HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 | History Defined

Things you could do in the 1970s you can't anymore

Did we miss anything out?

Liverpool Echo · Jun 22, 2023

Exclusive new editions of 40 iconic albums launched for vinyl week

Artists include Sam Fender, Bob Dylan, Gary Numan, Avril Lavingne and The Jam

Wales Online · Jun 19, 2023

The joy of the slow burn record: ‘Not only did I warm to his drawls, I became obsessed’

Sometimes, 20 years after dismissing an album, it’s suddenly exactly what you need. Our writers pick out the music that crept up on them

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023

Rare footage shows spectacular Edinburgh Clash performance during 1985 busking tour

The video footage shows frontman Joe Strummer singing upside down with bright orange hair as onlookers took in the Clash's performance outside of the Gateway Exchange.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 26, 2023

Remembering the time The Clash turned up in Northern Ireland for a gig, but instead ended up causing a riot

As well as being mistaken for paramilitaries, The Clash's slated 1977 Belfast gig ended up in a kerfuffle that saw punks rioting and the band banned from performing

Louder · Apr 25, 2023

"New York in the '80s was lawless and f**ked-up": How heroin, hardcore and a headless corpse inspired Unsane's insane early adventures in Gotham

Unsane vocalist/guitarist Chris Spencer revisits the NYC noise rock band's formative years ahead of their upcoming Early Cuts European tour

Metal Hammer · Apr 19, 2023

Frank Ocean pulls out of Coachella: here are some of music’s daftest gig mishaps

Frank Ocean’s Coachella ice-rink debacle is just the beginning....

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023

Man who made £1.2m from fake vinyl records caught out by Clash fan

Richard Hutter charged up to £35 for counterfeit albums by bands like the Beatles and Nirvana over six-year period

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

Forget Take That – here’s the music Charles should have for his coronation

As reports swirl on the big stars playing or snubbing the upcoming coronation, here’s a few numbers that would actually sum up king and country in 2023

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023

DJ Dave Roberts, who scratched Chicago’s post-punk rock itch for nearly three decades as host of ‘Planet Earth’ night, dies at 64

Thousands remember Mr. Roberts for his hair and his taste in music that veered off the pop charts but kept dance floors moving.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 21, 2023