The troubled musician was a genius whose work was the envy of generations of fellow artists. Fiona Sturges pays tribute, and recalls her encounter with Wilson where he told her about his fear of failure, his abusive father, and the voices in his head

‘Does anybody else find this cover really disturbing?’

He was the Beach Boys’ resident genius, seeping melancholy into even peppy teenybopper hits. Beyond all the myths about his life, that brilliance is still intoxicating

Mike Love, one of the co-founders of the Beach Boys, paid tribute to his cousin and bandmate Brian Wilson, who died on Wednesday at age 82.

His early hits — “Surfer Girl,” “I Get Around,” “All Summer Long,” “Help Me, Rhonda” and “California Girls” — evoked a fantasy world of fast cars, beautiful youth, eternal surf and sunshine on an immaculate beach.

Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time

The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia

“Please, please let us come back here!”

Gary Barlow performed at Halifax’s Piece Hall recently.

Singer Ed Sheeran has revealed he has 24-hour security for himself and his family after an attempted break-in at his home. The 34-year-old spoke about life in the limelight and his family when he appeared on the latest episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast. The Shape of You singer said: “I do think that there is a different kind of normal that is our business. I have like 24-hour security on my house. I have security with my kids. “I have security with me. I have security with my wife, just because there have been a couple of weird things over the years that have happened.”

He’s already put out seven albums this year alone – a work ethic inherited, he says, from selling drugs in Detroit. But will we ever hear his tracks with the late great J Dilla?

Beatle wrote in 1962 letter to Cynthia Powell that he wished he was on his way to her flat with ‘chocies and a throbber’

A Bradford musician who once met The Beatles is still going strong by performing music after celebrating his 80th birthday.

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Ed Sheeran is “very, very private” about his children. The 34-year-old pop star admits that it’s difficult to raise a family while living in the public eye. Ed – who has daughters Lyra, four, and Jupiter, two, with his wife Cherry Seaborn – said on The Louis Theroux Podcast: “I’m very, very private about my children’s image … I can’t take them to zoos or parks or anything really without someone trying to film them. “There are times where the normal parts of life I kind of mourn for and wish I