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“I turned to him and said, ‘Where did you come up with that amazing bass line?’ He turned to me and said, ‘Oh, you like that?’ Like he didn't know”: The influential Chic classic that spawned one of the most recognisable basslines of all time

We pull apart this legendary funk classic and highlight the ingredients that would leave a stamp on the future of music

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“I hit the drum maybe five times. That was it. Concorde flights, 14 days in a 5-star hotel. The most expensive bit of drumming in history”: When stars of Duran Duran and Chic formed a decadent ’80s supergroup to rock out like Led Zeppelin

“I had to be, like, strapped to the desk if I was gonna get a bass line finished," John Taylor said

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New film explores how Caribbean workers helped win second world war

Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, Cornwallis Cloth ends ‘archival silence’ around invaluable West Indian contribution to war effort

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“I started pacing around the room - usually I take notes but I was just taking it all in. I went ‘Play it again'”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released back in 1991

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“Now I’m caught up in the ceaselessly toxic, dysfunctional web of Led Zeppelin interpersonal relationships”: How Phil Collins’ globe-spanning Live Aid journey led to one of the most disastrous reunions ever

The hectic day that Phil Collins Concorde-hopped between continents was mired by a shambolic reunion which he unwittingly became a part of

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“Bowie strolled into my bedroom with a guitar. ’Hey, Nile, listen to this, I think it could be a hit…”: Does Nile Rodgers deserve more credit for Bowie’s 1983 classic?

"A strummy folk guitar part with a moving voice in the chords? It didn’t even sound close to what I’d call a hit”

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“The groove was so thick, and what am I playing? A simple, Boom-Bop-Tish-Bop-Boom-Bop? It was unbelievable”: The making of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love

We go deep behind the scenes with the team behind the hard-hitting global smash that turned around Palmer’s career

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“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Best of 2024: The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991

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“I’d been playing it at the 7th fret, but then I saw a video of Bernard Edwards, and I was determined to play it right – Nile picked up on that instantly”: Jerry Barnes gives an insider’s view of Chic’s seven-minute bass anthem

Performing alongside guitarist Nile Rodgers, Jerry Barnes has bestowed his deep-pocketed basslines upon Chic since the untimely death of Bernard Edwards in 1996

Guitar World

“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991

MusicRadar

‘A system perverted by corporate money’: inside documentary sequel Food, Inc 2

An eye-opening follow-up to the 2008 breakout hit looks at how the food industry has changed, for better and worse

The Guardian - US

"Vince Neil tried to fight me and my bodyguards had to sort him out": Andy Taylor is best known as Duran Duran’s guitarist, but he's a real rocker at heart

Andy Taylor looks back on his early days with AC/DC's Brian Johnson, life as a guitar-wielding pop star, forming the Power Station and discovering Thunder

Louder

Hippotizer Media Servers Lay the Smack Down on Visuals at WrestleMania

An army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Boreal+ bring content to life in the sold-out SoFi Stadium.

AVNetwork

Let's Dance: How Nile Rodgers transformed David Bowie from arty outsider to global superstar

For David Bowie in 1983, art-rock and clown suits were in the past. He wanted to become a bona fide superstar. So he recruited the man nicknamed The Hitmaker

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The Lowlist: Chic's C'est Chic was pure groove genius

We doff our caps to the uplifting grooves and funkalicious basslines of Chic's second album

Daily Mirror

Tyson Fury explains why he would happily retire without Anthony Joshua fight

World heavyweight champion Fury has had a long-standing rivalry with Joshua, but believes that the two-time champion will join David Price and David Haye on the pile of fights that never happened

Wales Online

Teen quizzed after goalkeeper's bottle appeared to be laced with urine at match

Goalie Tony Thompson was sent off after the incident in which a fan allegedly swapped his bottle for one filled with urine

The Guardian - UK

Gianni Infantino drops some bars. As if this wasn’t tough enough already

In today’s Football Daily: We’ve seen worse! Plus Cristiano Ronaldo and more

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Hunt for football fan who allegedly urinated in goalkeeper's water bottle

The club will issue lifetime bans to those found to be involved in the disgusting incident

Liverpool Echo

Goalkeeper 'fallen out of love with football' after fan urinated into his water bottle

The keeper was shown a red card after the incident

Liverpool Echo

Non-league goalkeeper sent off after confronting 'fan' who urinated in his water bottle

Warrington Town 'keeper Tony Thompson saw red on Saturday in the most bizarre circumstances.

The Independent UK

‘Disgusting’: Goalkeeper ‘drinks urine’ after bottle swapped by rival fan

Warrington Town’s Tony Thompson said he was ‘knocked sick’ by the incident during his side’s FA Trophy defeat to Guiseley, which then saw him sent off for his angry reaction

The Independent UK

Goalkeeper sent off after confronting fan who allegedly urinated in his bottle

Warrington Town’s Tony Thompson said he was “knocked sick” by the incident during his side’s FA Trophy defeat to Guiseley.

Daily Mirror

Goalkeeper drank from bottle fan 'urinated' in before being sent off for spraying him

Warrington Town's goalkeeper Tony Thompson has hit out at a fan he claims "p***ed" in his water bottle during the FA Trophy clash with Guiseley as his manager told the spectator to "hang his head in shame"

The Guardian - UK

Lies, spies and dirty tricks: the truth about Britain’s undercover police

The Observer exposed infiltration practices in 2010 – the BBC’s Sherwood shows how TV drama can keep the issue alive

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