It’s as if this year, the 24-hour channels have effectively turned into around-the-clock tribute-obituary shows.

Rock is preoccupied with sex. Chuck Berry was a sex addict whose only American No. 1 was about playing with his penis. Rock music is lawless and Berry went to prison twice, writes Chuck Klosterman

As Bruce Springsteen brings his River tour to Ireland, Ed Power looks back on the 1980 album that suddenly feels so relevant again

AC/DC play in Dublin today. Richard Fitzpatrick offers 10 things you need to know about the world’s greatest rock band.

I’ve always been a bit of a showman deep down. My idea of misery is a world without music.

The Beatles are to release a new album containing 10 previously unreleased songs.

One Direction's 'Best Song Ever' has been defended by The Who's Pete Townshend.

Rolling Stones’ songs such as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” have won a new publishing deal just as a series of shows this summer is set to boost interest in the band’s back catalogue.

The Rolling Stones have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the release of their first single "Come On," by giving a rare live performance.

Watching Arsenal’s worst start to a league in three decades roll on and Manchester United’s latest comeback against Aston Villa last weekend, our mind flashed back to the same weekend 20 years ago.

Broadcaster Dick Clark has died.

'Fairytale of New York' by The Pogues, featuring Kirsty MacColl, has topped a Christmas poll of UK drivers.

Rock-and-roll legend Chuck Berry felt ill and was checked out by ambulance medics before a show, the Chicago Fire Department said.

Darnell Martin’s dramatisation of the rise of legendary blues label Chess Records steps back in time to the 1940s, when guitar man Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright) abandons the fields of Mississippi to chase his dreams of stardom.

Stars mourned Michael Jackson today as a loss to the world of music.

Supposed to be the story of the Chicago record company, Chess Records, of the l950s that had on its books such classic Blues singers as Muddy Watters (Wright), Chuck Berry and Etta James (Knowles).

GODFATHER of Soul James Brown remained the hardest-working man in show business to the end, telling friends from his hospital bed that he’d be in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, even though he had pneumonia.

“Godfather of Soul” James Brown, who died in Atlanta early today at the age of 73, was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years.

Rock 'n' roll icon Chuck Berry celebrated his 80th birthday last night with an intimate concert at his favourite St Louis, Missouri hometown haunt the Blueberry Hill's Duck Room.

The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has two career regrets, he never got to play with Otis Redding and Warren Zevon.

ALVIN Stardust is selling his first acoustic guitar - given to him on his 12th birthday.

Johnnie Johnson, a rock ’n’ roll pioneer who inspired the Chuck Berry hit Johnny B Goode, died today, aged 80.

HIS riffs are legendary, his craggy face as familiar as Jagger’s and his rock status iconic, but this time Ronnie Wood is displaying another kind of artistry.

The Bob Dylan classic, Like a Rolling Stone, has been voted the greatest song of all time.

Robbie Williams, Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones were among those inducted into the UK’s first Hall of Fame for music at a star-studded ceremony last night.

Van Morrison and Loretta Lynn have been chosen to receive Icon Honor awards at the upcoming BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, in November.

DEMOCRAT John Kerry kicked his presidential campaign into full gear yesterday when he selected former rival, the charismatic Southerner John Edwards, to be his running mate.

A US judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Chuck Berry filed by his long-time collaborator.

As Americans celebrate their first Independence Day since September 11, jet fighters will patrol the skies over major cities and plainclothes FBI agents will be on hand, and on high alert.