Latest articles by Will Simpson
“No one can serve the masses anymore”: Lizzo puts out TikTok blaming social media for absence of crossover hits
It’s the reason there’s been no song of the summer, apparently
“This time there will actually be music”: Hold the cheese sandwiches – it’s Fyre Festival: The Musical!
But Billy McFarland won’t get a dime
"Hey, can Sebastian give me a hug?": How a seemingly innocent request triggered Sebastian Bach
Singer was upset that fan had asked him for a hug
"I treasure every moment we shared”: Baroness pay tribute to fallen bandmate Allen Blickle
Blickle had left Georgia metal band in 2013
“It was worth all the tension”: White Lotus composer wins third Emmy despite fall out with show’s creator
“What I gave him did this” says Christobal Tapia de Veer
“Every culture has accessed it and made something of their own of it”: Andy Summers to front new docu-series about the guitar
Global Guitar will start filming next year, hopefully
Colin Greenwood suggests Radiohead will take "a busking attitude" to setlists for upcoming gigs
Plus band will donate £1 from every UK ticket to Music Venue Trust
Morrissey’s Smiths’ sale: The plot thickens as singer says email for potential buyers has been switched off
Though it seems it never worked in the first place
“I wanted to save my sister the torment of listening to songs about coconuts and infant fish”: Meet the DJ who’s made a babies' rave album
Music For Babies To Rave And Sleep To is out now
“The largest IP theft in human history”: Tech companies accused of scraping millions of copyrighted songs to train AI
Billboard publishes dossier fingering Google, Meta, Microsoft and X
“It was kinda like punk rockabilly”: Springsteen to release electric versions of Nebraska tracks
Five-CD box set of 1982 album arrives next month
“London presented so much that he found fascinating": David Bowie’s lost theatrical project set in 18th-century London
Reams of notes for The Spectator found in his New York office
"Please don't put it on the internet": Limp Bizkit tease new song with the help of a young social media drummer
She’s Kristina Rybalchenko
“We know what love is”: Foreigner make formal offer to play at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding
Band's fans are divided on the idea
"It has created a real and lasting impact": Sam Fender’s arena tour raises over £100,000 for UK grassroots music
Money raised will be distributed to 38 different venues
"It's a classic... one of the best rock songs ever”: Which 2013 track could Brian May be talking about?
Queen man says: "I wish I'd heard it when I was a kid"
“It needs everybody to get involved”: Collective of grassroots promoters announces new festival and organisation
Where It All Began will be held next spring
"I am burnt out by all connections to Marr, Rourke, Joyce”: Morrissey wants to sell his half of the Smiths’ business
Singer says he has enough of “malicious associations”
“AI helped me create something I couldn't before”: Notts musician on the program that helped him express himself
Lucas Horne has been nominated for Fanvue's Future Sound Awards
Revealed! (Some of) the lyrics to REM's It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
By none other than Michael Stipe
“Who knows where this will all lead?”: Radiohead confirm five European residences for November and December
They will be band's first gigs since 2018
“My father always thought you were a ..: Which rock legend has annoyed Jack Osbourne?
After some insensitive comments about his old man
Global music revenue set to double $200 billion in next decade, says Goldman Sachs
Emerging streaming markets and superfans to provide growth
