
Daniel Griffiths
Daniel Griffiths is a veteran journalist who has worked on some of the biggest entertainment, tech and home brands in the world. He's interviewed countless big names, and covered countless new releases in the fields of music, videogames, movies, tech, gadgets, home improvement, self build, interiors and garden design. He’s the ex-Editor of Future Music and ex-Group Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Musician, Guitarist, Guitar World, Computer Music and more. He renovates property and writes for MusicRadar.com.
Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths

“We’ve been there once, and once was enough": Massive Attack go on the attack
By Daniel Griffiths published
U2, Adele, Celine Dion, Madonna, The Eagles… If you’re playing a Vegas residency then you haven’t got Massive's memo

"hbd!!!": Charli XCX makes a surprise live appearance alongside Billie Eilish for Guess: Remix
By Daniel Griffiths published
The unexpected star clash comes as part of Eilish’s in-progress US tour

"Peter Gabriel said, as soon as he saw me sit down on a drum stool, he knew that I was the drummer"
By Daniel Griffiths published
Phil Collins: Drummer First reveals the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…

DW Soundworks library gets even bigger with the new DW Collector’s Pure Cherry Shell Expansion Pack
By Daniel Griffiths published
Get the famous sound of Drum Workshop’s drums in your DAW via their DW Soundworks plugin

The top music documentaries to watch this Christmas (and where to find them)
By Daniel Griffiths published
Give Christmas Top of the Pops and The Two Ronnies the swerve this year with our pick of essential festive music viewing

Haemorrhaged vocal cords force Sam Fender to scrap rest of UK tour, including Newcastle homecoming Christmas gig
By Daniel Griffiths published
It’s not the first time that the star has had to put his health first and been forced to let down fans

"Coated with analogue warmth": Röyksopp get even more Mysterious with new surprise reworking
By Daniel Griffiths published
A new ambient reinterpretation of the electronic duo’s Profound Mysteries project catches their fans by surprise

“He thought that he wouldn’t have the ideas, but they were absolutely there": Here’s the songwriting advice that Elton John gave to Chappell Roan
By Daniel Griffiths published
The up-and-coming superstar is just one of today’s artists that have been helped by one of music’s true greats

“The culture of the music world sucks”: Why Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won't be making any more records soon
By Daniel Griffiths published
While the duo are highly regarded film composers, they do tease at least one ‘new’ Nine Inch Nails release…

Ed Sheeran wants to give you his money
By Daniel Griffiths published
The star's new charity aims to help musicians, and with a £300 million personal fortune at his disposal he can afford a lot of guitar lessons

Texas Ho Ho Hold 'Em: Beyoncé teases NFL halftime show ahead of Netflix's Christmas Gameday spectacular
By Daniel Griffiths published
It all hits the small screen on Christmas Day. And Mariah Carey will be performing All I Want For Christmas Is You. Obviously

“A magical part is this sidechain with the bass”: Lady Gaga breaks down Disease in new studio video
By Daniel Griffiths published
Discover which plugins were used and how Rick Rubin produced her album without being there…

Kate Bush says no to Fake Bush, as stars’ petition against AI training hits 36,000 signatures
By Daniel Griffiths published
She’s the latest high-profile musical name to join the celebrity ‘who’s who’ of star signatories

DrumCraft’s new Nighthawk double pedals deliver 3 ways to hit twice as fast
By Daniel Griffiths published
Its new double-pedal range comes laden with additional features for extra speed and performance

“I just keep forgetting it”: Watch Phil Collins work out his drum part for Do They Know It’s Christmas in 40-year-old footage
By Daniel Griffiths published
A new documentary sheds light on the genius performance that you may not have noticed

Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst hated Creed so much he asked their label not to release their debut album
By Daniel Griffiths published
The divisive post-grunge mainstays wouldn’t be part of history if the label had listened to their star

All I Want For Christmas is on the slide as new streaming stats reveal that it's losing its twinkle
By Daniel Griffiths published
If the trend continues it’s safe to say that Carey won’t be Christmas number one this year

“Paul is actually stacked up, doing The Beatles next”: It’s (very nearly) official: Paul Mescal looks set to play Paul McCartney in new Sam Mendes biopic
By Daniel Griffiths published
Top directors and Ringo Starr just can’t keep schtum about who's in Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics

"I said 'I'm leaving,' and they wouldn’t believe me": Bill Wyman on quitting the Rolling Stones
By Daniel Griffiths published
There’s perhaps no band as storied and mythologised as The Rolling Stones. And their ex-bassist has always got a story to tell

It's Macca Vs The Machines as Paul McCartney wades in on AI’s threat to music makers
By Daniel Griffiths published
Despite embracing AI for their last release, it seems the ex-Beatles bassist has since had a change of tune

What the Ek? Spotify founder is richer than any musical artist, ever
By Daniel Griffiths published
And Spotify nuke Spotify Unwrapped, the protest site that worked out just how little they’re paying artists

Wish that Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour could go on forever? Now even The Eras Tour Book will be a record-breaker
By Daniel Griffiths published
After hit albums and the world’s most lucrative tour, the star’s next number one is in publishing

“They haven’t agreed on anything for 20 years”: How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour to concur
By Daniel Griffiths published
More unlikely than his choice of song were the odds of the two warring Floyd members saying yes to it…
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