Music

It’s feeling a lot colder than it was yesterday, isn’t it? Between the festivities, the New Year and the snowfall, plenty of music fans are already keen to get back out onto the fields, get a drink in their hands, and listen to some live music. And, thankfully, Great Britain …

BST Hyde Park has become a mainstay in the British festival season. Each year, some industry-leading artists, singers and bands take to the erected stage at Hyde Park for (usually) one night only. 2024 included some monumental events, bringing the likes of Stevie Nicks and Morgan Wallen to the stage. …

It’s not uncommon for celebrities to have plastic surgery, but did you know that Elvis Presley, who would have been 90 on Wednesday, had work done? Fans may consider The King to have been naturally handsome enough but that didn’t stop him. Those who knew him personally in his private …

Just over four years ago, Andrea Bocelli’s 8-year-old daughter made her professional debut in a special duet with him. The Italian tenor invited Virginia Bocelli on stage at the Teatro Regional di Parma opera house as part of his socially distanced live-streamed concert Believe in Christmas. Picking up an acoustic …

Coldplay have already made sure that 2025 will be their year. The band, which is fronted by Chris Martin, will be heading out on an enormous tour this summer to showcase their latest album. The band, who are best known for releasing such songs as Fix You, Viva La Vida, …

Growing up in a white working-class Essex family, Pauline Vickers had no idea her real parents were a teenage schoolgirl and a Nigerian prince. The Selecter star’s backstory, including childhood abuse and casual racism, would make a compelling movie, but for now it’s a documentary film. Pauline Black: A 2-Tone …

One of Elvis Presley’s most famous movies has to be 1957’s Jailhouse Rock, which is on BBC Two tonight. The film saw The King play Vince Everett, who was sentenced to prison for manslaughter before rising to fame as a musician. His co-star was Judy Tyler, who played Peggy Van …

Angela Lansbury, who died in 2022 aged 96, starred opposite Elvis Presley as his mother in 1961’s Blue Hawaii. The film was one of Elvis Presley’s post-army movies of the early sixties and is on BBC 2 today along with more Elvis films and documentaries to mark the King’s 90th …

Back in July, Sir Brian May spent his 77th birthday in Tuscany performing a set with Andrea Bocelli, at the third and final of his consecutive 30th anniversary concerts. In addition to being surprised with a birthday cake and the Italian maestro singing Happy Birthday to him live on stage, …

Beloved musician Neil Young has confirmed that he will perform at Glastonbury 2025 festival following an “error in information” that caused him to pull out. The singer wrote on his blog that he received “an error in information” that forced him to announce that he would not longer be performing …