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Elton John hails Brian Wilson as the 'biggest influence on my songwriting ever' as tributes to Beach Boys genius pour in

Posting on Instagram, Sir Elton said Wilson was ‘always so kind to me’ and ‘the biggest influence on my songwriting ever’

Evening Standard

Joan Baez shares the pointer she would have given Timothée Chalamet for playing Bob Dylan

Folk music legend said she felt Chalamet’s depiction of Dylan was ‘too squeaky clean’

The Independent UK

7 of the best celebrity whiskies of 2026: From Hollywood legends to music icons

The famous faces with a hand in the dram

Evening Standard

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Best films of 2025 in the UK so far

From a dark and death-haunted classic by Mike Leigh to Tom Cruise’s final highwire stunt and Timothée Chalamet’s brilliant embodiment of Dylan we rewind six months of sensational cinema – in order of their UK release date

The Guardian - UK

‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’

The Guardian - UK

9 movies and shows I streamed on Netflix, Prime Video, and more in May 2025 – I finally watched these two Best Picture nominees

My streaming diaries continue, and May was an eventful month of movies and shows to say the least – here are 9 titles I watched.

TechRadar

The Glastonbury act no one has heard of

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Who will play Glastonbury’s secret sets? Fans speculate wildly over mystery band Patchwork

Mystery band are booked in a prime spot on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday evening, with Haim and Chappell Roan among the rumoured artists

The Independent UK

‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art

The Britpop-defying indie trio are calling it a day after 35 years. From having their minds blown by techno to fireworks night with Aphex Twin, they recall the highs – and explain their eternal ‘psychic’ bond

The Guardian - UK

Funeral for Welsh musician Mike Peters ‘spot on perfect’, long-time friend says

Mike Peters died at the age of 66 in April from blood cancer, more than 30 years after he was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Evening Standard

Fans to join family and friends of musician Mike Peters at his funeral in Wales

The Alarm frontman died in April at the age of 66 after battling aggressive blood cancer.

The Independent UK

Timothée Chalamet Is Still Pushing to Play Ernie Johnson in Biopic After Meet-Up

Johnson told Chalamet he made him "the coolest grandpa of all time."

Sports Illustrated

The sacred duty of playing the hits

Founding members of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, hold the notes of memory

Salon

“I had no inkling Tom would go so early. I always wondered who would go first. I’m still grieving”: Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker

The life and times of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell

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Bob Dylan joined by Billy Strings for cover of All Along The Watchtower

Bob Dylan performed with bluegrass star Billy Strings at a recent stop on Willie Nelson's 'Outlaw Music Festival Tour'.

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“Most celebrities are dullards. I met a lot of these clowns and you assume they’re smart. They are not!” Why the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is one of the last rock stars unafraid of saying what’s on her mind

In 2016, the Pretenders released their 10th album, Alone - but Chrissie Hynde was showing no sign of playing the game

Evening Standard

Why Brussels is the hot place to visit now and Bob Dylan’s art is best avoided… What's hot (and not) this week

What’s going up... and what’s going down— keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

MusicRadar

“I'm sure you all agree, I'm hardly Bob Dylan”: Charli xcx scoops the Songwriter of the Year award at this year’s Ivor Novellos

Other winners at last night's event included U2, Robbie Williams, Brandon Flowers, Berwyn and Self Esteem

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Charli xcx quips 'I am hardly Bob Dylan' as she's crowned Songwriter of the Year at The Ivor Novello Awards

Charli xcx, U2, Robbie Williams and more were honored at this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

Guitar World

“I don’t have the words right now to express the loss of such a special man”: Jim Irsay, billionaire philanthropist and owner of the world’s greatest guitar collection, dies aged 65

The Indianapolis Colts owner had assembled a revered and hugely valuable guitar haul that included David Gilmour’s Black Strat, Bob Dylan’s Newport Folk Festival Strat, and Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang

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Our Annual Grandparents’ Guide to Today’s Pop Artists

If you grew up loving Dylan, Coltrane or other great artists, here are some modern musicians that tap into similar styles and spirits. Check out our playlist.

Guitar World

“The event organizer said, ‘You know that little fellow who followed you around with his briefcase? He’s Bob Dylan.’ I said, ‘Who’s Bob Dylan?’” Peggy Seeger on the first time she unknowingly met a future folk icon

Seeger recalls meeting Robert Zimmerman – better known as Bob Dylan – back when he was a student

Guitar World

“Geffen thought we were too young to write our own songs. Bob Dylan wrote a song, Bruce Springsteen had a song”: Ryan Hedgecock on Lone Justice's brief but fierce ’80s run – and how Tom Petty and Mike Campbell ended up penning a song on their debut

The promising young band were the subject of a flurry of publicity after they were signed to Geffen, but a behind-the-scenes mismatch in vision led to the outfit's premature demise

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The Kooks guitarist Hugh Harris shares bold biopic opinion - 'it's inherently bias'

The Kooks guitarist Hugh Harris doesn't think any band or artist should have a movie made about their life until they are dead.

Louder

"Driving in the middle of the night in North Ontario, someone flags us down. At that same moment, I smell smoke": Six things you didn't know about The Damn Truth

They were saved by the rock community, they’re produced byBob Rock and dug by Billy Gibbons. They're Canadian rockers The Damn Truth

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