The In The City music conference, set up by music impresario Tony Wilson in Manchester almost two decades ago, will not go ahead this year.

A performance of Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is called off at the last minute after a stagehand was found dead backstage.

A painting from Monet's Water Lilies which has not been seen in public in 86 years, is left to a gallery in Washington DC by a reclusive heiress.

U2 will make their first UK festival appearance since the early 1980s later when they headline Glastonbury.

Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim receives an honorary knighthood for his work towards reconciliation in the Middle East through music.

Springwatch presenter Chris Packham shoehorns Manic Street Preacher song titles into this year's series.

Pop star Madonna is the latest female celebrity whose life story has become the subject of a comic book in the US.

Axed Coronation Street scenes from 1963 showing a character attempting suicide are to be screened for the first time, ITV confirms.