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Linda Perry brands Billie Joe Armstrong a 'pussy' after claiming she was dropped from producing American Idiot sequel

Linda Perry says she was quietly dropped from Green Day’s post‑American Idiot album after fan backlash - accusing Billie Joe Armstrong of ghosting her and calling his silence a “p***y move” that cost her six months of work.

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The babydoll is back – and so is the moral panic

The floaty, feminine aesthetic being worn by young pop stars like Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter has been around since the 1960s. So why all the fuss?

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“I'm not a failed guitar player turning to bass. I am a real bassist. I do a six-minute bass solo on stage – and, I might add, not an easy one!” Suzi Quatro on the spirit that’s driven her, and the moment of fate that made her a bassist

She reflects on never having learned to play with a pick, using her late drummer’s kit to keep his vibe, her son’s influence as a bandmate, and the three quotes she’s given about retirement

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45 Celebrity Friendships That Formed Before Any Of Them Were Famous

Long before the red carpets and million-dollar deals, many of today’s biggest celebrities formed close friendships while trying to build their careers. Some met through acting classes, small auditions, or part-time jobs, supporting each other through all the uncertainty. These early connections often became an important source of motivation during…

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Bad idea, right? How the babydoll dress became spring’s divisive fashion choice

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Everyone from Olivia Rodrigo to Alexa Chung is reaching for the short style this spring. Lydia Spencer-Elliott charts how the effortless outfit became a symbol of rebellion and left the internet in a pearl-clutching frenzy

The Independent UK

Vogue Dragged Into Fresh Chaos Over Taylor Swift Article Linking Celebs To Babydoll Dress Trend

“Imagine comparing a mini dress to a dress with diaper cover set that my younger sisters used to wear to sleep."

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Olivia Rodrigo's Babydoll Dresses Have a Rebellious Fashion History

They're meant to be a reference, not a cultural flashpoint.

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‘The best gift Mom gave me was a peaceful death’: Linda Perry on cancer, abuse and her intense documentary

She hit the big time with 4 Non Blondes, then penned hits for everyone from Christina Aguilera to Courtney Love. But as an intimate new film about her life shows, she’s had to confront illness, family trauma and an identity crisis

The Guardian - UK

"The music world would be a dried-up, tumbleweed-riddled desert if it weren't for Debbie Harry." The importance of Blondie's defiant leader of the pack

Debbie Harry’s distortion of stereotypes, her costumes and her confrontational use of sexuality, defined her as a true artist

Louder

Girls in bands: two 90s rock icons on romance, ruthlessness and boring men

In the 1990s, Melissa Auf der Maur played bass in two of the decade’s most notable rock bands: Hole and Smashing Pumpkins.

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Why Courtney Love is calling out Dave Grohl – again

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The Independent UK

“The two things I remember are the cool guitar stuff… and this never-ending scream”: Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live

After meeting at a Chicago venue in 1991, the two artists and their respective bands were interlinked for decades to come

Guitar World

Courtney Love urges Dave Grohl to publicly squash their years-long feud: ‘Be man enough to man up’

Love and Grohl sued one another over Nirvana’s business dealing in the Nineties

The Independent UK

Courtney Love begs Dave Grohl to do one thing to stop his fans 'picking on her'

Courtney Love has made a plea to Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl after their decades-long feud.

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Courtney Love was 'angry' over Melissa Auf der Maur quitting Hole to join Smashing Pumpkins

Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur has recalled Courtney Love's reaction to her joining The Smashing Pumpkins.

Louder

"By writing obsessively in my diary I was admitting, This is madness, you are in danger, be careful." Hole, Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur on surviving the '90s, love, loss, and her brilliant memoir Even The Good Girls Will Cry

"There was a lot of pain from all the death and drugs and corporate destruction"

Salon

The beauty and brutality of '90s rock

"Even the Good Girls Will Cry" recounts the era's mythmaking and how the former Hole bassist managed to survive it

Louder

"I felt like an absurd grunge Cinderella, who’d found herself with VIP access to the ball." Melissa Auf der Maur's '90s rock memoir Even The Good Girls Will Cry is frank, fearless and fabulously revelatory

You won't read a better '90s music biography than former Hole / Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's new memoir

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The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: 90s bassists, at war with AI slop, and a secretly gay footballer’s extraordinary story

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Independent UK

Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur: ‘Courtney Love is a maniac and a hero – and yes, you can be both’

INTERVIEW: The bassist for the rock band Hole has written a tender, dishy and wildly funny new memoir about her time in a group beset by tragedy and chaos. She speaks to Adam White about beauty, trauma, her inevitable romance with Nirvana’s Dave Grohl, and her determination to reframe Courtney…

The Independent UK

Inside Marianne Faithfull’s final gift to the world: ‘She was a force’

IN FOCUS: A remarkable new docudrama starring Tilda Swinton and George MacKay, along with the late artist herself, does long-overdue justice to the musician who for years was belittled and reduced to a subject of tabloid scandal, ignoring the talent that was there from the beginning. Roisin O’Connor speaks to…

Louder

"She dumped the baby on me and Joe Strummer and f***ed off for three days." That time a world famous rock star got shocked members of The Clash and The Damned to babysit her daughter while she went out partying

Two Punks And A Baby: A Hollywood Tale

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“Living in the shadow of my grunge parents, Courtney and Billy… it was a complex and exhausting shadow to come out from under”: Melissa Auf der Maur on joining Hole amidst tragedy and her “Master’s in Music” with the Smashing Pumpkins

In her love letter to the ’90s – the last analog decade – the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist shares how she fell in love with the low-end and became an integral part of the noise-making generation

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“Was Courtney impossible, difficult, a drug addict, terrifying, and even mean sometimes? Yes, she was. But it took me one second to understand that she was also a survivor”: Melissa Auf der Maur on her time in Hole and why she’s “proud” of Courtney Love

She has a memoir out this week

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump steps up pressure on European allies to help protect strait of Hormuz

US president says it is ‘only appropriate’ for Europe to help, and warns failure to do so would be ‘very bad’ for Nato. Plus, meet the Americans withholding their federal income tax

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