David Cameron has hailed One Direction as a great British success story, as new figures showed that UK music is enjoying record global success.

After a sold-out show at the Emirates Stadium at the weekend, Muse decided to celebrate in typical rock-star fashion: by throwing a riotous after-party.

Within five seconds, you can understand what happened in Coventry. Six nights previously, as Muse warmed up for the Midlands instalment of their 2nd Law Tour with some stage-set rehearsal, the good citizens of that town feared that their Ricoh Arena was on fire, and alerted the authorities. As the music grinds to a stuttering, screeing start and giant transformer-pillars atop a bank of TV screens begin to belch flames hot enough to flash-fry your face even in the cheap seats, their confusion seems natural.

Bertolucci's none-too-subtle study of youthful alienation is a film for auteurists – but claustrophobics beware

Storm Thorgerson was cantankerous, couldn’t draw and wasn’t a great photographer. But his album artwork for Pink Floyd, described yesterday as “revolutionary”, has become part of our cultural wallpaper.

Storm Thorgerson, the artist and designer of some of the most distinguished album covers in history, has died. He was 69.

Music in a muddy field? No, summer rock has changed

This brand of dirge-rock can feel like being drenched in cheap lager at the end of a Rod Stewart tribute night

The charity War Child, which is being given an honorary award at tonight's Brit Awards, is to benefit from download sales from the ceremony.

Tonight's awards will celebrate bands' overseas success

Brit Awards host James Corden says he has no idea if organisers have a contingency plan in case the live event overruns again this year.

Former lovers Taylor Swift and One Direction's Harry Styles could have an uncomfortable moment at the Brit Awards later this month after both were booked to perform.

For too long, rock’s guitar-wielding stars have sneered at the button-pushing upstarts of electronic music.

Justin Timberlake has confirmed rumours that he is to perform live at the Brit Awards 2013.