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The B-52s interview: “We were this unique band, and we had no idea it was going to do what it did”
The B-52s announced in April 2022 that they would embark on a ‘farewell’ tour, contradicting their claims in 2019 that THAT tour would be their final goodbye. That year, we…
Making R.E.M.’s Out Of Time
We celebrate the album that transformed R.E.M. from arguably the world’s biggest cult band into bona fide crossover superstars, Out Of Time… By Rob Jovanovic In 1991, the chart landscape…
Mick Hucknall interview: “I feel politically homeless at the moment”
In 2019 Mick Hucknall (and Simply Red) released his 12th studio album, Blue Eyed Soul. We spoke to him about how, for a time at least, he was giving firebrand…
The Lowdown – UB40
Named after an unemployment benefit form, UB40 started out with a social conscience before claiming commercial riches on the back of 70 million-plus sales worldwide, including no.1 singles in the…
Japan compilation Exorcising Ghosts to be reissued
Exorcising Ghosts, the 1984 Japan compilation, is to be reissued as a double vinyl special edition. This new release has been mastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road…
Making Peter Gabriel’s So
Trading the eccentric for the eclectic, with So, Peter Gabriel’s multicultural musicality took its cues from across the globe, the album’s universal inclusivity transformed its creator into a star on…
The Lowdown – Squeeze
South Londoners Squeeze were chart regulars from the late 70s to the late 90s, with songwriters-in-chief Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook labelled “the new Lennon and McCartney”. Apparently, their ex-keyboardist…
Paul Young interview: “I was taking on the responsibility of being a pop star”
In 2018, Paul Young celebrated 35 years of his debut album No Parlez. We chatted to him about this blue-eyed soul classic… Of all the good-time bands on the circuit…
My Pop Life – Robin Askwith
The Confessions… and Carry On… actor talks us through his music obsessions What’s your all-time favourite album? My absolute favourite, for personal reasons, is Wish You Were Here by Pink…
Olivia Newton-John – Grease star dies aged 73
Grease star Dame Olivia Newton-John has died at the age of 73. The singer’s husband, John Easterling, said she “passed away peacefully at her ranch in southern California this morning…