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RARE PHOTOS: 5 | Vintage Vibes

Exclusive new editions of 40 iconic albums launched for vinyl week

Artists include Sam Fender, Bob Dylan, Gary Numan, Avril Lavingne and The Jam

Wales Online

The joy of the slow burn record: ‘Not only did I warm to his drawls, I became obsessed’

Sometimes, 20 years after dismissing an album, it’s suddenly exactly what you need. Our writers pick out the music that crept up on them

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Don Letts: ‘London now... It scares the sh*t out of me’

Punk’s DIY film-maker extraordinaire, band mate of The Clash’s Mick Jones... and now Levi’s collaborator. Tom Ellen meets the one and only Don Letts

Evening Standard

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Is it lights out for Brixton Academy?

From The Clash to Rihanna, the legendary venue has hosted them all. Then tragedy struck and it closed. Shannon Mahanty looks at whether it will remain shut forever

Evening Standard

How The Clash made history by visiting some of Belfast's most divided and violent streets

Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result

Louder

Bob Linney obituary

Other lives: Graphic designer who made posters for the music industry and supported grass-roots design projects in Africa and Asia

The Guardian - UK

Rare footage shows spectacular Edinburgh Clash performance during 1985 busking tour

The video footage shows frontman Joe Strummer singing upside down with bright orange hair as onlookers took in the Clash's performance outside of the Gateway Exchange.

Edinburgh Live

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Remembering the time The Clash turned up in Northern Ireland for a gig, but instead ended up causing a riot

As well as being mistaken for paramilitaries, The Clash's slated 1977 Belfast gig ended up in a kerfuffle that saw punks rioting and the band banned from performing

Louder

"New York in the '80s was lawless and f**ked-up": How heroin, hardcore and a headless corpse inspired Unsane's insane early adventures in Gotham

Unsane vocalist/guitarist Chris Spencer revisits the NYC noise rock band's formative years ahead of their upcoming Early Cuts European tour

Metal Hammer

Frank Ocean pulls out of Coachella: here are some of music’s daftest gig mishaps

Frank Ocean’s Coachella ice-rink debacle is just the beginning....

Evening Standard

Man who made £1.2m from fake vinyl records caught out by Clash fan

Richard Hutter charged up to £35 for counterfeit albums by bands like the Beatles and Nirvana over six-year period

The Guardian - UK

Forget Take That – here’s the music Charles should have for his coronation

As reports swirl on the big stars playing or snubbing the upcoming coronation, here’s a few numbers that would actually sum up king and country in 2023

The Guardian - UK

DJ Dave Roberts, who scratched Chicago’s post-punk rock itch for nearly three decades as host of ‘Planet Earth’ night, dies at 64

Thousands remember Mr. Roberts for his hair and his taste in music that veered off the pop charts but kept dance floors moving.

Chicago Sun-Times

UB40 guitarist hits out at Tories and says country is like it was in the 1970s

Singer and guitarist Robin Campbell has hit out at the Conservative Government, claiming the country is in the same bad state it was when the band formed decades ago

Daily Mirror

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Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

Evening Standard

Who is Shane MacGowan? The Pogues singer hospitalised with infection

Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, who has already suffered a string of illnesses often related to his addictions, is in hospital with an infection

The Independent UK

Keith Levene: Guitarist whose style defined Public Image Ltd

The musician’s talent for guitar helped influence both the post-punk and new wave scenes

Evening Standard

EXCLUSIVE: First look at the Wilson SHIFT tennis racket

We get an exclsuive first look at Wilson’s new SHIFT tennis racket

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Keith Levene obituary

Guitarist and musician who was a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd

The Guardian - UK

Keith Levene wrote his own rules for rock guitar

His ambition to ‘use it in different ways’ helped steer PiL’s post-punk to genuinely fresh ground and was a formative influence for both U2 and My Bloody Valentine

The Independent UK

Well noted: A selection of some music-themed gifts this year

The Associated Press is recommending for music lovers gifts including vinyl box sets by Neil Young, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Paul McCartney and heavy metal icon Iron Maiden

ABC News

Punk rock icon Keith Levene, an original member of The Clash and Public Image Limited, dies aged 65

Keith Levene, who was aged 65, is being remembered as one of the must influential guitarists of all time.

The Independent UK

Keith Levene of punk band The Clash dies, aged 65

Lloyd Cole hails ‘bona fide guitar genius’

Wales Online

The Clash founder Keith Levene dead aged 65

He was described as 'one of the most innovative, audacious and influential guitarists of all time'

Daily Record

The Clash and Public Image Ltds Keith Levene dies aged 65

His friend, author Adam Hammond, announced the heartbreaking news on Twitter.

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