The biggest names in pop, rock, R&B, country, rap, stand-up comedy and more set to visit the area over the next three summer months.

Usually due to threats of trademark infringement suits from obscure American performers, many popular British bands had to alter their names when stateside.

Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon Jennings, found audio files of music his dad recorded in the early '80s and is releasing it.

Jack Holmes says the forthcoming opening of Spinning Superiority in Ouseburn, Newcastle is the culmination of eight years ...

The Beach Boys mastermind has been the subject of pop scholarship and major boxed sets, but some corners of his oeuvre remain ...

A heartfelt, poetic and occasionally romantic lyricist, he became known for high-powered attacks on the hands that fed him ...

Deacon Blue band member James Prime has been rushed to intensive care after falling ill. The keyboard player, who helped form ...

Deacon Blue keyboard player James Prime is ‘seriously’ ill after being rushed to hospital. Formed in Glasgow in 1985, the Scottish pop rock band’s line-up also includes vocalists Ricky Ross and ...

Wilson, who started with surf music but soared to symphonic heights, created beauty in songs that ranged from “Surfin’ U.S.A’ ...

The Beach Boys rose to fame throughout the 1960s after their song "Surfin' U.S.A." became a hit. Here's where The Beach Boys ...

Brian Wilson, the influential pop musician who co-founded the the Beach Boys and wrote such hit songs as 'Good Vibrations,' ...

The famed musician organised the iconic two-venue Live Aid concerts alongside Bob Geldof some 40 years ago, bringing a host ...