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Another starry-eyed love song to Northampton

Letter: Bob Dowdeswell recalls Linda Jardim’s song Energy in Northampton and John Peel’s fondness for the town’s bypass

The Guardian - UK

‘On best behaviour, he was a joy’: the lost archive of English pop eccentric Vivian Stanshall

The man best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band was brilliant but volatile, and met an untimely end. Now his unfinished work has been rescued

The Guardian - UK

The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000

The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek

Guitar World

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Radio 2 planning to bring icons like Terry Wogan 'back from the dead' with spin-off station

There has reportedly been a proposal to bring back old shows to appeal to an older audience

Daily Mirror

Glastonbury secret sets 2022: Rumours and how find out who will play

Jack White and George Ezra are confirmed to be playing sets on Sunday

The Independent UK

Glastonbury secret sets 2023: Rumours and how find out who will play

Who are the ChurnUps and the other rumours for secret sets at this year’s festival?

The Independent UK

‘An astounding rush of real-time creativity’: 40 years of the Smiths’ Peel Sessions

Not everyone finds it easy to listen to the Smiths now, but those early transmissions were utterly formative for this vital new band and their enraptured fans

The Guardian - UK

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Aylesbury Friars: the story of a venue

The Buckinghamshire venue was instrumental in furthering the careers of David Bowie, Genesis, VdGG, King Crimson, Marillion and more

Louder

New Glastonbury Festival map for 2023 reveals all the changes to site this year

One area has been removed and another won't have a stage this year

Bristol Post

‘He has this brilliant ability to inspire’: cult rock eccentric John Otway’s never-ending tour hits Gibraltar

Fans of ‘Rock and Roll’s Biggest Failure’ have taken him from Top of the Pops to Cannes, and keep him touring constantly in his 70s. We head to a fan convention to find out why

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury removes John Peel name from stage for 2023 festival

Following sex abuse allegations, the famous tent has been given the name Woodsies

Wales Online

Hawkwind founding member Mick Slattery dies after short illness

Guitarist, 77, who helped form the legendary space rockers in 1969, passed away on St Patrick's Day

Wales Online

Contort yourself! The mutant disco mayhem of New York’s Ze Records

Disgusted with Britain’s ‘cruel’ aristocracy, Michael Zilkha left to champion a generation of party-starting punk-funk bands. As he returns as a book publisher, he remembers that wild scene

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury Festival rename John Peel Stage after nearly 20 years

The big top venue was dedicated to the influential radio DJ following his death in 2004

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The Independent UK

Glastonbury renames John Peel Stage after nearly two decades

The big top venue adopted the name following the influential radio DJ’s death in 2004.

The Guardian - UK

Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, Elton John: all-male Glastonbury headliners a ‘pipeline’ problem, says Emily Eavis

‘We’re trying our best,’ says organiser as she unveils first 54 names on 2023 lineup and calls on music industry to develop headline-worthy female acts

The Guardian - UK

Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records

When the Kiwi indie label got a chance to record a live album by the Manchester band, the tensions fraying the group almost destroyed the record company – as documented in a new book

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d rather be a one-hit wonder than a no-hit wonder’ – the Vapors on Turning Japanese

‘Our drummer didn’t like the song. He just went: “Boom! Splat!” But it sounded great so we kept it’

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Daily Mirror

Terminally ill artist sketches chaotic scene in A&E before discharging himself

The Mirror's Real Britain columnist Ros Wynne Jones writes about terminally ill artist Michael Bryson who discharged himself after 12 hours in A&E without being treated

The Guardian - UK

‘Between hilarity and severity’: how Bogshed transfixed a cult audience

John Peel loved them; the NME was briefly thrilled. But as a career-spanning Bog-Set is released, our writer recalls how for a select few their awkward sounds were life-changing

The Guardian - UK

John Smith and Mo Mowlam led the original prawn cocktail offensive

Brief letters: Labour and the City | Morrissey’s motorway stop | Vince Cable’s legacy | Silent school dinners | The Year of the Three Kings

The Guardian - UK

The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!

As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

Daily Mirror

TUC's new chief says 'my life has been to grow unions, we fight every day for workers'

Former call centre operator Paul Nowak is set to be confirmed as the next General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress where he will represent 5.5million working people

Liverpool Echo

18 'most notable' people from Merseyside areas

A new study has revealed the "most notable" people from Merseyside areas, including iconic musicians, sporting heroes and acting legends

ABC News

Boggo Road Gaol and Brisbane's dark side to feature heavily in Netflix production of Boy Swallows Universe

A Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book takes viewers inside a Brisbane landmark once home to rats, lice, and hardened criminals.

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