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“FOR the past 25 years I’ve been known as ‘Shaznay from All Saints’.“So, it was really important to step away from the band and make this re

WHEN Kings Of Leon were in the studio making their ninth album, there was one song that had frontman Caleb Followill convinced they were on to a good

“WHEN I see old footage of myself from those days I think, ‘That guy really doesn’t know what he’s doing’.”Over lunch in a country pub in

FOR Ezra Koenig, the critical response to Vampire Weekend’s new album has been more than satisfying.Their fifth album Only God Was Above Us has been

“I WOULDN’T really call this a pop record,” says St Vincent describing her new album All Born Screaming.“I did call it ‘post plague pop’ a

ELBOW singer Guy Garvey is sitting in a coffee shop near his South London studio and musing on the question: Does he ever feel that success has gone t

“I FEEL like I am waiting to become an adult,” ponders Kim Gordon, who turns 71 next month.“I think everyone sees themselves as their interior a

“THIS is going to be a big year for Green Day and we feel really good about it,” says frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.“We’ve got new album, a 30

IT has been a busy and celebratory week for Shed Seven – they are on course for their first No1 album after three decades in the music industry.The

THE LAST DINNER PARTYTHE most talked about new band in years need no introduction.They have already been announced as winner of The Brits Rising Star

WITH six hours to go until Baby Queen takes to Brighton’s Concorde 2 stage, there’s a crowd outside eagerly waiting for a glimpse of the Gen Z pos

TODAY is a double celebration for Duran Duran as frontman Simon Le Bon turns 65 and the band release their Halloween-inspired album Danse Macabre.And

“THIS summer has been absolutely great, it’s been a bonkers few months.”Over lunch in a restaurant near his Surrey home, Rick Astley is recallin

A PICTURE of a chef chasing a chicken with a meat cleaver led to Corinne Bailey Rae returning with one of the most extraordinary and exceptional album

WHILE their previous record was made in the studio during lockdown, Royal Blood’s new album, Back To The Water Below, was inspired by being on the r

“WE spent the first album being self-conscious, the second was too personal but the third and especially this new album, we’ve thrown off the shac

“EVERYONE goes through so much s**t. But you can still make it out the other end and that’s what this whole album is about.”Fast-rising Irish st

“I’VE always been a person if there’s a door in a room that’s locked, I want to go through the door and see what’s behind it,” says Tom Gr

“I’VE been thrown out of pubs with Paul Weller, hung out with Neil Young and played with Paul McCartney.”Sitting in the live room of his north L

AS Noel Gallagher gets ready to release a new High Flying Birds album, he has revealed how writing his new record helped him get through the pain of h

“I LOVE to be on a dance floor and I’m always the last one to bed,” says Jake Shears.The former Scissor Sisters frontman is explaining how his l

“I ALWAYS wanted to empower people, to lift them up and encourage them to love themselves,” says Kesha about her emotionally wrought new album Gag

INSIDE a cavernous film studio in North London, Duran Duran are adding the finishing touches to the setlist and special effects for their UK tour.John

THE name of Depeche Mode’s new album had been decided before the death of keyboardist Andy Fletcher last May.But when the founding member pass

SHE’s been called the Grace Jones of jazz and been compared to Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.And when she appeared on Graham Norton’s BBC One cha