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A popular sea shanty crew lead a boozy sunset sing-along outside an RNLI stationplaceholder image

Watch sea shanty crew's boozy sunset sing-along outside RNLI station

Inside Fortress Festival 2025. Hero image: 1349. Inset: Screengrabs from the video report including fans and (lower) Katherine Shepard aka Sylvaine. All photos credit Lucinda Herbertplaceholder image

Fortress Festival: Weekend of sun, sea and metal is a dream come true

Who should have picked up an invite to record a song, which went on to become a smash hit for the artist it wasn't intended for?placeholder image

13 pop classics & the artists who were originally set to perform them

RM and V are the latest K-Pop idols to have completed their mandatory military service - but are there exemptions for K-Pop acts?placeholder image

K-Pop stars set to re-join BTS after completing military service

What are the most coveted musical DVD releases that users of online marketplace Discogs are after? placeholder image

The 15 most wanted music DVDs according to Discogs in May 2025

2023 Eurovision contestant Mae Muller has accused the contest organisers of not investing enough mental health support for those taking part in the finals.placeholder image

'I was thrown to the lions during my Eurovision performance'

Kurt Cobain features twice in the list of the 13 most expensive musical items sold at auction - but was one of his guitars 'the' most expensive sold of all time?placeholder image

13 of the most expensive musical instruments sold at auction

What have been the most covered songs between the years of 2000 and 2025 - and have you been known to croon along to them?placeholder image

The 10 most covered songs in the 21st century named

Who are bookies suggesting will be the next musician in line for the great big screen biopic?placeholder image

Who do bookies think will have the next musical biopic about them?

From Trent Reznor releasing a hip-hop album to Hanson covering a nu-metal act, here's some of the more memorable April Fools day jokes and pranks musicians have played on the public - and each other.placeholder image

Music's Mischievous Moments: 13 epic pranks for April Fools Day 2025

Bastille have announced a series of arena shows in support of Youth Music's Rescue The Roots campaign.placeholder image

Bastille announce nine date UK tour - locations and tickets

The tour is set to be the band’s only series of live performances in 2025

Benjamin Jackson

Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan are this year's Polar Music Prize recipients.placeholder image

Explainer What is the Polar Music Prize, as Queen earn the prize in 2025?

Gwen Stefani found huge success with her solo career, but is she the most success female artist to go it alone?placeholder image

Women in Music: 10 artists who found greater fame going solo

A case of different music ideologies or an oversaturation of a genre? What was said in the beef between NIN's Trent Reznor and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst?placeholder image

Limp Bizkit v Nine Inch Nails: the battle of commercialism vs art

Could Central Cee walk away with Best Male Act and Song of the Year at the MOBO Awards this year?placeholder image

MOBO Awards: final list of performers and nominees for 2025’s ceremony

Chappell Roan called for more help regarding artists who are struggling with mental health in the aggressive music industry.placeholder image

Universal and MHA announce musician mental health fund

The late Chris Cornell and Soundgarden are one of 14 acts shortlisted for potential inclusion in the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.placeholder image

14 artists contending for 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions

Patti Smith will be performing her iconic 1975 album, Horses, in full across two nights in the UK in 2025.placeholder image

Patti Smith announces two-night stint in the UK for 2025

Ricky Wilson and the Kaiser Chiefs are among the new names announced for Latitude Festival 2025placeholder image

Air and Kaiser Chiefs among the latest Latitude 2025 acts

From Mac Miller to Amy Winehouse - here's the 10 artists we've lost that are still high earners through streaming outlets.placeholder image

The 10 artist who are still high earners in 2025 after their deaths

Is there a formula to win the Record of the Year GRAMMY? Experts believe they've figured out what's required for the best shot at earning the awards.placeholder image

Explainer Experts think they've cracked the formula how to win a GRAMMY

How much is it costing unsigned UK musicians to 'make it' in 2025?placeholder image

How much money it really takes to make it in UK music

There are a number of popular apps to help you learn everything from songwriting to playing the pianoplaceholder image

Apple's 5 top-rated apps to help learn music or a new instrument

MOBO founder Kanya King CBE has revealed on social media she is battling stage 4 bowel cancer.placeholder image

Kanya King CBE: MOBO Awards founder battling stage 4 cancer

Who were the most searched for musicians on Google in 2024?placeholder image

The 10 most searched for musicians on Google in 2024

As VEVO release their list of 18 artists to watch in 2025, the streaming service have also announced previous alumni Chappell Roan as their 2024 'Dscvr Artist of the Year.'placeholder image

VEVO release their picks of the artists to watch out for in 2025

11 artists have been revealed as this year's nominees for the BBC Sound of 2025 award.placeholder image

