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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

On my radar: Brix Smith’s cultural highlights

The ex-Fall guitarist on a compelling fashion rivalry, Björk’s latest masterpiece, and a surreal film moment she won’t forget

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a homage to what Mark E Smith taught us’: ex-Fall members House of All deny exploiting band’s legacy

Smith’s family have called the new band ‘extremely offensive’. Martin Bramah, a founding former member of the original Fall lineup, defends his new outfit

The Guardian - UK

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The Horror Show! review – the bands, TV shows and artists who revealed Britain’s sinister psyche

Slicing into the nation’s dark side, this excellent show is full of phantoms ranging from Rachel Whiteread’s spectral House to the gothic terror of Inside No 9

The Guardian - UK

Rock snapper Kevin Cummins: ‘I still leave space for the NME logo in the corner’

The man who created more than 250 cover images for the rock weekly has put together a book of almost 40 years of photographs of the Fall. ‘We put Manchester on the map,’ he says

The Guardian - UK

‘My life would be very different without the Fall’: Stewart Lee’s honest playlist

The comedian is still inspired by Mark E Smith but has finally fallen out of love with Morrissey. But whose sandwiches did he once steal?

The Guardian - UK

Yard Act: ‘There were a lot of good reviews for our debut that we disagreed with’

The Leeds-formed band are up for this year’s Mercury Prize with their bristling first album, ‘The Overload’. Frontman James Smith and bassist Ryan Needham meet with Roisin O’Connor to talk about playing with northern stereotpyes, songwriting, and how they wrong-footed the music industry

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'Race against time' to save items belonging to The Fall's frontman Mark E Smith

“It’s a race against time to save this material"

Manchester Evening News

The landmark which paid tribute to Manchester Arena victims and Mark E. Smith - and the mystery surrounding its unusual name

The White Nancy overlooks the village of Bollington, but mystery surrounds its name

Manchester Evening News

‘Sit down and shut up’: my lunchtime ordeal at Karen’s Diner

The Australian chain with deliberately rude staff has arrived in the UK – but is bad service funny?

The Guardian - UK

We just lost Paul Ryder. And all these other Manchester music legends were taken far too soon

We look back at some of pivotal figures from the city's illustrious musical history who we lost prematurely

Manchester Evening News

Paper Cuts by Ted Kessler review – ode to the glory days, and slow demise, of the music press

This colourful, self-deprecating memoir charts the author’s journey from light-fingered record shop employee to editor of Q magazine until it folded in 2020, with guest appearances from Paul Weller, Mark E Smith et al

The Guardian - UK

‘The most Mark E Smith thing ever’: the post-punk band whose members have learning disabilities

Improvisation is speciality of Leeds outfit Ultimate Thunder, whose debut album is released next month

The Guardian - UK

The Fall's Mark E. Smith's memorabilia set to go up for auction

Some items are expected to make up to £1,500

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Hacienda to hold huge 40th anniversary rave in car park where original site once stood

Work is underway for a huge Hacienda 40th anniversary party at the original Whitworth Street site, the MEN can reveal

The Guardian - UK

Tory defector Christian Wakeford on crossing the floor: ‘All I was thinking was, please don’t throw up’

He was a leave-voting, lockdown sceptic who dramatically switched to Labour in January – shoring up support for Boris Johnson in the process. Does he regret his split?

Edinburgh Live

The love letter to Edinburgh penned by Manchester post punk legends

The Fall lead singer Mark E Smith spent almost a year in Edinburgh, and wrote a dedication to our stunning city on his return after falling head over heels for the Scottish capital.

The Guardian - UK

Yard Act: The Overload review – witty post-punks confront post-Brexit Britain

Waspish portraits of the country’s worst people – from alpha-male business men to middle-class foodies – are punchily delivered by this excitingly undeveloped Leeds quartet

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