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“Martin Gore brought along his synthesizer – we thought, this is a lot easier than learning chords on a guitar and you only need one finger to play it”: Vince Clarke on the early days of Depeche Mode and his first synth memories

Vince Clarke spoke to MusicRadar a few years back and reminisced with us about those foundational days with his Depeche Mode cohorts

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Thursday news quiz: Channel skirmishes, stolen mopeds and drum disasters

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

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“I understood it as a great pop song, but I wasn't sure on the very first listen as to whether I liked it or not”: How Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke bottled the sound of heartbreak with Only You

Clarke had created Just Can't Get Enough with Depeche Mode, but Only You would be his most important song

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Alison Moyet says she is ‘away from’ French wildfire after being caught in blaze

Moyet was on holiday in Aude when she documented the wildfire blazing through parts of the region.

Evening Standard

“Then his mic fails and Pete Townshend grabs me from one side and says, ‘Let’s help him'. David Bowie grabs me from the other, and with Alison we went out to sing along": Bob Geldof on how Paul McCartney’s Live Aid performance was almost a disaster

“He was driving up from Sussex, listening to U2 on the radio, and they were so good, he was getting really nervous,” remembers Geldof

MusicRadar

You can stick your Manchester and stick your London: here’s 10 reasons why Essex is responsible for the UK’s best ever artists (as decided by an Essex boy)

Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure!

Louder

OPINION - I spent 16 years at the top of British fashion — and this is what I learnt

As I step into my final season as CEO of the British Fashion Council, I can’t help but look back and reflect on the extraordinary moments I’ve been able to witness in my 16 years at the helm. The most iconic? Sitting next to the late Queen on the front…

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The Human League and Alison Moyet set for Kew The Music 2025

Kew The Music 2025's latest additions include The Human League and Alison Moyet.

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‘It was a really lonely time’: Alison Moyet and Dave Stewart on making Is This Love?

‘The lyrics reflect the fact that I was in quite a dark place – but subverting it all, in a GCSE English kind of way’

The Guardian - UK

Fairground Attraction on making Perfect: ‘By the third chorus, everyone was singing along’

‘After its success, I drank free champagne, met Paul McCartney – and used our record company’s phones to call my aunts in America and Canada’

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Tennis ace Venus Williams serves up a show all about art

In this week’s newsletter: The seven-time grand slam winner and patron of the arts hosts a new series, Widening the Lens. Plus: five of the best podcasts about the single life

The Guardian - UK

Vince Clarke: "Martin Gore brought along his synthesizer, we looked at the thing and thought, this is a lot easier than learning chords on a guitar and you only need one finger to play it"

As synth icon Vince Clarke releases his debut solo album, Danny Turner discovers how he’s embraced the electronic dark side

MusicRadar

Lytham Festival 2022 line up includes Diana Ross, Lewis Capaldi, Elbow and more

The 10-day festival starts tomorrow - and tickets are still available to buy now

Daily Mirror

Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode founding keyboardist, dies at 60

A person close to the band said Fletcher died Thursday from natural causes at his home in the United Kingdom.

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Major music stars including Diana Ross and Tom Jones to perform at outdoor concerts series at Longleat

The iconic Diana Ross will be stopping off on her first tour in 22 years

The Guardian - UK

Music, memory and my dad: how songs define and shape us

The Flying Pickets’ Only You unlocks such visceral emotions for Jude Rogers that it can stop her in her tracks. In this extract from her new book, she asks what science lies behind the power of music to make the past vividly present

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