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Bieber vs Carpenter: Fans are comparing and contrasting the two Coachella headliners
By Beth Simpson published
Carpenter brought a full Hollywood production – Bieber just his laptop

“Joni hates the word ‘confessional’ as it implies you’ve done something wrong”: Brandi Carlile names her favourite Joni Mitchell album
By Paul Elliott published
Carlile and Mitchell have formed a strong bond in recent years

“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a superstar
By Neil Crossley published
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

Billy Corgan suffers mic malfunction as he makes his first ever appearance at Coachella alongside Sombr
By Ben Rogerson published
You wait 30 years to sing one of your biggest hits in the desert, and then this happens

“I can’t believe I did that”: Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan on her beloved red Strat she sold for just $25
By Beth Simpson published
It was the guitar she learned on

“Slacker my ass! I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”: How the “worst rapper in the world” became an alt-rock icon
By Amit Sharma published
“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”

"The record company went berserk”: How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo had to fight to release Love Is A Battlefield
By Beth Simpson published
Love Is a Battlefield introduced the Linn Drum into mainstream rock

The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution
By Neil Crossley published
“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”
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