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Dame Helen Mirren avoids doctors and uses AI to get medical advice

Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she avoids doctors and turns to artificial intelligence (AI) for medical advice.

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Nirvana unveiled as this year's Video Vanguard Award recipients at the 2026 MTV VMAs

Nirvana follow in the footsteps of the likes of Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, The Beatles, Guns N' Roses and Kanye West in be bestowed with the honour.

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Dave Grohl recalls heartbreak of first time listening to Nirvana after Kurt Cobain's death

Dave Grohl has admitted it "broke [his] heart" having to listen to Nirvana for the first time in the months after Kurt Cobain died.

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Quote of the day by Kurt Cobain: “And I just think that it’ll take a little bit of time for kids to start doing the...” — Life lessons from an inspiring quote on questioning authority, courage, responsibility, youthful idealism, speaking up, social awareness, personal conviction and the restless spirit of the legendary Nirvana frontman

Quote of the day by Kurt Cobain reflects on questioning authority and taking responsibility for change. The idea applies to moments of conflict, uncertainty and pressure when staying silent feels easier. The article explores courage, independent thinking, conviction, empathy and social awareness.

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The story behind Oasis' finest hour, the generation-defining Definitely Maybe. “We were a punk band with Beatles melodies. We had no effects, barely any equipment, just loads of attitude, 12 cans of Red Stripe and ambition."

Oasis' debut album was released on August 29, 1994. Now a new generation is discovering its irresistible punk rock swagger

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Items belonging Diana, Princess of Wales and Mark Twain headed to auction

Several star-studded lots will go under the hammer later this year.

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"I'm like, Oh my God, this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! God is on my side." The story behind Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit video, by those who were there

When Nirvana shot a video for Smells Like Teen Spirit in mid-August 1991 they had no idea it would change their lives forever

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Learn the all-purpose passing chord – the get-out-of-jail-free hack used by everyone from Kurt Cobain to Billie Joe Armstrong

You’ve heard it in Smells Like Teen Spirit and countless other grunge and punk classics. You may even already be doing it…

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Travis Barker Is Way More Anti-The Voice Than I Would Have Guessed. What Son Landon Said

I was not expecting that.

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Kathy Griffin claims 'former friend' Dave Grohl ignored her at airport after Donald Trump photoshoot

Kathy Griffin said she and Dave Grohl "used to be kind of friendly" before her controversial May 2017 Trump-head photoshoot.

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"She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak." The story behind Nirvana's darkest and most disturbing love song, Heart-Shaped Box

How Courtney Love and Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon provided inspiration for one of the greatest songs of the grunge era

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Corinne Bailey Rae was 'sad' about her voice until hearing Kurt Cobain

Corinne Bailey Rae has enjoyed huge success in the music industry thanks to tunes such as Put Your Records On and Like a Star, but initially wasn’t keen on the tones in her singing voice.

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106 Timeline Facts That’ll Completely Change Your Sense Of History (New Pics)

Time can be surprisingly hard to put into perspective. Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramids, while Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. It honestly doesn’t feel real when you read it, but it’s true. To boggle your mind even…

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"The performance racked up over 25,000 viewer complaints as middle England soiled its collective pants." 10 times rock bands totally ruined Top Of The Pops

From Nirvana refusing to mime properly to Manic Street Preachers inadvertently sparking IRA hysteria, Top Of The Pops hosted some unforgettable moments for rock bands

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“Kurt would always say, ‘I’m gonna get a Chet Atkins.’ But he never did. It wasn’t until he died that I went and looked at one”: Courtney Love refused to turn Celebrity Skin into “a grieving widow’s memoir” – but she paid tribute with the gear she played

With Celebrity Skin, Love shifted Hole's musical direction and created their final opus, in the midst of great tragedy

Guitar World

“You can spend, like, 50 bucks, buy a chorus and a DS-1, and get Kurt Cobain’s sound”: Pedal sales are booming despite the modeler movement, andthis man can tell you why

Reverb’s fabled number-cruncher, Cyril Nigg, drills into the modern pedal market and explains the enduring pull of the stompbox. Just don’t mention the flange…

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“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

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Nirvana and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl says Kurt Cobain would've loved this new anime about gay girls

Nirvana's song Breed is the opening tune for a beloved yuri series' anime

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The Guide #250: All the US/UK cultural crossovers you may have missed but need to read about

A tour through the moments when American celebrities crossed the ocean and landed somewhere entirely unexpected

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"I thought we sounded great, then I heard the recording. I was mortified!" The story behind Foo Fighters' secret first show

"I remember it being such a huge relief that we just made it to the end"

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“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released back in 1991

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“I’m like, ‘I don’t know, man! I’m in Arizona!’” In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura man Max Cavalera where to get heroin in Brazil

When trying to score drugs at a South American festival, Nirvana’s leader turned to what he believed to be a local expert

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The Who's Pete Townshend believes that Keith Moon once bought dinner in Seattle for a nine-year-old Kurt Cobain

Amazing if true, but...

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“Oh God, it’s hard to listen to.” The story behind Nirvana’s final song, You Know You’re Right

On January 30, 1994, Nirvana entered the studio for the last time. The song the trio taped that day would become the subject of a bitter legal battle

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"Let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud." How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo wrote the perfect power-pop song but almost shelved it

Producer Ric Ocasek convinced the Weezer frontman to include the song Buddy Holly on the band's debut album

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