The last album released by John Lennon before he was murdered will be played in full live for the first time when his widow, Yoko Ono, takes over this year's Meltdown Festival.

When the email arrived, announcing the surprise return of the master of musical reinvention, it was titled, appropriately "where is David Bowie?"

The fans' enthusiasm shows no sign of flagging, but despite his 'unforced genius', The Kinks' lead singer should pay closer attention to his footwear

Julian Fellowes wants to write a Downton prequel. Why not march forward to the septic Seventies? John Walsh offers his plot suggestions

Blur last night debuted two new tracks in a live performance from a balcony at a secret London location.

The Great Escape, Brighton’s answer to Texas’s South-by-Southwest festival, has grown at an alarming rate in its six-year existence.

Mark Stewart has been cross-pollinating sounds since his time with The Pop Group, always freighted with an abrasive political attitude, and the splendid The Politics of Envy simply ratchets that process up a few notches.

Cheering news for fans of elaborate eye makeup who are shaky of hand or just butter-fingered.

The gritty blues-rock duo have sold out their British tour. Andy Gill meets them at their studio in Nashville

David Bowie officially becomes a pensioner today as he turns 65, and one of Britain's leading mosaic artists has created a piece to mark the musician and actor's milestone.

Some of music's biggest rebels eat their words and graduate as OAPs this year

Backstage at Reading festival, Madness frontman shares a tale of an awkward moment with David Bowie.

The late-life second career of the New York Dolls has been one of rock's most heartwarming stories.