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Aladdin Sane 50 years on: The story behind David Bowie’s iconic album

Aladdin Sane is Bowie’s sixth studio album; the first he wrote and released from a position of stardom

Evening Standard

Vending machines, forbidden colours and Scottish declarations – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Remembering Tom Verlaine, the cult hero who reconfigured guitar and inspired generations of alt-rock players

Inventive, wiry, elusive, genius, Tom Verlaine's guitar playing was a lightning rod for the artistically bold, and in partnership with Richard Lloyd, it gave Television a unique, thrilling sound

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Bowie’s Aladdin Sane artwork ‘as powerful today as it was then’

Launching on April 6 at the Southbank Centre, the collection marks half a century since the 1973 release of the musician’s sixth studio album.

The Independent UK

Southbank Centre celebrates 50 years of David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane album

Anniversary of 1973 album featuring lightning bolt cover to be marked with exhibition, music and poetry in central London

The Guardian - UK

Ian Hunter on the "ruthless, fabulous" David Bowie: "David wanted to be a monster"

Thanks to All The Young Dudes, the names of David Bowie and Ian Hunter will forever be linked. But Mott The Hoople's former frontman says the pair were never friends

Louder

Watch Paula Yates conduct a cheeky backstage interview with David Bowie at 1985's Live Aid mega-gig

David Bowie enjoys an affectionate interview with ex-The Tube presenter Paula Yates backstage at Wembley Stadium in this archive footage from 1985's legendary Live Aid gig

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Metallica's 72 Seasons: the full story is told in the new issue of Classic Rock

Inside: a brand new Metallica interview, plus Gary Rossington, Ian Hunter, Def Leppard, Jethro Tull, DeWolff, Floor Jansen, Kansas, Richard Marx, Europe, Floor Jansen and more

Louder

Ryuichi Sakamoto obituary

Japanese composer and electronic music pioneer behind the soundtrack for the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

The Guardian - UK

Lola review – imaginative 40s set fantasia tells intriguing time-travel fable

Andrew Legg’s film, shot on 16mm, tells the story of two women who have invented a machine that intercepts future television broadcasts

The Guardian - UK

Daughter of slain Dublin mum says Annie McCarrick case gives her fresh hope

Antoinette Smith’s killer has never been caught but her daughter Lisa said developments in other cold cases could help crack the unsolved murder

Dublin Live

Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto dies aged 71

He scored films including Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, in which he acted in alongside David Bowie

Evening Standard

Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence fame dies aged 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and other films, has died aged 71.

ABC News

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died

The influential Japanese composer died March 28 from cancer. A wide-ranging musician, the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder was a synth-pop idol and the writer of sweeping movie scores.

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Irish Mirror

Family of Dublin mum whose brutal killing remains unsolved say cold case probe gives new hope

Antoinette Smith’s killer has never been caught but her daughter Lisa said developments in other cold cases could help crack the unsolved murder.

Louder

“I’m not gay!” How Bowie backtracked on his bisexuality for Let's Dance

In 1977, Metro’s Criminal World was considered “too gay” for the BBC. By 1983, it was too suggestive for David Bowie too

Metal Hammer

Danny Elfman shares love for albums by Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, The Beatles

Danny Elfman goes shopping at Hollywood’s Amoeba Music and picks out a selection of records that have defined his life

Evening Standard

On the road with Iggy Pop... kind of

How Katie Puckrik discovered a new ‘lust for life’ whilst on tour with an OG Sex Pistol, Bowie’s guitarist and Blondie’s iconic drummer...

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What Hi-Fi?

The 12 best Radiohead songs to test your hi-fi system

Radiohead’s vast catalogue of innovative, eclectic work makes the band an ideal candidate for putting your hi-fi system to the test.

Daily Mirror

Lewis Largent dies after MTV 120 Minutes host and KROQ DJ loses battle with long illness

The influential music host of MTV's 120 Minutes and KROQ radio DJ Lewis Largent has died at the age of 58 following a long illness, leaving a wife and two children

The Guardian - AU

Jack Thompson on David Bowie, the climate crisis and posing nude: ‘I didn’t need persuading’

The actor narrates a 40-screen immersive exhibition of Australian land and wildlife, shot by 25 cinematographers. ‘This environment is our heritage and our responsibility,’ he says

The Conversation

Kafka's modest output had an outsized impact on modern culture

During a recent drive to campus, I found myself getting into a deep conversation about literature, music and philosophy with my son, an undergraduate student in the early stages of an arts degree. While we were talking, Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone came on the radio. My son —…

The Conversation

Oscars 2023: how Aftersun uses music to perfectly express grief

As author C.S. Lewis wrote in A Grief Observed (1961): “In grief nothing ‘stays put’.” For Lewis, grief is not a linear process, but recurrent, cyclical and never truly complete. “Everything repeats,” he writes. “Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral? But if…

Evening Standard

Why I live in Maida Vale: former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock on why he’s staying put in ‘the triangle’

Musician and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock has lived in Maida Vale for 46 years. Here’s why he has no plans to leave just yet

Inverse

You Need to Watch the Sexiest Vampire Movie Ever Made on HBO Max ASAP

David Bowie and Tony Scott worked together to make a movie not nearly as famous as it should be.

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