Kings of camp rock join Beatles with two entries in Top 40 – but the Stones are nowhere to be seen

They were the “future of music”, the band with a quote for every occasion who would revive Britpop’s stadium-filling glory days.

The success of British musicians abroad and the rise of digital services including iTunes and Spotify has seen the amount of royalties paid to UK songwriters increase.

Robbie Williams is to become a father, as he announced his wife Ayda is pregnant.

There's plenty to enjoy about this first release in ages from the De La Soul camp, concerning the rise and fall of a wannabe rap duo from Queens.

Hitmaker Simon Cowell tells David Walliams what it's like to be Britain's biggest pop maestro

In a week replete with intriguing cross-pollinations of style and sound, this may be both the most deliberate, yet the loosest-sounding.

Provoking the indignation of patriotic Americans and traditionalist Brits alike is something perhaps only a Canadian would so gladly risk, but then Neil Young has never been afraid of ruffling a few feathers with his music.

Weller's renaissance is as heartening as it is unexpected.

"And he said... and she said... and then I said..." And then the BBC went and recorded the lot to broadcast on national radio.

We are overrun with singer-songwriters but you'd think a virtuoso violinist and whistler who sings about pollination and Petri dishes would stand out.

Unsung Briton sets pace at Phillip Island ahead of tomorrow's curtain-raiser to the Superbike season

The shadow Culture Secretary, Harriet Harman, has spoken out against music piracy, accusing the Government of being too lax on those breaking the law and too concerned with reducing its budget deficit.