Latest articles by Paul Brannigan
"This is a song that I always always go back to, it’s one of my favourites ever.” Watch pop superstar Dua Lipa cover a classic INXS anthem, live in Sydney
Dua Lipa maintains her pledge to cover a local hero's song on every stop on her world tour
The Young Gods announce 14th studio album, Appear Disappear, share title track, reveal UK/Europe tour
Switzerland's premier post-punk/industrial heroes are back
Watch Bruce Springsteen jam with Flea, Johnny Depp and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe
"If I had sung this song, it would not have been a hit" Springsteen says, before passionate performance of Because The Night at Patti Smith tribute gig in NYC
My Bloody Valentine announce first UK headline tour in over a decade
Dublin shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine will play UK arena shows this coming winter
Watch Ed Sheeran cover Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club on the New York subway while disguised as an emo busker
Disguised music superstar + New York subway busking = the work of Jimmy Fallon, once again
"No guitar solos! No belly dancing music!" Metallica's Kirk Hammett looks back on working with Lou Reed
"Lulu means so much to me for a number of reasons.", Kirk Hammett states
How a drum machine confused the hell out of Bob Dylan when he tried to write a hit single in the mid '80s
After seeing how Mike Campbell's input revitalised Don Henley, Bob Dylan fancied a slice of the action, but was thwarted by a uncooperative drum machine
Brian May reveals one of Freddie Mercury's grand ideas that got vetoed by the rest of Queen
"We all looked at each other and said, Well, maybe we should think about it, Freddie."
How your purchase of albums by The Cure, U2, Chvrches and more on Record Store Day can help benefit children living in war zones worldwide
Buy a vinyl record on Record Store Day, help a good cause: win-win
Record shop owner finds rare 1962 Beatles' audition tape that Decca Records famously passed on
Listen to The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, play Money on a newly discovered 1962 audition tape
Mastodon add headline shows to their summer tour in the UK and Europe, but there's still no news on who's replacing Brent Hinds
Good news for European metal fans
With Frank Carter up front, the Sex Pistols sound like the world's greatest punk band once more
The rejuvenated Sex Pistols - or Frank Carter, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook if we must legally refrain from using that name - deliver a joyous start to this year's Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall gig week
"I was crying reading it." Adolescence star Stephen Graham on his text message from Bruce Springsteen
'The Boss' was touched by Stephen Graham's performance in forthcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere
Heart's Nancy Wilson hits out at America's "salacious billionaire culture" and says it's embarrassing to be an American in 2025
"There'll be another renaissance in the arts to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys"
Watch Living Colour's Corey Glover deliver a killer performance of the band's signature anthem Cult Of Personality on The Kelly Clarkson Show
A Living Colour classic on daytime TV in America? More of this please
“It was wonderful, boring, horrible, heartbreaking": Life with Shane MacGowan
The Pogues' Jem Finer recalls life in the original line-up
Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy announces Silver Shade, his first solo album in 11 years
Listen to new Peter Murphy single The Artroom Wonder, featuring Justin Chancellor from Tool
Malevolence announce UK and European headline tour, their "biggest and baddest" shows ever
Yorkshire metalcore troupe Malevolence announce "the biggest and baddest Malev show of all time"
How Gojira turned tragedy into music to create a profound masterpiece in Magma
A life-changing loss shaped Gojira’s classic 2016 album Magma
10 brilliant new Irish artists you should listen to before next St. Patrick's Day rolls into view
The Irish music scene continues to go from strength to strength, and here's further proof
Sex Pistols trio make 'secret' celebratory return to iconic London punk venue 100 Club
Billed as 'The SPOTS', punk legends thrill fans old and new at legendary London club that helped birth punk
"Friends of mine were saying, Give up on the dream, it's not happening."
And the moral of Tobias Forge's story is: Don't give up on your dreams
"It’s a moody, beautiful song." Watch Fontaines D.C. blend Nirvana and Bring Me The Horizon classics into one beautifully atmospheric, synth-led cover
Fontaines D.C. create musical mash-up magic for Australian radio station triple j's popular Like A Version series
