Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87
Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s disease
Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – though it all ends up feeling a little samey
Bonnie Tyler obituary
Singer who topped the charts around the world in 1983 with the power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks
Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75
Welsh singer and Eurovision entrant’s other hits included Footloose soundtrack smash Holding Out for a Hero
‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror … arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee
Armed with a new album inspired by ‘dead English blokes’, the revered musician discusses writing nasty songs about his neighbours and how he’s finally made it in Nashville aged 73
‘He saw signs saying No Blacks – but he never got bitter’: Sterling Betancourt, the man who brought steelpan music to the UK
Moving to the UK in the 1950s, the Trinidadian musician endured racism and built his own instruments from waste. After his death aged 96, his widow recalls his patience and positivity
Dolly Parton musical set for Broadway this winter: ‘a dream come true’
After a run in Nashville, Dolly: A True Original Musical is set to open in New York in December
BTS review – pure joy and astonishing versatility at K-pop titans’ first UK show in seven years
Fans and cynics are putty in the boyband’s hands as the lads lark their way through a catalogue of tracks that ricochet from hard rap to buttery pop
Madonna was always anti-nostalgia. But looking back on Confessions II has revitalised her music
The veteran pop diva has pressed rewind to move forward on her new record – and beneath the bangers fizz a host of emotionally charged memories
Adapt or die: the Australian live music lovers trying to reinvent an ‘ancient’ and ‘unviable’ industry
With punters drinking less, running costs rising and one-third of the sector wiped out by Covid, venues and promoters are turning the business model on its head
Lauren Bennett, singer on LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, dies aged 36
British-born vocalist competed on The X Factor before joining the girl groups Paradiso Girls and G.R.L.
‘The song got us signed but I hated it’: how Haircut 100 made Fantastic Day
‘In the early days, we hopped on every bandwagon going – punk, ska, mod, everything. Fantastic Day was always there, just in different styles. The original was more Talking Heads. I preferred that’
‘I was there!’ Writers remember legendary gigs by Beyoncé, Brian Wilson, Britney, Oasis, Daft Punk and more
What’s it like to catch a gig so great it goes down in history? Our writers relive incredible performances by everyone from Amy Winehouse at the North Sea jazz festival to Kanye West at Glastonbury
‘Justin Bieber was played so much in the changing room’: Leah Williamson’s honest playlist
The England and Arsenal player grew up with Enrique Iglesias on repeat, and knows the Bridget Jones soundtrack by heart. But what football song gives her goosebumps?