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The Cure's Robert Smith is 'as sickened as you' by Ticketmaster's latest fees debacle

Scoring tickets to watch the Cure perform live should be just like heaven ... but Ticketmaster is making the process hell for fans.

Los Angeles Times

One-armed Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen 'violently attacked' after going outside hotel for cigarette

A teenager has been arrested in Florida after attacking Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, who lost his left arm in a car accident in 1984

Daily Mirror

U2 frontman Bono reveals why he couldn't admit he like ABBA

"I didn't have the courage to own up to this next band when I was 16 in the middle of punk rock"

Irish Mirror

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Jack White pens poetic ode to Meg White after White Stripes drummer was maligned

Jack White dedicated a poem on Wednesday to his former wife and bandmate, Meg White, after a journalist posted a disparaging tweet about the White Stripes drummer that went viral.

Los Angeles Times

'The geezer's better than me' Watch sixth former sing on stage with Tom Grennan at Newcastle's Utilita Arena

Joseph Meston was invited up on stage by the singer after holding up a homemade sign

Chronicle Live

Aftershock festival sets massive 2023 lineup with Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Korn

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Aftershock, arguably the greatest hard rock festival in the U.S., has announced its 2023 lineup.

Tribune News Service

Bono says pressure to look ‘macho’ made him hide his love of Abba

U2 singer recalls growing up with Swedish pop group’s music in 1970s Dublin, during BBC session with The Edge

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Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert cancellations

Waters was accused of being ‘a widely known antisemite’ in Frankfurt council instruction to cancel concert, with other German cities also proposing cancellations

The Guardian - UK

The Cure’s Robert Smith slams Ticketmaster for high ticket cost for band’s US concert

The rocker isn’t happy with the ticket-selling website after fans met with eye-watering fees

Evening Standard

Commentary: Was the White Stripes’ Meg White a great, or awful, drummer? Online controversy begs question: What year is this?

What decade is this?

Tribune News Service

Glastonbury Festival 2023: Lana Del Rey breaks silence after poster 'row'

There's less than three months to go

Bristol Post

Contort yourself! The mutant disco mayhem of New York’s Ze Records

Disgusted with Britain’s ‘cruel’ aristocracy, Michael Zilkha left to champion a generation of party-starting punk-funk bands. As he returns as a book publisher, he remembers that wild scene

The Guardian - UK

The rise of Morgan Wallen, America’s controversial country music star

The singer’s record-breaking success spotlights the divide between coastal city culture and what’s played elsewhere

The Guardian - US

George Ezra cancels another gig after manager says he's 'incredibly unwell'

George Ezra was due to perform at the O2 Arena, London on Tuesday but was forced to pull out with just 90 minutes notice after his health diagnosis from a doctor was confirmed by his representatives. And he had been due to perform in Leeds’ First Direct Arena tonight, but…

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The Independent UK

U2, Songs of Surrender review: These elevator muzak versions of past hits are a faux-hipster slog

Most of these lo-fi reimaginings only make you miss the original more

Evening Standard

Loyle Carner at the Eventim Apollo review: a mix of righteous anger and love

Forget the siren song of the US: Carner’s heart is still in London

Daily Mirror

Lizzo praised for body confidence as she performs in stunning sparkly body suit

Lizzo took to the stage at the O2 Arena in London last night for the first of two sold-out shows at the venue, with attendees having since shared compliments over the concert on social media

The Guardian - UK

Sly Stone’s greatest songs – ranked!

As Stone turns 80 this week, we appraise the best of his songs, from wildly exuberant funk-pop hits to claustrophobic tracks made amid huge personal and social turmoil

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The Guardian - UK

Jim Gordon, session drummer on dozens of hits such as Layla, dies aged 77

After playing with the Beach Boys, George Harrison and other mid-century stars, Gordon was convicted of killing his mother during a psychotic episode in 1983

Leeds Live

George Ezra Leeds First Direct Arena show postponed as singer struggles with acute vertigo - all you need to know

The show will now take place next month

Evening Standard

OPINION - I assumed a middle-aged club night would be awful — I was so wrong

It’s the summer of 1995 and I am in Manchester, in a nightclub dancing to Pulp’s Common People. I’m 24, and as I sing along to Jarvis Cocker’s lyrics I feel the ecstatic exhilaration that only music and dancing can bring.

The Guardian - UK

U2 Songs of Surrender review – all the anthems, but smaller

In a typically grand gesture, 40 songs are picked by the band for muted acoustic treatments, with varying degrees of success

The Independent UK

Lizzo review, O2 Arena: Pop powerhouse proves she’s a musician for the ages

With spine-tingling vocals and high-energy twerk routines, Lizzo shows off her extraordinary talents in a much-deserved sell-out show

The Guardian - UK

Jack White defends Meg White’s drumming with poem addressing critics

After a US political reporter questioned the impact of the drummer’s style on the White Stripe’s legacy, White, Questlove and Karen Elson rushed to her defence

Chicago Tribune

Rick Kogan: It may be only rock ‘n’ roll but Blagojevich was back in the spotlight for a few songs at a Chicago club

CHICAGO — Beer was flowing, the band was playing, people danced and in the audience sat a former governor of Illinois at a table with his wife, ready to rock ’n’ roll.

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