SHOCKING: 5 - What They Never Told You

Biggie, Tupac, Suge: How Diddy became the last man standing in the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry

Diddy has spent over three decades at the pinnacle of hip hop

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

"I knew that if it failed then I would have no one to blame but myself": How Boston were almost pulled apart by turmoil and tragedy

Boston, created by reclusive genius Tom Scholz, flew high but fell so far

Louder · Jun 27, 2025

"He's the real deal. He came in reeking of pot": Johnny Van Zant on Lynyrd Skynyrd's new live album, life without Gary Rossington and new music

Iconic southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd play four UK shows in July. Will they play Free Bird? Good chance

Louder · Jun 26, 2025

‘Everyone feels unsafe’: Border panic as Indian forces kill Myanmar rebels

An unstated border understanding between India and Myanmar’s government-in-exile has broken down, replaced by fear.

Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2025

“A lot of nu metal was made for a drunken frat party, slutty dudes feeding off their own testosterone. There wasn’t a lot of room for emotion”: How Linkin Park defied the haters to make Hybrid Theory, the album that changed metal

In 2001, Linkin Park were dealing with sudden superstardom

Metal Hammer · May 25, 2025

“Van Halen were opening for us and they were killing us every night. But they were making us be a better band”: How Journey found Steve Perry and made Infinity, the album that set them on the road to superstardom

Journey were a noodling jazz-rock band with a cult following – until they discovered Steve Perry and made 1978’s Infinity

Louder · May 7, 2025

Drug runs for the Stones, a love triangle with Joni Mitchell: has Chris O’Dell had the music industry’s wildest career?

She managed tours for Queen and Led Zeppelin and was at George Harrison’s house when the Beatles split – but O’Dell is most proud of her legacy as a woman in a macho industry

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025

“His studio was a temple to analogue, within which he made a point of always wearing a boiler suit”: 6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before

They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape

MusicRadar · Apr 28, 2025

Newcastle boss Steve Diamond banned after directing obscenity towards match officials

The Newcastle director of rugby was hit with a six-match ban last week

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

“If it wasn’t for that song, that would have been the end of the band”: How one track’s sudden gear-switch led Coldplay into their imperial phase

In one blinding moment, Coldplay emerged from a creative rut

MusicRadar · Mar 29, 2025