BBC Sound of 2025: the 11 acts nominated on this year's longlist

Who are the current favourites to headline Glastonbury Festival in 2025, now tickets have started to go on sale?placeholder image

11 musicians tipped to headline Glastonbury 2025

As Glastonbury 2025 sells out in 40 minutes, here’s 11 picks who could headline next year’s event 🎪

Benjamin Jackson

Here's 9 artists and albums from the 90s that influenced a wave of artists after them - including recent chart-toppers.placeholder image

9 celebrated 90s musicians who helped influenced the charts today

Mark Taylor, a retired art teacher, paints music-themed portraits and album sleeves onto old tin lids and leaves them for gig-goers to take at Waterloo Music Bar.placeholder image

Meet the tin-lid Banksy who gives out quirky free art at festivals

[L-R] AC/DC, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé are all in the top ten most expensive musicians to collect merchandise from, but none of them surprisingly top the list.placeholder image

Which current musical artist has the most expensive merch to collect?

Liela Moss has announced she's cancelled her UK tour as costs on the road continue to escalate - leaving her potentially in considerable debt.placeholder image

Liela Moss cancels short UK tour due to escalating costs

Who from the '80s has had a profound influence on musicians of recent years, including Justin Timberlake, Gerard Way and Karen O?placeholder image

11 musicians from the 1980s that helped shaped the charts today

Backbeat - the word is on the street that there is a particular music theory behind why "Wonderwall" is such a popular track amongst buskers and karaoke singers UK wide.placeholder image

Why is Oasis’ “Wonderwall” a key song in a busker’s repertoire?

Chappell Roan is known to many for her explosive rise in the music industry, but for others it's the litany of "controversies" the singer has found herself in due to her reluctance to the "pitfalls" that come with being famous.placeholder image

Explainer Are all the “controversies” surrounding pop star Chappell Roan fair?

Bilk's Sol Abrahamplaceholder image

Boardmasters 2024: Bilk’s Sol Abrahams reflects on Cornish experience

Maisy Grace at Boardmasters 2024 placeholder image

Maisy Grace chats career so far and privilege of playing Boardmasters

Bilk's Sol Abrahamplaceholder image

Boardmasters 2024: Bilk’s Sol Abrahams on the hometown music scene

Neil Young has postponed his tour due to illnessplaceholder image

Neil Young cancels tour amid ill health, at age of 78

Jaydee Brass Band serenades hen party.placeholder image

Watch: Hen party get lost in music as jazz band serenades them

People dancing at a festivalplaceholder image

Watch: Musicians go head-to-head in epic Battle of the Bands final

Matty Healy Malaysia: 1975 frontman could face lawsuit over Good Vibes festival cancellation placeholder image

Matty Healy could face lawsuit over Good Vibes festival cancellation

Travis Scott (left) and Central Cee (right) will perform at Rolling Loud Portugal 2023 (Getty Images)placeholder image

Rolling Loud 2023: music festival ticket prices, age limit and line up

Members of the Royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Image: Simon James Smithplaceholder image

Trooping the Colour 2023: Buckingham Palace balcony line-up

Rock duo Royal Blood performed a career-spanning set on Sunday.placeholder image

Royal Blood slammed for mocking Radio 1 Big Weekend crowd

Musician Mike Kerr left social media users in a furry after lashing out at Radio 1’s Big Weekend audience.

Ayaan Ali

Police have issued an update following the death of Paul Cattermoleplaceholder image

Police issue major update following death of S Club’s Paul Cattermole

Sting has warned that the music industry will face a “battle” with AI in the coming yearsplaceholder image

Sting says music will ‘battle’ with AI in next few years

Mae Muller is currently in Liverpool ahead of Eurovision 2023placeholder image

Eurovision acts land in Liverpool ahead of Song Contest

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldleplaceholder image

What is today’s Heardle answer for April 5?

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldleplaceholder image

What is today’s Heardle answer for April 3?

Riley Keough as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones & The Six, singing into a shared microphone (Credit: Lacey Terrell/Prime Video)placeholder image

Daisy Jones and The Six: Who is the interviewer in the TV series?

Singer Lizzo is performing at Glastonbury 2023 placeholder image

One of two female headliners is already booked for Glastonbury 2024

The Brits 2023: BRIT Awards winners including Album of the Year and Best New Artistplaceholder image

The Brit Awards 2023: All the winners and nominees

LGBT+ History Month 2023: What is it, why is it celebrated in February and how to get involved?placeholder image

LGBT+ History Month 2023 - What is it and how to get involved

Beyonce performing on stage during a concert in 2013 (Photo: Buda Mendes/Getty Images)placeholder image

5 top tips to get Beyoncé tickets according to an expert

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