We can argue all day long about what the best decade for music was, but in this writer’s opinion, it was the 1970s. The 1960s were also great, but they felt like a benchmark-setting year, one where the public got to witness just how impactful music could be and therefore devotion to artists, styles and […]
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For decades, the voice of Robert Plant has been inseparable from the myth and magnitude of Led Zeppelin. To listeners around the world, it represented freedom, power, and a time when music felt capable of reshaping identity itself. That voice became a symbol, fixed in collective memory, endlessly replayed and endlessly celebrated. Yet behind that […]
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There’s no way of accurately describing the kind of relationship that John Lennon and Paul McCartney had throughout The Beatles. Every great partnership in music has descended from what they did, and when looking at the broad scope of music, they deserve a spot next to people like Gilbert and Sullivan for the melodies they […]
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On a destined evening in Las Vegas, beneath the glowing lights of a legendary open-air venue, history unfolded with a quiet authority that no spectacle could imitate. It was January 8, the birthday of Elvis Presley, and without warning or grand buildup, 32,141 people found themselves standing at once—not prompted, not instructed, but compelled by […]
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By the time Led Zeppelin came to record their fourth album, they were essentially already confirmed to be the biggest hard rock band in the world, and it was anyone’s guess as to how they could top their previous efforts. Back in 1971, there was seemingly no cap on the budget pumped into a band […]
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Skepticism filled the room before a single note was played. On September 4, 1962, inside the controlled calm of Abbey Road Studios, expectations were carefully guarded. George Martin had seen talented musicians come and go, and the arrival of a new drummer was not something he treated lightly. This was not a rehearsal. It was […]
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It is difficult to imagine it now, in the age of music streaming, when we all have virtually every song ever recorded at our beck and call, but for over 40 years, the prevailing method of music consumption in the United Kingdom was Top of the Pops – at its prime, this televisual cultural institution […]
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Close your eyes for just a moment and imagine something few ever believed could happen. In August 2026, under the lights of the world’s most iconic arenas across Europe and North America, men who once reshaped music itself will walk onto the same stage—not as rivals, not as memories, but as living history. What was […]
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It appeared without warning and without ownership. No name. No explanation. Just scanned pages circulating online, their edges uneven, the handwriting personal and unmistakably human. Within hours, excerpts attributed to George Harrison were being shared across continents, passed from screen to screen with a mix of disbelief, reverence, and unease. By morning, the posts had […]
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On August 20th, 1969, the four members of The Beatles gathered in Studio 2 of Abbey Road with producer George Martin. They were putting the finishing touches to a song as they often did, overdubbing harmonised backing vocals and instrumental takes the same way they’d done since their early singles. At the time, though some […]
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