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In Pictures: Eurovision acts light up the stage at grand final

Twenty-six competitors were taking part in the grand final in Basel, Switzerland.

Evening Standard

Eurovision 2025 final viewers defend Remember Monday’s performance after zero points blow

Supporters of the UK pop trio were delighted with their performance at the grand final

The Independent UK

UK, Israel and Ukraine perform in Eurovision final

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael, an October 7 survivor, sang the heartfelt New Day Will Rise.

Evening Standard

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Israel’s Yuval Raphael ‘shaken and upset’ after paint thrown by protesters during Eurovision final performance

Eurovision crew members were also hit with paint during the incident at the grand final in Basel

The Independent UK

American Federation of Musicians wades into Bruce Springsteen's war of words with Donald Trump

The Boss said some things about The Don ... then The Don hit back in a way that surprised no-one. Popcorn, anyone?

Louder

Eurovision song contest 2025 – as it happened

Austria won the musical extravaganza, with Israel coming second after a nailbiting finish. Here’s how it played out, moment by moment

The Guardian - UK

Who is Erika Vikman? Meet Finland’s 2025 Eurovision star as she addresses controversy surrounding her song ‘ICH KOMME’

Singer has raised eyebrows with her sexually suggestive song

The Independent UK

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“Some people act like that line is nonsense, and I just don't understand that”: How the Killers’ misunderstood classic drew on a struggle with faith - and an MTV presenter’s time with Iraq war veterans

The Killers’ most euphoric song was fuelled by spiritual uncertainty, a reach for U2-level stature and a late night bar chat with an MTV presenter

MusicRadar

‘I love we sent good singers’ – UK fans on hopes for 2025 Eurovision final

On Saturday Remember Monday will face touted favourites Kaj.

Evening Standard

Kid Rock blasts Bruce Springsteen over anti-Trump rant at UK concert

Springsteen called the Trump administration ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous’ at his concert earlier this week

The Independent UK

“Keep your mind on the music. I never thought of myself as a ‘woman’ musician at all, but a guitarist and then a bass player”: Studio bass icon Carol Kaye on why it is not about who you are, but how and what you play that defines you as a musician

As one of L.A.’s top studio musicians during the ‘60s, Carol Kaye’s credits rival anyone's. In this classic 2009 interview, she talks influences, teaching, and how she feels about being a role model

Guitar World

“Our guitars were so bad, we couldn’t make them work for us. Glenn came over to my apartment with six guitars, three under each arm, and threw them onto the futon”: Sonic Youth are now alternate tunings icons – but the band opted for them out of necessity

The noise-rock icon is famous for his love of weird tunings, but that fixation only happened with a little help from one of the NY art-rock scene’s biggest innovators

Guitar World

Buddy Guy said he would take the blues “into the future,” and he was a guitar brother-in-arms of Mike Bloomfield. An unsung blues great talks influences, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and crossing over into jazz

A brilliant, inimitable guitarist, the late Joe Louis Walker merged Delta, Chicago, and West Coast blues styles with soul, gospel, and all-out aggressive rock

Guitar World

"You can hear how much bigger it sounds!" How Amorphis went large with 2018's Queen Of Time

Thirteen is definitely not unlucky for Finnish prog metallers Amorphis whose Queen Of Time delivered the goods in style

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Evening Standard

Eurovision will have to ‘wait and see’ if Celine Dion performs

There has also been speculation that Canadian singer Dion, who won for the Swiss in 1988 with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, could be performing.

MusicRadar

“I sometimes do seven shows in a week. A week! I did 91 cities in 2024 — I’m not exaggerating. For an old man I think I deserve a little credit”: Why ex-Skid Row star Sebastian Bach is the hardest working man in showbiz

"I'm not slowing down," the 57 year-old says

Louder

“I’m not angry – I’m shocked and disappointed”: Foo Fighters fire drummer Josh Freese two years after he joined the band

Josh Freese, who replaced the late Taylor Hawkins, is no longer the Foo Fighters’ drummer

The Independent UK

Julia Stiles says she is ‘honoured’ to play a part in Kendrick Lamar vs Drake feud

Actor made an unlikely cameo in the rappers’ bitter rivalry

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The Independent UK

Musician charged with Chris Brown in alleged London nightclub assault

British police say a musician and friend of Chris Brown has been charged alongside the Grammy-winning singer on allegations they beat and seriously injured a music producer at a London nightclub in 2023

The Independent UK

Lights, camera, glitter ball: The Eurovision Song Contest reaches its grand final

The world’s largest live music event has reached its glitter-drenched conclusion with the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest

Evening Standard

Eurovision 2025: UK entry Remember Monday say they can 'absolutely' win tonight's song contest in Basel

The trio - Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele - will represent the UK at Saturday’s Eurovision Grand Final

Metal Hammer

“The sex session did happen. What you hear on the song is real porn action”: The debauched story of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction, the album that electrified 80s rock

Guns N’Roses Appetite For Destruction is one of the greatest debut albums in history

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's ultras aren't working class heroes - too many are 'still f****** peasants'

Scotland's ultras aren't the working class heroes they believe they are - they need to stop breaking the law and behave for their voices to be heard.

Metal Hammer

“A wolf in sheep’s clothing, full of smart and deceptive songwriting… oddball dispositions lurk in every darkened corner”: You may not have realised, but Deftones’ Diamond Eyes is a cunning prog masterpiece

When tragedy led to ditching the album they’d planned to release, the “Radiohead of metal” delivered something much more unorthodox

Louder

“We exhausted ourselves trying to help Scott and be a friend. He wanted no part of that”: the story behind Stone Temple Pilots’ ill-fated sixth record, as told by the band themselves

What was meant to be a fresh start for the grunge giants ended up being the beginning of the end for their classic line-up

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