Rick Astley had been approached about penning a memoir for decades but always resisted — until now. The singer was a 21-year-old playing local gigs in his small English hometown in 1987 when he ...

In April 2016 Rick Astley performed a concert at “Indigo at the O2”, the 2,750-capacity nightclub located under the same white canopy as the hangar-like O2 arena in Greenwich. A decade later, Astley ...

Rick Astley may be cemented in music history for the viral “Rickrolling” prank, but he’s never actually pulled it himself. Two decades after the English singer’s iconic track “Never Gonna Give You Up” ...

Young or old, the majority of folks have seemingly heard Rick Astley’s 1987 hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Consequently, the song has surpassed a billion streams on Spotify 38 years after its initial ...

Rick Astley was just 21 years old when he recorded his 1987 hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." It spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted for 24 more weeks. At age 27, he retired ...

The 1987 song received newfound popularity in the 2000s thanks to the Rick-Rolling meme Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached one billion streams on Spotify The song gained newfound ...

In 1987, Rick Astley had a massive hit with “Never Gonna Give You Up“. The debut single from his freshman Whenever You Need Somebody album, the song is written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete ...

What started as a cheeky internet prank in 2007 turned into one of the most enduring memes ever — and gave Rick Astley’s 1987 hit a second life. From 4chan threads to TikTok remixes, Rickrolling has ...