After Prince's untimely death last week, folks trying to share his songs on Twitter and Facebook via YouTube clips were stumped. Why?

The trial over whether Led Zeppelin stole the opening riff of Stairway to Heaven from a 1967 instrumental will be quick and focused.

Billy Paul will always be remembered for his sultry vocals on Me and Mrs Jones.

It didn't take long for the hive to start swarming, brandishing stingers and lemon-shaped emojis, ready to fight for their queen behind the comfort of their screens.

However many senses you have, Beyoncé wanted all of them working overtime with the presto-release of her sixth album, Lemonade.

Rapper 50 Cent got more than he bargained for at a recent fan meet n' greet: He was surprised with a son he never knew he had.

Prince's former drug dealer has revealed the full extent of the late-star's secret drug addiction.

Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba has died after collapsing on stage at a music festival in the Ivory Coast.

It was distressing to see so many empty seats at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Spirit of Anzac concert.

New Zealand music pioneer Bill Sevesi, QSM has died at the age of 92. Here's a look back at his musical life which was done when Sevesi was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame last year.

Prince is said to have enough unreleased songs to make a new album every year for the next century.

Sometimes it's good to be thrown in the deep end, as students so often are, facing new challenges, he laughs.

Was there ever a male performer more enamoured with ruffles - or lace or velvet - than Prince?

The Ligeti worked its magic on a well-filled town hall and so too, more predictably, did Mozart's celebrated G minor Symphony.

With the death of Prince, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion.

Given Noel Coward once wrote a pointed line about opera - "people are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be.

The heavy metal band have released an All Blacks tribute T-shirt, in a nod to the team's World Cup victory last year.

With Prince's death, music fans note the existence of the "27 club," which includes famous artists who met tragic early deaths at that age.

As much as the news of Prince's death this morning was sad and shocking, for those who saw him in Auckland there may be a sense of relief.

Beastwars' new album closes a chapter for the Wellington metallers they'd rather forget. They talk to Chris Schulz.

Memories of a close encounter with the enigmatic musical genius at his Paisley Park headquarters

As the world mourns the death of Prince just two months after his first and only NZ shows, here's a rare face to face interview with the star from the Herald archives.

Prince's first wife Mayte Garcia was photographed having a tearful phone conversation shortly after learning the singer had died.

A musical chameleon and flamboyant showman who never stopped evolving, Prince was one of the music world's most enigmatic superstars.

Purple Rain is sitting at number one on the iTunes songs chart in New Zealand.

Today on New Zealand herald Focus A major manhunt is underway after a ploice dog was shot in Porirua and we remember global pop superstar Prince, and the outpouring of grief around the world. And in sport Laura has footage of football team AC Milan trying their hand at a haka

When Prince said the Internet was over, he says he mainly meant as a revenue stream for musicians like him.

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