Eurovision winners Brotherhood of Man: how we made Save Your Kisses for Me | Pop and rock

Knees-up … Brotherhood of Man sing their winning tune at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague.

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 review – synth-pop elders with an eye on the future | Pop and rock

Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included album cover art.

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 […]

Sigrid: ‘I feel like I’m being discredited, for my talent and all the hours I’ve spent at the piano’ | Pop and rock

Northern powerhouse … Sigrid at Leeds festival in 2021.

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 […]

‘The planets aligned!’ How Górecki’s Third Symphony stormed the 90s pop charts | Classical music

Ad for Górecki’s Third Symphony that appeared in the Guardian on 22 December 1992

“Oh crikey, what can I get for Harriet?” asked an ad in this newspaper three days before Christmas 1992. Alongside images of albums by Enya, Prince, Madonna and REM was one featuring the silhouette of […]

ONI Announce New Album, Unveil “Secrets” feat. Iggy Pop & Randy Blythe

oni loathing light

ONI have announced a new album, Loathing Light (out June 17th), and shared the video for lead single “Secrets.” The track touts some high-profile guest vocalists: Iggy Pop and Randy Blythe of Lamb of God. […]

Britney Spears fans slam Justin Timberlake as a ‘dirtbag’ as video director says singer ‘dumped the pop star over TEXT’

Britney Spears had to film her Overprotected music video after Justin Timberlake broke up with her

BRITNEY Spears fans have slammed Justin Timberlake as a ‘dirtbag’ after a video director said he dumped her over text. Over 20 years later, fans are still mad. 5 Britney Spears had to film her […]

In Rosalia’s ‘Motomami’ album, flamenco pop star asks: ‘How can I be freer?’

In Rosalia's 'Motomami' album, flamenco pop star asks: 'How can I be freer?'

Spanish avant-pop star Rosalía was just 8 years old when she rode her first motorcycle, her arms wrapped around her dad’s belly from the pillion seat as they blasted off into the hills, somewhere on […]

Alternative Pop Musician Amelia Moore Shares Latest Single ‘Crybaby’

Alternative pop musician Amelia Moore is back with her third release of the year, “Crybaby.” On the record, the singer and songwriter commits to emotional transparency, wearing her heart on her sleeve as she questions […]

Madonna fans claim pop icon, 63, looks like the decades-younger Lindsay Lohan, 35, in ‘VERY filtered’ new TikTok

MADONNA fans were hung up on her “VERY filtered” new TikTok video. Some commented the pop icon, 63, looked like Lindsay Lohan, 35, amid her drastically “younger” appearances in mystifying posts. 5 Madonna stared closely […]