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Bill Bailey looks back: ‘My comedy audience is similar to Strictly’s demographic – an eight-year-old next to an 80-year-old’

The comedian on his punk years, being the ‘wurzel’ on Buzzcocks, and his late pal Sean Lock’s Strictly warning

The Guardian - UK

‘Mick Jagger was surprisingly hard-working’: the all-star life of synth whiz Wally Badarou

His reputation for futurist pop got him work with everyone from Grace Jones and Talking Heads to Foreigner – now the French keyboardist is reissuing a soundtrack for a yoga DVD that became a Balearic classic

The Guardian - UK

“Occasionally one of their legs would go up slightly. Were they playing or checking emails? I thought it would be fun to have them doing The Hokey Cokey”: Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk sketch

Comedian and master prog musician discusses the gems in his record collection, including Yes, Roxy Music and Hawkwind – and outlines plans to play the Albert Hall like an instrument

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"It remains a touchstone of art-rock genius, a true masterpiece": Why you should definitely own The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu's 1978 esoteric art rock masterpiece The Modern Dance cleared the ground for much of the more adventurous music that's been recorded since

Louder

Stop Making Sense review – Demme’s Talking Heads doc still burning down the house

The energy of Jonathan Demme’s 1984 film defies categorisation, and David Byrne in the ‘Big Suit’ is the Chuck Berry of new wave art-rock

The Guardian - UK

"Stop Making Sense" made me a convert

Reflections on Jonathan Demme's master work as the iconic film is rereleased for its 40th anniversary

Salon

Stop Making Sense: How Talking Heads made the greatest concert film of all time

That a live show could be at once so energised, joyous and inventive had a major impact on arena performance for decades to come – influencing acts from David Bowie to Billie Eilish

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The Talking Heads on the once-in-a-lifetime 'Stop Making Sense'

For nearly four decades, the Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense” has exerted an inexorable pull on all who encounter the frenetic fever of arguably the finest concert film ever made

The Independent UK

"Little tyrant" David Byrne regrets how Talking Heads split went down

David Byrne says he regrets the way Talking Heads came to an end – as band prep for Stop Making Sense re-release

Louder

Why did Talking Heads break up? David Byrne regrets how he handled it ahead of reunion

The band members have had a tumultuous relationship

Evening Standard

‘I was a little tyrant’: David Byrne says he regrets ‘ugly’ Talking Heads breakup

‘As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around,’ band’s former frontman said

The Independent UK

David Byrne says he regrets ‘ugly’ Talking Heads breakup: ‘I was a little tyrant’

‘As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around,’ band’s former frontman said

The Independent UK

Angélique Kidjo at MIF: A life-affirming performance at the city's newest live venue

The hall provided an intimate backdrop for the iconic West African singer-songwriter

Manchester Evening News

5 songs guitarists need to hear by... Johnny Marr

The former Smiths guitarist is a generational talent, the player Noel Gallagher calls the GOAT, but what songs should players check out to get a handle on his style?

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Watch Adrian Belew and Les Claypool tackle King Crimson's Thela Hun Ginjeet live

Former Crimson musician Adrian Belew jams with Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade on their Summer Of Green tour package

Liverpool Echo

Things you could do in the 1970s you can't anymore

Did we miss anything out?

Guitar World

Tina Weymouth: “I know Bono used me to taunt Adam Clayton when U2 were starting out”

One of the bass world’s most influential female figures talks gender stereotypes and why her small stature was “almost like a dare to boys”

Louder

A beginner's guide to post-punk in 5 essential albums

The rise, fall and rise again of post-punk, explained by five albums that define the genre

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Seymour Stein: Mogul who discovered some of music’s greats

Stein was a powerhouse executive who brought names such as Madonna and Talking Heads into global stardom

The Guardian - UK

Seymour Stein obituary

Music executive and co-founder of Sire Records who launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and the Ramones

Chicago Sun-Times

Seymour Stein, record executive who signed up Madonna, dead at 80

Seymour Stein founded Sire Records and helped launch the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and the Pretenders. He co-founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.

Tribune News Service

Appreciation: Seymour Stein, dead at 80, discovered the Ramones, Madonna, many more: ‘I never believed in press for myself’

SAN DIEGO — Seymour Stein was never a household name to most music fans before his Sunday death from cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 80. But he certainly was to the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Madonna, Ice-T, Depeche Mode and the dozens of other artists Stein signed…

The Independent UK

Seymour Stein, Sire Records executive who signed Talking Heads and Madonna, dies aged 80

Known as a tastemaker of the 1970s music scene, Stein also worked with The Pretenders, Ice T, The Smiths, and Aphex Twin

Louder

Famed record company executive Seymour Stein dead at 80

Seymour Stein founded Sire Records and signed Ramones, Talking Heads, Pretenders, Madonna, The Cure, Depeche Mode and many more

WEKU

Seymour Stein, the record executive who signed Madonna, is dead at 80

Seymour Stein, who helped found the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and was himself inducted into the Rock Hall in 2005, died of cancer in Los Angeles, according to a statement by his family.

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