Latest articles by Beth Simpson
“It was horrifying. I don't know what happened”: Alex Warren on his Grammys night in-ear monitor mishap
At least Chappell Roan offered some consoling words
Always crashing in the same car: Major album releases lead to increased traffic fatalities
When smartphone use rockets, so do RTAs
“Who knows what’s next?”: Alex James on Britpop Classical, Blur and prospect of returning to Coachella
Bassist plays the Albert Hall tonight
“I was caught in the middle of all of that band drama": When Adrian Belew was asked to replace David Byrne in Talking Heads
He didn’t regard it as a serious offer though
New George Michael tour film and live album announced
Footage comes from Faith tour of 1988
“I didn't say that I think her music was 'boring'”: Jack White puts the record straight about Taylor Swift
And social media pile-ons stifle “artistic vision and imagination”, he argues
"Not a step we take lightly": PRS sue Steam for using music without a licence – for 23 years
They’ve never bothered to obtain one
“Right now I gotta lotta of rehabbing to do”: Jello Biafra has had been hospitalised with a stroke
Label says he’s stable
“This will revolutionise the ticketing marketplace”: US Justice Department and Live Nation sign deal
Live music behemoth won’t be broken up, but its wings are clipped
“You don’t have to worry what they think”: Boy George on why he prefers writing songs with AI than humans
“I have fantastic conversations with ChatGPT” he insists
“Music is just such a sweet shop”: Jonny Greenwood to release album with Qawwali musician Shye Ben Tzur
Ranjha is the follow up to 2015’s Junun
“Dylan didn’t tell you what the answer was”: Jack White on why he doesn’t write protest songs
He has a book of his lyrics out now
“I was told to take it off": Damon Albarn reveals that Lou Reed’s voice on The Mountain is a ‘replica’
His estate wouldn’t give permission
“What Africa is capable of when vision meets excellence”: Record broken for Largest Orchestra at an Afrobeats concert
The cream of the genre plus an 80-piece ensemble
“It was such a special moment”: Marianne Faithfull's last performance captured in new doc
Broken English is out in a couple of weeks
“I can play up to 20 hits per second”: Meet Jason Barnes – the AI-assisted one armed drummer
He’s broken record for most bpm with a prosthetic
“A concrete first step toward transparency”: Apple announces new tagging system for AI-generated music
But it’s only voluntary...
“Afterwards he sent David an invoice for $10,000”: Tony Visconti on Dave Grohl’s “ludicrious” Bowie session fee
He guested on the Heathen album
“Some people assert that the CIA was involved”: Billy Corgan thinks that rock was “purposely dialled down”
He says rock stars don’t have “a voice in the culture”. Er...
“You get requests like, ‘Can you make it more green?’”: Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter on his life as a session player
And how to make steel guitar not sound like steel guitar...
Hello Old Friend: Clapton heads out to Midwest for September tour
Jimmie Vaughan is supporting
“This is a love and friendship story I have with Mexico”: Shakira plays largest gig in Mexico City’s Zócalo
She played free show to 400,000
“We’re from North Hollywood! What do we have to sing about Africa?”: How Toto crafted their deathless classic
Song has streamed over a billion times
