Paul McCartney

Peter Zinovieff, British composer and synth pioneer, dies aged 88

The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Kraftwerk all used Zinovieff’s EMS synthesisers

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

26, Jun, 2021 @11:13 AM

UK pop pilgrimages: from Paul McCartney’s Kintyre to Giggs’s Peckham

With festivals looking thin on the ground, why not visit the places that have inspired some of our best songs and greatest bands, including Pulp, the Undertones and … Cliff Richard

Malcolm Jack, Eamonn Forde, Sam Davies, Laura Snapes, Ian Gittins, Daniel Dylan Wray

25, Jun, 2021 @9:30 AM

Investors boost musicians’ wealth with back catalogue buys

Calvin Harris, Scottish DJ and producer, saw biggest increase in net worth of any musician, up £40m to £220m

Jasper Jolly

21, May, 2021 @3:41 PM

Lloyd Price obituary

American singer best known for his 1950s hits Lawdy Miss Clawdy and Personality who set up his own music publishing business

Adam Sweeting

09, May, 2021 @7:00 PM

Paul McCartney to be honoured with a set of postage stamps

Eight images from post-Beatles albums and four recording studio shots will adorn Royal Mail stamps on sale later this month

Laura Snapes

06, May, 2021 @11:04 AM

Paul McCartney and Kate Bush lead call for change to music streaming payments

Open letter to Boris Johnson signed by 156 musicians including Led Zeppelin and Annie Lennox aims to reword 1988 Copyright Act

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

20, Apr, 2021 @1:25 PM

Paul McCartney: McCartney III Imagined review – classy remixes by proxy

Beck, 3D, St Vincent and more put their own spin on Macca’s 2020 album

Neil Spencer

18, Apr, 2021 @12:00 PM

Rihanna's 30 greatest singles – ranked!

With a rumoured ninth album on the way – the follow-up to 2016’s Anti – we examine Rihanna’s singles and pick the 30 best

Alexis Petridis

01, Apr, 2021 @2:12 PM

Paul McCartney to publish 900-page lyrical 'autobiography'

The Lyrics, a ‘self-portrait in 154 songs’, will look at the people, places and circumstances behind songs written in boyhood, with the Beatles and beyond

Alison Flood

24, Feb, 2021 @5:00 PM

TV tonight: Paul McCartney chats with Idris Elba

The musician and actor meet to discuss McCartney’s third solo album, written and recorded in lockdown. Plus: Strictly Come Dancing reaches the final. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Jack Seale, Graeme Virtue and Paul Howlett

19, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM