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Three sold-out London gigs this weekend and headlining Glastonbury festival for the third time on Friday: it’s unoffically Arctic Monkeys Week. To celebrate, Samuel Fishwick charts the rise of a reluctant rock ‘n’ roll superstar

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

Airness 2pm 8pm, Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. A-Leagues men: Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle Jets 5pm, Central Coast Stadium, Gosford. Book Launch - Migration: Identity and Memory by author artist Susana Enriquez 10.30am to 12pm, Lovett Gallery, Newcastle City Library, Laman Street, Cooks Hill. BuR-Roque 7.30pm, The Royal Exchange, 32-34 Bolton…

Liam Gallagher, who turns 50 today, has not been shy in telling fans that he would love to reform Oasis, the band he was in with his brother Noel until their fallout in 2009

The Pooh Sticks are often considered one of Wales' greatest lost bands

The magazine he created became synonymous with bad behaviour in the 90s. Is the enfant terrible of British media now a reformed character?

Everything you need to know about the odds on who will win this year’s Mercury Prize

It's the first Geordie band to ever headline at the venue

Vital springboard for the likes of Adele and Amy Winehouse? Or conveyor belt for beige pop? Staff, famous alumni and critics of the Brit performing arts school consider its complicated legacy

With worsening heat waves, we will increasingly rely on air conditioning, but the chemicals used in AC units are terrible for the environment. Now, researchers have proposed a new type of eco-friendly unit.

In 1986 the NME’s 22-track cassette defined indie-rock for a new generation. Some bands featured, such as Primal Scream, became stars. But what became of Bogshed, the Mackenzies and the Shrubs?