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“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a global superstar

“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

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"There was an old fella who screamed that we'd been sent by Oliver Cromwell. He jumped on the bonnet of the car and tried to boot the windscreen to pieces." Not everyone was pleased to see The Rolling Stones on their first Irish tour

"We've heard it said that this long hair makes you look like women"

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Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood can no longer listen to Metallica’s Enter Sandman, and his infant son is to blame

“It became the only song that he wanted to hear for a very long stretch of time”

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“We wrote 24K Magic when Uptown Funk was No 1. So if you hear the same spirit in that song, that's why”: A decade on, we look back at the musical theory and retro gear that shaped Bruno Mars’ 2016 classic

Exploring how one of Bruno Mars’ biggest tunes works on a musical level - and revealing its debt to the 1980s

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"At the height of Britpop, it was like music was a joke." The truth behind the '90s highly entertaining Mogwai vs Blur feud

The story behind the Britpop era's most one-sided 'battle'

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“I urge them to reconsider and step up to help the next generation of talent”: Minister’s message to Live Nation’s dawdling over £1 arena and stadium levy

Otherwise, the government will legislate, says Ian Murray

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“All the emotions in the song are real. When I was writing the lyrics, my wounds from it were still fresh”: How a heartbroken bellboy took his revenge with one of the biggest indie anthems of all time

It’s one of the most omnipresent songs of the 21st century, but few realise that Mr. Brightside’s tale of betrayal reflected Brandon Flowers’ real experience of being cheated on

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Yungblud wants to record a Bond theme with Oasis

Yungblud has revealed he would jump at the chance to team up with Oasis on a James Bond theme.

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The Guide #230: From Oasis to Bowie, your stories of seeing pre-stardom acts

In this week’s newsletter: Everyone has to start somewhere … and in front of someone. Thankfully, these soon-to-be-huge artists left the mime act and dodgy covers (mostly) in the past

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“I didn't even mean to release it - I was working on another song and came up with the riff and then I just started freestyling”: A decade on, we analyse the inner workings of one of Beck’s most potent bangers

Released over a year ahead of its effervescent parent album Colors, Wow demonstrated that Beck’s penchant for genre-blurring was still in rude health

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Pop provocateur Peaches: ‘People called me a one-trick pony. This isn’t a trick, it’s a way of life’

INTERVIEW: From sex-positive scandal to feminist touchstone, Merrill Nisker has spent decades testing limits and pushing boundaries. In the run-up to the release of her first album in a decade, she sits down with Annabel Nugent to talk power, provocation and watching the mainstream catch up

The Independent UK

"New York is an eccentric city. We met a police officer smoking a cigar outside JFK and got in a cab while Africa by Toto blasted out of the radio." How memories of a "surreal" first US trip re-lit a fire under one of Britain's best young bands

Marmozets announce first new album since 2018

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‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years

A new book and podcast tell the story of the 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pranks on the NME

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"There are people who are almost tainted by their knowledge of music. It's almost like they know too much": How we got over ourselves and learned to love The Darkness

On October 7, 2003, The Darkness released their debut album Permission To Land. Many were resistant to its obvious charms, including us

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From the rubble to the ritz: The story behind Arctic Monkeys’ earth-quaking debut album

IN FOCUS: Twenty years since the Sheffield band released ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, it remains the bedrock of contemporary British guitar music. Mark Beaumont speaks to producers Alan Smyth and Jim Abbiss about the making of a cultural H-bomb

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“He phoned me up at seven in the morning and played about ten seconds of the EP over the phone. That was the moment”: Twenty-five years ago, five rowdy New Yorkers released a three-song EP that changed the course of rock’n’roll

The Manhattan quintet whose emergence in 2001 opened the floodgates for a whole new generation of guitar bands

The Conversation

As Marmite Morrissey returns, let’s talk about the actual music

When news broke of a new Morrissey single and album last week (both titled Make-Up is a Lie), one thing was assured: it was going to get people talking.

Louder

"While so many of their peers have faded, disappeared or lapsed into pure nostalgia, Suede continue to make music that matters." Every Suede album ranked from best to worst

The highs and lows of the three decades-plus journey undertaken by the UK's most darkly seductive art-rockers over ten albums

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“I have only flashes of making it. I was personally going through a very bad time”: How a disillusioned and drug-addicted David Bowie reinvented his music with a groundbreaking song he could barely remember recording

A dazzling epic that ushered in Bowie’s new persona, the Thin White Duke

Louder

"I listened to track one and I was like, Ooh, that was nasty!" Hollywood superstar Adam Sandler reveals the iconic '90s rock album that he can't stop listening to

Actor and comedian Adam Sandler shares his love for one of the most raw, brutal and essential rock bands of the 1990s

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“I’ve rocked my roll. It’s a boring dead end. The last thing I want to be is some useless rock singer”: How a disillusioned and drug-addicted David Bowie reinvented his music with a groundbreaking song he could barely remember recording

A dazzling epic that ushered in Bowie’s new persona, the Thin White Duke

The Guardian - UK

Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63

Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew

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UK government confirms it will introduce ban on selling secondary gig tickets for a profit

War on ticket touts steps up as government reveals bold plans to hit secondary ticket platforms in the pocket if they don't comply

International Business Times UK

Tom Cruise Vows to Make Movies Until He's 100 — And He Really Means It

Tom Cruise says he plans to keep making films into his 100s, insisting he will never retire from acting, stunts or storytelling.

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The Prodigy plan to release 'evil rave' tunes in 2026

The Prodigy have told fans to prepare for some "evil f*****' rave" tunes next year.

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