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EXPLAINED: 4 | Vintage Vibes

Who headlined the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970?

The festival was first held 53 years ago and has welcomed numerous superstar names to its iconic Pyramid Stage

Wales Online

We got Tenacious D to interview Ozzy and it turns out even Jack Black gets star struck

Metal, movies and Randy Rhoads – this is what happened when Tenacious D interviewed Ozzy Osbourne

Metal Hammer

The Kinks' Ray Davies on the song he wants played at his funeral

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England's Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of classic tunes he penned as frontman of the Kinks, including "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All…

Los Angeles Times

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Different strokes for different folks

It was a bit alarming to learn the Eurovision Song Contest is still going strong, having celebrated its 67th year in Liverpool last weekend. The event had already looked the worse for wear back in the 1960s, but somehow it just won't go away. In fact it's got bigger and…

Bangkok Post

Robby Krieger's track-by-track guide to his favourite songs by The Doors

"Why would a young man like Jim think so much about death? Sure he was a poet. But my theory was that he always felt he had something wrong" - Robby Krieger

Louder

Kinks-shamed: Dave Davies asks Elon Musk to stop flagging band-related tweets

Guitarist pleads with Twitter owner after one of his tweets carried a sensitive content warning

The Guardian - UK

The Kinks guitarist begs Elon Musk to stop flagging everything band puts on Twitter

‘Elon, quit Kinks-shaming,’ one user says

The Independent UK

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Rock royalty, movie stars pay tribute to ‘six-string warrior’, guitarist Jeff Beck, after sudden death

Rock royalty, movie stars and the global music industry pay tribute to the 'six-string warrior', guitarist Jeff Beck, after his sudden death

The New Daily

Sorry: Anywhere But Here review – bleary-eyed guitar afterparty with a dash of sweetness

Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen swerve from hints of the Kinks to traces of Lou Reed with lyrics of pure youthful dread in this reflective, honest album

The Guardian - UK

Box sets galore: New collections from David Bowie, Wilco, Joni Mitchell, Ahmad Jamal and more

How broad and narrow is the market for CD and vinyl box sets?

Tribune News Service

BBC axes iconic Top Of The Pops Christmas Day special after 57 years on our screens

The festive edition of the show first aired back in 1964 and featured the likes of the Beatles and the Kinks

Daily Mirror

Gift ideas for the holidays that are music critic-approved

The gift of giving is welcome year-round, but perhaps never more than as the holidays approach. Our array of top picks should help brighten the season.

Tribune News Service

The Kinks' Dave Davies calls brother Ray a 'megalomaniac feeding his narcissism'

The feuding duo rowed on and off stage as the The Kinks rose to fame with hits including You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, and Waterloo Sunset

Daily Mirror

Living on a Thin Line by Dave Davies review – a Kink in his armour

This powerful tell-all from the Kinks guitarist puts the spotlight on his own bad behaviour, dalliances with the occult and his recovery from a stroke

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Manchester Evening News

How a Greater Manchester village was 'invaded' by thousands of freaks, Hell's Angels and 'spaced out' hippies

"A northern festival with northern attitude. Unique- Coronation Street invaded by the freaks”

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