Callum Crumlish
Callum Crumlish is an entertainment editor whose music coverage centres on live shows, arena tours and the practical side of getting fans into the room. He focuses on big-name pop and rock acts, blending news about tours and residencies with detailed setlists and clear ticket guidance for readers.
Live tours and ticket guides
Crumlish’s music reporting consistently tracks new and ongoing tours, with an emphasis on how fans can buy tickets, what they will hear, and how much it will cost. He covers mainstream artists such as Harry Styles, breaking down the Together Together Tour setlist in full and highlighting both deep cuts and hits like “Golden,” “Adore You,” “Watermelon Sugar” and “Music for a Sushi Restaurant.” In that coverage he also points readers to current ticket availability, including starting prices and options for London’s Wembley Stadium shows. He takes a similar approach with Lily Allen’s arena tour, stressing that tickets are still available and foregrounding price points around £60 to show accessibility.
His work follows the same service-led pattern for newer and alternative pop acts. On Charli xcx he reports a tour announcement tied directly to a new album cycle and a structured presale event, signalling where and when fans should act to secure seats. With Olivia Rodrigo he connects chart performance and a record-setting new album to an upcoming residency at The O2, while again outlining ticket details for the shows. His guide pieces routinely specify ticket sellers, presale windows and price ranges, as seen in coverage of Jay-Z’s first UK dates, which focuses on tickets, presale information and how to buy. That practical framing extends to Justin Bieber tour reporting, where he breaks down what the new dates mean for fans and how they can access them. Across these stories, the distinguishing feature is the clear, concrete ticketing information that sits alongside artist and album news.
Crumlish also applies this format to theatre music and crossover projects. In his piece on The Devil Wears Prada The Musical, he tracks the end of Vanessa Williams’ run, then walks readers through the main ticket outlets—London Theatre Direct, LOVEtheatre and TodayTix—and identifies the cheapest options, down to specific prices such as £28. These articles show him treating stage productions with the same fan-facing, “how to attend” lens he uses for arena tours, which makes his beat valuable for campaigns that hinge on live attendance and box office.
Arena and stadium shows
Beyond presale guides, Crumlish writes about large-scale performances themselves, giving weight to shows that mark milestones for artists. His review of My Chemical Romance at Wembley Stadium frames the concert as a historic event, reflected directly in the headline “make history in Wembley Stadium – review.” That choice of subject and language underlines his interest in landmark gigs rather than club shows, focusing attention on major venues and turning points in a band’s career.
In his Harry Styles coverage he keeps the spotlight on stadium-level performances, noting the singer’s run of twelve shows at Wembley and weaving in the logistics of a global tour schedule. By pairing performance detail—complete song lists, encore structure, and new album material—with information on how and where fans can still see the show, he links the spectacle of arena and stadium gigs to the consumer decisions that follow tour announcements. This combination of big-stage context and practical booking detail is a consistent thread in his music reporting.
Legacy acts and music history
Crumlish’s music work is not limited to contemporary tours; he also returns to classic recordings and long-established artists. In his piece about Michael Jackson’s “She’s Out of My Life,” he revisits the singer’s 1979 collaboration with producer Quincy Jones and examines the emotional and structural choices that define the song, including the spoken question Jackson asks in the recording. That kind of retrospective shows he is comfortable moving from present-day ticket news to close reading of older tracks and production stories.
This interest in legacy material runs alongside his coverage of current pop stars, giving his beat a wider historical frame. Readers encounter artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Charli xcx in the same portfolio as Michael Jackson and other long-running figures, which allows him to place new tours and albums in a broader canon of mainstream music. For storytellers looking to connect a present campaign to historical influences or classic catalogues, this range is a notable aspect of his work.
Entertainment coverage across Reach titles
Crumlish serves as an entertainment editor within Reach, contributing across The Mirror and other titles while maintaining a strong core in music. His author biography states that he has been reporting on music, film, TV, books, gaming and theatre since 2017, and that he previously worked at the Daily Express before joining Reach’s central team. That role means his music stories often sit alongside pieces on theatre productions, screen adaptations and broader entertainment news, as seen in his coverage of The Devil Wears Prada The Musical and other stage shows.
He writes under the same entertainment-editor banner for regional and vertical sites such as the Manchester Evening News, WalesOnline, MyLondon, the Liverpool Echo, the Bristol Post, Cambridgeshire Live and OK! Magazine. Across these outlets, the pattern holds: he focuses on music-related topics—tours, residencies, reviews and legacy tracks—while drawing on his wider brief in film and theatre when a story crosses formats. That multi-title presence and consistent live-music angle set his work apart from a single-outlet music reporter and make his coverage relevant wherever Reach audiences are looking for information on shows, tickets and major performers.
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