The ceremony, which has traditionally recognised music of black origin, is expected to return in 2019The organisers of the Mobo awards have announced that the ceremony will take a year off to re-evaluate its future.Founder Kanya King said that Mobo, tr…
Read moreCategory: Music
Music
Gary Numan ‘utterly devastated’ as tour bus kills elderly pedestrian in Ohio
Singer cancelled Cleveland concert after his bus hit a 91-year-old man at a pedestrian crossingBritish musician Gary Numan has said he is “utterly devastated” after his tour bus struck and killed a 91-year-old man in Cleveland, Ohio, according to repor…
Read moreThe Fall on a wall: Mark E Smith mural painted on side of chip shop
Singer-songwriter, who died in January, commemorated in his home town of PrestwichGlaring down from the gable end of a chippy, Mark E Smith has been immortalised in his home town of Prestwich.The waspish songwriter behind the cult post-punk band the Fa…
Read moreHow we made the Doors’ Hello, I Love You
‘Jim thought the studio was on fire and sprayed everything with an extinguisher. But it wasn’t on fire. He’d just taken acid’Jim Morrison wrote the words for Hello, I Love You when we were still in a band called Rick & the Ravens. “Sidewalk crouche…
Read moreJason Derulo review – full-beam charisma machine comes on strong
Hydro, GlasgowEffortlessly combining ballet and kung-fu high kicks, the pop preener’s bare-chested show finds some poetry in priapismWith his laser-sculpted facial hair and endearing habit of singing his own name at the top of songs, Jason Derulo once …
Read moreAtlanta rapper 6lack: ‘Music can never smile at me the way my daughter does’
Once broke and hungry, the rising star has now been nominated for two Grammys. He discusses hitting rock bottom, narrowly avoiding death – and becoming a father6lack [pronounced black] is perhaps having a Wireless festival comedown. When we meet in Jul…
Read moreSound of Silence: Paul Simon bows out with final concert in Queens
The 76-year-old isn’t retiring and hasn’t ruled out occasional future performances, but has said this is his last time on the road Paul Simon ended his final concert tour under a moonlit sky on home turf on Saturday, telling an audience in a Queens par…
Read moreSpiritualized review – drone-rock’s dark magus orchestrates a transcendent wig-out
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonBy turns poignant and defiant, the soulful rock’n’roll wastrel Jason Pierce turns up the feedback and faces down his mortality – flanked by a horn section and a gospel choirThe air of all-too-keenly felt mortality that coils t…
Read moreTom Morello on Rage Against the Machine, Nigel Farage and being a Trekkie
The guitarist and political firebrand answered your questions on Chris Cornell, Muse and wearing a Star Trek costume to his kids’ school 1.47pm BST Thank you all for your thoughtful questioning. Or otherwise. It has been a pleasure engaging with you. …
Read morePrince: Piano & a Microphone 1983 review – intensely intimate
(Warner Bros)Beginning the excavation of Prince’s vault of unreleased music with this 1983 home cassette recording is a canny move. It can’t sound dated, and it provides a pleasing circularity, taking its name and solo piano format from Prince’s swanso…
Read more