Music Features

5 December 2014

Annie Lennox leads Kindlelight carol service

Last night (December 4, 2014) saw Annie Lennox lead a line-up of international performers at London's famous Abbey Road Studios, in what has been marked the world's first ever carol ...

4 December 2014

Demi Lovato joins Jessie J on-stage for special 'Bang Bang' collaboration

Jessie J took to the stage at the 99.7 Triple Ho Show in San Jose California this week, and was joined by Demi Lovato for a surprise collaboration of 'Bang ...
1 December 2014

Music to listen to this December

Idris Elba - Idris Elba presents 'mi Mandela' (out now) After his recent role of Nelson Mandela in the movie Long Walk To Freedom, Idris Elba has now gone on ...

1 December 2014

You Say You Want a Revolution? - Protest Songs Aren't The Answer

When I think about protest songwriting, two things come immediately to mind. First, Ricky Gervais' line about the 1984 song 'Free Nelson Mandela' - " And, just six years later, he ...

27 November 2014

Watch Folly Rae's haunting new music video

Folly Rae is back with a brand new, haunting music video for 'Run For Cover' - a song taken from her forthcoming debut EP. After a successful year in 2013, ...

26 November 2014

Julie Hawk from HAWK guest blog - women and imbalances in the music industry

When I moved to London four years ago, the dream of working in music was there. It always had been. But it was basically totally unreachable, and shrouded by this ...

21 November 2014

Katy Perry's Prismatic World Tour grosses over $100 million with a third of dates still to go

With 88 shows down and reported on and 44 to go, Katy Perry has earned on average a gross of $1,189,219.10 to-date. Breaking the $100,000,000 barrier she is predicted to ...
17 November 2014

Watch Band Aid 30's music video

The music video for Band Aid 30's take on the Christmas charity classic 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' has been revealed, after premiering exclusively on last night's X Factor results ...

16 November 2014

Watch Little Boots' new music video

Of the video, Little Boots said: "I wanted the video to mirror the lyrics of the song, and comment on some of the trappings of modern day addictions in a ...
12 November 2014

Watch AC/DC's new music video

AC/DC have released the first music video from forthcoming new album 'Rock Or Bust', for their first track instantly available on album pre-orders. David Mallet was onboard to direct the ...
11 November 2014

Watch Taylor Swift's new music video

Taylor Swift is back following the release of her new album '1989', with the release of her brand new music video for 'Blank Space', directed by Joseph Kahn. The song ...
11 November 2014

Listen to Fifth Harmony's debut UK single

American pop sensation Fifth Harmony are going to be releasing their debut UK single 'Sledgehammer' next month, alongside a performance on The X Factor UK semi-final. The group themselves are ...
10 November 2014

Music to listen to this November

With Christmas just around the corner, now is the time to keep your ears out for the latest and greatest in the world of music, and we've whittled down some ...

10 November 2014

MTV EMAs 2014 full results

One Direction were big winners at last night's MTV European Music Awards, taking home three prizes. The boyband won Best Pop, Best Live and Biggest Fans at the event held in ...
7 November 2014

Listen to Shawn Mendes' new single

Shawn Mendes is to release his new single 'Something Big' here in the UK at the beginning of next year. He's been announced as the artist who'll officially join Taylor ...
7 November 2014

Watch The Ordinary Boys' new music video

The Ordinary Boys are back with their new song 'Awkward', and today have released the music video to accompany the track. Speaking about 'Awkward', Preston said: "In a busy world ...

7 November 2014

Watch McBusted's first music video

McBusted have unveiled their first ever official music video, for original tune 'Air Guitar'. The band have seen huge success after forming their supergroup from former four-piece and three-piece - ...
6 November 2014

Listen to Idris Elba's debut single 'You Give Me Love' featuring Maverick Sabre

Idris Elba has found inspiration from his recent role as Nelson Mandela in Long Walk To Freedom, going on to curate, write and produce 'mi Mandela' - his first album ...
6 November 2014

Listen to Little Boots' new tune 'Taste It'

Little Boots is back with a brand new song lifted from her forthcoming EP 'Business Pleasure', released later this year on December 1. The EP will provide the first taste ...
5 November 2014

Listen to Bette Midler's cover of TLC's 'Waterfalls'

Bette Midler has unveiled her cover of TLC's 'Waterfalls' ahead of the release of her brand new studio album, 'It's The Girls!'. Originally sung by the iconic girl group TLC, ...
5 November 2014

One to watch - Marlon Roudette

Formerly one half of duo Mattafix, Marlon Roudette is going it alone after being signed to one of the biggest record labels on the planet - Syco Music. With some ...

4 November 2014

Exclusive music video premiere - These Reigning Days - 'Thrones'

Female First can this morning exclusively reveal the new music video from the incomparable These Reigning Days. 'Thrones' is the new single from These Reigning Days, available now on iTunes in ...