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Elkie Brooks looks back: ‘Before I went on stage I used to drink Guinness and a few shots of brandy’

The singer-songwriter on her rock’n’roll past, playing second fiddle to the Beatles, and the key to being an energetic performer in your 80s

The Guardian - UK

“They were all having a difficult time, having lost a bandmate and a good friend. It was a dark moment, and I was in the middle of it”: Robert Sarzo was hired and immediately fired as Randy Rhoads’ replacement – but he has no regrets

The Hurricane leader, soundtrack composer, and veteran rock axeman explains how he’s taken career ups and downs in his stride, and how it felt to finally be on a big stage with bassist brother Rudy

Guitar World

"Dressed to kill, all unbridled energy." Some of Small Faces' greatest songs – and a managerial battle – documented on Decca Singles 1965-1967

Still small but perfectly formed after all these years

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Jess Glynne reveals heartbreaking reason why she missed Alex Scott’s I’m A Celebrity exit

Jess Glynne celebrated her girlfriend’s efforts with a post on Instagram

The Independent UK

Jess Glynne says family crisis kept her from Alex Scott’s I’m A Celebrity exit

During her two weeks in the camp, the former footballer skydived from 12,000 feet as part of the show’s challenges.

Evening Standard

Jack Osbourne reveals dark family secret on I’m a Celebrity

A relative was known to ‘pull guns on people’, the TV personality says

The Independent UK

Jack Osbourne shocks I’m a Celeb campmates with wild grandfather story

Jack Osbourne told his I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! campmates that his late grandfather, Don Arden, “pulled guns on people."

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I’m A Celebrity’s Jack Osbourne says his grandfather ‘pulled guns on people’

Osbourne said his mother had initially told him that his grandfather was dead until his late teens.

Evening Standard

"He said, 'Black Sabbath... I don't know if I like their music.' I said, 'We have $800 in the bank, you love their music.'" Black Sabbath's former manager originally wanted Dio to write and record while Ozzy Osbourne toured with the band

Billy Corgan has hosted an epic, emotional interview with Wendy Dio - wife and manager of Ronnie James Dio

Metal Hammer

"He'd argue with me till six in the morning - he'd do whatever was needed": How Jeff Lynne built the Electric Light Orchestra

The story of a trio of Brummies who created the progressive orchestral pop-rock band that became a global phenomenon

Louder

“It was a difficult moment to be hit in the face and then asked to sing a song. It was a tragic moment for me”: How a singer’s spell in Black Sabbath turned into a nightmare

"I was never a Black Sabbath-type singer", Glenn Hughes says

MusicRadar

“As soon as Jimmy Page came on, the roof came off the place! Afterwards, Plant was absolutely fuming”: The epic, ego-fuelled story of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath’s Live Aid reunions

In Juy 1985, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath reunited for Live Aid. Cue the spats and ego clashes

Louder

This Is Spinal Tap director insists Stonehenge scene was not inspired by Black Sabbath's stage prop blunder

Black Sabbath's hilarious Stonehenge gaffe happened after scene was written for Spinal Tap movie

Metal Hammer

Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band has long been a proving ground for metal’s most outstanding players. From Randy Rhoads to Zakk Wylde, via Brad Gillis and Gus G, here are all the players – and nearly players – in the Osbourne saga

Among the ranks of Ozzy's six-string sidekicks are some of the most admired and imitated rock guitarists of all time. Some have lasted for years, others a single gig, and some on both ends are part of the elite group of musicians to have been fired over the phone by…

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“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

Guitar World

“People warned me, ‘If you work with Ritchie Blackmore, you could last 5 minutes. He could chew you up, spit you out. You could end up with nothing.’ So I did have to think about it”: Bob Daisley on Rainbow, Ozzy – and pairing-up with Randy Rhoads

Born to be a bassist, he was warned against working with Rainbow and Sabbath alumni, but did it anyway. And his only regret is the ever-looming cloud over his celebrated work with Ozzy Osbourne

Louder

“I was very pretentious. On the early albums I was writing things I thought I should write. But all I ever wanted to do was write pop songs”: how ELO conquered the planet with mini-symphonies and giant spaceships

UFOs, violins and killer songs – this the epic story of Electric Light Orchestra

Louder

“We had our pockets stuffed with $16,000 in $100 bills, and there were 8,000 kids in front of us in Bangkok. We caused a riot at the airport coming home”: the rise and fall of Girl, the cult glam rock band who should have been huge

Swaggering and arrogant, NWOBHM-era glam rockers Girl were the biggest band in the world – at least in their own heads

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"It was an utterly ridiculous idea": Geezer Butler on the embarrassing truth behind Black Sabbath's infamous Stonehenge set, their unfortunate 'devil baby' and Spinal Tap

"People often ask if I've seen the film This Is Spinal Tap. I always reply, 'Seen it? I lived it'."

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Football's forgotten tragedy

Remembering the Burnden Park 33 PLUS £900k in bus lane fines

Manchester Evening News

Sharon Osbourne pays special visit to celebrate her auntie's 100th birthday in Prestwich

Sharon's father and Hollywood impresario Don Arden was Eileen's brother

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