Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Music

“Trading the stability of playing for a pop star to start walking on my own steps was a very tough decision”: Mateus Asato has walked away from Bruno Mars, Jessie J and Tori Kelly to pursue a solo career – and his solo album is finally ready

After honing his craft with some of the world’s biggest pop stars, the social media phenom is branching out on his own with his upcoming solo record

Guitar World

“All major keys are created equal, but Eb is the best”: Jon Batiste answers the internet’s piano queries and agrees with one potentially controversial musical statement

Watch him explain how you can improve your practice sessions and sense of feel

MusicRadar

Gene Simmons reflects on friendship with ‘unique’ Ozzy Osbourne

Kiss star hailed Black Sabbath musician months after his death

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“I’ve never met you, John, if you’re watching...” Paul Reed Smith invited Mike Dawes to meet John Mayer after his Slow Dancing cover went viral – but he never made the rendezvous

Dawes reimagined one of Mayer’s biggest hits, but he later missed the opportunity to meet the man himself

Guitar World

David Gilmour reflects on historic Circus Maximus concert in new film: ‘It has a spiritual energy to it’

Revered guitarist performed his first tour in nearly a decade, which included a show against the dramatic ruins in Rome

The Independent UK

“All of my favorite players – Paul Kossoff, Leslie West, Jimi Hendrix – play with tonal perfection, but it also often sounds like they’re hanging on by a thread!” Jared James Nichols teaches you the wild drop D blues stomp he wrote with Tyler Bryant

Learn Hard Wired, a fingerstyle blues-rock riffing masterclass that has groove for days

Guitar World

“In my mind, it would have ruined my life had I messed up. I took it very seriously”: Wolfgang Van Halen took a gamble when he decided to cover his dad’s songs – and it paid off

Wolfgang has only performed a few Van Halen tracks live since his dad passed – and he was all too aware of the risks that came with them

Guitar World

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Bob Vylan gig in Netherlands cancelled after frontman makes comments about death of Charlie Kirk

The 013 venue in Tilburg says ‘new statements go too far’, while band responds that ‘at no point was Kirk’s death celebrated’

The Guardian - UK

“I did like Bob Dylan, but he was a great con man! He strung a lot of nonsense together and made it seem like it was really important”: Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister’s opinions on Dylan, the Eagles, Slayer and his friend Ozzy Osbourne

“Some of the Eagles' songs are fantastic," he said

MusicRadar

‘We were being watched by the KGB’: how Scorpions made Wind of Change

‘A guy from our record company told me to take out the whistling. I said no way. When the song went through the roof, he came to me, bent over and said, “Kick my ass!”’

The Guardian - UK

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 15, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Mammoth, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Honey and more

Louder

Busted star James Bourne quits McFly tour as he issues bombshell statement

James Bourne will not be joining his bandmates for the highly-anticipated live shows

Evening Standard

Legendary band announces three gigs at iconic Glasgow venue

A legendary band has announced three concerts at an iconic Glasgow venue.

The National (Scotland)

Iron Maiden sign up as ambassadors for National Album Day 2025

“Albums matter,” says Bruce Dickinson, whose band are one of four “Album Champions” alongside Architects, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for this year’s rock-themed event

Metal Hammer

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Suede at the Royal Festival Hall: Brett's a hybrid of Jim Morrison and a cat

5/5 Brett Anderson is in fine fettle as Suede continue their electrifying residency at the Southbank Centre

MusicRadar

"Before this plugin, the only way to get this tone was by chasing down old hardware or buying boutique pedals": Audio Hertz's Mk.pre emulates the Tascam Portastudio preamp that colours Mk.gee's sought-after guitar tone

Mk.pre is currently on offer at $19

Guitar World

“My bass got caught in my pants and ripped them down to my ankles”: 11 real-life Spinal Tap moments from bass-playing royalty

Bass legends Victor Wooten, Thundercat, Duff McKagan and more share their own moments of outrage, downright stupidity and absolute genius

MusicRadar

“I missed a couple of things which I would have loved to get better”: Brian May suggests that he wasn’t completely satisfied with his Bohemian Rhapsody guitar playing at The Last Night of the Proms

But he and Roger Taylor still managed to cause quite the fandango

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Louder

Steve Hackett announces Best of Genesis And Solo Gems 2026 England and Scotland tour dates

Steve Hackett announces UK leg of 2026 tour and names new band replacements

The Guardian - UK

‘Indie boy gone bad’: the Hidden Cameras on their kinky, clubland inspired new sound

From his early 00s ‘gay church folk music’ via country-tinged indie, Joel Gibb has always been an outlier. Now he is back with an album of synthy pop pumpers

Metal Hammer

“I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning

The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before

Louder

"I'm trying to put a little bit of love and just realness into rock music": De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention

Listening to De'Wayne's genre-flipping new album, it’sclear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain

Louder

“I’m not a massive fan of all things prog. But I must have listened to the Tarkus album a million times down the years”: Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French wants Emerson, Lake and Palmer to be remembered for ever

Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live

Louder

"It's karaoke time and I understand that": Graham Bonnet on the "berserk" response to Rainbow's Since You've Been Gone

Just about to tour MSG's Assault Attack in full, Graham Bonnet is still singing songs by his old bands, having fun and not taking things too seriously

Louder

“I hoped we could go somewhere, with all of us making a living. I don’t have that hope any more”: Stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting a long-held ambition go helped Spock’s Beard make Noise Floor

By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement

1 … 240 241 242 243

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.