Culture news Why has Lizzo rereleased her latest song? After backlash online Lizzo rereleased her single 'GRRRLS' from upcoming album 'Special,' but what got fans so annoyed? 14/06/2022
Hear Ed Sheeran awarded €1 million damages in 'Shape of You' copyright battle Sheeran was accused by Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue of being partly inspired by their title "Oh Why" for his biggest hit. 22/05/2022
Hear Meet the Eurovision Song Contest’s first ever female conductor The year was 1973, the venue was Luxembourg, and Swedish composer and conductor Monica Dominique was about to make musical history. 10/05/2022
Hear Ed Sheeran releases charity single with Ukrainian frontman Antytlia and Ed Sheeran have released a new version of his song 2step with lead singer Topolio contributing a new verse. 04/05/2022
Hear Harry Styles accused of queerbaiting: but what is 'queerbaiting'? In a recent interview, Styles has said that "it doesn't matter" what his sexuality is. This has sparked renewed queerbaiting criticism. But is that fair? 28/04/2022
Hear Canada joins Eurovision 2023 competition Canada is not the first country outside of Europe to join the once specifically continental competition. 27/04/2022
Hear Taylor Swift's Shake it Off: A masterclass in Latin grammar A newly-published textbook for Latin teachers encouraged them to use 21st-century references to bring language-learning alive. One of the examples was Taylor Swift. 07/04/2022
Hear Why were Korean fans not allowed to sing at BTS' return concert? Thousands of fans attended BTS' first concert in South Korea since 2019 at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul 11/03/2022
Hear Under Pressure: The top 5 landmark cases in music copyright disputes One artist even sued himself. Sort of. 08/03/2022
Culture news Cancelled culture: who's putting Russia in a cultural blackout? As the world watches the disaster unfolding in Ukraine culture has become a 21st century frontier, let's look at who's cancelling culture for Russia. 07/03/2022
Culture news Russia banned from Eurovision 2022 say EBU Both Russia and Ukraine were scheduled to compete in the first Semi-Final of the song contest in Turin on May 10. Not any more. 25/02/2022
Hear Italian anthem fuses pop and classical as Beijing hands over to Milan Pop mixes with Classical to hit the right notes for Winter Olympics handover 21/02/2022
Culture news Jamal Edwards, founder of music platform SBTV, dead at 31 Edwards' platform helped launch the career of Ed Sheeran. 20/02/2022
Hear Sting sells back catalogue to Universal as stars buy into licensing In recent months, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young and others who sold millions of albums to Baby Boomers have sold their recordings, songwriting catalogs or both. 11/02/2022
Green News Rihanna's foundation donates over €13 million to climate justice She says that her foundation, which is named after her grandparents, prioritises both climate resilience and climate justice work. 26/01/2022
Culture news Taylor Swift rejects Damon Albarn's 'clueless' songwriting criticisms The 32-year-old made a monumental statement on her seldom-used Twitter account against the Blur frontman. But what did he say, and why? 25/01/2022
Hear Billie Eilish helped Rutherford through record breaking solo flight The teenager says the hardest part of her trip was flying over Siberia but a 40-hour playlist kept her going through the frozen arctic. 21/01/2022
Hear Turkish pop star targeted by Islamist group for 'offensive' lyrics Sezen Aksu is a popular singer but has attracted the ire of religious groups and the Turkish government because of her provocative lyrics. 18/01/2022
Hear Billie Eilish to replace Travis Scott on Coachella 2022 lineup The switch makes 20-year-old Eilish the youngest artist to ever headline one of the world's biggest festivals. 13/01/2022
Culture news Ronnie Spector, '60s icon who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78 Martin Scorsese used “Be My Baby” to open his 1973 film “Mean Streets” and the song appears in the title sequence of “Dirty Dancing”. 12/01/2022
Hear Rare cassette of Prince album, scrapped for being 'evil', up for sale First due for release in 1987, Prince scrapped the album because he thought it was cursed. 07/01/2022
Hear 14 huge album releases to look forward to in 2022 As the world's music calendar returns to some semblance of normality, Euronews Culture takes a look at the album releases worth keeping an eye on in 2022. 05/01/2022
World Thank you 2021 for the music: from Eurovision to Abba In this review, we look back at some of the most memorable events from the world of music in 2021. 23/12/2021
World Alicia Keys says new album is a ‘homecoming’ The 15 time Grammy award winning artist is launching her new album Keys at an immersive concert in Dubai 16/12/2021
Hear Prince William reveals why Tina Turner reminds him of his mother Diana Speaking to Apple in a mental health podcast, the Prince explored a selection of music memories about family members past and present. 06/12/2021
Hear Genre over gender: Brit Awards ditch male and female categories The UK's biggest night in music is choosing genre over gender by merging the Best Male and Female categories and adding four new genre-based ones. 23/11/2021
