"Hot Fun in the Summertime" was released by Sly and the Family Stone in 1969, right before they played a high-profile performance at Woodstock that helped them explode in popularity. The song reached ...

"Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean is the first single to log 17 weeks at No. 1 in the U.K. without making the top 40 on the Hot 100. By Paul Grein UPDATE (July 17): “Rein Me In” by Sam Fender ...

V&A takes exhibition of more than 100 pieces by ‘artist in constant motion’ around Britain, from Dundee to Bristol Kansai Yamamoto’s costumes for Ziggy Stardust, Bowie’s Berlin apartment house keys ...

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A huge £2million warehouse is being sold after a security firm plunged into administration and 56 lost their jobs in County Durham. Bridgman IBC Limited, a fire and security door manufacturer based in ...

A BOSTON singer has penned a touching love song to the Tartan Army after Scotland’s travelling support won the city’s hearts. Tens of thousands of kilt-wearing supporters descended on Boston to get ...

The UK is on the brink of breaking the record for the hottest June day in recorded history, trumping the long hot summer of 1976. Back then, the mercury hit 35C, or “well into the 90s” as we used to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Many of the best songs of 2026, at least thus far, are leaning in one clear direction: the club. “I think the dance floor is dead / So now we’re making rock music” is what Charli XCX sings on the lead ...

Donald Trump may not attend a World Cup match involving an English-speaking team, after brutal fan chants linking the president to his old pal Jeffrey Epstein went viral. Concern is understood to be ...