Concerts
Concerts, tours and festivals across Europe: who is playing, where, and the venues that matter.
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Alphabet – “Sense”
London four-piece Alphabet — vocalist/guitarist Milo McNulty, vocalist/bassist Lena Pilshofer, guitarist Tom Sullivan, and drummer…
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"He would just stroll into my kitchen wearing Speedos." As a kid, superstar DJ Fatboy Slim believed that The Beatles rehearsed in his grandmother's house. Then Paul McCartney moved in next door
"They said, 'Your uncle's in The Beatles?' Yeah, they rehearse at my nan's house"
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Baby Queen announces new album ‘I Hope You Don’t Remember Me’ – featuring members of QOTSA and Jack White’s band – with single ‘Permanently Obsessed’ and UK record store tour
The alt-pop star says that the album puts a spotlight on “corners of myself I hadn't looked at in a long time” and “truths I had l…
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Every Sade Album, Ranked
Sade is a band. Nigerian-born singer Helen Folasade Adu, better known as Sade Adu, is the namesake of the British band formed in 1…
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Members of local nu metal band Van Der Dijs among the 1,700 confirmed dead in Venezuelan earthquakes
The four-piece’s rehearsal space in La Guaira collapsed in the two quakes that shook the north of the country on June 23
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding invites reportedly came with NDAs, ahead of rumoured Madison Square Garden nuptials
The couple are reportedly set to tie the knot in NYC this weekend The post Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding invites reportedl…
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Bob Dylan Enlists Joel Paterson As Lone Guitarist After Band Shakeup
There's been a new development with Bob Dylan's band. Over the past month, he's had an unexpected rotating roster of guitarists. O…
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“Using our history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage”: System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian lambasts Israel for recognising Armenian genocide amidst Palestinian conflict
The singer slams the perceived hypocrisy, days after a United Nations commission accused the Israeli military of targetting childr…
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BWF shifts India Open Super 750 to February 2027; tournament returns to traditional January slot in 2028
The India Open Super 750 badminton tournament is moving to February for the 2027 season, from February 2-7 in New Delhi, due to pl…
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Badminton World Tour Calendar Announced
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced its World Tour Calendar for 2027 and 2028, featuring a 35-tournament global cir…
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"I'm not too struck on Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, I never saw what was in Clapton at all". In 1975, Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore was asked for his thoughts on his peers: he did not hold back
Blackmore on Hendrix, Beck, Page, Clapton, Townshend and more
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Elvis On Screen, John Lennon Too: Provence Arts Festival Du Film To Train Eye & Ear On Acclaimed Music Documentaries
EXCLUSIVE: The Provence Arts Festival du Film is readying for its second edition, focused this year on “a celebration of music and…
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Evanescence’s mammoth nu metal hit Bring Me To Life has been certified Diamond in the United States
The immortal track has more than a billion Spotify streams, and its music video has more than a billion views on YouTube
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Peter Gabriel shares latest single, the groove-laden I Belong To The Sky
Peter Gabriel is releasing a new single every full moon in the build-up to his new studio album o\i.
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The EU must learn the lessons from FIFA’s ticket pricing at the 2026 World Cup
The price of tickets at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been widely criticised by football supporters attending the tournament. Ronnie…
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“They say it all went wrong when I started singing. But really, we all changed. It was a metamorphosis. I think we got better”: Genesis’ evolutionary A Trick Of The Tail, track by track
50 years ago, as Phil Collins took over from Peter Gabriel, the always-divisive band had fans to appease and debts to pay. This is…
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"It was a craving for something new." Meet The Scratch, the metal misfits who might just be the missing link between The Dubliners and Metallica
More than just a party band with a "weird little sound", The Scratch's third album Pull Like A Dog is out now
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Madonna preps livestream and pop-ups with TikTok and iHeartRadio
Madonna-maniacs, take note: this Thursday (2 July) the Queen of Pop is hosting a listening party for her new album ‘Confessions II…
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Tourists and influencers have taken over the Cotswolds - these are the spectacular alternatives to visit instead
The Cotswolds are no longer the entirely peaceful, quiet spot to explore in the holidays - instead, check out some crowd-free spot…
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"Though he could be hell to be around, he had a pure heart." Nine Steve Marriott albums you should listen to and one to avoid
One of the great British singers and frontmen, Steve Marriott's catalogue with the Small Faces, Humble Pie and beyond is littered …
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"He grabbed me and said, I like you. You've got a lot of nerve": ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix, and closed their set with Foxy Lady and Purple Haze
When The Moving Sidewalks were picked to support Jimi Hendrix in Texas in 1968, they had just about enough songs to play a full se…
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"That riff is probably the very first heavy metal riff ever": The story of the Hendrix-inspired Cream classic their label boss thought was "psychedelic hogwash"
Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love was a slow-burning success, but it inspired a generation of future rockers
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Whitmer Thomas Shares New Song “Candy Corn” With Video Starring Joe Pera & Carmen Christopher
Whitmer Thomas is perhaps best known as an actor-comedian , but he's keeping the ball rolling with his singer-songwriter career. T…
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Lily Allen Addresses Complaints About Her West End Girl Tour
Lily Allen's West End Girl Tour does not offer a typical pop star concert experience. The opening act is a string ensemble called …