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"Towards the end it was not pretty. I scraped myself off the walls of insanity. I was barking like a dog": the last days of Deep Purple

On July 19, 1976, Deep Purple officially split up. The ending was horrible, marked by addiction and jealousy

Louder

BBC removes Russell Brand programmes deemed to ‘fall below public expectations’

An episode of ‘QI’ and a Joe Wicks podcast appearance have been wiped from BBC platforms

The Independent UK

BBC removes some Russell Brand content from iPlayer and Sounds apps

THE BBC has removed some Russell Brand content from its iPlayer and Sounds apps, saying it “now falls below public expectations”.

The National (Scotland)

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‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their career, readers share their own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and more

The Guardian - UK

Peter Silverton obituary

Other lives: Music journalist who became a national newspaper executive

The Guardian - UK

Guns N' Roses needed weird British dessert names explaining to them when they visited the UK for the first time

Guns N' Roses had quite a time of it when they stepped onto British soil for the first time, and the confounding dessert menu was just the start of it

Metal Hammer

Five brilliant but obscure NWOBHM albums that could have been huge in a parallel universe

They could have been Iron Maiden. Or Def Leppard. Or even Saxon. But they weren't

Metal Hammer

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Level 42's debut album: a Britfunk classic that took slap bass and bent harmonics to a new, uh, level

It's 1981 and the bass players of the UK are looking at their thumbs and wondering if they can keep up…

Guitar World

Argus by Wishbone Ash: the return of the greatest least-known million-selling rock album ever made

The fiftieth anniversary edition of Wishbone Ash's Argus is a class act, with an ear-opening remix and a brilliant half-minute of silence

Louder

One of the world's most highly engineered turntables joins Absolute Sounds' Ten collection

The UK high-end hi-fi distributor has made the latest Döhmann Audio Helix record player the sixth member of its esteemed Ten collection.

What Hi-Fi?

Can BBC radio thrive in a new world of podcasts?

The loss of Ken Bruce, following other big-name DJs, is a blow for Radio 2. The challenge now is to stay relevant

The Guardian - UK

‘We are everything that scares curtain twitchers’: the bands resurrecting the spirit of Oi!

The hardcore movement grew from working-class angst in the late-70s, but got tainted by racist aggro. Now a new wave of bands are reviving its cathartic anger – without the far-right associations

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

BBC's Glastonbury music boss says: 'Love of music is about attitude, not age'

Lorna Clarke - Director of Music, BBC Pop & Classical - teases what to expect to see on TV and hear on radio from the Glastonbury Festival this year if you haven't bagged a ticket, with the broadcaster offering extensive coverage of the acts performing at the festival

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The week in audio: The Podcast Show; Betrayal; Sports Star; Naga Munchetty

Podcasts revel in the spotlight, while a tale of romantic betrayal makes for uncomfortable listening – as do post-Sue Gray report PMQs

The Independent UK

Vangelis: Composer who scored Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner

Famed for his New Age synths, Vangelis changed the landscape of classical music

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