2017

Following an interview in which 22-year-old rapper, Post Malone, said fans who are, “looking for lyrics” should avoid hip-hop, the hit-making-machine has since attempted to clarify his words. This comment naturally caused quite the outburst, especially considering Malone makes hip-hop himself. He has since come out to clarify his statement. He claimed he was drunk […]

At the recent Pride of Britain Awards Sir Rod Stewart made the grand gesture of donating a large sum of money to Katie Walke, a businesswoman who was receiving the Prince’s Trust Young Achiever Award. Sir Rod was there presenting Walke with her award for her work running a beauty salon in Liverpool that helps

Jay-Z stopped a performance in California on Saturday in order to invite a fan onstage after discovering she was a cancer survivor. The rapper halted his show to read Christina Cruz’s sign, which read “I Beat Cancer 2X 2 C U! I LOVE U!!! SELFIE OR HUG?” After reportedly saying “I gotta give you at

Ed Sheeran has announced that he has written a James Bond theme song, even though he has not been officially asked to do so. The singer said that he created it just in case it was ever required. Sheeran stated that “with Bond, I’ve actually had a theme tune written for about three years.” A

Apple has recently denied reports suggesting that they are likely to retire the iTunes Music Store as soon as 2019. Apple launched their own streaming service Apple Music back in 2015 – Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the time: “It will change the way you experience music forever” but rumours say that a “phase-out”

  The end of the year is drawing in, the weather is prompting more coat purchases than ever before, and your life is most severely lacking in Spice. Well, if this is the case (which, let’s face it, it is) then there is some cracking news. The Spice Girls are reportedly set for a reunion

The BBC has announced its sound of 2018 long list and it makes for interesting reading.  The listing envisages the up and coming musicians anticipated to grow in success in the next year. Artists included in this season’s harvest are London rappers Not3s and Yxng Bane and Norwegian singers Sigrid and Alma, who have all

  The Cure have announced details of their only European show of 2018 – a special 40th anniversary celebration gig at London’s Hyde Park, as part of British Summer Time festival on July 7. They want to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of their first single in a magnificent way and their official

Rising K-Pop sensation Kim Jong-hyun has sadly passed away, at the age of 27. His death, which occurred on 18th December 2017, has been ruled by South Korean authorities as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. It has been reported that his sister believes the singer committed suicide, and supposedly communicated with him in his

Next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been revealed, with the roster including legends Bon Jovi and Dire Straits. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself is a museum in Ohio, but it is more widely recognised as the prestigious annual awards ceremony, where iconic artists from history get a chance

“Now” albums are known for their tendency to reside in almost every home and car in the UK – it’s no surprise then that four of these albums have sat among the top ten most popular albums of the UK this year, based on the iTunes charts. Now 95 through to 97 have achieved this

In an effort to end sexual harassment and misogyny in the Australian music industry, an open letter has been signed by over 300 women working in and around music. “We are not whingers or vibe-killers,” the piece explains. “We are passionate people dedicating our lives to music. In the face of uncountable discrimination, harassment, violence,

Apple has acquired Shazam, the popular music identification app that was founded in 1999 and that is averagely used 20 million times a day around the world. Shazam lets users identify songs, movies, TV shows and commercials from short audio clips. While Shazam identifies a song or other audio playing, it shows ads to users,

On December 13, a Beatles box set signed and gifted by Paul McCartney to benefit the Manchester Victim’s Fund was auctioned off.   Sir Paul donated a special ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ six-disc Super Deluxe (50th Anniversary Edition) box set which he also offered to personalise. It sold at Bonhams in London for

Jack Whitehall is set to host the BRIT Awards in 2018. The 29 year old comedian will be walking in the footsteps of Dermot O’Leary and Emma Willis who were the presenters this year. Past hosts have included James Corden, Peter Kay and Russell Brand. Jason Iley, the BRIT Awards chairman, said that Whitehall would

A posthumous album from Jimi Hendrix titled ‘Both Sides of the Sky’ is set to be released in March 2018 on Sony Legacy. The recording is the concluding section of an archival trilogy dedicated to the rock legend, after 2010’s ‘Valleys of Neptune’ and 2013’s ‘People, Hell and Angels’. Both Sides of the Sky will

DID YOU KNOW?Justin Bieber is the 10th most followed user on Instagram by number of followers, he has 94 million followers! Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His mum would often upload videos of him singing covers of various R&B songs and his popularity grew from there. After a talent manager discovered

DID YOU KNOW? In 2015 Ed Sheeran wrote hit song ‘Love Yourself’ for Justin Bieber   Ed Christopher Sheeran , MBE is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and attended the Academy of Contemporary Music as an undergraduate from the age of18 in 2009. He began writing songs

Code Orange; a twisted package of macabre, sinister and downright disturbing hardcore, and alt-J – an experimental trio focused on unorthodox indie electronica – a bizarre combination, but in this case, it is clear that opposites attract. It is apparent that alt-J are fans of other forms of alternative music – drummer Thom Green was