Music

It is one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, with certified sales of more than 50 million. Floyd’s iconic 1973 masterpiece touched nerves with its cheery themes of war, death, alienation, madness, greed, old age and more death, and is remastered and repackaged here to celebrate its 50th birthday. …

The Beatles came to a brutal end in 1970 just after they released their final album, Let It Be. Each of the band members began working on their own solo music shortly thereafter, with varied success. By 1973 – after two middling albums – Ringo Starr started work on his …

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Matt smiled: “It’s weird innit? I was 21 when the band broke up, and it’s been almost that again. It feels like a weird full circle. It’s really full circle for us because we’re back with our first-ever manager, the guy we first signed a management …

Elvis Presley was an incredible showman, but he also put on a fantastic party. He would frequently hold soirees at his home, Graceland, where he would host some of the world’s biggest and best stars. One evening, he welcomed a massive British rock band into his gates, and things got …

Skindred are back with a vengeance. They have a jam-packed summer full of shows, but come autumn, they will be headlining their own tour at some of the biggest venues in the UK. Kicking off their headline tour – The Smile Tour – in Northampton, Skindred will be embarking on …

The Midnight do not seem like a band; more like a workforce. As a still relatively up-and-coming indie group straddling a couple of different genres, the American synth-rockers have made it clear they do not have time to rest on their laurels. Just after finishing their summer 2022 tour they …

There was a huge outcry in Britain and across the globe when the BBC announced plans for huge cutbacks to its world-famous orchestras and to axe the BBC Singers.  The devastating action would have a catastrophic impact not just on the musicians and singers affected, but also on the wider classical …

The Beatles are the most successful band in the history of music, having sold an estimated 600 million units worldwide. So it’s hardly surprising as Brits that they have been selected to have the first track on King Charles III’s official Coronation playlist The playlist of 27 songs has been …

When The Beatles were composing their various albums through the decades, George Harrison always fell short when the track listing was brought up. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were at the forefront of the Fab Four’s songwriting, and as a result, Harrison and Ringo Starr only had a handful of …

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have just announced their new album, Council Skies, and released a new single from it – Dead to the World – to celebrate the news of their next tour throughout the UK. Noel said Dead to the World is “by some distance my favourite tune …