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Joe Strummer subway: London pedestrian tunnels given makeover to become eco 'rain garden'

Famed location where The Clash frontman used to busk is reinvented to tackle climate change

Evening Standard

Angelina Jolie says she embraces feeling ‘like an older woman’ at 49

‘I do feel like an older woman now and I embrace that,’ actor says

The Independent UK

“The bouncers wouldn’t let the audience stand up. That frustrated me to the point that I destroyed my bass guitar”: The Clash's Paul Simonon reflects on that iconic London Calling moment

Paul Simonon smashed his Fender P-Bass during a concert at New York’s Palladium on September 20th, 1979

Guitar World

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Trent Reznor recalls his "terrible" attempts at songwriting before he struck gold with Nine Inch Nails

Reznor's Nine Inch Nails on self doubt, how he found his groove, and how sobriety brought him life-changing clarity

Metal Hammer

“If you’ve ever seen Slash give that look to whoever when they hit a bad note… You get that look once, man. You don’t want it twice”: Gilby Clarke survived a baptism by fire in Guns N’ Roses – but one day the pay checks stopped coming

The guitarist played with GN'R during their chaotic Use Your Illusion era. Now he discusses his heart-stopping audition, the early-’90s Guns album that never was and why he was never actually fired from the band

Guitar World

“I don’t think Joe would’ve been happy retreading any steps he’d made already”: Paul Simonon on why The Clash never reunited

The Clash bassist added that he still keeps in touch with his old bandmates

Louder

"I'll never forgive myself for shutting my mouth. From that day on it was never any good": Joe Strummer on the day he knew that The Clash had lost their soul

Joe Strummer knew that The Clash's days were numbered long before he fired Mick Jones from the band

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"I'd seen Led Zeppelin, loved it, but you can't touch them: they fly away on a jet plane that says 'Led Zeppelin' on it. The Clash pulled up in a station wagon": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the gig that changed his life forever

In October 1979, 15-year-old Michael 'Duff' McKagan attended a punk rock show in Seattle which turned his world upside down

Louder

"If you stormed in here and said the new record was rubbish, I would probably quit": Joe Strummer's struggle after The Clash

Before his death, Joe Strummer could hardly get arrested. After, he was feted as a rock icon. This is the inside story of the solo years of a punk rock warlord

Louder

Who is Grant Shapps, the man taking over as Defence Secretary?

Mr Shapps is moving to the role from a stint as energy secretary.

The Independent UK

"It was the punk gig of dreams": what happened when The Clash brought Buzzcocks, The Slits and Subway Sect to Manchester

On May 1, 1977, The Clash started their first ever UK tour. A week later they played at the Electric Circus in Manchester, a night that changed the lives of those lucky enough to be there

Louder

15 awful albums by classic bands, from Led Zeppelin to Metallica

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

Film-maker Don Letts: ‘London now... It scares the sh*t out of me’

Punk’s DIY film-maker extraordinaire, band mate of The Clash’s Mick Jones... and now Levi’s collaborator. Tom Ellen meets the one and only Don Letts

Evening Standard

How The Clash made history by visiting some of Belfast's most divided and violent streets

Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result

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Edinburgh Live

Rare footage shows spectacular Edinburgh Clash performance during 1985 busking tour

The video footage shows frontman Joe Strummer singing upside down with bright orange hair as onlookers took in the Clash's performance outside of the Gateway Exchange.

Louder

Remembering the time The Clash turned up in Northern Ireland for a gig, but instead ended up causing a riot

As well as being mistaken for paramilitaries, The Clash's slated 1977 Belfast gig ended up in a kerfuffle that saw punks rioting and the band banned from performing

The Independent UK

The 15 worst albums by classic bands, from Queen to Led Zeppelin

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

The 15 worst albums by classic bands, from Queen to Led Zeppelin

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

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The Independent UK

The 15 worst albums by classic bands, from Queen to Led Zeppelin

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

Louder

The story of The Stranglers' controversial No More Heroes album: "We got away with murder"

Hugh Cornwell tells the story of the Stranglers' summer-of-punk-classic second album No More Heroes: "We definitely couldn’t get away with that now"

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