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“There were certain guidelines, and that was to stay away from long hair and guitar solos”: How Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Hendrix inspired a rule-breaking post-punk band to write one of rock’s greatest anthems

The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary can lay claim to be the first great alternative rock anthem

Louder

‘It’s all you can hear’: New Jersey lawsuit takes on datacenter’s noise pollution

Lawsuit alleges sound is nuisance for up to one mile around datacenter as residents experience noises from DataOne

The Guardian - US

“Rick put me on the spot. He said, ‘So, this is a Les Paul.’ I was like, ‘I know.’ Then he went, ‘Okay, and this is a Marshall…’”: Why The Cult scrapped an entire album and re-recorded it with Rick Rubin

“It was the record we needed to make”

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Doctors missed the warning signs, but this AI revealed the critical cancer diagnosis that saved his life

A man whose cancer symptoms were unfortunately dismissed by doctors actually built his own AI to help catch deadly diseases sooner. This incredible personal AI, which he named Haley, immediately flagged critical cancer red flags that medical professionals had completely missed, ultimately saving his life.

The Mary Sue

Corinne Bailey Rae: ‘If you weren’t tits-out-for-the-lads, they called you middle of the road’

Her first album was a huge hit – then she faced the sudden tragedy of her husband’s early death. She describes the rupture of grief, her return to music and the harsh reality of fame as a woman in the 00s

The Guardian - UK

“The last thing he told me during that last interview was, ‘I’m probably gonna go until the wheels come off!’” I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – oft-misunderstood, he was the true embodiment of rock ‘n’ roll spirit

Guitar World correspondent Andrew Daly got to know Frehley, his idol, incredibly well in his final years, and just as vivid as the memories of conversations about Kiss and the guitar are the chats about egg sandwiches, and why the guitar hero's home always had geese around

Guitar World

‘This Is James Cameron, You Know?’ Avatar: Fire And Ash Crew Member Gets Real About Shooting A Wild-Sounding Action Sequence With Real Flames

Anything for a James Cameron film!

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Longevity isn’t a lifestyle — it’s about using precision medicine to fight the inevitable diseases that kill

Steve Brown’s outlines why he’s weary of the longevity industry – and how it can improve

Evening Standard

“I liked Bad Company and Free. Those bands, like David Bowie and Roxy Music, were all pop. But their albums had deeper cuts. That’s what I hoped we could pull off”: Billy Duffy on the making of The Cult’s 1985 breakout album – and why Rain made him sweat

Led by the stunning She Sells Sanctuary, Love was the sound of a band experimenting at scale, finding the great enabler in producer Steve Brown, and it just so happens to be Duffy's favorite

Guitar World

“I’m about 85 or 90 percent there. But it’s that 10 percent that sets me off. I can’t knock out those old solos as smooth as I used to”: Ace Frehley is practicing more than ever as he keeps his demons behind him and returns to arenas

The Spaceman on his most recent solo album – which won’t be his last – his self-designed $200,000 studio, the state of play with his former Kiss colleagues, and his family connection to an object on the Moon

Guitar World

Defiant Bill Sweeney refuses to apologise for RFU bonuses scandal and vows to stay until 2027

The under-fire chief executive has insisted that the union is in good financial state despite reporting record losses last year

The Independent UK

Who is Luke Littler? Things to know about the darts sensation who is world champion at age 17

Luke Littler has won the world darts championship at the age of 17 after beating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final in London

The Independent UK

Luke Littler was an unknown a year ago. Now he's making millions and taking darts into mainstream

Luke Littler is a kebab-eating, Xbox-playing darts player who grabbed the attention of Britain and beyond this time last year by reaching the final of the world championship as a 16-year-old

The Independent UK

The tone deaf decision that has plunged England’s Rugby Football Union into crisis

Uproar over the payment of a large bonus at a time of financial strife has imperiled chief executive Bill Sweeney

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Spend Spend Spend review – punchy revival of a rags to riches to rags tale

Justin Greene and the late Steve Brown’s musical about a working-class woman who wins big on the pools and blows the lot is given a moving dream twist

The Guardian - UK

Which football match appears on Have I Got News For You every week?

Plus: who first used the phrase ‘game’s gone’; palindromes: an apology; are the Big Six the top six; and even more

MusicRadar

"Like all great rock tracks, the song has a staggeringly simple structure": The story of The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary

Almost 40 years since its release, The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary stands the test of time as a soaring and majestic pop-rock anthem – including some happy accidents

The Guardian - UK

Alfie Brown: Open Hearted Human Enquiry review – ‘cancelled’ comic offers complicated mea culpa

Brown engages in good faith with questions of guilt and remorse, while perceiving bad faith in his critics’ responses to an old routine that included the N-word

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The National (Scotland)

'A new chapter': St Johnstone takeover complete as Adam Webb outlines ambitious plans

A new chapter has begun at St Johnstone Football Club after their US takeover was confirmed.

Guitar World

“When you blend a Gibson and a Fender together, you get a much thicker sound. That’s a trick I learned from Pete Townshend”: Ace Frehley invites us to his home to talk tone tricks, 10,000 Volts and pawn shop treasures

Host with the most, Ace Frehley welcomes GW to his New Jersey home to show us his stuff, talk guitar playing, and explain why he has no plans on stopping any time soon

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Steve Brown obituary

Graeme Evans writes: Billy Idol (Bill Broad as he was then) watched Steve and co first perform in the school dining hall

Louder

Ace Frehley says he got an apology from producer who claimed to have written "97%" of former Kiss man's solo album 10,000 Volts

Former Kiss man Ace Frehley was "shocked" when Steve Brown said he wrote majority of Ace's new solo album 10,000 Volts

Metal Hammer

"I don't think they're gonna retire. They've been retiring for the last twenty years": Kiss played their final show last year, but Ace Frehley isn't convinced

The former Kiss guitarist on his latest solo album, continuing to have fun, and why you'll never see an Ace Frehley avatar in a million years

The Guardian - UK

Steve Brown obituary

Composer and lyricist who was a long-time collaborator of Steve Coogan and Harry Hill, and co-created the award-winning musical Spend, Spend, Spend

The Guardian - UK

‘One-off talent’: UK comedy composer Steve Brown dies aged 66

Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY!

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