Maroon 5: Jordi review – pop at its most shallow and calculating
Adam Levine and co’s seventh album is business as usual, reliant on an army of songwriters and producers, plus guest artists to inject personality. Auto-Tuned Stevie Nicks, anyone?
March 2021
Names in the news
Where have all the bands gone? Well, Adam Levine is in one himself
Rebecca Nicholson
The Maroon 5 singer ruffled feathers with comments about the decline of groups, but going it alone is easier and cheaper
February 2021
‘Record companies have me on a dartboard’: the man making millions buying classic hits
Hit songs can be a better investment than gold – and by snapping up the rights, Merck Mercuriadis has become the most disruptive force in music
July 2020
Mickey Madden, Maroon 5 bassist, arrested on domestic violence charges
Group say they are ‘deeply devastated’ by allegations
Don't pillory Maroon 5 – they're the perfect band if you're too tired to feel anything
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Maroon 5 strip back: Super Bowl half-time show highlights – video
Super Bowl 2019: everything but the football – as it happened
Maroon 5's Super Bowl performance: Adam Levine's torso can't save tedious affair
January 2019
Big Boi and Travis Scott to play Super Bowl halftime show haunted by protests
Rappers will join headline act Maroon 5 in Atlanta for show dogged by controversy over NFL treatment of Kaepernick racial injustice protests
December 2018
2018: the year in pop culture
Featuring Cardi B, Sting and Shaggy, Sharp Objects, Teddy from Atlanta, bad sex, Hereditary, Black Panther’s influence, and... dogs
October 2018
Celebrity boycotts and half-time headaches: is the Super Bowl already in crisis?
Sports and advertising’s biggest night has tried to rise above politics, but has recently been dragged into the culture wars
August 2018
More synthetic bamboo! The greatest preset sounds in pop music
Christine and the Queens has been criticised for using prefabricated loops from software, rather than coming up with new sounds herself. But from Kate Bush to Kendrick Lamar, these presets are actually the foundation of modern pop
November 2017
Lost in showbiz
The bland leading the bland: Maroon 5 and the other most popular bands of the 21st century
Maroon 5: Red Pill Blues review – impeccable pop and middling R&B
July 2015
Maroon 5 Dalai Lama tweet may have led to cancelled China concerts
Sudden scrapping of concerts in Beijing and Shanghai are being blamed on Happy Birthday tweet to Tibetan leader sent by Jesse Carmichael
January 2015
People's Choice Awards: Betty White stands out during a predictable evening
The annual awards show saw trophies given to the usual suspects and odd moments such as Ben Affleck being picked as favourite humanitarian
October 2014
Women's group condemns Maroon 5's 'stalker's fantasy' video
Jessica Valenti column
Blood, stalker, sex, tragic: Maroon 5's Animals video insults every woman
Jessica Valenti
September 2014
U2: Songs of Innocence review – Blake must be spinning in his grave
Maroon 5 review – undeniable pop melodies but no rough edges
