Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

The initial idea for the song first came to Andrew Farriss as he was climbing into a cab to take him to an airport. It was early 1987 and Farriss was flying to Hong Kong, where Michael Hutchence lived ...

A s anybody who grew up watching TV in the '80s knows, the lovable cousins at the center of the classic sitcom Perfect ...

Iconic ‘80s Band Shares Photo With Fellow ‘80s Rock Legend: ‘That’s My 1987 College Soundtrack in One Selfie!’ There was a point in the 1980s when Echo & the Bunnymen and U2 were archrivals. The ...

Voting has opened for Your Ultimate 80s Duet to discover Radio 2’s listeners’ favourite 80s duet, hosted by Sophie ...

BBC Radio 2 is asking listeners to vote for 'Your Ultimate 80s Duet', to discover Radio 2’s listeners’ favourite 80s duet as ...

We'll be revealing Your Ultimate 80s Duets Top 40 in a special programme, presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, available first on BBC Sounds from Friday 1 August, alongside more Radio 2 Loves The 80s ...

Monty Python legend Eric Idle takes us on his ten-song journey on this week's Tracks Of My Years. Although perhaps best known for his time with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry J ...

INXS reveal how they cheated death in a plane crash on an outback video shoot As their breakthrough album Listen Like Thieves turns 40, INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly shares the behind-the-scenes ...

INXS unearth ‘emotional’ out-takes of singer Michael Hutchence for Listen Like Thieves anniversary Listen Like Thieves was the album that catapulted INXS to global attention — now the band ...