Music

The Courteeners brought some Mancunian magic to The Royal Albert Hall last night, as they took to the stage for their Teenage Cancer Trust show. The charity’s annual week-long concert series has seen some huge names over the years from Ed Sheeran to Florence Welch. And 2023’s offering has been …

Barbados-born British reggae star Zeeteah, 66, is best known for her UK hits This Is The Place and Sexual Prime and her US Billboard dance chart-topper with Arizona, Slide On The Rhythm. Her latest album, Wat A Ting!, is out now. What was your first TV memory? A long time …

After The Beatles split up in 1970, each of the Fab Four began working on their own solo music. John Lennon took a break from music throughout the 1970s, but came back with a bang by the end of the decade; and in 1980, his fifth studio album, Double Fantasy, …

Having shot to fame the year before, Elvis Presley decided to purchase the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25, 1957 – 66 years ago this weekend. Designed by architects Furbringer and Ehrman and built in 1939 for the Moore family, the Colonial Revival style house was named after Ruth …

Under 13s perform their Orrible Orchestras concert at Portsmouth Guildhall in 2022 (Image: Vernon Nash) The number of National Youth Music Organisations is set to be more than doubled with the creation of eight new centres – taking the total number spread across the country from seven to fifteen. National …

Danny had hoped Agent Elvis would be for kids, saying: “I was disappointed… it could have been so much more of a cartoon and also some Elvis education in with the fun and even the bang up, bust up [action]…Did Elvis cuss? Sure he did, he was human. But he …

Tony Hadley talks about Spandau Ballet’s early days and his upcoming performances (Image: Getty) Tony Hadley is telling me about a teenage girl who asked for his autograph backstage at a festival last year. “I said, ‘Sure, for your mum?’ She replied, ‘No, for my grandmother’.” The big man, just …

They may have shot to fame more than 40 years ago – but Boney M are now a TikTok sensation. The band’s classic 1978 song Rasputin has had 22 billion hits on the social media channel since Russia invaded Ukraine. And their distinctive brand of pop, which saw the group …

The Pet Shop Boys have been going since 1981 with over 50 million records sold worldwide. The most successful duo in UK music history, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s synth-pop classics like West End Girls and It’s a Sin have hit No 1. And yet a song of theirs that …

This week’s episode of Queen The Greatest Live takes fans back to 1982’s Milton Keynes Bowl concert, with adrenaline-fuelled footage of the group performing Tie Your Mother Down. The show was part of the band’s Hot Space Tour, in support of their 10th album and performing at one of the …