Liverpool!” came the enthusiastic greeting from Vlad Yaremchuk, one of the organisers of a dance event livestreaming to the UK from behind the decks in the free-spirited Kyiv club HVLV. “I really hope you […]
Few records in the 21st century have divided a band’s fans as much as Daft Punk’s fourth studio album, Random Access Memories. While the reviews were largely positive, a significant swathe of the band’s fanbase […]
When the soprano Grace Bumbry projected the single word “Guardie!” (“Guards!”) as Amneris at the beginning of Act 4 of Verdi’s Aida, it was the kind of order that brooked no opposition, and was typical […]
Ed Sheeran famously keeps one eye on the numbers. A decade ago, he established his trademark, a pop take on the sensitive singer-songwriter trope with a healthy relationship to rap and R&B that has allowed […]
South African music is a confluence of paths; a plethora of hands, feet and voices crossing and moving ever forward, yet still interconnected. For that reason, attempting to unravel those strands and arrive at some […]
When it comes to Australia, Azealia Banks isn’t feeling the love. In a series of Instagram Stories shared yesterday (May 7), Banks wrote about how her recent single “New Bottega” was handled in Australia, claiming […]
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. […]
10 Star Wars: Squadrons (2020) The unlikeliest project to emerge from Electronic Arts’s decade-long oversight of the Star Wars video game franchise, Squadrons is a spiritual successor to the much-loved X-Wing series of space combat […]
Does anyone still working at Marvel Studios have any personal passion about Adam Warlock, the big golden guy played by Will Poulter in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3? There haven’t been a whole lot […]
Over the last 60 years, keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith has made an artform out of countering some of jazz music’s loudest heavyweights with a soft, sensuous sound. His is the gently radiating electric piano or […]
It has often been noted that George Lucas’s 1977 film Star Wars was greatly influenced by Frank Herbert’s Dune. The desert-covered central planet; the blending of religion and magic to the point where they are […]
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 […]
K-pop often appears to be thriving in the UK: prior to their hiatus, BTS had back-to-back No 1 albums and acts such as boyband Ateez fill arenas, while girl group Blackpink are gearing up to […]
Kate Bush has said she is “completely shocked” at being included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s latest round of inductees. Added alongside George Michael, Rage Against the Machine, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, […]
Cheekier viewers than me might wonder how this Disney+ documentary is going to manage to fill out an entire four-part series about the singer. Sheeran is massive, the biggest male pop star in the world, […]
Through his journey and outspokenness about his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, Michael J. Fox has been an inspiration to many. He’s also directly impacted the lives of others who have the disease and their loved ones […]
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, screenwriter After the fall of the Berlin Wall, with liberty seemingly on the horizon, I had gone to the Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski with the idea of making a trilogy about the three […]
The first James Bond movie premiered over 60 years ago, so the list of Bond girls who have appeared in the 25-film franchise is lengthy and growing. In 1999, Denise Richards added her name to […]
I don’t look cool. I have aged ungracefully. At 18 I was Morten Harket meets the Milky Bar Kid. Now I am Gary Oldman’s Dracula meets a potato. Yet I bonded with the coolest guy […]