The singer previously opened up to PEOPLE about why the viral trend of his "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video is a "positive thing" Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE.

Rick Astley performs on stage at the Hit Factory Live: Christmas Cracker at 02 Arena on December 21, 2012 in London, England. Rick Astley’s debut song, “Never Gonna Give You Up,” has reached more than ...

If you only know English '80s pop star Rick Astley as the man behind the song in the RickRolling meme, his newly released cover of the Foo Fighters' "Everlong" will prove to you that he's so much more ...

Rick Astley was recounting his experience as a young pop star on a recent afternoon at a West Hollywood hotel when just such a specimen happened to pass by. Best known for his 1987 smash “Never Gonna ...

Anyone who's ever surfed the web has probably been victim to the global Rickrolling prank, where you click a link only to be taken to the 1980s hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." It was Rick Astley's ...

Last week, we explored the origin of the “Rick Roll,” a meme that evolved from Rick Astley’s 1987 hit song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Since the music video resurfaced as the meme in 2007, the ...

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 ...