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UNBELIEVABLE: Absolute radio | History Defined

Johnny Marr responds to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham serenading Ukrainian soldiers with the Smiths riff: “It’s a victory for the guitar”

Burnham played The Smiths’ Rusholme Ruffians to soldiers in a mobile recording studio in Kyiv, and the man who wrote the song couldn’t be happier

Guitar World

"Music is always interesting when no one knows where the hell it came from." Steve Coogan on the game-changing impact of Nirvana and The Smiths, and why he loves both bands

"When Nirvana released Nevermind, that just redefined everything"

Louder

Scott Mills sacked latest: BBC apologises for failing to investigate claims against Radio 2 DJ last year

Journalist told corporation bosses of concerns but received no response

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Noel Gallagher's 'spot-on' impression of Ozzy Osbourne resurfaces after music legend's death

‘A bit of advice for you and your brother: try and smile a bit more,’ Ozzy apparently told Noel

Evening Standard

Frank Skinner marries long-term girlfriend after proposals rejected four times

Speaking on a podcast episode, Skinner told his co-hosts that the pair got married on Monday at Camden Town Hall after 24 years together.

Evening Standard

The Beatles land first BRIT Award nomination in over 40 years

The nominees for the year's BRIT Awards with Mastercard include Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, and The Beatles.

BANG Premier

“I played and sang Suffragette City and everyone else was doing Foxy Lady – I was so drunk, I didn’t even know”: The Cure’s Robert Smith on his disastrous first show as a singer and guitarist... when he butchered a Jimi Hendrix classic

Smith only carried on fronting the band because he’d fallen out with everyone who filled the role

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The week in audio: Hooked on Freddie; Case 63; Absolute Radio – review

A real-life dolphin saga has it all; Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac sizzle in the returning time-travel drama; and happy 15th birthday to a commercial radio gem

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom fines Absolute Radio owner for turning off service

The media regulator said it was forced to revoke the station's national licence on February 13 under the Broadcasting Act 1990

Wales Online

Ofcom fines Bauer Radio £25,000 after halting Absolute Radio AM service

The station told Ofcom in December last year it was planning end the service due to ‘declining audience’ and ‘rising cost of transmission’.

The Independent UK

Inquest opens into Frank Skinner's co-star Gareth Richards' tragic death at 41

An inquest into comedian Gareth Richards' death has opened today after The Frank Skinner Show co-host died following a serious car crash

Daily Mirror

Frank Skinner cries during first radio appearance since co-host Gareth Richards’ death

‘You’re allowed to cry, but you have to laugh as well. I think he would have insisted on that,’ comedian said

The Independent UK

Frank Skinner cries as he pays tribute to former co-host Gareth Richards live on radio

‘You’re allowed to cry, but you have to laugh as well. I think he would have insisted on that,’ comedian said

The Independent UK

UK comedians pay tribute to Gareth Richards after his death at 41

Co-host of Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio show dies from injuries sustained in car crash in late March

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The Independent UK

Gareth Richards death: Comedian dies aged 41 after ‘terrible’ car accident

Comedian died 11 days after he was involved in a major car collision

Daily Mirror

Gareth Richards dies aged 41 after comedian pal of Frank Skinner in 'terrible' car crash

Gareth Richards' family have shared an update after Frank Skinner broke down in tears on his Absolute Radio show as he revealed the tragic news that his close friend Gareth is fighting for his life

Daily Record

Absolute radio host Frank Skinner breaks down in tears on show as co-host fights for his life

The 66-year-old revealed the tragic news that his close friend and former co-host Gareth Richards is fighting for his life after a serious road accident.

Daily Mirror

Frank Skinner breaks down in tears on radio show as co-host fights for his life

Frank Skinner broke down in tears live on his Absolute Radio show today as he revealed the tragic news that his close friend and former co-host Gareth Richards is fighting for his life

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Evening Standard

Wet Leg’s second album is “in the bag” - but there’s no release date yet

The indie rock duo are blessing us with more bangers

Mic

Noel Gallagher doesn’t think Harry Styles is a “real” musician

The Oasis frontman is again taking digs at Styles’s legitimacy as a songwriter and 'The X Factor' show that launched the 'Watermelon Sugar' singer's career.

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Siege; Archive on 4: Wonderlands; Backlisted; Headwaters; Absolute Radio Natalie

A new Radio 4 thriller electrified; Frank Cottrell-Boyce made a compelling case for children’s books; and a charming listener got to run her own station for the day

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