Given the longevity of The Rolling Stones, it’s easy to forget that there was once a period when they genuinely didn’t think they’d survive. The music was bad, the atmosphere was worse, and the situation was really, really nasty. There had been plenty of other incredibly rocky moments for the band. As the situation with […]
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When a celebrity dies, large portions of the world fall into mourning. However, in the parasocial element of people’s connections to their favourite artist, the fact that they’re a real, genuine human with family and friends and a normal life under the fame can get lost. When they die, their deaths can become a thing […]
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George Harrison’s last unfinished demo was never meant for the world. It was not written for an album, a release date, or an audience waiting to be moved. It was captured quietly, almost accidentally, on a small bedside tape recorder in the final hours of his life. The room was dark. The voice was frail. […]
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The lights softened, not to announce a spectacle, but to invite stillness. An arena filled with 31,311 people did something rare—it held its breath. No phones raised high, no voices cutting the air. Just attention. At the center of it all stood Robert Plant, older now, composed, carrying a gravity that only time can teach. […]
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Despite the legendary parameters of his humorous demeanour and almost comical dedication to peace and love, Ringo Starr knows a thing or two about music. As the drummer of The Beatles, he played a crucial role in culture breaking off from the past and moving into its expressive future. Since the Liverpudlian quartet split in […]
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Sean Ono Lennon has opened up about his role in protecting the legacy of The Beatles. Lennon is the custodian of his parents’ work and has taken over from Yoko Ono, who is now 92, in protecting the material they made during their iconic careers. In a new interview with CBS’s Sunday Morning, Lennon did […]
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In the quiet shadow of Christmas, when the world grows softer and memory walks closer than noise, Robert Plant returned to a song that was never meant to be seasonal, yet has slowly become one of the most personal moments of his life. It was born from grief, shaped by silence, and carried for years […]
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Brian May has confirmed that Queen are set to unveil a lost Christmas song that the band originally recorded in 1974. The track, ‘Not for Sale (Polar Bear)’, was originally recorded during the making of the band’s second album Queen II, but was ultimately not selected to be on the final tracklist. Since then, it […]
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The ending of The Beatles was never going to be easy for anyone to deal with. Outside of the massive void that the Fab Four left in pop music with their split, every one of the members would end up having to put the pieces back together in their solo careers as well, each having […]
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No rule says an artist must love every song they put out. For all of the great anthems that might come out of songwriting sessions, there are likely to be more silly detours that don’t necessarily measure up to the standards that came a few days before. Although Paul McCartney rarely struck out when writing […]
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