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“He’d already set everything up... The guitar was radically out of tune and the strings were virtually hanging off it”: Leo Abrahams on his Strat-wrestling initiation with Brian Eno, why he didn’t want to be famous, and what he learned from Paul Simon

The guitarist/producer has worked with Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker and Imogen Heap among others, but here he explains why his younger self might be slightly disappointed in his playing

Guitar World

“It shouldn’t work but it comes out brilliant… You can spend hours studying what they did and still not fully get it”: Nik Kershaw’s passion for Gentle Giant

One of the 80s hitmaker’s early bands covered two of their songs – but it took him years to realise their genius, and he still doesn’t truly understand it

Louder

“In interviews they’d talk about Phil and Mike then say, ‘What have you been doing while these guys have been in the charts?’ It takes as long to make a record that’s not a success as it does to make one that is”: Tony Banks on his career outside Genesis

Keyboardist’s solo albums may not have reached the heady heights of his bandmates’ output – but he’s had a great time making “more progressive” music with artists of his own choosing, including Fish, Toyah and Nik Kershaw

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“I’m sitting on the bus aware that someone behind me is singing Do They Know It’s Christmas?”: Nik Kershaw recalls his “insane” encounter with David Bowie at Live Aid

“I remember sitting in the Royal Box watching Queen do their thing and thinking ‘people are going to remember this. This is a bit special’”

MusicRadar

"The middle of the day was Marillion. Mornings and evenings DeeExpus." What happened when Mark Kelly joined North East prog rockers DeeExpus

The rise of DeeExpus has been swift. Now with their second album King Of Number 33 and Marillion keyboardist Mark Kelly in tow, prog stardom awaits.

Louder

Billy Bragg looks back: ‘I can’t compete with Taylor Swift. But I can talk to an audience’

The musician on East End violence, taking on Margaret Thatcher, and why he’ll always be ready with a protest song

The Guardian - UK

Gift snub Elton John used to show Nik Kershaw they had lost touch

Nik Kershaw was a guest at Elton John's wedding to David Furnish in 2005 - but the 80s pop icon says he's 'slipped down the ladder' and received no Christmas gift last year, having once been treated to lavish hampers

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Singer Nik Kershaw vows to stick to music after being badly stung in Irish property deal

Exclusive: 'It was a bit of a sickener at the time alright'

Irish Mirror

Let's Rock Leeds 2022 line up, travel info, banned items and ticket details for this weekend

Wet Wet Wet and Billy Ocean will take to the stage at Temple Newsam for Let's Rock Leeds 2022

Leeds Live

Let's Rock Leeds 2022 announce Wet Wet Wet, Billy Ocean and Go West for retro Temple Newsam festival

Wet Wet Wet, Billy Ocean, Nick Heyward, Go West and Nik Kershaw will be some of the stars appearing at Temple Newsam

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