04 December 2025 Every year as winter draws near, millions log into Spotify to see their annual music snapshot most-played songs, top artists, favourite genres. In 2025 the streaming giant added a new twist: “listening age,” a playful metric that tries to guess your musical generation by comparing your listening habits to those of typical age groups. The results have ranged from hilarious to unsettling. Some users are finding themselves decades older or younger than they real

02 December 2025 Sean "Diddy" Combs sent a cease-and-desist to Netflix over "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean "Diddy" Combs) Getty Images for Sean "Diddy" Combs The new four-part documentary “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” lands with undeniable force. Created by executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and director Alexandria Stapleton, the series offers a sweeping, unflinching look at the towering ascent and precipitous collapse of..

20 November 2025 English pianist, conductor and composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998) in 1947. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images In a moment many music historians have long awaited, the composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor is finally beginning to receive recognition for her remarkable contributions to the classical-music canon, after decades spent in the shadow of her father, Samuel Coleridge‑Taylor. The revival coincides with the release of the first dedicated r

15 November 2025 Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images In a curious turn of events, Taylor Swift an artist once celebrated for boldly allying her voice with political causes has now fallen silent as the Donald Trump administration quietly uses her music in its promotion. The contrast is stark: within recent weeks, tracks from Swift’s latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, appeared in th

13 November 2025 A remarkable moment recently unfolded in the music industry as a cluster of tracks generated by artificial intelligence surged to the top of major charts leaving artists, labels and streaming platforms grappling with a new reality. Three AI-produced songs achieved #1 positions on both the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales list and the Spotify Viral 50 charts, both in the U.S. and globally. These developments reflect a seismic shift that is reshaping how mu

11 November 2025 Ace Frehley of Kiss performs at Arco Arena in Sacramento in August 1996. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty The autopsy report released by the Morris County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that Ace Frehley died from blunt force head injuries sustained in a fall earlier this year at his home studio in Morristown, New Jersey. He passed away at the age of 74 on 16 October, surrounded by his family, a few weeks after the incident. According to the report, Frehley suff

8 November 2025 Janelle Monáe, André 3000, Tyler The Creator, J.I.D, Doja Cat, Big Boi, Sleepy Brown and Killer Mike ahead of OutKast’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for RRH Music lovers and pop culture spectators are in for a star-studded treat as the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place this evening in Los Angeles and will be available to stream live for the first time from the comfort of home. Live from the Pea

07 November 2025 2026 Grammy nominees Bad Bunny; Sabrina Carpenter; Kendrick Lamar; Lady Gaga. Credit : Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty for The Recording Academy; Michael Owens/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty for iHeartRadio This year’s nominations, unveiled by the 68th Annual Grammy Awards and covered in detail by the article published by People, offer up a thrilling snapshot of both established stars and rising talents across genres. Among the heavy hitters, Kendrick Lamar

5 November 2025 Ed Sheeran performs at the 2022 Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London. (Hannah McKay / Associated Press) In a move that marks a significant shift for creative education in England, Ed Sheeran has claimed partial credit for influencing a major overhaul of how music is taught in state schools. His contribution was noted by Department for Education (DfE) ministers after an open letter organised by his foundation and signed by more than 600 artists and cultural figur

1 November 2025 From left: Melanie Blatt, Natalie Appleton, Shaznay Lewis and Nicole Appleton as All Saints performing at The Mobo awards in 1997. Photograph: JMEnternational/Getty Images The new documentary series Girlbands Forever warps us back into the glittery, high-stakes world of 1990s British and Irish all-girl pop groups, offering a sharp-edged blend of nostalgia, ambition and the messy reality behind the choreography and chart-toppers. Among the bands spotlighted are

29 October 2025 The ninth-century Latin manuscript. Photograph: The Raab Collection In an unexpected twist of history one of the most delicate yet profound revelations in the story of Western music has come from a private collection in Pennsylvania. A leaf from a ninth-century Latin sacramentary has turned up not just as a relic of the devotional rites of the early Middle Ages but as a key to rethinking when and how music took visible form. The vellum page includes tiny symbo

25 October 2025 Ariana Grande on the Shut Up Evan Podcast. Credit : Evan Ross Katz/Youtube In a wide-ranging conversation on the “Shut Up Evan” podcast, Ariana Grande revealed that her experience filming the musical film adaptation of Wicked triggered a fresh surge of musical creativity and a deep reconnection to her art. Grande, who portrays the character Glinda in the movie, said simply “[I] felt like a genuine spark, like a reconnection and inspiration and something I mean

24 October 2025 Shakira at Paris Fashion Week on July 6, 2023; Bad Bunny performing during 'SNL50: The Homecoming Concert' on Feb. 14, 2025. Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty; Kevin Mazur/Peacock via Getty Shakira has stepped into the spotlight to back Bad Bunny’s upcoming headline performance at the Super Bowl LX halftime show, calling his selection “about time” and framing it as a breakthrough for Spanish-language music at the world’s largest stage. In an interview with Var

18 October 2025 From left: Quincy Jones, Madonna, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol and Tina Turner Illustration by Barbara Gibson The pulse of music video culture may be slowing to a whisper as MTV prepares to pull the plug on its five UK-based music channels at the end of 2025, raising a very real question about the future of the genre itself. When MTV burst onto the scene in 1981, it rewrote how artists were discovered, songs were promoted and pop culture was consum

16 October 2025 Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley performs at Alice Cooper's 19th Annual Christmas Pudding Fundraiser in Phoenix, Arizona in 2021. He has died aged 74, after a fall in his recording studio. Photograph: Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Ace Frehley, the guitarist and co-founder of Kiss whose cosmic persona and blistering solos helped define an era of theatrical hard rock, has passed away following complications from a fall. The news was first confirmed by his family, who s

14 October 2025 ‘Back then, cocaine was just another way of waking up’ … Stereophonic, the play about a 70s band. Photograph: Marc Brenner It begins as a conceit of fiction: a band that exists only on the page, or the stage, or in cinematic imagination. But in recent years something curious has happened. These invented ensembles have begun to transcend their fictional origins, releasing music, drawing crowds, and taking on a life of their own. The Guardian’s recent account tr

13 October 2025 Taylor Swift during her Eras Tour. Credit : Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Taylor Swift has just announced a landmark two-part release on Disney+ that promises to peel back the curtain on the most ambitious chapter of her career: a six-episode docuseries called The End of an Era and a concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show. The docuseries will debut December 12, 2025, with two episodes released weekly over three weeks, and it will chart the design,

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27 September 2025 Lola Young during the All Things Go Music Festival on Sept. 27. British singer Lola Young sparked concern on September...