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“I went to the label and said, ‘This song sucks. This is not the song I wrote.’”: The war over a ’90s anthem
By Neil Crossley published
An idiosyncratic and insanely catchy rock-pop classic

“There is no possible way that I would do that”: David Gilmour shuts door on idea of ever performing with Roger Waters again
By Will Simpson published
Plus his wife Polly Samson reveals why she condemned Waters as “anti-Semitic” on X

“I would come into the studio and people didn’t want to listen to me”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create her first big hit
By Amit Sharma published
It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix

“She had nailed her interpretation of that song before she came to the studio”: When Heaven 17 revived Tina Turner’s career
By Will Simpson published
The soul legend recorded Let’s Stay Together in one take

How Prince embraced The Beatles and recorded one of the most vulnerable ballads of his career
By Ben Rogerson published
“He’d moved past the pop simplicity of Purple Rain - this was Gershwin-esque," says drummer Bobby Z

Over fifty artists to take part in Kate Bush-backed fundraising project for War Child
By Will Simpson published
They have to 'respond' to her line in Running Up That Hill

Beyoncé, Lauryn Hill, Jacob Collier, Flea and many more pay tribute to D'Angelo
By Ben Rogerson published
Fans have also been celebrating his musicianship and artistry on social media

Neo-soul pioneer D’Angelo has died, aged 51
By Ben Rogerson published
He released three of the greatest albums of the past 30 years
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