Category: Music
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 1 – Charli xcx: Brat (and Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat)
In 2022, Charli xcx released Crash, an album that she claimed was a deliberate “sellout”. An artist who had previously seemed hell-bent on singlehandedly dragging [more…]
Paul McCartney reunites with Ringo Starr at London concert
The two surviving members of one of the world’s greatest bands reunited on stage on Thursday in a concert that also paid emotional tribute to [more…]
Del Boy did it! Or did he … ? Test your knowledge with our bumper Christmas culture quiz
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You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment
The past year brought with it intriguing musical movements, not least a sudden pivot towards country by a succession of mainstream pop stars. Heralded by [more…]
Bob ‘Slim’ Dunlap, guitarist in the Replacements, dies at 73
Bob “Slim” Dunlap, who replaced Bob Stinson on guitar in cult Minneapolis band the Replacements, has died at 73. In 2012, Dunlap suffered a stroke. [more…]
‘I don’t deal in nonsense’: Tulisa on ‘revenge porn’, tabloid stings, celibacy, success and survival
Why does anyone go on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!? Sometimes there’s an obvious reputation-washing agenda, which annoyingly seems to work [more…]
The Christmas that went wrong: I was hungover – so I bought everyone in my family a Moby CD
When I left the north of Ireland for the University of Glasgow 20 years ago, I threw myself into the city’s hard‑partying lifestyle with all the vigour [more…]
Cara Delevingne plays Elton John for Step Into Christmas video remake
The actor and model Cara Delevingne plays Sir Elton John in a new video for his song Step Into Christmas. In the video, a behind-the-scenes [more…]
Move over, Mariah! The cheesiest, weepiest, silliest, booziest European Christmas bangers
Step inside a shopping centre in Catalonia or walk around a Christmas market in the Ruhr valley right now and you’ll find it impossible to [more…]
Amazon push may help Tom Grennan beat Wham! to UK Christmas No 1
Alexa, can you make a Christmas No 1? As this year’s battle for the most played and bought track of the festive season reaches its [more…]