Summer 2024's UK Music Festivals | A Complete Guide from Country 2 Country to Glastonbury
Get ready for summer 2024 with our comprehensive guide to the UK's festival scene, featuring the latest on line-ups and ticket details.
Get ready for summer 2024 with our comprehensive guide to the UK's festival scene, featuring the latest on line-ups and ticket details.
As Gen Z reshapes music consumption, Zoomer Gaze emerges, reflecting their diverse musical tastes and digital upbringing.
We take a look into the world of NPC music, a term increasingly used to describe the soulless, ubiquitous tunes of our digital era.
In 1983, off the back of their fifth studio album Synchronicity, The Police achieved their status of ‘the world’s biggest rock band’, scoring a number one album on both sides of the Atlantic. Then they broke up.
Despite Led Zeppelin’s musical magnificence, singer Robert Plant hasn’t been able to shake the consistent association with Tolkien’s literature.
As the year draws to a close, what better time to reflect on who’s absolutely crushed it over the past twelve months, and who’s suffered their annus horribilis.
On the day The Rolling Stones’ legendary guitarist Keith Richards celebrates his 80th birthday, we’re celebrating his greatest guitar riffs.
From the Rolling Stones' groundbreaking comeback to Lil Yachty's astonishing transformation, this year in music offers an eclectic mix of the familiar and the revolutionary.
And it was the year of the tour movie clash between Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.
We've made a list and checked it twice.
A curious coming together of contemporary music’s greatest minds.
To mark his collaboration with Fender on the launch of their new Highway Series, we caught up with singer-songwriter Hak Baker to discuss learning guitar in prison, the reception to his debut album World’s End FM, and his plans for a well-earned break in Colombia.
Last month, UK Music released its annual report on the strength of the UK music industry. Whilst there are many healthy figures, these contravene other statistics that suggest a challenging landscape for British musicians post-Brexit. We examine the data and speak to UK Music Chief Executive Tom Kiehl to find out more.
His death was lamentably preventable, and a cautionary tale for understanding mental health issues.
Their fifth studio album is enduring in its influence, but the band never reached this creative zenith again. Why?
“On a personal level, Shane's work has given me countless hours of joy, of melancholy, and of course, history lessons."
For once, a politician has put people over profit....
Nostalgia sells, and reunion tours are cashing in. We examine the complex interplay between nostalgia, escapism, and the desire to recapture our past, all set to a familiar soundtrack.
Once cultural icons, boy bands have now become antiquated artifacts. Once the epitome of '90s cool, they are now a symbol of a past generation's naivety. We explore the rise and fall of a genre we thought would last forever.
The perfect antidote to the end of summer slump, it’s the perfect time to get to know Life Aquatic Band. We sat down with Ben for the low-down…
We speak to emerging rapper TS Lagga about education, how to define success and why he decided to open his GCSE results on stage at Reading and Leeds Festival.
What's in a name? When it comes to 'seagulls' and 'umbrellas,' the stories behind these monikers are far more convoluted than you'd imagine. Join Susie Dent as she steps into the fascinating realm of misnaming.
This week, Susie Dent explores how cartoons from Calvin and Hobbes to Popeye have 'embiggened' our vocabulary with lively expressions now part of the English language.
It’s been 30 years since Trainspotting and Irvine Welsh is the subject of a new documentary, 'Choose Irvine Welsh'. Should you?
In this week's Top Tens, Susie Dent embraces the joy of 'staycationing', from the German 'fernweh' to the delightful 'coddiwomple'.
This week’s New Music Friday features tunes from Stormzy, Giggs, Caity Baser, Jacob Slater and more.
Who are Generation Alpha? In this probing analysis, we take a deep dive into the characteristics, challenges, and cultural shifts faced by the first generation fully immersed in the digital age.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is officially underway - here's our guide to making the most of the festival, including reviews, interviews, and what not to wear on your feet.
With edition two of ‘The Mick Jagger Series’ of custom-made harmonicas out now, in collaboration with whynow Music, we explore the journey of this humble instrument.