Manchester attack: Robbie Williams changes Strong song lyrics in tribute to victims

The former Take That star opened his Friday night show at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium with a rallying cry. He told his fans: “We are Manchester and we are not f***ing scared!” According to Manchester Evening News, as the concert went on Robbie changed the words to the chorus of Strong to support the city, with […]

How using paint, pen on paper or song to revisit trauma helps us put it in the past

REUTERS/Adnan Abidi In the introduction to his beautiful book The Body Keeps The Score, psychiatrist Bessel Van der Kolk writes: “One does not need to be a combat soldier, or visit a refugee camp in Syria or the Congo to encounter trauma. Trauma happens to us, our friends, our families and our neighbours.” Trauma is […]

Watch a Disembodied Android Head Have an Existential Crisis in the Video for Previously Unreleased Radiohead Song “I Promise”

Radiohead’s OK Computer was released 20 years ago this month — a fact that makes Gen X-ers like your correspondent feel terrifyingly old — and to celebrate, the band are planning a deluxe reissue. Said reissue includes three previously unreleased songs, and one of those songs, entitled “I Promise” was released to radio yesterday. As per BBC […]

Jeremy Corbyn: You’ll never guess the Labour leader’s favourite song and singer

The socialist MP of over three decades could very well be our next Prime Minister, but what does he like to listen to when he has some time off? In a recent interview on his music tastes, Corbyn unveiled his favourite song and singer, which will probably not come as a surprise considering his politics. […]

Theresa May ‘Liar Liar’ song hits NUMBER ONE on download chart – why WON'T radio play it?

‘Liar Liar GE2017’ had been steadily ascending since its release late last week, and rose early this afternoon from number two to number one in the digital store’s live rankings – which take into account the last 24 hours’ worth of sales. It won’t impact the official UK chart – announced on BBC Radio 1 […]

Could song calling Theresa May ‘Liar, Liar’ reach No1 in UK music charts? (VIDEO)

Captain Ska’s new track ‘Liar, Liar’ has shot to number two in the UK iTunes charts. So why are radio stations refusing to play it? The London-based group has overtaken pop-darlings Liam Payne, Ariana Grande and Rita Ora. But unlike these chart-topping performers, Captain Ska has a brutal political message that might not sit too […]

Edgar Wright Recruits Everyone for a Totally Real, Not a Joke Simon and Garfunkel Song Title Universe

With the uncanny coincidence of two Simon and Garfunkel-inspired movie titles, Marc Webb‘s The Only Boy Living in New York and Edgar Wright‘s Baby Driver, coming out this summer, Wright made a tweet for the asking of others to join this accidental Simon and Garfunkel Song Title Cinematic Universe. Amazingly, Wright managed to recruit Rian Johnson, Lin-Manuel […]

‘Suicide is not an escape’: Manitoba musician uses song to assist teens with mental health struggles

Music gave Robb Nash a second chance at life — and he’s using it to reach teens at risk of depression, bullying and suicide. For the past six years, the Manitoba musician and his band has been travelling around in a donated bus, performing in places like schools, remote First Nations, and youth detention centres. […]

Harry Styles has PRICELESS reaction as DJ says song 'is about ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift'

The One Direction member was on Radio 1 with Nick Grimshaw when the DJ introduced his song Two Ghosts. Grimshaw said: “So here we go, the one about Taylor Swift.” Harry registered the comment and looked completely mortified, yelling: “Oh no!” “We call it Two Ghosts,” Grimshaw added, as Harry continued to flail his arms […]

Eurovision 2017: The song contest that became 'too political'

Less a singing contest and more a patriotic spectacle in gold lamé and Lycra, Eurovision is unique. But while the lyrics are not supposed to be political, the fallout often is. Established in 1956 to unite European countries after the devastation of the Second World War, it quickly became clear that it had united some […]