Latest articles by Will Simpson
“Every year we listen to it on our dating anniversary”: Mark Zuckerberg has covered and released a hip-hop record
Get Low by Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz was, ahem, their tune
Coldplay to play world’s biggest stadium in January
Band will play to 132,000 fans at the Narenda Modi stadium in India
“The human manifestation of the word ‘hip'”: Jazz legend Roy Haynes dies aged 99
His career spanned eight decades
Jerry Garcia Foundation teams up with AI company to create Garcia voice model
Grateful Dead leader’s voice can now read you audiobooks and articles
Bob Geldof announces new remixed version of Do They Know It’s Christmas for single’s 40th anniversary
But how effective will it be as a fundraiser?
TIDAL needs to operate “like a start-up again” as parent firm announces investment scaling back
Is this the beginning of the end for the artist-friendly streamer?
Tom Morello says he’ll “chew” his leg off to get this band in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame
They’re the “gold standard of metal bands”, he says
“We’ll still wipe the floor with majority of bands out there”: Oasis still have it, claims Liam Gallagher
Plus he’s been “blown away” by Noel’s new songs
"5 minutes": That's how long Billy Corgan says it would take him to write a Siamese Dream song now
He’s “just looking for something just a little bit new” Corgan says
“Gonna make sure the block gets lifted man”: Tyler, The Creator gets copyright strikes lifted so fans can discuss new album
Chromakopia World Tour also confirmed for next year
“Somebody needs to occasionally slap Rick Rubin”: Pete Townshend criticises producer’s mixed messages about creativity
He says creativity is “about everybody”
Taylor Swift, Tyla big winners at the MTV Europe Awards
Plus Rita Ora pays an emotional tribute to Liam Payne
“I bought a serial killer’s record collection!”: North Carolina YouTuber reveals its lurid contents…
...and finds, er, Barbra Streisand and The Carpenters
“One of my kids comes up to me and shows me a picture of me with a great big joint”: How David Gilmour was caught out
Plus he says the cough on Wish You Were Here isn't his
Fortnite introduces Snoop Dogg as a new non-playing character
But there’s controversy over his character’s Crips-affiliated dance
“It just dropped down and my skin fell down with it. People would vomit when they saw it”: Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan on his ‘worst’ injury
He lost 25% of his arm from the resulting surgery
“A company built on industrial-scale copyright infringement”: Universal Music sue digital distributors to the tune of $500 million
They claim Believe SAS’s business model is “fuelled by rampant piracy”
Across the Spooniverse: the Spoon Man and Spoon Lady at the forefront of the spoons revival
Hunter and Abby - two spoons specialists reviving the instrument
"Dying young is good for the record company, but what’s in it for you?”: Springsteen on the pressures of fame
Springsteen on the pressures of fame on young artists
Found! The artists behind ‘the most mysterious song on the Internet’ revealed at last
The 'most mysterious song on the Internet' is identified at last
“He gets up on a high horse on that part... He rides the horse!”: Jon Batiste jazzifies Green Day’s Holiday
Jon Batiste jazzifies Green Day's Holiday
“It was very, very warm and wonderful”: Simon and Garfunkel have patched up their old friendship
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have met up and patched up their friendship
“You have these silly lists... I usually don’t even make them...”: Billy Corgan feels he’s underrated as a guitarist
Billy Corgan thinks he's under-rated as a guitarist
