Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — MC Ren of N.W.A. has slammed Gene Simmons for the negative comments the KISS bassist/vocalist made about the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducting rap artists. "That dude is real arrogant," the rapper told Rolling Stone. "It's like, how he's looking a... more info

Guardian Music — Kim/ÄŒapkovič/Bernhard/Slovak National Theatre Chorus/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Haider(Naxos)A queasy brew of incense and incest, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s 1911 hit opera The Jewels of the Madonna is now almost forgotten, but Opera Hol... more info

Idolator — Come through, Pia Mia. more info

Guardian Music — The late superstar was not amused when Barney Hoskyns called his Prince biography ‘Imp of the Perverse’. Here the veteran rock writer recalls the brilliant career of the Minneapolis maverick• Prince: memories of U – by John ... more info

Stereogum — Prince wasn’t a music-video artist the way Michael Jackson and Madonna were. His videos didn’t present grand new visions or introduce whole new artistic periods for the artist. Instead, Prince used music videos to help shape his own mythology, to... more info

Idolator — You won’t believe the reason why. more info

The Mirror — The singer admitted she was heartbroken over the loss of the "visionary" artist, who she is rumoured to have dated more info

The Mirror — Madonna, Elton John and Mick Jagger have led tributes to Prince - but Bieber wasn't exactly as complimentary more info

The Mirror — The legendary singer and Queen of Pop Madonna briefly dated in the 1980s more info

People.com — Madonna and Prince duetted on her 1989 album Like a Prayer more info