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Alan Yentob’s final interview set to air on BBC

Film will air as part of a tribute to the late broadcasting legend

The Independent UK

“I believe Tommy had lots of songs which were exactly what the band needed. And his style was more akin to Ritchie’s than mine”: Clem Clempson on the return of Colosseum, jamming with Jack Bruce, and that time he auditioned for Deep Purple

Clempson looks back on an epic career that has seen him replace Peter Frampton in Humble Pie, nearly replace Ritchie Blackmore, and tells us he's having more fun than ever with Colosseum

Guitar World

“We got back to the hotel, and when we walked up to the desk, the guy said, ‘There’s a message from David Bowie’”: Fanny's June Millington recalls the band's first encounter with the Thin White Duke, who would become one of their biggest fans

Bowie would later hail Fanny as “one of the finest rock bands of their time”

Guitar World

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‘Retrogeist’: 49 Posts About The ’80s And ’90s That Show How Much The World Has Changed Since

Maybe you’ve been feeling it lately, too—that aching longing for the '80s and '90s.

Bored Panda

These Are the Fragrances Celebrities Swear By

"I use it several times a day. I can't get enough."

Marie Claire

Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon

How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure

The Guardian - UK

"I said Never Take Me Alive should be the single and the record company looked at me like, ‘That's commercial suicide!’ Luckily, it was a hit…” Spear Of Destiny's Kirk Brandon on hits, heart attacks and Theatre Of Hate

The indestructible Kirk Brandon on the unlikely origins of Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny and why he really is a dead man walking

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Look east: an exhilarating weekend in London’s new cultural quarter

The opening of the V&A Storehouse and Sadler’s Wells East mark the transformation of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into an exciting new creative hub for the capital

The Guardian - UK

Benicio del Toro treasures his signed copy of David Bowie film The Man Who Fell To Earth

Benicio del Toro says one of his most treasured possessions is a signed laser disc of David Bowie's 1976 science-fiction film 'The Man Who Fell To Earth'.

BANG Premier

“Rock’n’roll is like Italian operetta. Everybody dies and loses.” Kirk Brandon looks back on Theatre Of Hate, Spear Of Destiny, heart attacks and his unlikely influences

The indestructible Kirk Brandon on the unlikely origins of Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny

Louder

Former Hawkwind and David Bowie violinist and keyboardist Simon House has died, aged 76

House also featured in early prog bands High Tide and Third Ear Band before joining Hawkwind in 1974

Louder

‘He is the BBC!’ Alan Yentob, the eternally curious creative who made TV no one else could have dreamed up

From extraordinary interviews with Bowie to green-lighting Ab Fab and Have I Got News For You, Yentob changed the course of not just arts programming but television itself

The Guardian - UK

Alan Yentob, former BBC executive and TV presenter, dies aged 78

Wife pays tribute to ‘profoundly moral man’ who was ‘creative in every cell of his body’

The Guardian - UK

“I liked Bad Company and Free. Those bands, like David Bowie and Roxy Music, were all pop. But their albums had deeper cuts. That’s what I hoped we could pull off”: Billy Duffy on the making of The Cult’s 1985 breakout album – and why Rain made him sweat

Led by the stunning She Sells Sanctuary, Love was the sound of a band experimenting at scale, finding the great enabler in producer Steve Brown, and it just so happens to be Duffy's favorite

Guitar World

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The Independent UK

Queer icons throughout history to celebrate this Pride Month

Here are 7 LGBT+ icons throughout history that you should know about.

The Independent UK

A View to a Kill doesn’t deserve its reputation as the worst ever Bond

FLASHBACKS: David Bowie turned it down. Christopher Walken and Grace Jones didn’t. And Roger Moore didn’t like it at all. But four decades since the film’s release, does Moore’s very last 007 outing warrant its seemingly eternal drubbing? Jonathan Wells isn’t so sure

MusicRadar

“That was a huge moment for me. It put me back in my place”: The insult that brought David Bowie down to Earth

Bowie later said that the dog walker’s jibe left a lasting impression

Guitar World

"We wrote a song based on a riff I had. The idea was to be Mahavishnu Orchestra with vocals": After Deep Purple decided not to hire him after Ritchie Blackmore's departure, Clem Clempson almost formed a wild supergroup with Glenn Hughes and David Bowie

The Colosseum and Humble Pie guitarist was in with a shot at joining the band –but says Tommy Bolin got the gig for one specific reason

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The Guardian - UK

I Love You, Byeee by Adam Buxton review – a book that is by turns stupid, zany, and surprisingly charming

I was all set to hate Buxton’s brand of self-deprecating chumminess, but his memoir somehow wins you over

Marie Claire

Why a "Sweet" Photograph of Princess Diana and David Bowie Caused So Much Controversy for the Royal Family

"My agent got a call from the palace, saying, 'Don't use the pictures.'"

Euronews

Harry Styles in Berlin: Why is the superstar really in the German capital?

British pop star Harry Styles is rumoured to have secretly moved to Berlin. Is he working on new music in the city? And what does David Bowie have to do with it?

Evening Standard

Harry Styles' epic gap year: from the Berlin Marathon to romance in Rome

While on a break from promoting his music, Harry Styles has embraced a very different type of world tour — travelling everywhere from Somerset to Tokyo

Guitar World

Kurt Cobain's 1989 Takamine expected to fetch up to $500,000 at auction – alongside guitars played by the likes of Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, David Bowie, Joe Perry and Melissa Etheridge

This year's Music Icons sale – organized by Julien's Auctions – includes over 700 collectible items from some of the world's biggest guitar stars

Metal Hammer

"There was a lot of rejection, because I was a skinny Black girl trying to be the singer of a rock band." How Skunk Anansie's Skin went from Bob Marley-attended basement parties to a Glastonbury-headlining Britrock icon

From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield reveals why Space Oddity cover put 'big smile' on David Bowie's face

David Bowie was delighted with astronaut Chris Hadfield's "optimistic" take on 'Space Oddity'.

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