Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths
“The greatest day in the history of metal”: Black Sabbath’s final mega-gig raised £140m for charity
Great bands a great show and a great amount of money for some great causes
"Stop telling me to contact their management": Pearl Jam’s ex-drummer Dave Abbruzzese isn't coming back
Following the departure of drummer Matt Cameron, fans have already begun barking up the wrong tree for his replacement
“It's easy to get lost in the sauce”: Olivia Rodrigo put her entire Guts touring crew into therapy
During her year-long tour the superstar ensured that her team was on their A-game thanks to a therapist on tap 24/7
“How is a clear CD even possible?": Lorde’s see-through Virgin CD doesn’t play in most CD players
Fans take to social media to share a string of disappointing ‘No Disc’ errors after giving Lorde's latest a spin
“The award for best AI song goes to…”: The Future Sound Awards are new music awards for AI music
Reckon that your AI tune doesn’t get the love that it should? A new competition aims to celebrate the best new AI music and its makers
“We don’t want our music killing people,” Deerhoof just quit Spotify after Daniel Ek's weapons deal
“Spotify is flushing itself down the toilet. Eventually artists will want to leave this already widely hated data-mining scam masquerading as a ‘music company”
Glastonbury 2025 line-up times: Who's on when, where and how you can watch them from anywhere. And who the hell are Patchwork?…
Here are all your favourites and where you can see them, plus details of a few mystery slots still to be filled...
“Playing in front of people who are stripped down to the bones…” Josh Homme talks Alive In The Catacombs
“This could be beautiful. This could be elegant,” he says, of Queens of the Stone Age's unusual live return
Tick, tick, tick, tick, boom! Camtronome is the essential musical metronome app that you didn’t know you needed
It’s the next-level performance assistant whose time signature jumps, tempo changes and audible queues will keep you on point through your entire gig
“I’ve taken inspiration from the UK dance music scene": Mixwave put Sleep Token’s drummer in a plugin
Get the distinctive sound of Sleep Token’s drums on your track, whatever your music style or DAW
Neil Peart called him 'the Wood Whisperer' and now he's blended metal and timber in DW's new SonicPly shells
Fusing up to 12 plies of wood with two plies of aluminum they promise presence and power like no other
"They’ve got 13 songs they’re happy with”: The Rolling Stones are recording a new album in London
No UK or Euro tour this year (or ever?) so how about some new material instead?
“Let’s go nefew!”: Snoop Dogg’s biopic is flying high with young star to step into the rapper’s sneakers
After years of planning, it’s all systems ‘yo’ at Universal Pictures
“He's making up lies”: Did Sharon Osbourne just boot a band off the Black Sabbath megagig?
A new interview with Sharon Osbourne reveals that she had to give one act the boot. And fans have been quick to speculate as to who’s out of favour
"I was just, like, shocked:” Scooter Braun says he didn’t see the Taylor Swift feud coming
"When I bought Big Machine, I thought I was going to work with all the artists on Big Machine. I thought it was going to be an exciting thing.”
"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul": Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82
Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82
"I’m not just producing tracks anymore. I’m producing stars from scratch": Timbaland just created an AI artist
"I’m not just producing tracks anymore. I’m producing stars from scratch"
It lives… Madonna just dropped a remix album of Ray of Light 27 years after it was released
Following decades of rumour and suggestion, we finally get to hear an alternative take on her '90s classic
AI-BBA – Björn Ulvaeus is using AI to write a new musical but admits “it usually comes out with garbage"
The new project comes via Pophouse Entertainment, the company that put together ABBA: Voyage
“The baritone Tele was made uniquely for me, and Paul’s mandolin has been with him for decades. We’re heartbroken": Someone just stole Heart’s gear on the eve of their comeback tour
The Wilson sisters are offering a reward for “their safe return – no questions asked”
“You can tell people 'I’m not dying'”: Howard Stern gives Billy Joel fans a good-news update
The two friends met up earlier this month to celebrate Joel’s birthday
“It's not for an Apple card… It's for you”: Joe Bonamassa just posted a creepy deepfaked love letter
Someone just used his likeness to fake a passionate love letter to ‘Lizzie’…
“We didn’t just want to tack on everything that we ever did”: Spotify got your Wrapped 2024 wrong
Hot topics such as Wrapped, possible price increases, a new ‘Pro’ tier and AI music just got aired at their Open House event
