Music

Coldplay fans have been patiently awaiting the band’s enormous Music of the Spheres tour, which kicks off this year. The band, fronted by Chris Martin, will be hitting the UK for 12 enormous stadium shows across August and September. Not only will they be playing Hull’s Craven Park Stadium for …

Oasis fans who have not yet been able to secure tickets to the band’s Oasis Live ’25 gigs will no doubt be scouring the internet looking for deals. And while there are plenty of opportunities online to buy second hand tickets – from unknown brands, people on social media, and …

EXCLUSIVE A groundbreaking plan to save Britain’s floundering music lessons would see an orchestra created in every school to help safeguard the £7.6bn world leading industry’s future. The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) initiative would see UK orchestras and ensembles, in collaboration with schools and music educators, deliver over a …

Pink Floyd are one of the biggest-selling bands in history (Image: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Pink Floyd are one of the best and biggest-selling bands of all time. Formed in London in 1965, they first gained a following as an early psychedelic group, before albums like Dark Side of the …

Deep Purple fans are impressed after learning the origin story behind one of the band’s most well known songs. The English rockers, who hail from London, are renowned as part of the “unholy trinity” of British hard-rock in the 70s, alongside legendary bands Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Originally founded …

Patsy Cline is best remembered for her distinctive, rich and warm tone, which dominated the country music genre during the 1950s. She is also hailed as one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th Century as she became one of the first country music artists to successfully cross over …

Def Leppard has consisted of Rick Savage, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen, Phil Collen, and Vivian Campbell (Image: Getty) Def Leppard are still packing out arenas and playlists nearly 50 years after they first formed in Sheffield. Blending hard rock with radio-friendly hooks, they became one of the biggest bands of …

Glastonbury Festival has taken the world by storm since the 1970s but with some of the most iconic music moments in history has come a fair few controversies. It has become the most famous festival in the world and this year will celebrate its 39th outing, with headliners such as …

The Beatles’ fans were left stunned by the revelation that John Lennon and Paul McCartney almost reunited for an album post Fab Four’s split. The legendary songwriting duo had entertained the notion of collaborating on a fresh record in the 1970s. Wings, spearheaded by McCartney following his departure from the …

The Beatles in 1963 when they were blazing a trail (Image: Popperfoto via Getty) When Stuart Maconie was a toddler, his mother took him to see the Beatles perform at the ABC cinema in Wigan. It was October 1964, two days before Harold Wilson narrowly won the general election and …