The night I sang a drunken duet with Billy Joel
A raucous lock-in with Billy Joel, featuring whiskey shots and drunken confessions, wasn’t what our critic expected from his trip to Detroit
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A raucous lock-in with Billy Joel, featuring whiskey shots and drunken confessions, wasn’t what our critic expected from his trip to Detroit
From banquets in the forest to celebrity letter-readings, the UK’s poshest festival is a gloriously fun indulgence
The swaggering sound of the Sixties lives on – thanks to these ‘Merseybeach’ time-travellers
Singer forced to remove part of dress amid heavy rain at first of 10 shows in Munich
Forget the flabby new material – the singer served up past glories with verve. It was almost enough to make you forget his present troubles
A fantasy of glorious music and gymnastics, French ensemble Les Arts Florissants encouraged the Proms audience in to dream
The stories behind the greats - a celebration of musical nostalgia
Moon Unit Zappa, daughter of Frank, recalls how the Decade of Love caused havoc in her childhood in her memoir Earth to Moon
How long is the concert? What are the surprise songs? Who are the support acts? All your Wembley Stadium Eras tour questions, answered below
The swaggering sound of the Sixties lives on – thanks to these ‘Merseybeach’ time-travellers
Cass Elliott’s powerhouse talents were often overshadowed by lies, gossip and callous talk of her weight. But a new book may change that
Many legendary instruments are stolen or misplaced, only to turn up again decades later
One of 13 new commissions this Prom season, Clyne didn’t capture Emily Dickinson’s quality in this piece based on her poetic fragments
Can the Congress Hall Hitler built to address vast rallies be repurposed as a new venue, or is it forever tainted by association?
With The Chills, the late Martin Phillipps specialised in happy, dark and joyous underdog anthems. So why couldn’t he catch a break?
A Britten specialist, he graced the world’s grandest opera houses and was also a regular on the BBC’s musical hall show The Good Old Days
Sung by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Young Girl was a UK No 1 and even outsold Hey Jude, but some US radio stations refused to play it
The Scouse heartthrob worked with The Beatles, once punched John Lennon and was managed by Brian Epstein. So why isn’t he a bigger star?
From touring the world with Springsteen and his E Street Band to The Sopranos, the New Jersey native reveals all in a new documentary