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HISTORICAL FACTS: Dexys | History Defined

Bless Me Father by Kevin Rowland review – the Dexys Midnight Runners frontman tells all

A picaresque story of massive success and deep despair that Rowland narrates with an impressive lack of self-pity

The Guardian - UK

Spotify continues to change music. What’s next – will AI musicians replace music made by humans?

Spotify was started, according to its official claims, because its founders “love music and piracy was killing it”. In Mood Machine, music journalist Liz Pelly argues this is rewriting history.

The Conversation

Sports Team: ‘They pointed the gun at our tour manager... we took cover’

INTERVIEW: Fresh from a too-close experience of armed robbery in the US, the flamboyant indie band tell Mark Beaumont about their new album, America as the new Roman empire, and being on Louis Tomlinson’s mood board

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‘My job was making hits’: Clive Langer on taking Bowie, Dexys and Madness to No 1 – and why he turned Madonna down

He skied with Bowie, boozed with Madness and recorded the Teardrop Explodes on acid. But does he regret blowing it with Dave Grohl? The great producer relives his smashes, parties and 11am vodkas

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Hayao Miyazaki, who speaks to the child in all of us

The great Japanese animator, whose 1988 masterpiece My Neighbour Totoro is back in cinemas, embraces the universe yet never shies away from life’s grittier elements

The Guardian - UK

"Dexys feel like the greatest secret at Glasto 2024 and the perfect band for the festival." Kevin Rowland et al might have just stolen the show at Glastonbury

Dexys roll back the years with a classy and career-affirming set

Louder

Kevin Rowland: ‘I couldn’t ever see myself doing the music again. I was violently against it’

The Dexys lead singer explains how tai chi and a vegan diet helped him find his creative energy – and why he was too shy to say hello to Bryan Ferry

The Guardian - UK

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Dexys: The Feminine Divine review – Kevin Rowland worships at the altar of women

Back after seven years and an apparent retirement, here’s another left turn in a career full of them: a baffling, brave record with some exceptionally beautiful songs

The Guardian - UK

Kevin Rowland looks back: ‘Trying to calm myself down never even occurred to me’

The former Dexys Midnight Runners singer on dealing with stage anxiety, his subversive style and seeing women as goddesses

The Guardian - UK

Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: Premier League – as it happened

Leon Bailey’s opener and Emi Buendía’s second-half goal took the game beyond Leeds, for whom Patrick Bamford scored a late consolation

The Guardian - UK

Primal Scream star Bobby Gillespie joins Mick Lynch on fundraising song for RMT railway workers

The legendary Glaswegian rocker joined Dexys star Kevin Rowland and union boss Mick Lynch on new single Enough is Enough.

Daily Record

Union leader Mick Lynch joins Primal Scream and Dexys on protest song

The track has been produced in support of striking railway workers

Wales Online

RMT releases single featuring Scottish music sensation

TRANSPORT union RMT has released a fundraising single by music legends Primal Scream and Dexys called Enough is Enough!.

The National (Scotland)

Rail strikes: Primal Scream and Dexys stars record song Enough is Enough backing striking railway workers

RMT leader Mick Lynch will make a guest appearance on the track, due for release later this month

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Primal Scream and Dexys stars record song in support of striking railway workers

RMT leader Mick Lynch will make a guest appearance on the track, with some of his now famous responses to questions from the media.

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