Two grooms, two witnesses, a harpist and the registrar attended

A 1980s time-warp festival and indie kids Frankie Cosmos

Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever

1934-2016: His influence on music industry likened to Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell

Politicians and colleagues pay tribute to popular journalist noted for ‘great voice’

From the bucolic opening to the focused fury of a 15-minute guitar jam, Young is still one of music’s most astounding sights and sounds

The festival continues to grow and attract big names with even Macnas appearing this year

The town has long been a place of pilgrimage for country musicians. Now the Tennessee city is booming, thanks in part to its own TV show, and the rest of the music industry is turning up in the honky tonk bars of Nashville

Randy Howard was wanted on DUI charge, previously shared stage with Willie Nelson

Opinion: country singer’s tour bus ideal venue to discuss US marijuana laws

The days are getting shorter – but that’s good news because the nights are longer. Between now and C****tmas, there are hundreds of bands heading your way – and our gig guide will help you plan your rest-of-the-year partying

"Party time . . . Excellent": Who'd have guessed? In Mike Meyers' documentary, one of the great masters of rock'n'roll PR comes up smelling of roses

Country music legend’s on-stage mascot returned after being stolen

This year’s South By Southwest film festival features winning movies in ‘Chef’, with Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey jnr, ‘Frank’, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson; Mike Myers’s ‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’; and ‘The Legend of Shorty’, about the cartel boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

Cash was a conflicted soul and Robert Hilburn understands the dichotomies that drove him to live close to the edge

As the concert for her mother that turned into a wake that turned into a film gets its Irish premiere, Canadian folk-rock marvel Martha Wainwright tells Tara Brady about her mum Kate McGarrigle, her brother Rufus – and performing through a veil of tears

Peerless and hard-living country music legend

Despite selling millions of records, the singer Dionne Warwick has filed for bankruptcy. She’s not the only star with messy finances