‘I’ll be misleading you’ After making headlines around the world for saying he has to pay Sting $5000 (£4022) a day for sampling one The Police’s songs without permission, Diddy has clarified the situation. He was joking. The story developed earlier this week when Diddy, real name Sean Combs, tweeted the supposed details of the […]

3 years ago

Diddy got stung big time P Diddy pays Sting $5,000 (£4022) a day for sampling one of The Police’s songs without permission more than 25 years ago. Diddy, real name Sean Combs, sampled the band’s 1983 hit, ‘Every Breath You Take’, in his 1997 tribute to The Notorious B.I.G, ‘I’ll Be Missing You’. The mogul […]

3 years ago

Reggae records at the ready! Celebrating 70 years of the album format, today marks the very first National Album Day here in the UK. Coming at the end of a week of music events and activities around the country, the first National Album Day invites people from all over to take part in the nation’s […]

8 years ago

Let’s be honest, we’ve all done it, right? You go on vacation, pop in your earphones and just drift off into your very own cinematic universe where you’re the star of the show. The movie you’ve manifested in your head is soundtracked by whatever it is blasting through the tiny speakers in your ears, and […]

8 years ago

Guess who’s back Week 7 and we’re still here, unlike various of my favourite TV shows that have all been cancelled as of late – who in their right mind would cancel Designated Survivor? Have no fear for the JOE Music Quiz will be here forever, or at least until I run out of things […]

8 years ago

True or false? Like most, hearing that Sting & Shaggy were releasing an album together took me a little by surprise. But seeing their bromance blossom on screen and through the music they were making made me a believer. The way in which they bounce off of one another is something that has to be […]

8 years ago