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“It’s kind of gothic post-punk”: Spandau Ballet drop a lost early track from new box set
By Will Simpson published
Everything Is Now 1978 - 1982 covers band’s early New Romantic years

“This book truly conveys what it felt like to be a member of the Smiths”: Mike Joyce’s memoir to be published in November
By Will Simpson published
The Drums will be a “no-holds barred” autobiography, publisher promises

Forwards Festival 2025 review: Orbital, Barry Can’t Swim, Olivia Dean, Jorja Smith and more
By Si Truss, Ben Rogerson published
Nia Archives was drafted in after the US star’s late withdrawal

What’s on Josh Homme’s to-do list when Queens Of The Stone Age play Sheffield next week?
By Will Simpson published
You might see him lurking around High Green

How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses for 19 years
By Paul Elliott published
And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

“I said to Freddie, ‘We should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems
By Paul Elliott published
“I was hoping it would catch on," Brian May said

“We decided that our audiences would come along with us”: Paul McCartney on how the avant garde influenced the Beatles
By Will Simpson published
I Am The Walrus drew from John Cage

The Who are forced to postpone Philly date on final US tour due to “illness”
By Will Simpson published
Though it’s not known who exactly is ill
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