Pop icon Madonna will begin an international tour to promote her new album “Rebel Heart” with a concert at the American Airlines Arena in Miami in August.

Nancy, a popular singer, started her career in 2002. She has sung several jingles for TV. She became an enlisted artist at Bangladesh Betar in 2002 as a Nazrul, modern and folk singer, but her pop music career has garnered her popularity over the years.

Moumita Haq Shejuti will perform in phono-live music show Banglavision Music Club, to be aired tonight at 11:25pm on Banglavision.

US fingerstyle guitarist Andy McKee played his first guitar, an Aria nylon string bought by his father, at age 13. Initially underwhelmed by his guitar lessons, McKee began teaching himself how to play.

Three weeks after Kanye West blasted the Grammys and album of the year winner Beck, the rapper has taken to social media to apologize.

People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the WHO suggests.

Taylor Swift can play guitar, banjo, piano, ukulele and electric guitar. She is also a talented painter. A computer repairman taught her how to play three chords on the guitar when Swift was only 12. This later inspired her to writer her first song "Lucky You”. In 2009 Swift made country music history by selling more digital downloads than any other country artiste ever. She sold over 20 million hits worldwide. Swift also wrote a 350-page novel at the age of 12. She is also keen to write an autobiography because she is the only one who knows her crazy activities.

Starting from stage performances to song recordings and compositions in studios, singers traverse many steps. Moreover, they have personal lives too. In a recent conversation, popular singer-composer Habib Wahid spoke to The Daily Star about his passion, inspiration, dreams and more. Excerpts:

Sometime around the '60s, then president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan, was to visit the Dhaka radio station at Shahbagh. Massive preparations were underway to put up an impressive show. As the youngest group at the station, we were preparing for a live performance and were training under eminent composers Abdul Ahad, Samar Das and Abdul Latif.

Badrunnesa Dalia, a versatile singer renders Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Sangeet, Adhunik and folk songs with deftness. Born in a musical family, her talent for music flowered early and she received several awards for music.

Dave Grohl has been tapped as ambassador for 2015 Record Store Day (RSD). In his first assignment ahead of this year's April 18 RSD, the Foo Fighters frontman presented a persuasive argument for supporting record stores and the vinyl format.

Lady Gaga is to make her Oscars debut with a “special tribute performance” at this year's ceremony.