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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Fall - Caught on Camera

Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot

The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sense 40 years on?

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The Fall’s final Mark E. Smith album Post Script nears release with “9 absolute bangers'

The Fall’s last studio album featuring Mark E. Smith is almost ready, with former band associate Ed Blaney confirming the long‑awaited record Post Script is in its final stages.

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‘I was mesmerised by Kate Bush and the Smurfs, so I had great taste’: Diane Morgan’s honest playlist

The Philomena Cunk star’s life was changed by the Fall and she knows a Spitting Image song inside out. But which haunting banger does she say is the best ever?

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Fall producers threaten to shred our nerves again with new rollercoaster horror: "We're pushing the tension to the extreme"

Tea Shop and Capstone Pictures, the producers behind 2022 hit Fall, are teaming up again for a new rollercoaster-set thriller

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‘We can’t all retire because someone died’: the new bands honouring the spirit of old ones, from Talk Talk to Thin Lizzy

Unlike tribute acts or bands still going with no original members, the likes of Held By Trees and House of All are leveraging time spent in their former groups to make music that looks forward as well as back

The Guardian - UK

A musical tour of Manchester: from the Hallé to the Happy Mondays

Every genre of music has made its mark on Manchester, including dialect ballads, classical, TV theme tunes and all the strands of post-punk. Welcome to the north-west sound

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FedEx Cup Fall: Here’s what PGA Tour pros think of the seven-event series (and it’s not all good)

"It’s unfortunate for the events, for the fans and at least locally, it kind of sucks,” Doug Ghim said.

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A beginners' guide to UK 80’s indie in five essential albums

The 1980s were a hugely fertile period for free-thinking, boundary-pushing British 'indie' bands. Here is the story of the genre via five essential albums

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Five new bands you need to hear if you love The Fall

With a whopping 31 albums in their back catalogue, it figures that cult favourites The Fall have influenced a legion of fearless, boundary-pushing bands in their wake – here, five of the best

Louder

Tony McPhee, singer and guitarist for rock band the Groundhogs, dies aged 79

Musician who led acclaimed band on and off between 1962 and 2015 – and scored three UK top 10 albums – had suffered a fall last year and a series of strokes

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m a CBE, I’m poet laureate so I’m clearly not a republican am I?’: Simon Armitage on his radical roots and rock star dreams

When Simon Armitage left his job as a probation worker to become a full-time poet his dad was horrified. Is the former young subversive turned royal appointee now part of the establishment?

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Which music videos have been filmed at football stadiums?

Plus: golden boot winners in multiple countries (2); a caretaker saving a Premier League club from relegation; and more

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$Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records$

Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records

When the Kiwi indie label got a chance to record a live album by the Manchester band, the tensions fraying the group almost destroyed the record company – as documented in a new book

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Tasteless ads, a dirty drink, and messy Olympic designs – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

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On my radar: Brix Smith’s cultural highlights

The ex-Fall guitarist on a compelling fashion rivalry, Björk’s latest masterpiece, and a surreal film moment she won’t forget

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‘It’s a homage to what Mark E Smith taught us’: ex-Fall members House of All deny exploiting band’s legacy

Smith’s family have called the new band ‘extremely offensive’. Martin Bramah, a founding former member of the original Fall lineup, defends his new outfit

Insider UK

Edinburgh skincare firm plans Japanese growth after trade mission

Business set up by former Fall guitarist is planning to open a store in Tokyo later this year

Manchester Evening News

James Brown: 'How I went from Madchester to starting Britain's most notorious mag - and rehab'

The founder of Loaded magazine, James Brown, says the city played an important part in a cultural moment

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Rock snapper Kevin Cummins: ‘I still leave space for the NME logo in the corner’

The man who created more than 250 cover images for the rock weekly has put together a book of almost 40 years of photographs of the Fall. ‘We put Manchester on the map,’ he says

Manchester Evening News

Review: Neighbourhood Festival 2022 shows strengths of city's music scene

The multivenue festival on Oxford Road is back

Manchester Evening News

'Race against time' to save items belonging to The Fall's frontman Mark E Smith

“It’s a race against time to save this material"

Manchester Evening News

The landmark which paid tribute to Manchester Arena victims and Mark E. Smith - and the mystery surrounding its unusual name

The White Nancy overlooks the village of Bollington, but mystery surrounds its name

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Nevada Football: Wolf Pack Fall Camp Questions

Nevada Football: Wolf Pack Fall Camp Questions Fall Camp has opened for Nevada and there are some questions that need to be answered Contact/Follow @BrandonGBlake & @MWCwire What Are the Questions Nevada Football Has to Answer During Fall Camp? The ...

Manchester Evening News

We just lost Paul Ryder. And all these other Manchester music legends were taken far too soon

We look back at some of pivotal figures from the city's illustrious musical history who we lost prematurely

Manchester Evening News

The Fall's Mark E. Smith's memorabilia set to go up for auction

Some items are expected to make up to £1,500

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