Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality, who has been active in music for several decades. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

Astley recently released his new album, "Are We There Yet?" Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest stories.

Rick Astley has no regrets about retiring at age 27 after gaining global fame in the ’80s with his hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up.” “I kind of feel that if I hadn’t of done it then I would have ...

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a beloved holiday tradition for nearly a century, but surely the most awesome meta-moment in its history happened back in 2008, when the parade got ...

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” ...

The 1987 song received newfound popularity in the 2000s thanks to the Rick-Rolling meme David Redfern/Redferns; Andy Von Pip/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give ...

He knows his music – one song in particular – is the backdrop for many a viral video, and even if an undercurrent of mockery exists, at least people are still listening. Because Astley, 56, is so ...

We’re never gonna give YOU up, Rick Astley. The “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video has passed 1 billion views on YouTube. The video reached the milestone on Wednesday, almost 12 years after its ...

When it came time for Rick Astley to recreate his famous video for “Never Gonna Give You Up,” the British pop star ended up in an unlikely place: the august halls of the Harvard Club in the Back Bay.

The official music video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" has hit a billion views on YouTube thanks to the viral Internet phenomenon of rickrolling. Astley's 1987 song hit YouTube on ...

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