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Band Aid 40: Where the original singers are now as Do They Know It's Christmas? returns for 2024

A new refresh of the song, which combines vocals from three past versions, will be released on November 25

Evening Standard

“I love Bowie, but I was a kleptomaniac. I couldn't help it!": Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones remembers the night he stole David Bowie’s gear

Jones made his move after one of Bowie’s legendary Ziggy Stardust gigs

MusicRadar

“I was always so surprised that jazz musicians were into the idea of doing rock”: the story of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), the song that set up David Bowie’s final triumph

Bowie’s jazz experiment was released ten years ago this month. Here, his collaborators remember how it came together

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Lou Hayter: "A very small percentage of women are producers so this record is a statement"

Lou Hayter’s new album shows an artist in full control of her music and puts her firmly in the fast lane

Evening Standard

Jeff Beck guitars used in Bowie performance and with The Yardbirds up for sale

Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection, will feature more than 130 of his instruments, and see his recognisable 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul go on sale.

Evening Standard

“I’d like to think that there's a big studio in the sky”: Shel Talmy, legendary producer of The Who and The Kinks, dies aged 87

He produced My Generation and other classics

MusicRadar

Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87

The American producer helped to craft a raw, immediate sound for British rock in the mid-1960s, with hits such as You Really Got Me and My Generation

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“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded

It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude

MusicRadar

"We've had comments like 'Darling' and 'Can I carry your handbag?' and I think it just has to stop": The strange story of David Bowie's first TV appearance

When David Bowie first appeared on TV it was not as a musician but as president of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men

Louder

“I had a meltdown. Cocaine psychosis took over – it’s a form of paranoid schizophrenia”: How Deep Purple split from Ritchie Blackmore and made a funky masterpiece in Come Taste The Band

Ritchie Blackmore was out, US hotshot Tommy Bolin was in and Deep Purple’s Mk IV line-up were about to make the most under-rated album of their career

Louder

Watch footage from David Bowie’s last ever live performance

The rock'n'roll icon drew a line under his live career with a charity gig performance in New York in 2006

Louder

"I don't only shoot famous people, but it's fun working with cranky old rock stars": Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and more

Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them

Louder

“Herbie Flowers was supposed to do the date, but he couldn't make it. So Bowie said to me, ‘You'll have to play bass’”: Trevor Bolder speaks out on his storied history with David Bowie

How could anyone who played bass on Ziggy Stardust not be a rock legend?

Guitar World

“Slash came up to me and said, ‘Man, I got laid to your records so much.’ I said, ‘Dude, didn’t we go to high school together?’”: How Lenny Kravitz’s Let Love Rule and Mama Said turned him into a superstar

Bowie and Petty loved him, Jagger danced onstage with him, Slash jammed with him – this how Lenny Kravitz’s retro mix of rock, soul and funk made him a crossover star

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Neil Patrick Harris And His Family Nail Halloween 2024 Costume Again, Internet Is Obsessed

Neil Patrick Harris and his family return for yet another legendary Halloween photoshoot, this year posing as some of the greatest music icons. The post Neil Patrick Harris And His Family Nail Halloween 2024 Costume Again, Internet Is Obsessed first appeared on Bored Panda.

Evening Standard

Best wool sweaters for women: from the season's coolest collab to timeless classics

The cold snap is here, so perfect your layering game with one of these cosy winter warmers

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A forest of questions: take our quiz on the Cure!

Ahead of the band’s first album in 16 years coming out on Friday, superfans can test their mettle with this trivia spanning their entire career

MusicRadar

“She didn't move from the sofa and she sang two takes of Rolling in the Deep and that's what we used”: Adele, Daft Punk and Taylor Swift are among our picks for the best recorded albums of the 21st century

For your Recording Week pleasure, these are the are the most notable albums of the last 24 years…

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What is necro-branding? And what’s it got to do with Elvis, Princess Diana and Taylor Swift?

Do you own any memorabilia depicting Elvis, Princess Diana, David Bowie, Prince or Michael Jackson? Perhaps a beloved t-shirt, a favourite mug, a special keyring or a novelty plate? You might not know it, but you are participating in something known as “necro-branding”.

Louder

It's all gone spectacularly Halloween-shaped in the Fripp-Willcox household

Watch aghast as Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp wrestle David Bowie's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) into the grave

Louder

“Lemmy and I got on fine most of the time, but we had our moments. Being in Motörhead was crazy 24 hours a day”: ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian ‘Robbo’ Robertson’s wild tales of Phil Lynott, Lemmy, David Bowie and more

Phil Lynott, Lemmy, Rush, Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins – former Thin Lizzy/Motörhead guitarist Brian Robertson crossed paths with them all and has the hangovers to prove it

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Oasis reunion reminds Boy George of late mother's love for the band

Boy George exclusively revealed to BANG Showbiz that he and his family were shocked to discover his late mother Dinah was a fan of Oasis and knew all the words to the reunited band's iconic tracks during family Christmas celebrations in 2021.

Evening Standard

Boy George says new art exploring fame is ‘celebrating otherness’

The 63-year-old has created portraits of Madonna, David Bowie and Prince.

Tom’s Guide

13 parent-approved Halloween movies — no nightmares guaranteed

From gentle witches to friendly ghosts, discover 11 Halloween films that balance spooky fun with family-friendly entertainment for all ages.

Inverse

Spider-Man's Most Underrated Villain Actor Reveals How He Wants to Return

Rhys Ifans is part of a great thespian tradition: British actors playing Hollywood victims. But in his latest role in 'Venom: The Last Dance,' he’s doing something different.

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