Duran Duran are to represent musical talent from England at a concert marking the start of the Olympic Games.

Tributes pour in for Bert Weedon, the British musician whose tutorials inspired a generation

In the mid-1960s, the emergence of the powerful Marshall amplifiers enabled musicians to turn up the volume – and effectively transformed pop music into rock.

The rock world has promised to "crank it up to 11" to mark the death of Jim Marshall, the "Father of Loud", whose groundbreaking amplifiers gave the gift of extreme volume to generations of guitar heroes.

Jim Marshall, whose guitar amplifiers were used by some of the biggest names in rock, has died aged 88.

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Clare Fischer, a prolific composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist active in jazz, R&B and pop music for more than 60 years, died on 26 January in Burbank, California at the age of 83.

Brooking insists Fabio's replacement may be 'parachuted in' on eve of tournament

Republican frontrunner accuses rival Santorum of dirty tricks as Super Tuesday draws near

Bob Geldof leans, stony-faced, against a wall as his daughter Peaches’ fiancé Thomas Cohen performs.

“We’re definitely going to do ‘Spinnin’’ now,” Speech Debelle promises.

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A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu folk singer returned from the dead after being held captive by zombies for the past two years has been detained on suspicion of fraud.