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"We'd like to discuss a chart position." How a secret $70,000 cash payment to Italian gangsters secured a British rock band their first US hit single

A flashback to an era when payola ruled the US music industry

Louder

Accidental brilliance or underhand machinations? How David Bowie’s legendary Glastonbury gig came to be

EXTRACT: In this chapter from his new biography of the singer, Alexander Larman recounts the improbable events – including one subpar Bowie gig – that led to a history-making performance at Worthy Farm

The Independent UK

I Was There by Alan Edwards: Behind the scenes with a Starman of rock

Exactly what you want from a behind-the-scenes music autobiography: anecdote after anecdote

Evening Standard

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From David Bowie to Amy Winehouse: PR trailblazer to talk about 40 years of working with music's biggest stars

Alan Edwards will discuss an extraordinary career that started in the punk scene of Seventies London

Evening Standard

I Was There by Alan Edwards review – the rock gods’ right-hand man

The ‘godfather of British music PR’ delivers a raw, warm and anecdote-packed account of sometimes bruising encounters with Bowie, McCartney, Jagger et al

The Guardian - UK

‘Roger Daltrey told me I should have written this years ago’: PR guru Alan Edwards on his rock’n’roll life

From being fired by Elton John to saying a final farewell to David Bowie, PR whizz Alan Edwards tells some extraordinary tales in his new book, ‘I Was There’

The Independent UK

"He didn't want to do Glastonbury and Michael Eavis didn’t want him — he was worried he was going to do a Tin Machine set or a little drum and bass set": When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident

"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"

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Golden years for men end by 40, says U2's Adam Clayton

The musician revealed his post-forties anxiety at a David Bowie panel discussion last night

Evening Standard

Pests in parliament out of control?

The House of Commons terrace restaurant has been temporarily shut

Evening Standard

'I'm on a mission to visit every Caffe Nero in UK - I've spent £1,500 on 500 coffees'

Alan Edwards, 80, has had his favourite black Americano in 489 of 641 Caffe Nero coffee shop - and he as no intention of stopping

Daily Mirror

Family's agony as sister's killer refuses to disclose her secret grave

Alan Edwards murdered Susan Wareing in cold blood and was jailed for life

Manchester Evening News

Family of mum-of-five murdered by partner beg him to reveal where her body is

Susan Waring was murdered by 'violent and controlling bully' Alan Edwards. He has been convicted but her body has never been found and her family want to know where she is

Daily Mirror

Detective vows to never give up in the search for body of murdered mum

"I will continue to try and get answers from Edwards, but I would also appeal to anyone who may have information about Susan's disappearance to come forward."

Manchester Evening News

Tyrant gang boss ran slick crime ring and hid identity with 'spoofing phones'

Ahmed Sabbagh-Parry was described as a "part time car dealer and career drug dealer"

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Liverpool Echo

Downfall of fearsome gang boss who lived in luxury and ruled drugs network by fear

Ahmed Sabbagh-Parry arranged punishment beatings for subordinates who crossed him

Glasgow Live

Glasgow hairdressers mourn loss of 'legend' Rita Rusk after death at 75

Rita Rusk was seen as a pioneer in hairdressing throughout her career, which spanned five decades. Ms Rusk was the first female and only Scot to be crowned British hairdresser of the year.

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to ‘pioneering’ hairdresser Rita Rusk

The 75-year-old enjoyed a career spanning five decades.

Daily Record

Rita Rusk dead: Scots hairdressing pioneer Rita Rusk dies aged 75

Tributes have poured in for the award-winning Scots stylist whose glittering 'trailblazing' career spanned four decades and included royalty and celebrities including the Duchess of Kent and actress Greta Scacchi.

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Vests given to deaf Coldplay fans set to be trialled at Tamworth Country Music Festival

The same vests that Coldplay offered hearing-impaired fans at concerts have arrived in Australia and are set to make their debut at next year's Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Wales Online

Paying £14 for fish and chips may be the only way to save our favourite takeaway

War, heatwaves and the energy crisis are killing chip shops

Tribune News Service

As Florida home values soar, calls grow to increase Citizens Insurance eligibility cap to $1 million statewide

Inflation is making thousands of Florida houses and condos ineligible for coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-owned “insurer of last resort.”

Daily Record

Police renew appeal to find body of former Bonhill woman three years after last sighting

The tragic Bonhill mum was murdered after fleeing Scotland following a fire attack at her home.

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