‘I knew it would happen for Bruce’: David Sancious on walking away from Springsteen’s E Street Band

He inspired their band name and played on Born to Run but left before it turned his bandmates into superstars. As the album turns 50, does the musician – who went on to tour with Sting and Eric Clapton – have any regrets?

‘It destroyed me’: two more men accuse Christian rock star Michael Tait of sexual assault

The founding manager of rock band Evanescence claims he was fired after reporting that Tait assaulted him. An Evanescence co-founder denies he was fired for that reason

Blackpink review – K-pop queens bring fun to New York with a little fatigue on the side

An oppressively humid night takes its toll on the maximalist pop quartet who deliver moments of sugar rush exuberance but with less power than before

Malcolm-Jamal Warner obituary

Actor who found global fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable in the 1980s US TV sitcom The Cosby Show

Five burning questions from Triple J’s Australian Hottest 100, a ‘rare and precious thing’

How did the radio network’s Top 100 Australian Songs poll become a cultural moment and why does Triple J’s head say we should stay ‘fucking loud’?

Rare original proof of David Bailey’s 1965 Box of Pin-Ups discovered

Exclusive: Near-mint condition preprint copy features 36 portraits of stars including John Lennon and Mick Jagger

Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever

More than 2.6 million people voted in radio poll to find the most loved homegrown hits of all time

Meg Washington: ‘Why make art at all? What’s the point? Sometimes I feel like the violinist on the Titanic’

For the last five years, the Australian singer has been busy with films, Bluey and even changing her name – as well as grappling with the climate crisis, parenthood and capitalism for her new album, Gem

Kesha review – a triumphant and electric return for pop’s comeback kid

The millennial-beloved pop star brings the house down in an emotional and energetic chance to show off her new, return-to-form album

Cleo Laine, Britain’s most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97

Versatile singer straddled jazz, classical, pop and musical theatre with four-octave range, and collaborated for decades with husband, John Dankworth

‘He spoke up for me when I was in prison’: Anthrax, Lamb of God, Rick Wakeman and more share memories of Ozzy Osbourne

After Osbourne’s death at 76, the heavy metal greats he inspired remember his pranks, generosity and quadruple brandies – and relive the tears at his farewell show

‘Laughing and out of breath, he thanked us for the snowball fight’: fans on the magic of Ozzy Osbourne

The Prince of Darkness was unexpectedly self-effacing, hilarious and generous, say lovers of Black Sabbath

Khruangbin, again? I quit Spotify for a month to escape samey algorithms – this is what I learned

After being served the same artists again and again, my tastes were narrowing – so I tried vinyl, iPods and radio to see if I could rediscover the joy of finding new music

‘I’ve long struggled with my identity in pop’: Ethel Cain on fandom, first loves, and being inspired by David Lynch

As the first trans woman to break the US Billboard Top 10 albums, she has attracted acclaim, controversy and everything in between. Now she’s ready to upend pop again with an ambitious new album, a new outlook – and her first relationship

For a Brummie like me, Ozzy Osbourne’s voice mattered

Unlike other rock stars of the 70s and 80s, Osbourne talked like a bloke from Birmingham should talk. The teenage me loved it, writes Adrian Chiles