Talk Fuse

    Topic: Music

    Music news, from stadium-filling icons to the artists shaping the charts this week, covering new releases, reissues and the interviews and anniversaries that put a record's story in context. It ranges across genres and eras, so a look back at how a soul classic or disco anthem came together sits alongside coverage of what's charting or making headlines right now.

    Beyond the music itself, this is where the people and decisions behind it get examined: why a band turned down a big break, how a songwriter settled on a lyric overnight, or what a veteran musician makes of the industry and the world today. There's also room for the wider culture around music, from touring and nightlife to the health and social benefits some readers get from it.

    Taken together, it's a mix of nostalgia and the present tense, useful for anyone who wants to understand not just what's playing now but the stories and decisions that shaped the music they already know.

    • Watch: KINGDOM COME Returns To Live Stage In Ohio

      Kingdom Come, the classic rock band best known for its early success in the late 1980s, has been performing again with a lineup that blends original members with new recruits. Footage has emerged of the group playing a show in Youngstown, Ohio, on 9 July, marking a continued return to live performance for the band…

    • Pulp play ‘More’ in full with deep cuts and fan favourites at orchestral Rough Trade 50th anniversary show

      Pulp performed their latest album ‘More’ in full at a special orchestral show at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 18 July 2026, staged as part of Rough Trade’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Backed by the Elysium Collective and aided by a PowerPoint presentation, frontman Jarvis Cocker talked the crowd through the story behind each track, blending…

    • The singer Bono called the voice of an angel: “A very wise man”

      Bono praised American singer Roy Orbison as possessing “the voice of an angel” and described him as “a very wise man”. The comments underline Orbison’s enduring reputation as one of rock and pop’s most distinctive vocalists, admired by fellow musicians for both his emotional delivery and artistic judgement. Orbison was known for songs including ‘Oh,…

    • 3 Pop Songs From the 1990s That Borrowed More From Classic Rock Than Anyone Realized

      An American Songwriter feature highlights three 1990s pop hits whose sound owes a significant, often unnoticed, debt to classic rock. The piece argues that beneath their radio-friendly production, these songs share the melodic and instrumental DNA of rock music from earlier decades, making the case that pop and rock boundaries in the era were blurrier…

    • TESLA’s BRIAN WHEAT: It ‘Annoys Me Personally When People Call Us A ‘Hair’ Band In A Condescending Way’

      TESLA bassist Brian Wheat has again pushed back against the “hair metal” tag often applied to his band, telling Japanese broadcaster Masa Ito on TVK’s “Rock City” that the label is used condescendingly to suggest a group is all image and no substance. He argued TESLA’s blues-based, working-class rock style has more in common with…

    • 3 Tony Bennett Songs That Still Give Me Chills

      The article is a personal, opinion-led rundown from American Songwriter highlighting three songs from Tony Bennett’s more than 70-year career that the writer finds particularly moving. It is not a news report but a retrospective celebrating Bennett’s musical legacy through a small selection of standout recordings. The three tracks featured are “Rags To Riches” (1953),…

    • 6 Country Singers Who Gave Me All-New Appreciation for a Few Unsung Band Members

      CHICAGO – MARCH 1973: (L-R) American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist Gram Parsons (1946-1973) performing with American singer, songwriter, and musician Emmylou Harris during Parson’s “Fallen Angel’s Tour” at The Quiet Knight in Chicago, IL on March 3, 1973. (Photo by Icon and Image/Getty Images) These country singers prove that backup vocalists are some of…

    • How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify

      Spotify has added a settings toggle that lets users disable music videos across the app, addressing a long-standing complaint about videos playing automatically whenever an artist uploaded one for a track. Previously there was no straightforward way to turn this off, and the autoplay behaviour irritated users by consuming extra bandwidth and battery, while videos…

    • The 1995 Radiohead song Thom Yorke will never get right: “It sounds a bit like Status Quo”

      Thom Yorke has said Radiohead’s 1995 song ‘Bones’ is one he feels the band can never quite make work live. His comments illustrate the tension between the more direct rock sound of *The Bends* and Radiohead’s later desire to develop a different musical identity. ‘Bones’ appeared on *The Bends*, alongside songs such as ‘Fake Plastic…

    • 3 One-Hit Wonders From 1982 That 80s Kids Will Never Forget

      Modern English at the Park West in Chicago, Illinois, May 6, 1983. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) You never forget the songs that mean the most. These are three one-hit wonders from 1982 that 80s kids will never forget. The post 3 One-Hit Wonders From 1982 That 80s Kids Will Never Forget appeared first on…