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The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

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“Rick Wakeman’s solo albums were just brilliant… when I heard he was doing Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace, I bought 12 tickets”: Prog is the reason Rick Astley became a singer

Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes

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"Freddie’s ideas were off the wall and cheeky and different, and we tended to encourage them, but sometimes they were not brilliant.” Queen's Brian May reveals one of Freddie Mercury's grand ideas that got vetoed by the rest of the band

"We all looked at each other and said, Well, maybe we should think about it, Freddie."

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“The concept of cool and uncool is completely gone, which is good and bad… people are unashamedly listening to Rick Astley. You’ve got to draw a line somewhere!” Mogwai and the making of prog-curious album The Bad Fire

Stuart Braithwaite found himself unexpectedly inspired by King Crimson on his band’s 11th record – and the influence of Pink Floyd could appear on their next

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How your purchase of albums by The Cure, U2, Chvrches and more on Record Store Day can help benefit children living in war zones worldwide

Buy a vinyl record on Record Store Day, help a good cause: win-win

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"The quality is unreal. How is this even possible to have?" Record shop owner finds 1962 Beatles' audition tape that a British label famously decided wasn't good enough to earn Lennon and McCartney's band a record deal

Listen to The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, play Money on a newly discovered 1962 audition tape

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"When the storm clouds clear, the band’s innate pop sensibilities shine as brightly as ever": In a world of bread-and-butter rock bands, The Darkness remain the toast of the town

Grain expectations: Lowestoft legends The Darkness mix it up on eighth studio album Dreams On Toast

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“My totalitarian rule might not be cool, but at least we’ve made interesting records. At least we polarise people”: It took The Mars Volta three years and several arguments to make Noctourniquet

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez challenged himself to stop aiming for perfection, and challenged old friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala to write direct lyrics. It wasn’t easy for either of them

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"This is my baby, my passion – because Rosetta deserves": Lizzo to play rock'n'roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in upcoming biopic

Rosetta, a film about the life of one of rock'n'roll's founding mothers, is the culmination of several years' work for Lizzo

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"Don't worry, it's not the worst. It's not what you think": Nancy Wilson reassures fans concerned about Ann Wilson's onstage wheelchair

As Heart resume their Royal Flush tour, Ann Wilson reveals she's been writing songs and is pushing for the band to record a new album

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"Open the dance floor, you’ll never get to do it again." Forget John Lydon's bitter and boring "karaoke" jibes, with Frank Carter up front, the Sex Pistols sound like the world's greatest punk band once more

The rejuvenated Sex Pistols - or Frank Carter, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook if we must legally refrain from using that name - deliver a joyous start to this year's Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall gig week

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"I was crying reading the text." Adolescence star Stephen Graham reveals the "beautiful" text message he received from "working class hero" Bruce Springsteen

'The Boss' was touched by Stephen Graham's performance in forthcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere

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“We spent seven months on David Gilmour’s boat and almost bankrupted ourselves. But Bob encouraged us to dream big”: How Bob Ezrin brought out the prog in Kula Shaker

Crispian Mills hails the “complete maniac” Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and Alice Cooper producer for his work on 1999 album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts

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Foreigner's farewell tour will visit Canada with a singer and actor from Nova Scotia as frontman

"He is not only a consummate vocalist, but a verified Broadway actor to boot" - Mick Jones

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Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham are working together again

Photos posted on social media show Lindsey Buckingham in the studio with Mick Fleetwood for the first time since being fired by Fleetwood Mac seven years ago

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In these troubled times, what we really need is a honky tonk single from The Darkness tackling the issue of male flatulence during lovemaking

Hot On My Tail comes from Dreams On Toast, the new album from The Darkness

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"It's embarrassing to be American now." Heart's Nancy Wilson hits out at America's "salacious billionaire culture" and says it's embarrassing to be an American in 2025

"There'll be another renaissance in the arts to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys"

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"I'm not as humourless as my music!" Steven Wilson announces comedians as support acts for upcoming London Palladium shows

Stewart Lee, Al Murray, Clinton Baptiste and Frank Skinner will all support Steven Wilson on different nights

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Watch Living Colour's Corey Glover deliver a killer performance of the band's signature anthem Cult Of Personality on The Kelly Clarkson Show

A Living Colour classic on daytime TV in America? More of this please

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Buckcherry, Luke Spiller, Battlesnake and five other speed kings and highway stars

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“It was wonderful, ecstatic, thrilling, boring, horrible, oppressive, heartbreaking." The Pogues' Jem Finer on life in a band with the "maddening" Shane MacGowan

The Pogues' Jem Finer recalls life in the original line-up

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“This new album is as powerful as any of my work to date.” Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy announces Silver Shade, his first solo album in 11 years, featuring collaborations with Trent Reznor, Tool's Justin Chancellor and Boy George

Listen to new Peter Murphy single The Artroom Wonder, featuring Justin Chancellor from Tool

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Previously unseen Led Zeppelin artwork discovered by same man who found slice of George Harrison's leftover toast

What are the chances?

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"Not just one of the best British rock albums of all time, but one of the best debut albums ever made": That time The Darkness added a riot of colour to a grey musical landscape

Two decades on and people still can't decide whether Permission To Land is parody, pastiche or perfection

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“Every record was a battle… I was listening, like, ‘This is amazing!’ but Robert Fripp was reliving the pain and trying to find his way through that”: What Steven Wilson learned from remixing King Crimson

Admitting that arrogance played a role in accepting the challenge, Wilson was left with an even greater appreciation of Fripp’s achievements

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