Following on from my recent blog about eighties popsters The Police reforming, it prompted me to wonder what has happened to the current music followers.
When sixties/seventies legends Led Zeppelin announced recently that they would be reforming, tickets were sold out before they officially went on sale. Reports suggested that 20 million hopefuls subscribed for a [...]

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Having lived outside the UK for some time, and not being subjected to the daily music chatter that i enjoyed there, I was recently surprised by a report on Spanish tv showing The Police performing in Madrid.
I had no idea that they had reformed for a european tour, or maybe its worldwide, i still have [...]

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Its hard to be critical of a band that has become everyones favourite stadium rockers, but their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, for me falls well short of expectations.
The opening track, The Pretender, is the staple Foo Fighters fare, a heavy guitar driven rock track that opens the aural senses in anticipation of something [...]

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Placing a whole new spin on the old saying: those can - do, those who can’t - teach Paul McCartney is turning his hand to teaching others to play guitar, bass and drums on the brilliant interactive website, Now Play It. The multi-talented former Beatles and Wings mainman will give lessons through a video [...]

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A 30 year-old American woman, Jammie Thomas has become the first person to be taken to court and prosecuted for illegally downloading music via a PC. She has been fined $220,000 (£110,000).
Since 2003 various record companies have filed 26,000 lawsuits over file-sharing, which the music industry has led to a decline in sales. But [...]

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