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From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the bestselling live albums of all time, is turning 50. You won’t find that on this list, however: instead there’s metal, soul, and an ‘indecently exciting’ No 1 …

The Guardian - UK

“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section. He wasn’t happy”: A world-class producer recalls shaky start to his career

After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records

Louder

My Favorite Concert Film Of All Time Turned 48 This Year, And I'm Pumped For My Annual Thanksgiving Day Rewatch

A final farewell from a phenomenal band.

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Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese’s cocaine-fuelled bromance is the basis of a bracing memoir

THE READING LIST: ‘Maybe the rock’n’roll lifestyle I had brought into Marty’s life was to blame for his plight,’ worries the late guitarist of The Band in this bracing account. Patrick Smith enjoys a window into their decades-long friendship

The Independent UK

Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘I fell asleep on stage once – I could hear someone doing my material, got annoyed and woke up’

In the lead-up to the new series of Return to Paradise, the actor and comedian talks Father Dougal’s knitwear, Van Morrison and his disappointing sauerkraut

The Guardian - AU

“I definitely felt something special in the air that day": How Van Morrison recorded his greatest song

Session guitarists Hugh McCracken and Al Gorgoni recalled their memories and vital contributions

MusicRadar

‘The vocals were on another level’: how Counting Crows made Mr Jones

‘It’s about the night me and my best friend Marty Jones hung out with a flamenco troupe, wishing we were cool musicians too – so we could talk to the girls a little better’

The Guardian - UK

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‘I don’t miss the clamour of people’s adulation’: Transvision Vamp’s Wendy James on scandals, reunions and her beef with Elvis Costello

She became an 80s pop icon – and a media hate figure. Now, reforming her group after more than 30 years, James recalls her painful path through through the music business, surviving ‘Harvey Weinstein-type’ situations, and working with punk’s finest

The Guardian - UK

Hitmaker Bert Berns is posthumously included in Songwriters Hall of Fame

Songwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Independent UK

TV tonight: a very daft 90s classic is revived – with bonus celebrities

Alesha Dixon and Josh Widdicombe cause chaos on a beach in You Bet! Plus, the lavishly silly The Count of Monte Cristo. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

BST Hyde Park was an afternoon so fun, even Van Morrison laughed

5/5 Van Morrison, Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Neil Young make a formidable trio on a golden afternoon

The Independent UK

Julian McMahon’s family share statement on Nip/Tuck actor’s death, aged 56

Star died after a ‘valiant effort to overcome cancer’

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran and Van Morrison guitars to go under hammer for sports stars

The guitars are among lots to be auctioned for the Mary Peters Trust later this year.

Evening Standard

“I met Dylan’s manager and they were just like, ‘Bob’s very grateful for all the sync money of that song’”: How Ed Sheeran generated royalties for Bob Dylan by borrowing from Jimi Hendrix

Sheeran also reveals what he talked to Van Morrison about when he met him for breakfast: "I think he was, like, asking me to explain Spotify to him"

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The Independent UK

Van Morrison’s new album Remembering Now is a sensational return to adequacy

3/5 The legendary Northern Irish singer’s recent output has been so bad, for so long, that the entirely decent ‘Remembering Now’ makes it seem like he’s made the new ‘Moondance’

Louder

"On stage, I'd surrender to the ritual. It was like a meditation": Robby Krieger and John Densmore remember life with Jim Morrison and tell the acid-fuelled story of The Doors

Sixty years after The Doors took audiences on a destination-unknown thrill ride, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the band's wild story

Guitar World

“I wanted to play more, and it was inappropriate with Eric or Roger. I was not the lead guitarist, and I wanted to be”: Clapton, Waters, Satriani and me – Andy Fairweather Low on his greatest collaborations and finally taking center stage

As pop idol, hit-making solo artist, and with the most star-studded CV of any sideman, the affable Welshman offers up his latest release, The Invisible Bluesman, and reflects on his storied career

The Independent UK

The Waterboys’ Mike Scott on his new Dennis Hopper album: ‘He wasn’t just a guy who took lots of drugs and did weird things’

INTERVIEW: The Scottish singer-songwriter has long found inspiration in other musicians, including the curmudgeonly Van Morrison who had one snarky song dedicated to him back in 2020. Scott speaks with Jim Farber about the wild life and times of his latest subject Dennis Hopper

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Salon

Peter Wolf was warned about his memoir

Peter Wolf’s "Waiting on the Moon" chronicles a life lived in the heart of rock

The Guardian - US

Peter Wolf on Faye Dunaway, David Lynch and Bob Dylan: ‘My mission was to be an observer’

The frontman of the J Geils Band has had an extraordinary life, living and working with celebrities along the way, detailed in a fascinating new book

Guitar World

“I hope people hear these albums and go, ‘Oh, this is where that legendary American rock guitar archetype is from’”: This unsung guitar hero's band was called the American Led Zeppelin, and his virtuosic playing paved the way for Van Halen and Satriani

Often left out of discussions of the great rock guitarists of the '70s, Ronnie Montrose had little interest in chasing hits or following a consistent artistic path. Nonetheless, he left the guitarists who heard him spellbound

Evening Standard

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts to headline BST Hyde Park

The Canadian-American singer will be supported by Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Van Morrison for the Friday set on July 11.

The National (Scotland)

Legendary singer announces two rare Scottish shows in 2025

Van Morrison, the legendary singer-songwriter has announced a rare run of UK live performances this March 2025. He has extended his run…

The Independent UK

Van Morrison becomes first musician ‘artist in residence’ at Queen’s University

The partnership will see the veteran singer-songwriter provide two music students with fully funded scholarships.

BANG Premier

Van Morrison announces 'rare rare run of UK live performances'

Van Morrison has announced a string of UK dates this March in support of his album 'New Arrangements and Duets'.

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