Essentially Pop Meets Tish Simmonds

At Essentially Pop we usually just cover music, but as our strap line is “plus a little bit more”, we figure we can stretch the remit a bit every so often.

U2’s $100 million deal with Apple

When it comes to the crunch, have they bitten off more than they can chew?

U2 surprised a lot of people last week when they announced that they had come to an arrangement with Apple to give a free copy of their new album, ‘Songs of Innocence’ free to every iTune user.

Anna Calvi to Support Morrissey

The beautiful Anna Calvi has been announced as the support act for Morrissey’s European tour, due to commence late November. She’s just been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for her second album, ‘One Breath’.

Essentially Pop Talks to Lindsey Stirling

With an individual style that combines traditional violin and dubstep, Lindsey Stirling is one of a kind. Nominated for a Billboard and Teen Choice Award, Lindsey features on the new Jessie J album, Sweet Talker.

One Direction: Is Album Four the Final?

Hot on the heels of Simon Cowell’s proclamation the other week that One Direction were about to split (and his subsequent backpedalling to dispell…

Tragic Death of Simone Battle

Reports are mixed about the death of Simone Battle, member of G.R.L. Battle was found in her Los Angeles home earlier today. Her cause…

Leona Lewis Reaches Out to Fans

XFactor winner Leona Lewis has written an open letter to her fans explaining her reasons for stepping away from Syco and Sony Music. In…

Essentially Pop Talks to Andy Ruddy

Andy Ruddy is proof that you can take a man out of a northern town but you can’t take the northern town out of…

One Direction: A New Direction?

Rumour has it that One Direction are in trouble. They are currently on tour in USA and seemingly Harry Styles is staying in a…

Morrissey Talks European Tour

Get your gladioli ready, Morrissey has announced a European tour…but there may be a hitch. Yes that’s right, the Manchester Moaner (okay we love…

Ed Sheeran – Official Video for Don’t!

It’s here! The new video for Ed Sheeran‘s latest single, “Don’t” was dropped today at 3pm UK time. Ed tweeted after it that you…

Essentially Pop Goes to Guilfest!

It was the highlight of the summer so far for Essentially Pop when we headed down to Guildford, Surrey to Guilfest.