Music

When Elvis Presley returned to the USA in 1960 after being in the army in Germany for a few years, he had a new love in his life. His fame on the other side of the planet meant he was more popular than ever with women, and during that time …

We’re less than a month away from the UK hosting Eurovision in Liverpool on behalf of a war-torn Ukraine. And now new polls have revealed Britain’s all-time favourites in the song contest’s history. Chicago Town Pizza polled 2000 Brits to discover our top Eurovision songs and winning artists. It should …

Lana Del Rey is the latest and final headliner announced to be playing “American Express presents BST Hyde Park” this summer in London in July. The American star is best known for her hits Video Games, Summertime Sadness and Young and Beautiful, and will be bringing her latest album, Did …

Eurovision fans are gearing up for the most exciting week of their lives: The live semi-finals, and the epic live final taking place in Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. This is the first time England has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest since 1998, after Katrina and the Waves’ won the competition …

Today marks St George’s Day and so Sir Paul McCartney has honoured the two late Georges associated with The Beatles. Firstly, his fellow bandmate George Harrison, who died in November 2001, aged 58. And also Sir George Martin, The Beatles record producer, who died in March 2016 at the age …

The Proclaimers’ hit I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) has been removed by the UK government from the official Coronation playlist. According to the BBC, the move came after the Scottish duo were criticised for their anti-royal views. Last year Craig and Charlie Reid agree with a republican demonstrator who was …

After a sensational 21 years as Queen’s frontman, Freddie Mercury tragically lost his battle with AIDS in November 1991. The following spring, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon brought together an incredible group of music legends from Elton John and David Bowie to George Michael and Robert Plant for …

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock’n’Roll preview clip The new documentary, Little Richard: King & Queen of Rock n Roll, airs on BBC2 tonight. During a fascinating examination of the star’s seismic impact on music and popular culture, famous faces like Ringo Starr and Keith Richards confirm what an …

This week’s episode of Queen the Greatest Live continues examining the band’s flamboyant stage wear. As usual, Freddie Mercury is centre-stage in footage this time taken from Christmas Eve 1975. The band had just released their fourth studio album A Night At The Opera and Bohemian Rhapsody was in the …

Elvis Presley performs ‘Hound Dog’ in 1956 Elvis Presley was quite literally crowned as The King of rock and roll in the mid 1950s and has worn that mantle ever since. He always acknowledged his childhood roots among black communities and culture in Mississippi and Tennessee – but his triumph …