Pop music, toe-tapping music of youthful exuberance, or the ominous rumblings of sedition? As ludicrous as that seems, more acts than you realise have fallen under the piercing gaze of secret services. Take a deep dive with us into the disturbing covert history governments in the UK and USA have shadowed, spied, and sometimes silenced our biggest artists

From John Lennon’s peace anthems caught the attention of the FBI, to the MI5 surveillance of The Rolling Stones; from the hip-hop artists post-9/11 facing unexpected scrutiny, experience the untold tales of music and espionage.