Album reviews: Elkie Brooks, U2, UFO, Total Tommy and Aisha Badru | Music | Entertainment
Elkie Brooks. Live & Acoustic. She turns 80 in February but someone forgot to tell her vocal chords. Salford-born Elkie has been singing since her teens, sharing bills with the Beatles and the Stones, yet the years have not diminished the range and power of her wonderful mezzo contralto voice. She opens her first-ever live acoustic album with More...
Joan Armatrading: ‘I don’t get angst when I write songs because I just know I can do it’ | Music | Entertainment
Joan Armatrading was the first British female singer-songwriter enjoy success in the US (Image: Joel Anderson) Joan Armatrading’s new album, the catchily titled How Did This Happen And What Does It Now More...
Robbie Williams reunion with Take That ‘unlikely’ after solo tour news | Music | Entertainment
Robbie Williams recently confirmed some monumental news for his solo career. The Let Me Entertain You singer announced he’ll be going on tour in the UK for the first time in years, bringing his unique More...
Queen drummer Roger Taylor slams Band Aid critics ‘Need their heads examined’ | Music | Entertainment
It’s been 40 years since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure created a supergroup of music stars to record an epic charity single. Do They Know It’s Christmas? went on to sell over two million copies worldwide, raising More...
How to get tickets for Parklife 2025 with Charlie XCX headlining | Music | Entertainment
Parklife is one of Manchester’s best-loved festivals, and 2025 is set to be an even bigger event for the city. The event, which kicks off on Saturday, June 14 and runs through to Sunday, June 15, has just More...
Beatles’ 1964 Copenhagen concert programme goes up for sale | UK | News
The fab 3 1 (Image: Bruun Rasmussen) An ultra-rare concert programme from The Beatles one and only visit to Denmark – signed by a unique line-up of the Fab Four – is set to be sold at auction with a More...
John Lennon letter to Eric Clapton on forming new band set to sell for huge sum | Music | Entertainment
After a decade together, The Beatles infamously split in 1970, and the Fab Four set off on their solo careers. Yet just a year later, John Lennon was attempting to persuade Eric Clapton to form a new band. This More...
How to buy Gary Barlow tickets for UK solo tour this week | Music | Entertainment
Gary Barlow has just made Take That fans’ month even more exciting. They recently enjoyed the news that Robbie Williams will be going on a extensive tour throughout 2025 – and he’s not the More...
More than 100 music festivals in danger of vanishing without critical change | UK | News
More than 100 festivals could vanish in 2025 delivering a devastating blow to the UK music industry unless chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers the lifeline of a temporary VAT reduction on ticket sales. Whilst More...
I saw 90s nostalgia band’s big comeback in time for Christmas | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
It might have been a week-night, with brutal wintery temperatures several degrees lower than the November norm, but the big freeze didn’t stop fans from turning out in their thousands to catch The Corrs. We More...
