Labour’s big fun day ended up being for the few, not the many.
- Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
Researchers analysed 30 years of British pop charts and found a trend towards sadness – but the days of judging music purely on stylistic measures is long gone.
Why shouldn’t the Stones keep touring in their 70s?
The Fab Four made a less than fabulous film.
From outright celebration, through charity to explicit political salvos – is there such a thing as the ‘ultimate’ Christmas pop song?
As guitarist in Australia’s most successful band, Young provided the driving rhythm that underpinned AC/DC’s heavy rock sound.
Rock has long railed against The Man, but problems with the taxman highlight its internal contradictions.
He was a true heart breaker.
The singer was not ‘middle of the road’. He was a bridge across it.
The biggest arts festival in the world came from humble beginnings to lift post-war morale, and blossomed into the full-on arts extravaganza it is today.
Festival-goers are changing and their expectations of what makes a headline act are becoming more diverse.
Dubbed the greatest album ever by Rolling Stone, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is turning 50. We asked six experts how it had stood the test of time and found opinions diverged widely.
Legendary is an overused adjective in popular culture, but Berry’s passing is a salutary reminder of what a giant in the field actually looked like.
Grassroots venues are run on tight margins, and have been under pressure for some time from external factors such as rising costs and gentrification.
Musicians have largely greeted Trump with the sound of silence – and in doing so, they check the normalisation of the current administration.
2016 has been a grim year for pop music, but the latest celebrity deaths highlight the depth of our rich popular culture.
MPs and rock songs may seem like odd bedfellows, but the charity single marks a longstanding shift in how music mobilises the masses.
Trump’s divisiveness has seen him run up against a wide array of musicians calling for a halt to his use of the pop and rock tunes.
By offering single platforms exclusive rights for their new albums, some musicians are streaming against the tide.
Prince revealed the fault-lines in commercial music making – and he didn’t hesitate to prise them open.
A new show offers viewers the chance to be a fly on the wall at the Beatles recording sessions.
Live music has been targeted by terrorism … but it also offers an antidote to it.
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