Fresh from filming Gladiator 2, the British director is being lined up for a project about the Stayin’ Alive singers, produced by the company that made Bohemian Rhapsody
October 2023
Ranked
Barbra Streisand’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
Ahead of her long-awaited, 992-page memoir being published next month, we pick the best of a singer who always radiates timeless star quality
June 2023
Book of the day
Bee Gees: Children of the World by Bob Stanley review – very high and mighty
The feelin’ was right: how the Bee Gees ruled late 70s pop
March 2023
Bono says pressure to look ‘macho’ made him hide his love of Abba
U2 singer recalls growing up with Swedish pop group’s music in 1970s Dublin, during BBC session with The Edge
January 2023
Ranked
The Bee Gees’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!
As their worst album, Life in a Tin Can, turns 50, we celebrate the best of a catalogue that spans post-Beatles experimentalism, elegiac psychedelia – and, of course, disco
February 2022
Saturday Night Fever review – don’t drop that glitter ball!
Big-hearted production ticks all the visual boxes of the 70s classic, and pro dancers tidy the raw edges but at times the floor fails to light up
December 2021
‘The Wizard of Oz of entertainment’: the incredible career of Robert Stigwood
He managed the Bee Gees and created Saturday Night Fever but the closeted impressario ‘never felt that sense of success’ according to a new documentary
November 2021
Bee Gees star Sir Barry Gibb to feature on Isle of Man stamps
Singer says he is ‘very proud’ of Manx roots and ‘honoured’ to appear on seven stamps
May 2021
Beer, bass notes and the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb: my night at Brisbane’s revitalised Pub Choir
Pub Choir is founded on the principle that everyone can sing and that it feels good, especially when done in large groups with added alcohol
January 2021
Kitty Empire's album of the week
Barry Gibb and Friends: Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol 1 review – a missed opportunity
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Barry Gibb: Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol 1 review – a spin in the country
December 2020
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart review – fame, hair and regrets
The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb: ‘There’s fame and there’s ultra-fame – it can destroy you’
September 2020
Teenage kicks
Suzanne Vega's teenage obsessions: 'Taxi Driver captured something awful but made it beautiful'
In the first of a weekly series where film and music stars discuss their youthful fixations, the US singer recalls silly walks and Saturday Night Fever dance classes
June 2020
The 100 greatest UK No 1 singles
The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1
Look back on our complete countdown of the greatest UK No 1s, from the Beatles to Baby D, and So Solid Crew to Suzi Quatro
February 2020
Bradley Cooper lined up to play Barry Gibb in Bee Gees biopic
Actor’s repertoire of musical roles may expand to story of Saturday Night Fever disco superstars – after he’s played composer Leonard Bernstein
October 2019
Bohemian Rhapsody producer to make Bee Gees biopic
Graham King secures rights to Bee Gees songs, following £687m success of Queen and Freddie Mercury movie
January 2019
Ranked
The greatest pop music dance crazes – ranked!
It’s 40 years since we first spelled out YMCA to the Village People’s disco hit – here are 15 of the best finger-pointing, hip-wiggling hits
September 2018
Dionne Warwick review – old-school legacy show soars and bores
Powering through a medley of potent soul hits and glossy MOR tracks, her voice remains full of sweetness and power – when it’s given the chance
