Siobhan Grogan

The day Starsailor fired Phil Spector: ‘He span around, frothing at the mouth’

The Wigan band couldn’t believe their luck when Spector called, asking to produce their vital second album. But things got dark very quickly

Siobhan Grogan 20 Mar 2024, 12:27pm

The definitive Taylor Swift tour of London – and five more hotspots fans won’t want to miss

With Swifties descending on the capital for her Eras tour this summer, a new walk takes in the places the singer knows best

Siobhan Grogan 19 Mar 2024, 8:51pm
‘George Michael couldn’t have done it without Andrew Ridgeley’: the inside story of Wham!

A new Netflix documentary shows how the duo’s extraordinary friendship and musical partnership was crucial to Michael’s enormous success

Siobhan Grogan 22 Dec 2023, 5:39pm
Matt Lucas interview: ‘I’m a homosexual – by default I love musicals’

The comedian talks about composing, coming out and taking on his Little Britain co-star David Walliams in the world of children's books

Siobhan Grogan 4 Oct 2023, 1:00pm

Take That, BST Hyde Park review: a dizzying, jubilant triumph of pop music at its very best

Over 30 years after first forming, our preeminent boy band kept the hits coming at a staggering pace

Siobhan Grogan 2 Jul 2023, 11:46am
Move over, Taylor Swift, Maisie Peters is coming for your crown

For an English singer-songwriter who will be playing arenas before the year is out, this intimate Oxford gig was the exquisite end of an era

Siobhan Grogan 23 Apr 2023, 3:23pm
Why Burt Bacharach was addicted to falling in love – over and over again

The late songwriter hopped from marriage to marriage. But how much was his search for the next great romance simply fuel for another song?

Siobhan Grogan 10 Feb 2023, 1:06pm
Christine McVie’s 10 best songs

With her clear, soulful voice and knack for writing timeless love songs with devastatingly catchy choruses, McVie had an undisputable talent

Siobhan Grogan 1 Dec 2022, 4:20pm
Duke Garwood masters the blues, Cliff Richard will put you off Christmas – the week’s albums

Revisit David Bowie’s Hunky Dory, Fleetwood Mac release a collection for diehard fans, and isomonstrosity fuses classical music with drill

Siobhan Grogan 25 Nov 2022, 6:14pm
Bananarama interview: ‘As women, we were sidelined and disregarded’

They've sold 30 million records and yet the music industry refused to celebrate them. Now a duo, they talk about their trail-blazing careers

Siobhan Grogan 16 Jun 2022, 5:00am

Liam Gallagher’s triumphant return to Knebworth almost felt like an Oasis reunion

Oasis may never get back together but that didn't stop Liam Gallagher from giving the people what they want: the band's biggest hits

Siobhan Grogan 4 Jun 2022, 1:16pm
The rise of Tones and I: how an unknown Australian busker outsold Ed Sheeran

The Australian singer on being plucked from the streets, the Dance Monkey fallout, and why 'young girls' are the most vicious online trolls

Siobhan Grogan 19 Jul 2021, 1:21pm
James Arthur on how fame wrecked his mental health: ‘I thought I was going to die’

After winning X Factor, Arthur's panic attacks became so terrible he feared for his life. But lockdown and a new album paved for better days

Siobhan Grogan 18 Mar 2021, 5:00pm