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“Just the quirky 7/8 time reminds me of Roger. It’s not a song I would have written. It points itself at Roger”: The classic track from The Dark Side Of The Moon that gave Pink Floyd their first US hit

“We created a 4/4 progression for the guitar solo and made the poor saxophone player play in 7/4”

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Deadly new ‘fake fentanyl’ overdose took her teen’s life. Now this mom is fighting back

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: 18-year-old Jake Scoufos is one of at least 55 Americans whose deaths have been linked to a powerful synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine. His mom, Malisa Hepner, tells Rhian Lubin how she is sounding the alarm in her son’s memory as the highly potent drug sweeps across…

The Independent UK

Running the London Marathon? Paula Radcliffe's 7 last-minute tips you need to know

The inside information you need to know to help you through the 26.2-mile course

Woman & Home

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They were bottled off stage by Alice Cooper's audience, derailed by a death in The Pretenders and made U2's producer cry: How Big Country made one of the biggest albums of the 80s

In an exclusive extract from a new book about the life of Stuart Adamson, we look at the hidden story behind The Crossing

Louder

Scientists reveal why Black Death led to plant diversity plummeting across Europe

Findings may have implications for contemporary biodiversity conservation

The Independent UK

"I heard something on an ABBA record and it inspired the riff I needed. I said, ‘Guys, I’ve got it!'" The Sex Pistols, pop legends, Danny Boyle and the Olympics: the unlikely story of one of the most important punk songs of all time

The surprising tale behind the pop-influenced, Oscar-winning director-approved punk rock classic

Louder

“Eric said that the only way he’d play on it is if he sounded like the Beatles”: Legendary Abbey Road record producer, Ken Scott, explains how Eric Clapton ended up playing an uncredited solo on a Beatles classic

Scott also reveals the recording technique the team used to make sure Clapton's solo sounded Beatles-esque

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“Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass

One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran

Guitar World

“I didn't recognise him, because he had really short hair. I just thought he was some friend of Pete's. I found out later this was Dave Gilmour!”: Drummer Simon Phillips recalls the chaos of his favourite recorded performance – on a Pete Townshend song

"It was hilarious – this whole scenario”

MusicRadar

“I gave it to Michael, he said ‘fantastic’ and he wrote that lyric in one stream of consciousness. I would say that song was written in about ten minutes”: How spontaneity was the key for INXS to create a funky No.1 hit

Need You Tonight marked a distinct sonic shift for the band

MusicRadar

“I heard the Money solo and thought, ‘This is amazing!’ So I sent David a telegram saying, ‘Remember me? I'm in a band now called Roxy Music’”: Phil Manzanera on his friendship with David Gilmour, and the key to the Pink Floyd man's unmistakable tone

The two guitarists have worked on several records together, giving Manzanera the inside baseball of the tricks behind Gilmour's iconic guitar tone

Guitar World

“Mick Jagger came with Matt Voss... his favourite song was Biting Bullets”: INXS classic album Listen Like Thieves gets the Giles Martin treatment for 40th Anniversary remix

New releases feature an entirely new album mix, outtakes and demos and the first airing of a lost live recording

MusicRadar

Los Angeles wildfires death toll rises as crews fight heavy winds to save homes and landmarks

The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area has risen to 16 as crews battle to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city’s most famous landmarks

The Independent UK

Are cars 'structures'? Here's a look at how damage is tallied in devastating Los Angeles wildfires

The damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it’s tallied

The Independent UK

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“Steve Lillywhite deserves credit for forcing our hand on that one”: Bono on the huge U2 hit that they saved from the scrapheap

U2’s frontman says their producer forced the band to record it live, and he's glad he did

The Guardian - UK

Employers should be fined for unhealthy workplaces, says thinktank

Institute for Public Policy Research says firms that fail to offer options such as subsidised nutritious food should face censure

The Canberra Times

Doctors gave Nigel five years to live. Fifty years later he's competing in Canberra

Nigel Goldsworthy is one of 500 athletes in the Transplant Games.

Louder

"There was no food allowed backstage, only drugs and booze": Clem Burke's stories of Debbie Harry, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop and more

He was a Ramone, been treated like royalty when touring withNancy Sinatra, got hot dogs from Jerry Nolan and played with Pete Townshend: He's Blondie drummer and more Clem Burke

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"Girls talk to me when I play": Chris Spedding took up the guitar nearly seventy years ago and he's still in demand

Legendary sideman and session guitarist Chris Spedding on a "naughty" 70s, discovering the Sex Pistols and being an honorary Beatle

Louder

"On this album he proved he was so much more than a rock musician": The Pete Townshend album that measures up to The Who's best work

A late-70s blitz of punk, personal problems and tragedy forcedThe Who’s Pete Townshend to reassess his life and career.One of the results was his solo masterpiece Empty Glass

The Conversation

If Earth gets sick, so do you

A hotter world is likely to be a sicker world.

The Guardian - UK

Record long-term sickness bodes ill for UK economic growth

Years of austerity, followed by Covid, have left Britain with unhealthy workers and businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long

MusicRadar

“People think that Spunk is a lot better than Never Mind The Bollocks, which is very gratifying”: Producer Dave Goodman reveals how he recorded the 'lost' Sex Pistols album, and how it kick-started the punk revolution

Classic interview reveals how his recordings became what some believe is the true Sex Pistols debut album

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Falcons Twitter clowns Arthur Smith after latest QB change

Falcons fans on Twitter clowned head coach Arthur Smith following his latest change at quarterback

Guitar World

“For me, Wish You Were Here is the most satisfying album. I really love it. I'd rather listen to that than Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour opens up on the creative tension that built Pink Floyd's classic records

In this classic GW interview, the Stratocaster icon discusses the “egocentric megalomaniacal tension” that shaped Dark Side of the Moon, how he constructed the Comfortably Numb solo, and the time he used a mic stand leg as a slide

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