He had always been regarded as the most original Ghazal singer. He came into fame in 1957 in Pakistan and dominated the sixties and the seventies with a career ranging five decades. Bad health started plaguing him from the eighties when the masses, p…
Clashes between protestors and police have caused concern as Baku gears up for the Eurovision final on Saturday. Demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government, freedom to march and the release of political prisoners fought violent battles…
After a long fight against cancer and amid recent hopes of an amazing improvement, the death of Robin Gibb has been announced. A member of the BeeGees, Robin Gibb had an acclaimed white soul voice and, together with his brothers Barry and Maurice was…
Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco has died after a battle with lung cancer. Capturing the zeitgeist of the 70's Donna Summer's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder on 'Love to love you baby' in 1975 opened the door to electronic music and gave her the f…
Bob Dylan is to be honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by president Barack Obama in a ceremony in May. The singer and songwriter was chosen to receive the award, the highest honour which can be bestowed upon a civilian, for his contributi…
Fans at a Faye Wong concert in Chongqing, China, were injured when a spectator stand, in which they were watching the show, collapsed without warning. 64 of them were hurt and rushed to local hospitals for treatment. The most serious injuries involve…
The sudden death of Whitney Houston has stunned fans and colleagues in the music business. The news dominated the Grammy Awards, with tributes hurriedly prepared in memory of the singer who had been due to appear at a pre-Grammy gala in Los Angeles. …
Today, the 10th of October, 2011, 8.10am—the end of a momentous musical era. Indian Ghazal king Jagjit Singh breathed his last at a Mumbai hospital following a brain hemorrhage he suffered on September 23. He had been put on life supporting sys…
Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell were married in London yesterday in a low key civil ceremony in front of family and close friends. The wedding was followed by a reception at the couple's London home in St John's Wood. Crowds had waited outside Maryl…
After 31 years, rock stars REM have decided to go their separate ways which is bad news to their millions of fans around the world. Their most recent album Collapse into Now was released in March 2011. Three of their previous albums went quadruple pl…