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Jason Donovan on 'first love' Kylie Minogue: 'It's a very difficult relationship to escape'
Music

Jason Donovan on 'first love' Kylie Minogue: 'It's a very difficult relationship to escape'

Donovan has reflected on nearly 40 years in music in this week's Big Issue
Bros star Matt Goss: 'Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together'
Letter to my Younger Self

Bros star Matt Goss: 'Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together'

World's most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: 'Music was the only way for me to survive'
Letter To My Younger Self

World's most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: 'Music was the only way for me to survive'

There's a tragic inevitability with Angelina Jolie's Maria Callas
Music

There's a tragic inevitability with Angelina Jolie's Maria Callas

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'
Homelessness

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Plea to save UK's grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: 'We'll all be poorer for it'
Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK's grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: 'We'll all be poorer for it'

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'
Letter To My Younger Self

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: 'The benefits are clear'
Music

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: 'The benefits are clear'

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'

'It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like
Music

'It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Music

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years

Why Labour's VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

Why Labour's VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'
My Big Year

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: 'People pay too much attention to the noise around them'
My Big Year

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: 'People pay too much attention to the noise around them'

Pop star Henry Moodie: 'I find Donald Trump's racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting'
Henry Moodie
My Big Year

Pop star Henry Moodie: 'I find Donald Trump's racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting'

Tom Grennan: 'The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer'
My big Year

Tom Grennan: 'The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer'

I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
Interview

I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'
Letter To My Younger Self

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'

Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
Christmas number one

Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

James Blunt: 'Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years'
Music

James Blunt: 'Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas': Celebrating 40 years of Wham!'s festive classic
Music

'Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas': Celebrating 40 years of Wham!'s festive classic

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
Band Aid recorded Do They Know It's Christmas? in 1984
TV

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos

BBC 6 Music's Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
Music

BBC 6 Music's Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024

Keane's Tom Chaplin: 'There's a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older'
Pop/rock band Keane sat on a bench
Music

Keane's Tom Chaplin: 'There's a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older'