Pop superstar and her partner Jay Z welcomed twins into the world last week, celebrity news websites report Beyonc has given birth to twins in Los Angeles, according to reports on several celebrity news websites that cited unidentified sources. The singer, who is 35, and her partner, the rapper and music producer Jay Z, already […]
Recent battles between female pop and rap stars have been ruthlessly stoked by the media and characterised as catfights, but they are built on levels of complicity As the promo cycle began for Katy Perrys fifth album, anyone listen about her fallout with Taylor Swift. It started in 2013, when Perry reportedly stole Swifts tour […]
After seven marriages and a near fatal heroin habit, the great singer-songwriter is now single, sober and interested only in caring for his autistic son. He talks about death threats, blowing $1,000 a day on drugs and being an incorrigible romantic Steve Earle has never been so busy. The 62-year-old is a singer-songwriter, actor, playwright, […]
Fifty years ago, homosexuality was decriminalised and pop was never the same again. From Dusty and Motown to Mick Jagger and the Kinks, here are the songs, clubs and clothes that liberated Britain In one of his very last acts as Beatles manager, All You Need Is Love. Exactly one month later, Epstein was dead […]
(Nonesuch) Theres something slightly disingenuous about the lyrics to the title track of the Stand By My Girl are the standouts, but really youd be hard pressed to find a weak link here. Watch the video for Waiting on a Song by Dan Auerbach. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/04/dan-auerbach-waiting-on-a-song-review-way-to-fake-writers-block
Billy said, Ill do this but Im not one who performs because of an urgent need for approval I had seen the sign about eight months earlier at a prop house. It was just an odd piece that caught my eye and belonged in a daytime TV studio, to flash when the audience should clap. […]
Canadian rapper, who walked into the show Sunday with 22 nominations, won top artist, top male artist and top Billboard 200 album, among others Drake has surpassed Adeles record at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, picking up 13 awards. The Canadian rapper, who walked into the show Sunday with 22 nominations, won top […]
A master of what he called the strummy-strum acoustic guitar song, Stevens affecting music tackles issues as tricky as abandonment, death and Christmas with family 1. We Are What You Say With his wavering voice and penchant for high concept experimentation, he has had his fair share of detractors, yet few artists elicit the level […]
Id heard this word hip-hop and just started going: Hip-hop hippie to the hippie to the hip-hip hop Guy Master Gee OBrien, songwriter-rapper When I was in 10th grade in New Jersey, I went to a party and heard someone talking rhythmically through a mic. Thats rapping, he said. Thats what theyre doing in New […]
Convincing impersonator found to be behind surprise live performance by super ultra special guest at lights-off New Zealand dance party New Zealand has been sent in a tailspin after a surprise performance by Lorde at an Auckland public library was found to have been by a convincing impersonator. The pop star was widely reported by […]