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Questlove and Prince
Questlove on the moment he discovered what ended up becoming his favourite Prince song

By Ben Rogerson Published

“At the five minute 18 second part, Prince transforms this song, and at the time, I didn't realise what he was doing”

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“At the end of the session Jimmy said, referring to Pity the Fool, 'Well, it's definitely not going to be a hit.' And he was right.”

By Beth Simpson Published

Early Bowie recordings featuring Jimmy Page to be released

Singers & Songwriters
Dua Lipa (R) and Ian Kirkpatrick attend the Second Annual Variety Hitmakers Brunch at The Sunset Tower Hotel on December 1, 2018 in West Hollywood.
Producer Ian Kirkpatrick on how AutoTune enabled him to use a Dua Lipa demo vocal on a finished track

By Ben Rogerson Published

“The vocal on it is the vocal we recorded on the day on an SM7, realtime AutoTune, on the couch. I just left it on the track and that was it”

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Billy Joel
“I didn’t even want to put it on the album. Linda Ronstadt goes, ‘Are you out of your mind?’”

By Paul Elliott Published

Plus: the song Joel wrote in memory of John Lennon

Artists
“The most idiotic idea ever”: Mike D talks about the Beasties’ fall out with Russell Simmons and that hydraulic penis

By Beth Simpson Published

It was featured on the Licensed To Ill show

Singers & Songwriters
LONDON - JUNE 20: David Bowie and Mick Jagger performing on stage at The Prince's Trust 10th Birthday Party at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom on 20th June 1986. (Photo by Brian Cooke/Redferns)
David Bowie admitted that he stole the Stones' sound on one classic song, says Mick Jagger

By Beth Simpson Published

Jagger also recalls the time that John Lennon talked him about of meeting Elvis

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English drummer, singer, songwriter, and former member of the rock band Genesis, Phil Collins performs onstage at the Joe Louis Arena during the first show of the band's Invisible Touch Tour, on September 18, 1986, in Detroit, Michigan.
Phil Collins thinks he might know why Noel Gallagher once called him “the antichrist of music”

By Ben Rogerson Published

Could a scary experience at a Genesis gig have inspired the insult?

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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - OCTOBER 27: Lindsey Buckingham performs at The Brown Theatre on October 27, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)
Could a Fleetwood Mac Sphere residency be on the cards? Lindsey Buckingham isn’t ruling it out

By Ben Rogerson Published

The possibility of playing there was raised while Buckingham was sharing his admiration for John Mayer

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Este Haim performs onstage at The Kia Forum on October 09, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for ABA)
Este Haim says sibling rivalry, Princess Peach and Tina Weymouth led her to the bass guitar

By Ben Rogerson Published

"I was moping around, like, ‘I don't have any talent. What is my place in the world?’ At eight years old! Existential crisis. So my dad was like, ‘I got an idea’”

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Talking Heads frontman David Byrne discusses treating the studio "like a playground" with Brian Eno

By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published

Byrne also spoke about touring with Ramones and taking inspiration from Lou Reed

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