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“It was love at first sight. I broke up with Judy and chased Sharona for a year”: How The Knack wrote My Sharona, the one hit wonder to end all one hit wonders

New Wave megahit My Sharona was The Knack’s sole claim to fame – but what a claim to fame

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"The lyrics were hastily written in the pub, hence the fact that it lacked a final verse": Recorded in secret, Sweet's Fox On The Run was given a second life by the Guardians Of The Galaxy

Recorded while their regular songwriters were away, Fox On The Run gave Sweet a huge hit and a song that would never go away

Louder

“We were always going to try to break boundaries and try new things”: It was the first No.1 pop single to feature rapping - and it came from Debbie Harry and Blondie

“Some people loved it, and some people hated it,” recalled drummer Clem Burke

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“Every night after work we’d go to Studio 54, which was disgusting, this completely debauched atmosphere”: the inside story on the wildest, chaotic and most successful chapter of Blondie’s career

Debbie Harry’s new wave trailblazers had a special formula to knocking out the hits in the late 70s, not one your doctor would recommend

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2025 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Nominees Announced

Explore the diverse 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees from various music genres and eras.

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Now that's rare: A single fan petition with just 70 signatures prompted Sea of Thieves' director to bring back a fan-favorite feature that was removed this year

It sounds like Black Powder Stashes Voyages are making an explosive return

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“I saw this video of somebody breaking down Heart of Glass. The guy said, ‘Here’s Chris Stein’s guitar part.’ I was like, ‘No, that’s my guitar part’”: Frank Infante sets the record straight on his iconic Blondie riffs and solos

From One Way or Another to Atomic, the former Blondie guitarist looks back on his time with the new wave sensations: the triumphs, the turbulence, the tones, and why he always has to set the record straight on who played what

Guitar World

PlayStation, ahoy! How Rare’s pirate adventure Sea of Thieves set sail for a new platform

Six years since its voyage began, the oceanic co-op is landing on PS5 – and the team behind the game can’t wait to empower the creativity of a whole new community of players

The Guardian - UK

Sea of Thieves sets sail on PS5 in April

Sea of Thieves is scheduled to release on PlayStation in April, and crossplay across all platforms is available.

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"He threatened to take me apart piece by piece if I didn’t back off": How bubble-glam producer Mike Chapman turned Blondie from punks into pop stars

One Way Or Another provided the blueprint that turned Blondie into million-sellers and cemented Debbie Harry’s status as one of rock’s foremost badasses

Louder

Sea of Thieves Season 10 officially delayed again...

In some disappointing news for pirate players, Sea of Thieves Season 10 is coming much later than expected.

Windows Central

Sea of Thieves season 10 is so big it's delayed 2 months and taking season 11's defining feature

Rare admits "there's a little bit of discontent" among players

GamesRadar

After 33 years, Sea of Thieves is hosting one of the biggest gaming glow-ups ever

That's the second-biggest Monkey Island remake I've ever seen!

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Monkey Island is coming to Sea of Thieves, and because of that, so am I

LucasArts' iconic adventure game will be folded into Rare's pirate sim in a new three-part expansion.

Guitar World

The Lowlist: Blondie’s Parallel Lines – the album that defined New Wave

The rhythm section was "was totally out of whack". The producer was "like Adolf Hitler". But out of it all came an all-time classic.

GamesRadar

Sea of Thieves started life as spy game

And it was inspired by the popular card game Werewolf

Bristol Post

Bristol Airport snow chaos leaves friends furious after £6K skiing holiday cancelled

"It has been a waste of money. We are absolutely devastated"

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Daily Mirror

Excessive snow forces friends to cancel ski trip for first time in 30 years

Mike Chapman and his friends were due to fly out from Bristol Airport on Wednesday, only for their flight to be cancelled amid heavy snowfall, ruining their chances of going skiing

The Guardian - UK

‘I went from the outskirts of Glasgow to LA and stretch limos’: Altered Images on making Don’t Talk to Me About Love

‘We were young and bolshie, telling experienced people what to do. The producer later told me: You guys really pushed me to the edge’

Los Angeles Times

YouTube offers new shopping option during Coachella livestream

LOS ANGELES — When hip-hop group Brockhampton takes the stage at Coachella this week, audiences streaming the festival at home on YouTube will be able to watch the concert and buy a commemorative T-shirt at the same time.

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