The Latest Breaking News from Simon Phillips

Bruno Guimaraes Arsenal transfer saga set to take inevitable twist

Arsenal look set to finally make their move for Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimaraes, but there is still time for some late drama

FourFourTwo · Jul 24

Stars from Blue Lights drama visit Belfast Hospice

Marie Curie cares for people with any illness they are likely to die from.

Evening Standard · May 28

‘Holiday dressing in black’: why Australian gothic is back in fashion

Corsetry, frills and floor-length gowns are firm favourites for a new wave of female designers showing at Australian fashion week

The Guardian - AU · May 12

“I got a hacksaw and I chopped down the stand and put the hi-hats down there”: How the right-handed Simon Phillips learned to play left-handed as a young drummer – with inspiration from two fusion legends and some drastic DIY

"It was all disco in 1975 – pretty simple"

MusicRadar · Nov 8, 2025

“People would ask me, ‘What's it like to replace Keith Moon?’ I said, ‘I didn't replace Keith Moon – I replaced Kenney Jones!’”: How a legendary drummer followed in the footsteps of two other legendary drummers in The Who

“I saw The Who live with Kenney – and he was absolutely fantastic"

MusicRadar · Oct 29, 2025

“Everybody knew Jeff was a great drummer. It was the same when I joined The Who to replace Kenney Jones – and when I was with Mick Jagger, playing the Stones tunes that Charlie played”: How Simon Phillips succeeded in replacing Jeff Porcaro in Toto

"They didn't want somebody to come in and try to imitate Jeff"

MusicRadar · Oct 14, 2025

“I didn't recognise him, because he had really short hair. I just thought he was some friend of Pete's. I found out later this was Dave Gilmour!”: Drummer Simon Phillips recalls the chaos of his favourite recorded performance – on a Pete Townshend song

"It was hilarious – this whole scenario”

MusicRadar · Oct 6, 2025

“I’ve got 30 years of albums and awards – but they say, ‘He’s just a one-trick pony making money off the back of Mike Oldfield’”: Robert Reed’s struggle to keep a form of music alive

Magenta, Cyan and Chimpan A mastermind went to the effort and expense of bringing three key Oldfield collaborators into his Sanctuary projects. That proves his commitment to creating something genuine, although many people don’t realise it

Louder · Aug 25, 2025

Grief is the Thing With Feathers: why Max Porter’s strange but ‘magnificent’ debut keeps inspiring adaptations

With a new Australian stage version and a movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch later this year, the author’s boundary-pushing novella continues to soar

The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2025

Man who tried to murder wife in ‘frenzied’ attack using bow and arrow jailed

Stephen Carr used a compound bow to shoot metal-tipped arrows at his wife before stabbing her six times with a kitchen knife, a court was told.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025