Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths
“We never imagined that we’d still be in London three years on”: Abba: Voyage just got four new songs
New fan favourites join the virtual gig’s all-hits line-up following an all-star anniversary party
“Nobody ever asks Pet Shop Boys if they can play the piano”: Pop masterminds Saint Etienne have great news for anyone who can’t play an instrument
About to release their last album, the band reminisce on their 13-album career and why not being able to play is actually “an asset"
“We're gonna do Glastonbury together”: Rod Stewart just confirmed who’ll be joining him on stage
With a history of duets as long as his list of exes, Stewart has no shortage of superstars to pick from
"Throwing back": Oasis just paid homage to themselves with the reveal of retro-inspired tour merch
If their dynamic pricing took the shirt off your back, they’ll gladly sell you a new one…
"And the finalists are…" It’s time to vote on which band gets to play at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Thomann and Shure have revealed their shortlist. Now it’s time for you to pick your winner.
It’s a prog/metal pile on! Ghost and Opeth just blasted Bohemian Rhapsody back at Queen at the Polar Music Prize
The massive metallers were joined by Opeth’s Fredrik Åkesson and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir for a rousing Queen homage
“It would be a bit of an ego thing to say I made Sleep Token’s world”: George Lever talks producing the band
Lever explains the two reverbs that became essential for the Sleep Token sound and what’s wrong with the band’s latest
“Art creation always starts with a prompt, a seed”: Rick Rubin is now an AI 'vibe coder'
The legendary producer of music from The Beastie Boys to Slipknot to Adele to everyone in between just went off at a tangent…
“If you’re a bass player you are by definition a moron”: Frank Zappa’s bassist, Scott Thunes speaks out
The bass enigma delivers the inside track on Zappa’s genius and why bass players need to know their place
Saint Etienne announce final album and release new single co-produced by The Chemical Brothers
The much-loved British musical institution aim to “go out with a bang”
Could Taylor Swift finally be about to take ownership of her master recordings?
Her back catalogue famously fell into ‘enemy’ hands. Now it’s claimed that the man that ‘took’ it wants her to have it back…
Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days… and the results are both surprising and worrying
The rodents were subjected to I Miss You in compressed and uncompressed form. Here’s what happened…
"A jaunt behind the curtain…": Gorillaz celebrate 25 years with an exhibition and four "one off" gigs
Fans attending the band’s exhibition will get the chance to buy tickets to a limited run of new live shows
“Too risky at the moment”: A Springsteen covers band has been advised not to play in his hometown
Springsteen’s anti-Trump comments while on European tour got a US venue so rattled they cancelled a coverband’s gig
“I'm sure you all agree, I'm hardly Bob Dylan”: Charli xcx is the Ivor Novello Songwriter of the Year
Other winners at last night's event included U2, Robbie Williams, Brandon Flowers, Berwyn and Self Esteem
“Proving we know music best”: Did Spotify really just pick this summer's hottest 30 tracks?
Mixing social science with some good old fashioned good taste, Spotify reckons it can predict the future
"We did one take of him singing Lava Chicken Shack": Jack Black’s Minecraft hit took 34 seconds to make
A new Apple Music video goes behind the scenes on Black’s musical contribution to the surprise hit of the year
Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen just announced his departure from the band on live TV
We're used to band line-up changes, but we've never seen anything quite like this
Marshall’s Heston 120 promises to bring "rock 'n' roll flair to the world of soundbars"
It’s so retro that The Darkness have been resurrected to help roll it out
Welcome to the bungle… Watch Axl Rose take umbrage when GNR's new drummer plays the wrong song
Just two gigs into a World Tour things didn't go to plan for new sticksmith, Issac Carpenter
“Metronome-like precision deemed "soulless"”: Josh Freese delivers 10 reasons for Foo Fighters sacking
Big names from Stewart Copeland to Michael Buble have all waded in to offer Freese their support
Cologne venue Essigfabrik just had its soundsystem stolen in a “Hollywood-worthy” robbery
Welcome to the world's quietest nightclub. Essigfabrik's €100,000 speakers just vanished into thin air
“Mayer on guitar, Grohl on drums…": Ed Sheeran just revealed his multi-star pile-on for the F1 movie
Sheeran joins John Mayer and Dave Grohl on Drive – a song that’s part of the soundtrack for this summer’s fastest movie
