The search for song that has consumed thousands of Reddit users is over, with discovery that it was written for pornographic film

From an eagle to Elton John, the Played and Remade project enables artists to ‘make something magical’ from free materials

The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son

It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel Mays

US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, was spotted buying a Taylor Swift album during an official visit to Beijing, as he took a detour between meetings. The purpose of the trip was to help ‘improve relations’ with China, however, Blinken decided ...

Respect The Game uses music to help young people talk and stay away from crime

Swift now has joint highest number of chart-toppers for a female artist, as The Tortured Poets Department earns biggest opening week in seven years

Artists from Dua Lipa to Nia Archives are tapping the boisterous energy of mid-90s music – and even embracing the union jack. Can they avoid the genre’s laddish lows?

Drake used AI to simulate the voice of the late rapper and have him chide Kendrick Lamar, which the estate calls a ‘flagrant violation’

Aleema Gray used British Library’s collection to assemble Beyond the Bassline exhibition about Black British music

The 81-year-old conductor makes a rare UK visit with his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, while Yo-Yo Ma, Doctor Who, Florence Welch, Sam Smith and Rule, Britannia! all feature

Swift’s new album breaks another streaming record after already becoming the platform’s most-streamed album in a day

It's the band's first UK tour since 2018, and they're playing two huge shows in the capital (contains affiliate links)

Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and a handful of dress uniforms for defence force musicians

‘Bland’ or ‘absolutely breathtaking’? Our readers are divided over Swift’s epically long, richly detailed new album

The band are about to play six huge dates at one of London's biggest arenas (contains affiliate links)

All Things Orchestral is bringing a different sound to the music event this summer (contains affiliate links)

Future, Rick Ross and Kanye West are among those currently being drawn into one of the fieriest disputes in rap history. Is it good for the culture – and could it depose Drake from the top?

The chart-topping singer’s career has been on hold since she was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition in 2022

It is a fraught time of cuts, rewrites – and alcohol. Our writer goes behind the scenes at The Divine Mrs S just as the official opening night looms and not everyone’s ready to face the music