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Eric Stewart worked with Paul McCartney and ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog, but as guitarist for 10cc, he created one of the most thrilling pop sounds in British music history

Learn the chart-conquering guitar style of 10cc’s Eric Stewart, which puts melody to the forefront

Guitar World

"It's too safe. It needs a kick up the arse": How 10cc transformed I'm Mandy Fly Me into an epic via "two whacking great guitar solos" and a plane crash

The band members may argue about the origins of the title, but there's no denying that the multi-part I'm Mandy Fly Me is a true pop classic

Louder

“Prog? There was a university pretentiousness about it. People asked what we did and I’d say, ‘10cc music’”: However you describe it, The Original Soundtrack is a progressive landmark

Their third album, complete with I’m Not In Love, moved away from three-minute singles and embraced opera and concept pop. Did it also inspire Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody?

Louder

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“We used humour – you could do that then; there’s no humour in chart music now”: Graham Gouldman on the 10cc song he wouldn’t write today and the gizmo that broke up the classic line-up

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and briefly drummer went from writing hits for The Hollies and Yardbirds to success with ‘The Worst Band In The World’

Louder

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

The Guardian - UK

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) review – album cover as concept art

Anton Corbijn directs this enjoyable documentary about the design duo who created extraordinary images for Pink Floyd, 10cc, Led Zeppelin and more

The Guardian - UK

"We show no mercy!” 10cc announce the Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour

Well, what else do you call the 2024 follow-up to last year’s Ultimate Greatest Hits tour?

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“When they make documentaries about the 70s, they talk about glam and prog rock. 10cc weren't either so we don’t get a mention..." The rise and fall of 10cc's original line-up

Four great musicians and songwriters, known for their pioneering studio techniques, 10cc ruled the charts and straddled a line between prog and pop. But was their genre-defying talent their undoing?

Louder

Former 10cc keyboard player Duncan Mackay showing his Yamaha and Roland synths to comedian Mike Reid could be the strangest video you'll watch all week

It all took place on a children’s TV show in the early ‘80s as a robot called Metal Mickey looked on

MusicRadar

The Mancunian Way: AI Manchester

What if a robot designed the city centre? PLUS The man who discovered Herman's Hermits

Manchester Evening News

Special tribute concert will celebrate 50 years of legendary Manchester band

10cc achieved eleven top 10 hits, and sold over 15 million albums in the UK alone

Manchester Evening News

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