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Short Stories 2024: Dinner Time

Elermore Vale's Sally Davies is a finalist in the Newcastle Herald Short Story Competition 2024 with this entry, Dinner Time.

Newcastle Herald

“It was when we knew Roger Waters wasn’t going to be part of anything we did, but before he’d officially left. He had us trapped in limbo. I was putting my toe in the water”: David Gilmour’s solo career

Despite saying it’s less complicated to work alone, David Gilmour’s association with Pink Floyd means he never wandered far, or for long, from the band

Louder

Kevin Rowland: ‘I couldn’t ever see myself doing the music again. I was violently against it’

The Dexys lead singer explains how tai chi and a vegan diet helped him find his creative energy – and why he was too shy to say hello to Bryan Ferry

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"We could have been bigger had we had an amazing manager. We’re our own worst enemies": How Roxy Music got it together despite themselves

They looked like they were from “Planet Zog” and sneaked through a gap created by drug addiction - but the members accept they could have made it easier for themselves

Louder

“This is what I can’t bear about fans: they assume songwriters are writing about themselves all the time” - Brian Eno’s quest to deliver “interleaved stories”

Music as movement, speakers in teapots and laughing with Robert Fripp are all part of the great experimenter’s process

Louder

That time Thom Yorke formed a glam rock band with members of Radiohead, Suede, Roxy Music and, umm, David Gray’s drummer

When Thom Yorke was recruited for fictional band The Venus In Furs as part of the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack, the Radiohead singer was told to “ham it up”

Louder

Guy Pratt: “I always thought that the second I walked out the studio, the producer would be on the phone to Pino Palladino”

The session stalwart discusses his career as a sideman, gigging with Pink Floyd, and chatting to Noel Gallagher and Suzi Quatro for his music podcast, The Rockonteurs

Guitar World

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‘It speaks straight from the heart’: Bryan Ferry, Adele and Engelbert Humperdinck on Bob Dylan’s Make You Feel My Love

As the ballad appears on the latest Bootleg Sessions box set, some of the many artists who have covered it explain why it tugs their heartstrings

The Guardian - UK

Barman, teacher and waitress: Jobs North East celebrities used to do before they found fame

It wasn't always a case of glitz and glamour for these North East-born celebrities - many of whom working regular old day jobs before they found stardom.

Chronicle Live

Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

Newcastle Herald

Jazz, Nazis and Bryan Ferry: how Babylon Berlin became TV’s most decadent drama

It’s the most expensive – and most successful – German drama ever made. As its brilliant portrait of the tragic hedonism of 1930s Berlin reaches a season finale, the team behind it tell its tale

The Guardian - UK

Famous faces who studied at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities

Thousands of students have passed through the doors of the city's universities - and some have gone on to reach dazzling heights after graduation

Chronicle Live

Review and photos: Roxy Music wow Manchester AO Arena

It is their first tour in 10 years, and feels a lifetime away from their visit to the Stretford Hardrock more than half a century ago.

Manchester Evening News

Roxy Music review – arch art-rockers peacock their peerless anthems

Reuniting for a 50th anniversary tour, the band have lost none of their sophisticated swagger in a career-spanning set which highlights their enduring originality and influence

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The Independent UK

Roxy Music review, Los Angeles: After 50 years, few bands deliver more than this

Bryan Ferry and company celebrate half a century of louche love songs over a triumphant two hours at The Forum

Tribune News Service

Roxy Music great talks reunion tour, timeless nature of 1st album

Phil Manzanera’s introduction to Roxy Music happened over a half-century ago.

Tribune News Service

Top 25 Roxy Music songs of all time (ranked in order)

Very few bands can boast the wide-ranging influence of Roxy Music.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: who are the celebrities under those ridiculous masks?

The Masked Dancer returns for another fun season. Plus: a fun night ahead for Bryan Ferry fans. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Daily Mirror

Jerry Hall's relationship history and net worth as model divorces Rupert Murdoch

Texan model and actress Jerry Hall is single once again at the age of 65 following her split from husband and media mogul Rupert Murdoch after six years of marriage

Manchester Evening News

Lost underground Manchester club with six dancefloors 'like Aliens movie lair'

Basement nightclub Pips was an iconic venue for Manchester's goth, new wave and new romantic music fans

Salon

Bowie & Roxy made history 50 years ago

On June 16, 1972, a glam, cosmic musical Big Bang occurred

The Guardian - UK

Amanda Lear: the androgynous muse to Dalí who made disco intellectual

The subject of a new documentary, who is also portrayed in an upcoming Dalí biopic, scorned modelling as ‘immoral and stupid’, turning instead to a lifetime of underrated, high-minded pop

Chronicle Live

Bryan Ferry speaks out on growing up in Washington and his favourite Newcastle pub

The singer spoke about how his time in the North East shaped who he is today

The Guardian - UK

Bryan Ferry: ‘I did a lot of whistling on my paper round as a lad’

The Roxy Music star answers your questions on his favourite Newcastle boozers, the influential mentors who shaped his thinking, and the temptation to overproduce everything

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Bryan Ferry

As the Roxy Music frontman publishes his lyrics, releases new music and prepares a 50th anniversary tour, he will ponder Guardian readers’ questions

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