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Music covers the people, performances and recordings that shape what we hear, from classic rock and pop to newer artists and regional industries. It also includes the stories behind songs, albums, tours and the creative choices that give them lasting appeal.

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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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André the Giant had an ATV, and Cary Elwes had absolutely no business riding it

  • André the Giant teased Cary Elwes into riding an ATV.
  • Elwes broke his toe on a rock during filming.
  • His limp can be spotted in the finished film.

Cary Elwes broke his big toe while riding an ATV during filming of *The Princess Bride*, after co-star André the Giant teased him into trying the vehicle. The accident left Elwes worried he might be dismissed, and his injury later became a visible but unintended detail in the…

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What was the first video game soundtrack to go platinum in America?

  • NBA Livestyle 2003 was the first platinum video game soundtrack in the US.
  • The eight-track CD passed one million sales by spring 2003.
  • It featured Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg and other hip-hop artists.

NBA Live 2003’s companion soundtrack, NBA Livestyle 2003, became the first video game soundtrack certified platinum in the United States. Its success showed how a game’s built-in audience could help licensed music reach listeners and sell as a separate release. Released in October 2002, the eight-track CD featured…

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How Singapore’s F1 Grand Prix Became The ‘Coachella of Asia’

  • Singapore GP blends Formula 1 with a major music festival.
  • The 2026 event booked 43 acts across 11 stages.
  • Attendance reached 301,294, the event’s second-highest total.

Singapore’s Formula 1 Grand Prix is being described by music industry figures as Asia’s leading annual music festival, with one WME executive calling it the “Coachella of Asia”. The event combines racing with a large live music programme, drawing international visitors and giving Singapore a prominent place in…

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In 1958, Johnny Cash didn’t just sing about outsiders. He sang to them

  • Cash’s 1958 San Quentin concert inspired Merle Haggard.
  • His performances made prisoners feel understood and respected.
  • He returned in 1969 to record a live album.

Johnny Cash’s 1958 concert at San Quentin State Prison helped establish his bond with people behind bars. His songs and manner gave inmates a sense of dignity and understanding, and the performance inspired a young Merle Haggard to pursue a career in country music. Haggard, then 21 and…

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In 1968, John Lennon went to India in search of inner peace. He returned with a political anthem

  • Lennon began writing ‘Revolution’ in India in 1968.
  • The song responded to the Vietnam War and protests.
  • Lennon argued for peaceful social change.

John Lennon began writing The Beatles’ song ‘Revolution’ while in India in 1968, as the Vietnam War and anti-war protests intensified. The article presents the track as the first political turning point in his songwriting, marking a move away from the band’s early pop image towards using music…

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It’s Shabby Road! Ed Sheeran wins right to turn six run-down barns into ‘music archive’ as he transforms 19th century piggery into state-of-the art recording complex

  • Six Suffolk barns can become family archive and storage space.
  • Earlier approval covers studios in a piggery and barn.
  • Restoration plans include measures for wildlife and planting.

Ed Sheeran has received planning permission to convert six adjoining, run-down barns at his Suffolk estate into storage and archive space for his family. The approval adds to earlier permission for a 19th-century piggery and barn to become recording studios, as he develops a music complex on the…

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Born 90 Years Ago Today in the Tar Heel State, the Nashville Sideman Turned Southern Rock Pioneer Who Recorded With Bob Dylan

  • Charlie Daniels was born 90 years ago in North Carolina.
  • His band’s 1979 hit won a Grammy.
  • He played on Bob Dylan’s *Nashville Skyline*.

Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, 90 years ago, became a Nashville session musician and a pioneer of country music blended with rock, folk and bluegrass. His best-known song, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, became a major hit in 1979 and helped bring the Charlie Daniels…

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En route from the underworld, Queens Of The Stone Age show darkness and restraint on Perfecth

  • *Perfecth* carries the eerie mood of the Paris Catacombs.
  • The nine tracks favour restraint and unusual sounds over heavy rock.
  • Folk highlights balance the album’s stranger experiments.

Queens Of The Stone Age’s new album *Perfecth* draws on the eerie atmosphere of the Paris Catacombs, where the band recorded an acoustic live set and filmed *Alive In The Catacombs*. Rather than return to their familiar desert-rock force, they have made a restrained, shadowy record that explores…

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Dispute fails to halt auction of George Michael memorabilia collection

  • The “Faith” video guitar sold for £180,000.
  • The auction raised £238,000 before buyers’ premiums.
  • Bailey’s family objected, but her estate passed to her husband.

The auction of George Michael memorabilia from his former personal assistant Siobhan Bailey went ahead despite objections from her family. Her brother, Gerard Bailey, said she would have been horrified by the sale and called the use of her name a breach of her privacy; auction house chairman…

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3 Top 40 Hits From 1985 That Every 80s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today

  • Three 1985 hits remain familiar to many 80s listeners.
  • The songs came from the Pointer Sisters, Bryan Adams and Animotion.
  • “Room to Move” was Animotion’s final hit.

The article revisits three songs that reached the US Top 40 in 1985 and argues they remain familiar to people who grew up in the 1980s. The tracks also mark notable moments in the careers of the Pointer Sisters, Bryan Adams and Animotion. The songs are the Pointer…

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