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MYSTERIOUS: Pete shelley - What They Never Told You

"He glared out into the audience like he wanted to kill each and every one of us, one at a time." The story behind the gig which inspired the birth of Joy Division

The night that changed Manchester's music scene forever

Louder · Jun 5

‘We invented karaoke!’ – how Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley swapped his punk-pop crown for synths, Spectrums and sexual censorship

PLAYBACK: Hits like ‘Ever Fallen in Love’ made the Mancunian punk’s sensitive bard – until he recast himself as a queer-pop electro pioneer and found himself banned by the BBC. Stevie Chick revisits a musical trailblazer

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Record Store Day 2025: the full list, plus 5 great albums you need to bag on April 12

Record Store Day 2025 promises tons of unmissable music for every kind of music fan –here are my picks.

TechRadar · Apr 5, 2025

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“You’ve ruined the song!”: The bust-ups, bickering, tantrums and tech that made The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me an ’80s anthem

It’s one of the defining hits of that decade, but it didn’t come easy

MusicRadar · Dec 3, 2024

"The doubters have all gone now": Steve Diggle on continuing Buzzcocks without Pete Shelley

Now fronted by Steve Diggle, Buzzcocks play North American shows this month, with UK and European shows to follow

Louder · Mar 4, 2024

A beginners' guide to Buzzcocks in 10 songs of boredom, thwarted love and mid-life confusion

10 essential pop-punk classics from the band who wrote the book

Louder · Feb 12, 2024

“Tony Hicks from the Hollies popped into the studio and said, ‘That’s my guitar.’ I thought, ‘F**k me, I’ve bought a stolen Les Paul!’” Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks on the making of their 1978 punk classic, Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Fast-paced, big hooks, and one almighty left turn, the Buzzcocks’ incendiary debut is one of the most important punk albums of all time. Here is its story

Guitar World · Jan 16, 2024

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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 · Jul 23, 2022

Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley honoured with massive mural in hometown

The giant tribute has been left in the community where he grew up

Manchester Evening News · Jul 7, 2022

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