Music

Clash Live Returns To STEREO Bringing Andre Power, Pia Collada, Talk Nice Sounds & CLASH DJs To The Dancefloor Thursday 13th August

• CLASH and Roti King host a free club night at STEREO on 13 August 2026.
• Line-up includes Andre Power, Pia Collada and Talk Nice Sounds.
• Free tickets or guestlist entry; doors 21:00–02:30, Covent Garden.

CLASH Magazine is teaming up with London restaurant Roti King for a one-off Clash Live club night at STEREO in Covent Garden on Thursday 13th August 2026. The event pairs a curated DJ line-up with Roti King's Malaysian food offering, forming part of Clash's ongoing series of club…

Matty Healy Jammed With a 1975 Cover Band at His Bachelor Party Ahead of Wedding to Model Gabbriette Bechtel

• Matty Healy performed with 1975 tribute band 9075 at his bachelor party
• Bandmate George Daniel joined him crowd-surfing during the Malibu bash
• Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel got engaged in June 2024

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy marked his upcoming wedding to model Gabbriette Bechtel by performing with a tribute act at his bachelor party in Malibu, California. Fan-shared footage shows Healy joining cover band 9075 on stage, singing his own songs alongside a look-alike frontman, in an unconventional twist…

“I Thought It Was Too Mushy”: Billy Joel Almost Axed This Hit From His Album—Until Linda Ronstadt Stepped In

• Linda Ronstadt talked Billy Joel into keeping "Just the Way You Are" on the album
• The song became Joel's first US Top 10 and Grammy-winning hit
• Paul McCartney called it the song he wishes he'd written

Billy Joel revealed in an interview with Rick Beato that he almost left "Just the Way You Are" off his 1977 album The Stranger, believing the soft ballad was "too mushy." It was singer Linda Ronstadt, listening in the studio alongside Phoebe Snow, who convinced him the song…

Intocable’s Ricky Muñoz Reflects on the Band’s Influences and Famous Faces That Help the Group Stay Creative in the Studio

• Intocable receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Class of 2026
• Frontman Ricky Muñoz discusses the band's US pop and rock influences
• He credits his grandfather's gift of an accordion for sparking his career

Intocable, the Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning norteño/tejano group led by singer Ricky Muñoz, has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of the Class of 2026, marking a milestone after more than three decades of hits and sold-out shows on both sides of the…

Bob Dylan Announces UK Tour For November 2026

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silt. – “trauma porn”

• silt. releases debut single "trauma porn" amid deliberate secrecy
• Project fronted by Oliver Beardmore under a new alias
• Song explores loneliness and avoidance of self-reflection

Newly formed art project silt. has released its debut single "trauma porn," a track exploring the difficulty of being alone and the lengths people go to avoid self-reflection. The group's press materials are deliberately vague, describing itself as existing "between London and the inherited landscapes of the Lake…

The Pet Shop Boys Song That Brought Dusty Springfield Back to the Masses in 1987

• Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield's 1987 duet reached No. 2 in UK/US charts.
• Springfield initially declined but was won over by "West End Girls".
• Song's success led to her acclaimed 1990 album, Reputation.

Pet Shop Boys' 1987 hit "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" paired Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe with 1960s pop icon Dusty Springfield, marking a pivotal moment in her career after years out of the mainstream spotlight. The duet reached number two in both the UK and…

Suno brings its gen AI music gunk to iMessage

• Suno adds iMessage integration for generating 30-second AI songs
• Users prompt via text or voice note and pick a genre
• Recipients need the Suno app installed to hear clips

Suno, the AI music generation company, has launched an iMessage integration allowing iPhone users with its app to create 30-second AI-generated songs directly within their text conversations. The update lets users prompt the tool with text or a voice note, including pasting in a friend's message, and reflects…