Neil Mccormick

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Nick Cave reunites with Kylie Minogue in a spellbinding Bad Seeds show

By: Neil McCormick

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' concert in Preston Park, Brighton, was a kind of rapturous homecoming for the Australian émigré, who has made the British seaside town his base for decades.

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A track-by-track guide to Paul Simon's Graceland at 40

By: Neil McCormick

How many musical masterpieces have been censured by the United Nations? When Paul Simon's Graceland was released in August 1986, his choice to record

The Telegraph

Sex, drugs and smashed guitars – Jimi Hendrix’s roadie tells all

By: Neil Mccormick

Eric Barrett’s exhilarating memoir recalls life on the road beside rock’s greatest guitarist, from reckless excess to Woodstock chaos

Irish Independent

A track-by-track guide to Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ at 40

By: Neil Mccormick

The iconic album gave the American singer his biggest success since Simon & Garfunkel’s heyday but his breaking of a cultural boycott of South Africa sparked controversy on its release

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The Weeknd's Wembley show is a dazzlingly brilliant spectacle of his own ego

By: Neil McCormick

The Weeknd started in London with a bang. Well, quite a lot of bangs, actually, with towering jets of flame constantly erupting before a climax of spectacular fireworks lit up the night sky.

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Charli XCX dazzled at Reading Festival – even if the drunk teens weren't convinced

By: Neil McCormick

For her only British shows this year, homegrown superstar Charli XCX presented the dazzling conceptual art-pop extravaganza of her dreams.

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Jay Z has only got one problem: he was away from the stage for far too long

By: Neil McCormick

A huge London crowd sang Happy Birthday for Beyoncé at Tottenham Hotspur football stadium as fireworks lit up the sky.

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The 30 best songs of the 1950s, ranked

By: Neil McCormick

What are the greatest songs of our times? The Telegraph is launching a new series Music of the Decades to answer that fascinating, frivolous

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Rock Around the Clock is a fluffy novelty hit, not a top song of the decade

By: Neil McCormick

Are we still rocking around the clock in 2026? Or has Bill Haley's classic hit finally wound down and ground to a halt in the digital age?

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Céline Dion roars back to her best in emotional Paris return

By: Neil McCormick

Well, that was emotional. Céline Dion's unlikely comeback was a tense, tearful, joyous affair, probably even more so for the singer than for her loyal audience.