The Beatles, the Stones and me: super-producer Glyn Johns on his adventures in rock
“We went to Paris for some reason, and he asked me to go to his hotel room. This parcel was delivered from some French clothes manufacturer. The…
Kathy Valentine on life with The Go-Go’s: ‘My addiction stopped me feeling like a sad mess’
That makes sense, I say. But looking at the incident with the 14-year-old older brother of a friend, who took her virginity when she was 12 –…
Altered Images, review: Clare Grogan’s giddy, high-kicking return has all the power of her youth
But now, back performing live in London, Grogan, as with so many artists reaching her time of life, transmitted a manic thrill at still being able to…
Before his terrible Ukraine poem, Bono tried to help Sarajevo – and it worked
“It’s about 11 o’clock here in Sarajevo,” replies Carter. “There’s a general fear in Sarajevo The town is getting smaller. The perimeter is being fought over and…
Rosalia is the future of pop, plus this week’s best albums
Charli XCX, Crash, ★★★★☆ Is Charli XCX a pop star? I can’t really tell anymore. Multi-talented singer-songwriter-producer Charlotte Aitcheson certainly looks and sounds the part, comporting herself…
Rosalia is the future of pop, plus this week’s best albums
Charli XCX, Crash, ★★★★☆ Is Charli XCX a pop star? I can’t really tell anymore. Multi-talented singer-songwriter-producer Charlotte Aitcheson certainly looks and sounds the part, comporting herself…
‘Blasphemous’: how metal band Ghost became the acceptable face of Satanism
“I am as much of an exhibitionist as anyone else who has ever put on a guitar and walked onstage but I like the idea of being…
‘Ukrainian people are rebels’: how musicians are keeping their culture alive
Iryna Kulshenko woke at 5.30am on the morning of February 24 to the sound of shattering windows. “A fragment from a rocket had fallen near a residential…
Fatoumata Diawara calls for shared global heritage, plus this week’s best albums
Rex Orange County, Who Cares? ★★★☆☆ Coming at you straight out of Surrey rather than the Californian locale suggested by his moniker, Rex Orange County is one…
The toxic fandoms who tried to stop my book prove how much cancel culture is spreading
Ultimately, it didn’t really matter. Before I even finished my book, his estate – who I always hoped, and still do hope, would support the book –…
How bullying music fans made one author’s life hell
Ultimately, it didn’t really matter. Before I even finished my book, his estate – who I always hoped, and still do hope, would support the book –…
The 15 best grown-up festivals (with excellent cocktails and no dodgy portaloos)
The music is chart-friendly, with Beverly Knight, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Supergrass playing this year. ⇒ Comfort factor: It is a single-day event, so there is no need…
London’s new music venue attempting to jazz up Elton John’s old stomping ground
Just north of London’s Chinatown stands a rare occurrence on Britain’s high streets: a new music venue. Outernet, led by developer Consolidated Developments, is part of a…
Bryan Adams: ‘It’s easy to fall into the self-abuse that happens with success’
When one recalls the last few years, it is hard to feel optimistic. Unless your name is Bryan Adams. The Canadian rock star, best known for hits…
The great Britrock survivors Stereophonics are back, plus the week’s best albums
Stereophonics, Oochya! ★★★☆☆ Stereophonics’ 12th album starts exactly as you might expect, with a slick and sleazy guitar riff firing up a full-on blast of bluesy rock…
The great Britrock survivors Stereophonics are back, plus the week’s best albums
Stereophonics, Oochya! ★★★☆☆ Stereophonics’ 12th album starts exactly as you might expect, with a slick and sleazy guitar riff firing up a full-on blast of bluesy rock…
Rock Till We Drop, review: pensioners’ battle of the bands is the feelgood hit of the year
Sometimes a programme comes along brimming with the feel-good factor. This is what you get with Rock Till We Drop (BBC Two), a show with bags of…
Best European music festivals for 2022
Roskilde, June 25-July 2 (Roskilde, Denmark) Promising a combined programme of ‘music, art, activism, camps and freedom’, Roskilde – often called the Dane’s answer to Glastonbury –…
Scorpions interview: ‘We wanted to break away from ugly German history’
Needless to say, the group’s music has aged a good deal better than its press notices. Fans of Scorpions can be roughly divided into two camps: older…
The Coral’s wild ride: ‘We were treated like kings – but we were cretins’
He also wanted their music to break away from the mid-paced mainstream indie played by the likes of Radiohead, Travis and Starsailor. “We wanted ours to be…
How The Coral blew it: ‘We were treated like kings – but we were cretins’
He also wanted their music to break away from the mid-paced mainstream indie played by the likes of Radiohead, Travis and Starsailor. “We wanted ours to be…
For all the band’s in-fighting, UB40 fans united in an evening of laid-back, boozy bliss
Damage done by Storm Eunice led to a week of cancelled concerts at London’s O2 Arena, but the roof was back on for it’s reopening by UB40…
Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears: ‘I was taking everything – drugs, alcohol, sleeping pills’
Smith is beaming in from sunny Los Angeles, where he has lived with his family for over two decades, taking American citizenship in 2007. The relationship of…
Louder, faster, funnier: how the New Wave of British Heavy Metal saved rock
In the spring of 1983, Venom arrived in the United States with enough explosives to start a war. According to the music promoter Jonny Zazula, the Geordie…
Studio 666, review: a demonic Dave Grohl vomits his way to cinematic infamy
The squelchy horror-comedy Studio 666 throws up a number of questions that no one had really been pondering. Namely: Can Foo Fighters act? Did we need the…