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

"Whoosh! A big flame goes right up under me. My arm, my hand, burnt down to the bone. Hair's gone." Inside the night Metallica's James Hetfield caught fire - and Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose caused a riot

A look back at one of the most chaotic gigs in the history of rock 'n' roll

Metal Hammer

"It sounded like the way ice cream on a hot summer day tastes." How a Marquis de Sade biography, Willy Wonka's Oompa-Loompas and a bum note helped "a metal girl from Ohio" write a rock anthem that wowed Nirvana and changed Olivia Rodrigo's life

"We thought no-one would play it." The story behind one of the great '90s alt. rock singles, The Breeders' Cannonball

Louder

"We’re broke. We can't get jobs – and we just did two months in arenas and stadiums." One of the UK's best young bands have revealed the depressing reality of playing rock music in 2026

These Manchester doom punks are the latest band to reveal the hardships facing touring musicians

Metal Hammer

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

Victoria Beckham wishes fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton a happy 50th birthday

The post comes amid a family fallout which saw Lady Beckham and Sir David Beckham’s eldest son, Brooklyn, share an explosive statement on Instagram.

Evening Standard

“Lou sang his vocal to a girl that just walked into the studio. Everybody thought she was with our group and she wasn’t – but Lou fixated on her and the vocal was done in one take”: How Foreigner and super-producer Mutt Lange created a classic rock ballad

“We put ourselves under a lot of pressure making that record”

MusicRadar

Louis Tomlinson asks for support to ‘cut through the noise’ ahead of new album release

Former One Direction star is releasing his new album this week, as his ex-bandmate Harry Styles also prepares to drop his first single in years

The Independent UK

“He had a massive impact on Australian culture. He was the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time”: Tributes paid to Midnight Oil founder Rob Hirst

Drummer has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 70

MusicRadar

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

"It was a long year with many rewards. A couple of us developed expensive hobbies involving white powder and noses": The song that turned an English blues outfit into globe-trotting rock stars with high-maintenance habits

All thanks to a warm, evergreen slice of pure pop genius

Louder

"I just wish that Rage Against The Machine would make a new record!": Buckcherry's Josh Todd on the state of the nation, managing old habits, and going back to school

After 11 studio albums, Buckcherry are on a roll - and Josh Todd is getting good grades

Louder

'Blew our minds': rockers mourn Midnight Oil drummer

Australian music royalty is remembering Midnight Oil founding member and drummer Rob Hirst following his death aged 70.

AAP

Harry Styles to release first new single in almost four years

The 31-year-old former One Direction singer revealed his song Aperture will be released on Friday.

Evening Standard

'Victoria Didn't Like Me' Says Brooklyn Beckham's First Love as She Reveals Paparazzi Ambush at Age 15

Tallia Storm has broken her silence on dating Brooklyn Beckham, claiming Victoria orchestrated paparazzi ambushes and blocked her from attending events with him.

International Business Times UK

“I started hearing about these guitar contests that he would enter every year in Texas, and he was the best guitarist for six years running”: Jerry Cantrell recalls the first time he met the “otherworldly” Dimebag Darrell

Back in 1985, Cantrell was a regular at one of Houston's legendary clubs when he came across Dimebag and hit it off “right away”

Guitar World

“I often say ‘keep the faucet running’ when it comes to songwriting – it’s so important to stay in a creative headspace to get to the really good stuff”: PRS and Ed Sheeran team up for SE Hollowbody Piezo Baritone featuring pop superstar’s own artwork

NAMM 2026: Limited to 1,000 instruments worldwide, the Ed Sheeran SE Hollowbody Baritone 'Cosmic Splash' has a unique build and look and comes with an 8" by 8" signed print

MusicRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-valve guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built”

Don't let its simple design fool you: the vintage-inspired OR60 guarantees versatility and a plethora of tone shaping goodness

MusicRadar

“I wanted to fix every issue I’ve ever had dialling in metal tones on similar pedals or even the original”: Warm Audio has just made Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce its first ever signature pedal and he explains why, yes, the world needs another overdrive

NAMM 2026: The Fluff Drive was inspired by the Maxon TS-01 but features a suite of contemporary updates to make it work gangbusters with extended-range guitars

Metal Hammer

"We pulled off the impossible. We wanted to do something fun and screw with people's heads." How Korn, Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, Xzibit and David Banner teamed up to make one of the funniest music videos ever

What happens when nu metal legends team up with hip hop icons? Music video gold

MusicRadar

“Roger was a bit resentful of the fact that whenever Eric Clapton got up and played a solo, the place would erupt”: Old colleague of Pink Floyd spills the beans on his relationship with band members

Tim Renwick was school friend of Syd and Roger Waters

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“Camaraderie, chaos, and resilience”: Trailer for new Take That Netflix documentary is online

But will it be as candid as 2005’s For The Record?

MusicRadar

“A new benchmark for professional DJ performances”: Rane’s System One is a standalone DJ system with motorised platters aimed at scratch and open-format DJs

NAMM 2026: Rane's new flagship two-channel DJ device runs on Engine DJ and includes a built-in touchscreen

Guitar World

“They played a lot of fast drop D, but they also played a lot of harmony power chords. You can hear a lot of that in our early music”: Kevin Jonas on his love for the Dove, and why you’ll almost always find the Jonas Brothers in DADGAD

It turns out Kevin Jonas – yes, the Kevin Jonas of pop superstars the Jonas Brothers – lives and breathes guitar, and it all started with a ‘teach yourself guitar’ book and a cheapo red electric

Guitar World

“Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet

The tube-powered modeler combos unite traditional touch sensitivity with digital flexibility

International Business Times UK

Karley Scott Collins Breaks Silence On Alleged Romance With Keith Urban Following Nicole Kidman Divorce

Discover who Karley Scott Collins is, how she rose from acting to country stardom, and her response to Keith Urban romance rumours following his Nicole Kidman divorce.

Guitar World

“I wanted to fix every issue I’ve ever had dialing in metal tones”: Warm Audio crafts a signature overdrive for Ryan “Fluff” Bruce – and it's being billed as the perfect tube screamer for modern metal

Taking the classic green scream recipe and bolstering its customization for high-gain metal and extended-range players, this signature OD packs plenty of heat and versatility

Louder

Rush to release Super Deluxe box set of 1984's Grace Under Pressure in March

New reissue of Rush's tenth studio album, Grace Under Pressure, features new Terry Brown mix of the album and a full 1984 Toronto concert recording

1 … 25 26 27 28

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.