Pop music
‘Live life to the fullest’: Harry Styles opens up about impact of Liam Payne’s death
The star has spoken about how his friend’s death affected him for the first time since a joint statement with his former One Direction bandmates in 2024.
- Nell Geraets
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Tributes flow for pop pioneer Neil Sedaka, dead at 86
The classically trained piano prodigy responsible for a bevy of memorable hits in the 1960s and 1970s, has died.
This Motown-style singer stunned his parents. Now the world knows why
Jalen Ngonda can count Elton John and Snoop Dogg among his fans. Next month Australians get to join the club.
- Barry Divola
‘You can do better’: Pink slams reports she and husband Carey Hart have split
Reports the US pop star had separated from her husband spread quickly on Friday morning – now she has responded.
- Chris Hook
Highway to … Hello, Boys! Meet the gay AC/DC tribute you never knew you needed
What if, in an alternative universe, AC/DC was a gay band all along?
- Rod Yates
This AbFab life: An insider spills the beans on men, music and Kylie
Amanda Pelman’s memoir recounts her loud and lively journey from Countdown dancer to music supremo.
- Michael Dwyer
Chappell Roan dumps talent agent over Epstein connection
Casey Wasserman’s messages to Ghislaine Maxwell emerged in the latest Epstein files dump – and have caused uproar at an agency representing some of music’s biggest stars.
- Chris Hook
Grammys 2026 as it happened: Bad Bunny wins album of the year as artists speak out against ICE
Follow all of the Grammys action right here.
- Bronte Gossling, Nell Geraets, Robert Moran, Damien Woolnough and Lauren Ironmonger
Music festivals have had a bad few years, but promoters say things are on the up. This is why
High-profile festivals have hit the wall, and some new festivals were cancelled before they even began, but 2026 could be the year it turns around.
- Aidan Elwig Pollock
Chrissy Amphlett wrote a show in which she was a crow. Years after her death, her vision lives on
Sheridan Harbridge has created the show the late Divinyls legend never got to make.
- John Shand