Macklemore says that nine US arenas turned down his Free Palestine tour
Rapper called out ‘intimidation, manipulation and suppression’ in a social media post, claiming major arenas refused to host him after the Ed Sheeran controversy
Clem Cattini obituary
Drummer who as a session musician made an unsung contribution to more than 40 No 1 singles
Spice Girls: The Singles Collection review – stop fleecing your fans right now, thank you very much
The reunion that fans were hoping for turns out to be a cash-grab box set – though there is a worthwhile curio featuring Posh on lead vocals
Post your questions for folk music legend Judy Collins
Ahead of her farewell UK concert next year, the 87-year-old singer-songwriter will join us to answer your questions
The week’s best new tracks and the act you need to know: crowd-pleasing anticapitalist rockers Sans Froid
Inspired by everything from Radiohead to Deerhoof and Linda Perhacs, the west country band merge disparate styles into solid anthems
La Roux: Old Flames review – a breezy, hook-packed twist on a breakup album
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album
K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’ – report
New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minors
Full of life and catching feelings: Christine and the Queens’ greatest songs – ranked!
As the French avant-popper returns with new single Rendez-vous avec toi, we celebrate the best of an artist who uses sleek songwriting to grapple with knotty emotion
‘At my age, I can rant!’ Bernie Taupin on Elton John, hellraising vampires and competing in full-blown rodeos
He is the outstanding lyricist who propelled the Rocket Man to 300m sales. As Taupin releases a wistfully grouchy solo album, he talks about the joy of anonymity, his LA drinking gang – and owning a prize-winning bucking bull
Ashanti: ‘I’ve had a bodysuit snap off on stage. That was not my coolest moment’
Before her Australian tour, the Grammy-winner talks about her marriage to Nelly, fans rushing the stage and her secret skill
Steve Ellis, frontman of Everlasting Love hitmakers Love Affair, dies aged 76
Singer hit No 1 with pop-rock band in 1968 and scored three more Top 10 hits with them, before solo career featuring collaborations with Paul Weller
‘They said we incited riots’: explosive punks Bad Brains on drugs, self-destruction and recording from jail
Young, black and fuelled by self-help mantras, they were reputedly the best live band on Earth. As their wild first sessions are rereleased, the group talk about scaring club owners – and getting kicked out of the UK
Rosalind Ashford obituary
American singer who was a founding member of Martha and the Vandellas
Odette on a later-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘It completely revolutionised the way that I exist’
Last year she got sober and an official diagnosis. It’s not the first time a new understanding about herself has reframed the Sydney artist’s music – and life
Sampa the Great: Nu Zamrock review – a full-circle moment for a world-class act
Sampa Tembo’s genre-hopping third album meets the moment with charisma and cheek