As she gets ready to play in Ireland, Rita Coolidge tells Ed Power about her marriage to Kris Kristofferson, and how the idealism of the 1960s soon gave way to something more sinister

Former Beatle Paul McCartney has led tributes to rock and blues singer Joe Cocker, who has died at the age of 70.

Singer Joe Cocker has died at the age of 70.

The final hopefuls who have made it to the judges houses stage of The X Factor were revealed tonight.

Henry McCullough is one of Ireland’s great musicians. He was the only Irishman to play Woodstock, as a member of Joe Cocker’s Grease Band.

Colin Salmon is to get his 007 moment on 'Strictly Come Dancing' this weekend - by performing a routine to a Bond theme.

LADY GAGA enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” as she serenaded former US president Bill Clinton at a charity concert in Los Angeles.

Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” as she serenaded former US president Bill Clinton at a charity concert in Los Angeles, at which Bono also sang.

The best ‘X Factor’ audition Simon Cowell has ever seen will be shown tomorrow night.

GIVEN the advanced years of many of the headliners at this summer’s concerts — Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Duran Duran, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Al Green, Joe Cocker, The Police, Lionel Richie, Elton John and, inevitably, Status Quo, but strangely enough no Bob Dylan — there is an almost reckless degree of jeopardy in the use of the word ‘live’ in any promotional material.

X Factor hopeful Kerry McGregor has told of her agony at being separated from her toddler son as she bids for pop fame.

The music world was in mourning today after the death of keyboard legend Billy Preston.

Ray Charles, a talent who erased musical boundaries between the sacred and the secular with hits such as “What’d I Say”, “Georgia on My Mind” and “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” died at age 73.

Hundreds of fans walked out in disgust at a Paul Young concert, many comparing the experience to listening to a pub karaoke night, it emerged today.

A WILDLIFE park was celebrating a little monkey business yesterday with the arrival of two babies who will bolster a species considered to be one of the most endangered in the world.

The two remaining Beatles have reunited on stage for a spectacular and moving musical tribute to George Harrison.

Universal Music Group is poised to put a large part of its music library online.