Neil McCormick

From her ‘fake’ marriage to Sonny Bono to dating Warren Beatty as a teenager, the superstar spills some surprising secrets in her new book

Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, released 40 years ago, prompted a glut of sentimental charity singles that still haunt us today

As ever, 2024 saw a slate of A-list memoirs – but more interesting were the stories of music’s oddballs and wallflowers

From Thriller to We Are the World, the producer, who has died aged 91, made music that will live on for ever

The Australian pop trooper’s follow-up to the Padam Padam smash is derivative, but secures her reputation as a vintage disco goddess

The singer was vital to One Direction, the most beloved boy band of their era – but fame cost him

Newly disclosed pages of Sondheim’s original 1973 manuscripts document the tortuous creative process behind Send in the Clowns

A gun-crazy Graceland childhood; marriage to Michael Jackson; a very frosty mother… All the revelations from From Here to the Great Unknown

Coldplay’s incessantly optimistic pop with lyrics that sound like Instagram self-help slogans has pulverised any hint of rock inclinations

The singer brought her giddy pop carnival to Manchester Academy – but it’s a venue she’s already outgrown