Everybody has got to start somewhere, and there is an entire wasteland of doomed bands who have tried everything to get a foothold in the industry; even Nirvana, the harbingers of the grunge revolution and devoted critics of the mainstream music industry, had to grit their teeth and bear it when Sub Pop demanded that […]
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By the 1970s, most rock fans had made peace with the fact that The Beatles would never get back together. Even though it felt like the Fab Four could have continued for decades, the ongoing tension between the members began to eat away at their creativity, leading to all of them making smashes in their […]
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The thundering, ferocious Led Zeppelin’s sound wouldn’t have been the same without John Bonham. His piledriving drum beats were arguably the band’s signature element, alongside Robert Plant’s rasping howls, Jimmy Page’s orchestral wails, and John Paul Jones’ near neo-classic compositions. They were certainly an ensemble, but you could argue that the drums were the facet […]
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Recently, the song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ celebrated its 50th anniversary, and fans of Queen everywhere came out to praise the classic. You can’t blame them either. How often do you find yourself talking to fans of a certain band, hearing them ramble on about the so-called classics they adore, only for you to think, “It’s not […]
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It goes without saying that all of The Beatles had a certain sense of artistic proclivity, but John Lennon had a greater notion for the whimsy, the windswept, and the magic than most. The cynics out there might attribute that to a level of drugs he was taking at the height of his career in […]
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Brian May has hit out against Sam Mendes’ upcoming set of biopics on The Beatles, describing it as “pretty invidious”. Rather than telling the story of the Fab Four in one film, Mendes is making four movies, which will explore their iconic tale from the perspective of each member. Sony has hailed it as “the […]
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The trailer arrives without spectacle, but it stays. A few measured images, a slower rhythm, and a voice that does not rush to reassure. Paul McCartney introduces Man on the Run, set to premiere February 27 on Prime Video, not as a victory lap, but as a reckoning. From its opening moments, the film acknowledges […]
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At 78, Robert Plant shows no interest in reliving old glories. Instead, at the beginning of 2026, he has chosen a different path—one that feels deeply personal, reflective, and unmistakably human. The new song he has quietly confirmed will debut during the upcoming tour is not connected to Led Zeppelin. It belongs to Saving Grace, […]
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Queen guitarist Brian May has ruled the band out of performing at Glastonbury Festival in the future. May has spent the last decade campaigning against the culling of badgers by farmers in order to stop bovine tuberculosis from spreading to herds of cattle. In 2013, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis announced his support for badger culling, […]
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Paul McCartney has honoured the late Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir following his death earlier this month. On January 10th, it was confirmed by Weir’s family that he had died aged 78 due to underlying lung issues. He had also been diagnosed with cancer in 2025, but managed to ov His family said of Weir: […]
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