Pop music
Addison Rae is touring down under – here’s what you need to know
The TikTok superstar is storming the charts with her critically acclaimed debut album and heading out on a world tour.
- Nell Geraets
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Surge in satellite launches and space tourism thins ozone layer
Rocket launches have connected the world, revolutionised earth and space sciences, and filled pop star Katy Perry with love. Now they risk wrecking the ozone layer.
- Nick O'Malley
Kanye shows up for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial – but can’t get in
The rapper now known as Ye came to support his hip-hop mogul friend, who is facing sex-trafficking charges, but wasn’t allowed into the courtroom and left soon after.
- Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister
Paul Kelly’s latest song sat in a shed for 40 years. It was in good company
The Australian musician has released a song he recorded well before he came to fame – he is among many of the world’s biggest stars to have given old songs a new life.
- Michael Dwyer
Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover has sparked uproar. Here’s what you need to know
The star has revealed when her new album Man’s Best Friend is set to drop – but it’s the cover image that has everyone talking.
- Nick Newling
The brilliant yet troubled life of the Beach Boys’ damaged genius
He wrote some of pop’s most beautiful songs but legend Brian Wilson battled drug addiction and mental illness throughout his life.
- Ben Sisario
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He heard voices … and music’s soul: The anguished genius of Beach Boy Brian Wilson
His clinical diagnosis was schizoaffective disorder and manic depression, but it is his music that defines him – some of the greatest of his and our times, and all time.
- Neil McCormick
Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson’s 10 most iconic songs
The music world has lost one of its giants with the death of Brian Wilson, aged 82. Here, we look back at his legacy.
- Maria Sherman
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, dies at 82
Wilson’s genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists.
- Hillel Italie
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