Latest articles by Beth Simpson
“I asked Sean and he said, ‘Oh, he would’ve wanted to engage.’”: Steven Soderbergh on his John Lennon doc and its use of AI
It won’t try to bring Lennon back to life, he insists
“A testament to the essential goodness of humanity”: The story of Be My Baby, the emblem of pop’s lost age of innocence
The last surviving Ronette Nedra Talley Ross passed away this week
“Get ready to turn the speakers up”: Chase And Status sign up for new James Bond video game
007: First Light is out at the end of May
“It was a culture shock for him to see such brainless violence”: Inside the early days of the Arctic Monkeys
New book about Sheffield’s indie scene is out next week
“She's redefining what songwriting can be": Rosalia to be honoured at the Ivor Novello Awards in May
She’s International Songwriter Of The Year
Thomann launch Montreux Jazz Festival competition with hour long slot plus €3,000 performance fee up for grabs
Applicants can be different genres that ‘make up the festival’s varied palette’
London High Court throws out Hendrix royalties lawsuit from estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
Relatives argued they were owed streaming revenue
The Primitives' PJ Court on his live TV guitar tone fail during a performance of hit single, Crash
The song had a "second life" after it was reworked and included in Dumb and Dumber
Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voice and likeness in a bid to shake off the bots and protect her big reputation
There will be no unauthorised Life of AI Showgirl, it seems
“Don’t just fund problems, fix them”: Music Venue Trust launches small venue upgrade programme
This is where that £1 arena show levy has been going
What on earth is Fremmede Sprog and what has it got to do with the Rolling Stones?
Answers on a billboard...
“She helped define a sound that would change music”: The last surviving Ronette, Nedra Talley Ross has died
She was 80 years old
Watch the moment when a conductor accidentally knocked a £1 million violin out of its player's hand
It could have been a lot worse
“Hello children, mutha is here to save you”: Madonna gatecrashes LA club and debuts some Confessions II tracks
Plus Olivia Rodrigo plays a Brooklyn open mic night
"I don't know what he gets out of it": The scam promoter who's enraging Scottish techno DJs
“I've pissed off a lot of people," admits Kieran Wells
“It was traumatic": Paul McCartney’s driver on how he felt when Macca’s beloved Hofner was stolen
But it turned up 51 years later
“An innovator who left an indelible mark on the history of music": Nashville session legend Wayne Moss has died
Guitarist played on Oh Pretty Woman, Jolene and on Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde
"I thought the melody was so beautiful": So what unexpected cover has Paul Weller included on his new compilation?
It came from a recent BBC Radio 2 session
“It was like an acid trip that kept coming back to him”: The torturous - and ironic - story of There She Goes
"He had this blueprint in his head for the record, but it was like an acid trip that kept coming back to him, and it would mess him up"
“An inspiring meeting point for professionals and creators”: Thomann are running a live music trade fair in May
Live Days runs from May 11 to 30 at their Treppendorf campus
Peter Hook says he won’t perform with New Order at their RNR Hall Of Fame – unless he receives an apology
Liam and Noel Gallagher could be intermediaries, he says
Boards Of Canada confirm first new album in over a decade
Duo had teased it via mailouts of VHS tapes
“I would never say that to anybody” What did Dave Grohl say to David Bowie the first time he met him?
“I backpedalled so fast,” he recalls
