Music

She wasn’t long out of stage school when Queen’s Brian May saw Kerry Ellis in a West End production of My Fair Lady and clocked that indefinable star quality. Her latest album, produced by Mike Stevens and featuring May, reinforces his belief in her potential with a potent mix of …

Paul McCartney on stage with Beach Boy Brian Wilson (Image: Getty) A Beatle was singing God Only Knows on my phone the other night. “Surely not?” I thought. “That can’t be right.” The Beatles never recorded God Only Knows. That must be the Beach Boys. But having enjoyed the voice …

Freddie Mercury was an extraordinary presence on stage and in public, and he could be just as outrageous and provocative in private with his nearest and dearest. His former girlfriend Mary Austin is preparing to auction off a spectacular array of the Queen legend’s private effects in September. Freddie left …

The countdown finally comes to an end on Saturday when Liverpool plays host to the wonderfully cheesy pop celebration that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Last year the UK’s Sam Ryder restored some much needed pride to the nation after years of “nul point” flops. Now the hopes of the …

Live Aid was no fluke – it wasn’t just Queen’s extraordinary talents and musicianship that helped the band steal the entire show. Nor did they turn up the sound monitors. Freddie Mercury may have been one of the greatest showman lead singers of all time, but it is also Queen’s …

Country legends Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks teamed up to co-host the 2023 ACM Awards on Thursday. The 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, and saw Super Bowl LVII performer Chris Stapleton named Entertainer of the Year. …

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is hotting up, and while there is some buzz around Britain’s entry, Mae Muller, and the favourites such as Sweden and Finland, Australia may be the dark horse of the competition. The five-piece rockers hail from Perth, Western Australia, and are perhaps playing music a …

The View are making their comeback to stages around the UK after an elongated hiatus from 2017 to 2022. The Scottish band are known for some massive hits including Same Jeans, Face for the Radio and Feels Like. But the rockers’ frontman, Kyle Falconer, delivered a different kind of hit …

Elvis Presley was an avid film lover. He would frequently rent out his local cinema, the Southbrook Theatre, where he would enjoy the latest movies in empty screening rooms with his Memphis Mafia pals and his family. Elvis’ step-brother, Billy (the son of Elvis’ father, Vernon Presley, and his second …

Beyoncé has just embarked on her massive Renaissance tour, which will see her take on stages around the world and performing songs that were released in her most recent record, Renaissance, and her 2019 venture Lemonade. This will be the first time Beyoncé has been in the UK and Europe …