Music

A week on from headlining Glastonbury, Guns N’ Roses headed to BST Hyde Park for what promised to be an ambitious three-hour set in front of a 65,000-strong audience. Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and the band enthusiastically stormed the Great Oak Stage, opening with Appetite for Destruction classic It’s …

The Hives are about to wrap up their tour with Arctic Monkeys this week, but they’re already planning their return to the UK to play even more massive shows. The Swedish rock band have just announced a massive tour spanning the length and breadth of Great Britain that will take …

After some superb headlining spectacles from the likes of Pink last weekend and Guns n’ Roses last night, it’s time for some home-grown legends. Britpop icons Take That will take over the main Great Oak stage at American Express presents British Summertime 2023. The trio is riding high on the …

Elvis Presley performs ‘Hound Dog’ in 1956 Elvis Presley was fast becoming the biggest star in the world in 1956, following massive number one hits with Heartbreak Hotel and I Want You, I Need You, I Love You. The American (and soon worldwide) youth adored him, but the establishment, including …

Elvis Aaron Presley had girls screaming for him even before he had his first local hit at nineteen with That’s Alright. Throughout his life he pursued women from early days on the road, to co-star dalliances on film sets. His long-term relationship with Priscilla Presley, and their shorter marriage, did …

By the time Elvis Presley proposed to his long-term girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu, they had been together for seven years. The pair met when Priscilla was just 14-years-old in Germany, but their powerful connection drew them back together at Graceland in the USA shortly thereafter. Eventually, on Christmas Day in 1966, …

Idina Menzel is a legend for a reason. On top of being the voice of Elsa in Disney’s multi-billion dollar Frozen series, she also brought Elphaba to life in the first Broadway run of Wicked, the prequel to The Wizard of Oz. But it was her 1994 debut performance as …

The Beatles’ early singles are what really catapulted them into superstardom in the 1960s. And, during their journey, no song was bigger for them than the 1963 single She Loves You. However, when they were in the recording studio, they had a lot of convincing to do to get it …

Fall Out Boy surprised fans with a new song this week – but not in the way they expected. Although the band only released their latest album, So Much (for) Stardust back in March, they have just dropped a new cover song. Instead of putting their own twist on a …

P!nk kicked off this year’s American Express presents BST 2023 with two spectacular shows last weekend. And that was just the beginning. This weekend has different superstar headliners across both nights, with some pretty major support acts, and Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen still to come over the next few …