Public service broadcaster hoped new station would help win back older listeners

The BBC is many things to many people, but what it should never be, to anyone, is a bully boy. Therefore, the corporation should be counting its blessings that Ofcom, following a full Competitions Assessment, has provisionally concluded that the proposed extension to Radio 2 – a digital spinoff that would focus on music and archive content from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s – cannot go ahead. Ofcom concluded that the station would “create a significant adverse impact on fair and effective competiti

The anthemic lead single from the band’s first album in 24 years casts a wary eye over their peak 90s fame – but also suggests that performing is irresistible

Sheffield-formed band also release swaggering new single Spike Island, their first new track since 2013

On their much-fanfared comeback album, More, the Britpop maestros enlist Richard Hawley, the Eno family, and others

Ofcom has decided that the BBC should not go ahead with plans for a Radio 2 spin-off and an expanded Radio 5 Sports Extra.

A key collaborator of Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, Justin Vernon has split his captivating new album into two contrasting halves

The pair made up when she went to see him perform at Saturday Night Live on April 5. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Canadian outfit have announced their new album and shared the first slice of new music.

Norwich City’s play-off hopes are looking slimmer and slimmer with each game – but it’s not over until the Norwegian lady sings (which she does in…

The critic said the musician’s songs are “good in the way that heroin is good for people.”