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 ...

The hit song, first released in 1987, has been popular for years. Beloved singer Rick Astley has a lot to be grateful for. On June 3, Astley took to Instagram to share that his hit single “Never Gonna ...

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 ...

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 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” ...

There are many factors that make Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video—and the Rickroll itself—an internet icon. There is the unsuspecting link that makes you accidentally listen to ...

Rick Astley in the 1987 video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" and in 2008 at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (YouTube) The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a beloved holiday tradition for 99 ...

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 ...

Not even the man himself is immune from getting Rick Rolled. Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has found a second coming with the viral internet trend of “Rickrolling.” However, Astley, ...

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 ...