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The Grammy-winning hit that Eric Clapton wrote to order, with a little help from Foreigner’s Mick Jones
By Ben Rogerson published
With Phil Collins on drums and Pino Palladino on bass, it was pretty much a sure thing

McCartney joins Springsteen to play Can’t Buy Me Love at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium
By Will Simpson published
The pair had earlier made surprise visit to LIPA performing arts school

Lorde reflects on the "damage" she suffered when her Melodrama tour was hit by low ticket sales
By Ben Rogerson published
“People don't think about the fact that the person on stage, whose name is on the banner, is looking at someone walking out, some seat not being full”

Is synth-pop-country a genre? Sabrina Carpenter’s new single suggests that is
By Ben Rogerson published
“It sounds like the song embodiment of a loving eye roll and it feels like a never ending road trip,” she says

“I immediately heard the melody in my head”: How Madonna created a dancefloor classic — with the sample from heaven
By Neil Crossley published
An intoxicating mash-up of ’70s disco, ’80s electropop and 2000s club music

"I can’t find the hook. I can’t find the chorus”: Barry Manilow says that songwriting has changed
By Ben Rogerson published
“Young people don’t write the way I was trained to write,” he believes

“I got to know her music pretty well”: Neil Finn on how his unlikely duet with Dua Lipa came about
By Ben Rogerson published
“My two grandsons were dancing to that music last summer,” says the Crowded House frontman

The vocals on Billie Eilish’s Birds Of A Feather are out of tune, says this musician, and he thinks he knows why
By Ben Rogerson published
“I promise this is not going to be a ‘Billie Eilish can’t sing’ video,” says Noah Forbes, but he does have a theory
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