A new baby in the long-running BBC soap opera Eastenders has been named after Charli XCX. “Shout out my gays in the writers’ room”, said the pop star acknowledging the news.…
New CEO at Universal Music Greater China; Music Leaders Network expands; new releases from King Creosote, Kojaque, Gazelle Twin and Scaler; Tom Jones and UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell announce tour dates…
Gabrielle, Tricky, Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt and Declan McKenna have been announced as ambassadors for this year’s National Album Day. The event will take place later this month with a focus on albums released in the 90s.…
Burning Man organisers were forced to halt the festival last week due to torrential rain, which left tens of thousands of people stranded for days. Meanwhile, another US music festival, Electric Zoo, cancelled its first day after construction of the main stage was not completed in time.…
Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has announced that his Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties project has come to an end, three years after it started as a response to the first UK COVID lockdown.…
Steve Lamacq has announced that he is stepping down from his weekday 6 Music show after eighteen years - he will continue to present a Monday afternoon show in the same slot, with Huw Stephens taking on the rest of the week.…
An international search has been launched in an effort to find a bass guitar Paul McCartney used in the early days of The Beatles and which went missing in 1969.…
Cooking Vinyl Publishing will represent the songs catalogue of indie-rock duo Her’s - who were killed in a car accident in 2019 - following a deal with management company Heist Or Hit and the families of the band's members.…
Ariana Grande is the latest artist to part company with Scooter Braun's management firm, according to reports - despite denials from sources at his company SB Projects.…
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