‘Due to unforeseen circumstances, [support act] A$AP Rocky will now play immediately after Red Hot Chili Peppers,” read digital screens around the stadium, causing some audience bewilderment. Still, the Chilis hit the ground running. A […]
Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation album cover Porcupine Tree formed as a whimsical joke in 1987, but by the time of their sold-out Royal Albert Hall concert in October 2010, they had scored Top 30 albums on […]
80s’ pop star Tiffany didn’t want to record ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ because she didn’t want to head in a dance direction. The 50-year-old singer – whose full name is Tiffany Darwish – has […]
It’s not just that Billie Eilish is, as she’s keen to point out, the youngest headliner in Glastonbury’s history … it’s that she’s the first mainstream pop star – as in the kind of pop […]
‘I feel the bones of how we used to be,” sings Sophie Allison on her third album as Soccer Mommy. It’s not a reference to her creative process – it’s the opening line of a […]
It’s been over two years since Jennifer Lopez and Shakira co-headlined the Super Bowl halftime show and put on one of the most exciting performances in recent years. Their show also marked the first time […]
Jim Seals, who has died aged 79, was half of the duo Seals and Crofts, whose cluster of hits in the first half of the 1970s included the breakthrough single Summer Breeze. Arriving in the […]
Zendaya isn’t sure she’s cut out for pop stardom. Years before becoming one of the highest-grossing actresses in the world, the 25-year-old Emmy winner had released a joint EP, a dozen of singles, and a self-titled studio […]
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, GALE is a musical gem and, without a doubt, an international pop artist on the rise! Her compositional works, that include strong female anthems, has led to co-writing songs with renowned talent […]
Photo Credit: Epic Games Fortnite’s Soundwave Series is hosting Japanese pop artist Gen Hoshino. The series aims to celebrate breakout musicians from around the world. Gen Hoshino will takeover the Soundwaves in Fortnite starting June […]
The first memoir from the former lead singer of Pulp would have been better titled A History of Jarvis in 100 Objects. That’s what it is: an illustrated guide to the things that make Cocker […]
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Get out your best singing voices and glitter wigs – our favourite European singing competition is back on telly this Saturday14th May! This year, Smirnoff ICE is teaming up with Gopuff, the go-to platform for […]
Greek pop music of the 1960s is not an area of musical history where anyone who doesn’t fondly remember it first-hand is advised to dwell. There are a few exceptions – garage rock collectors have […]
Jarvis Cocker says modern pop music is bad because the industry has been “hijacked” by people more interested in advertising than songs. The Pulp legend – who has penned new book ‘Good Pop, Bad Pop’ […]
From radio stations in Islamabad to the nightclubs of Delhi and house parties in Kathmandu, it is a song that in recent months has been impossible to avoid. As soon as the distinctive opening claps […]
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Martin Lee, lead vocalist, songwriter We all watched the Eurovision Song Contest and it was our manager, Tony Hiller, who suggested we should enter it. Of all our songs, Save Your Kisses for Me stood […]
Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included album cover Forty-one years since their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, and 20 since their last album, 2002’s underwhelming Cruelty Without Beauty, Soft Cell return with an album that makes […]
In 2020, Sigrid had a crisis of confidence. Forced back to her parent’s house in Norway by the pandemic, she found her old teenage insecurities creeping in. As a kid, she had never considered herself […]