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It wouldn’t be hard to turn Dave McCabe’s life into a misery memoir – expelled from school, found guilty of assault, years wasted on drink and drugs… But marriage and fatherhood gave the Zutons frontman the motivation to beat the bottle. McCabe’s face lights up when he talks about his three-year-old son, Louie. “He grounds me,” Dave tells me. “He makes me laugh. He stops me from thinking I’m Elvis. If you’ve got kids, you’ve got to be the anchor. That’s what keeps me from going off the rails.” Finding love and having Louie were “the best things that ever happened to me,” he says. He married wife Paula just over a year ago. “If it wasn’t for this woman, I’d be a lot worse off, maybe not even here.” Dave’s unbridled joy informed the Liverpool band’s last album, 2024’s The Big Decider, whi...

With over 16 million monthly Spotify listeners, Oasis are one of Britain’s most streamed artists (Image: Getty)At the peak of Britpop, Oasis stood as the voice of a generation. Formed in Manchester in 1991 and led by the famous Gallagher brothers - Liam and Noel - they blended sharp lyrics with singalong choruses, producing some of the most recognisable songs of the decade.The band split in 2009 and are now reuniting for a world tour - but their songs never ceased to hit in pubs, on football terraces, across playlists and soundtracks.Here are Oasis’s 10 most streamed songs on Spotify – ranked.10 – Don’t Go Away (Remastered)125,614,527 streamsOriginally part of 1997’s Be Here Now, ‘Don’t Go Away’ offered a more vulnerable side to the band at a time when they were experiencing immense med...

With more than 26 million monthly Spotify listeners, Metallica are still one of the most played rock bands in the world (Image: Getty)From early thrash roots to stadium-scale production, Metallica have spent over four decades evolving without losing their identity. The band - James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo (and earlier, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted) - built their reputation on uncompromising sound, technical musicianship and songs that often told darker stories.But while the group have long been synonymous with heavy metal, their music has reached far beyond that label. Today, their catalogue spans acoustic ballads, war-inspired epics, reworkings of Irish folk songs and tracks embraced by generations.So which of their songs are listeners turning to most ...

Metallica stopped the presses earlier this month with the news that they will be hitting the road in the UK next year. This M72 world tour will include no fewer than four shows in the UK, all of which are at stadiums around the country. This includes such massive venues as Glasgow's Hampden Park, Cardiff's Principality Stadium and the London Stadium.However, when tickets were first released on Friday, May 30, 2025, at 10am, they were snapped up in no time after general onsale commenced. As a result, fans have been looking at purchasing resale tickets from a number of second-hand websites - such as viagogo and StubHub. While this may not be some fans' first choice, we have broken down all the current ticket options available right now.Metallica tickets were originally released on general...

Almost three decades after his death, Frank Sinatra still has over 16 million monthly listeners (Image: Getty)One of the most influential and recognised artists in history, Frank Sinatra was every musician’s main inspiration for generations.Nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes" and "The Chairman of the Board", he rose to fame as a teen idol during World War II, transitioning later into a successful film actor and serious jazz singer. Throughout these eras, he managed to make himself known as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, praised for his smooth baritone, emotional delivery, and charisma.But which of his hits left the deepest mark in the digital age? Here, we take a look at Sinatra’s ten most successful songs on Spotify, ranked.10- The Way You Look Tonight232,205,556 streamsOrigina...

Springsteen’s Country. The Boss has long shared common ground with the “three chords and the truth” school of country music. His songs reflect the reality of blue-collar lives and ooze heart-felt emotion. Bruce, who acknowledges the great Hank Williams as an influence, has covered standards like Rhinestone Cowboy and the Ballad Of Jed Clampett live, and he captured a cool, well-received Nashville vibe on 2019's Western Stars. This compilation sees 20 country stars cover his songs, opening with Johnny Cash’s 1983 version of Johnny 99, its upbeat feel subverted by the sour lyrical tale of a desperate man driven to crime. (Cash’s cover of Springsteen’s Highway Patrolman from the same album was even better.)Travis Tritt re-purposes Tougher Than The Rest, a song for older lovers, for country...

Last year, Tenacious D cancelled the rest of their Australian tour after Jack Black’s band partner, Kyle Gass, made a controversial joke about the Trump assassination attempt.Both apologised and the D has been on a bit of a hiatus since, but with plans for future collaborations.Nevertheless, in the meantime, Gass has embarked on a return to live shows, performing a smaller acoustic version of his very own Kyle Gass Band.The Kyle Gass Company features the comic musician with Tenacious D and Trainwreck electric guitarist John Konesky and KGB’s lead vocalist Mike Bray.Fans will also remember the latter as the D’s Sasquatch, The Metal, Biffy Pyro and occasional Satan for live performances of Beelzeboss – while with Konesky, they have their own country band, Wynchester.Looking forward to see...

Oasis enthusiasts recently endured yet another bout of torment in the scramble for tickets as the '90s rock icons confirmed releasing a new allotment this week. The band are just a matter of weeks away from kickstarting their comeback tour - Oasis Live '25. And while tickets were released en masse last year, they sold out in no time. But earlier this month, Oasis sent out tantalising emails to their fans who had previously signed up for the ticket ballots, stating: "A limited amount of production release tickets have been made available for Oasis Live '25 dates in Cardiff, London and Edinburgh. You have been selected to receive a code for a limited ticket release."These chosen fans were then presented with an exclusive opportunity to snap up tickets from the most recent batch. However, ...

After weeks of frenzied speculation, the ABBA Arena in East London reopened last night with a star-studded party to celebrate the third anniversary of the ground-breaking show.There may be state-of-the-art digital 'ABBAtars' of the four members of the Swedish supergroup – Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvæus and Agnetha Fältskog – up on stage during the show, but two of them were also actually there in the audience to join in the festivities.Before the newly-extended show, with an extra ten minutes of material, started, the spotlights swung to one of the VIP booths. In recent years, the two men have been the public voice of the band while the ladies have often preferred to step back from the limelight, but this time Benny handed the microphone to an adorably reticent Frida....

Brian May and Roger Taylor were awarded the 2025 Polar Music Prize at a gala ceremony held in Sweden on Tuesday (May 27). The Queen rockers  were recognised for the entirety of their career at the Polar Music Prize gala at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm.  Brian, 77, issued an emotional message on stage, telling the audience: "In this special moment, I contemplate how that younger Brian May in 1974 would have felt if he knew that we would be living this kind of dream 50 years in the future." Roger, 75, said: "When we started our band…we had ambitions, but never dreamed of the journey that was to follow. We were fortunate in the fact that our four wildly different personalities came together to achieve a wonderful chemistry. The Polar Music Prize is exceptional in the fact that unlike other...