BIZARRE: 3 | Mind Blowing Facts

Ocean Colour Scene owe their success to presenter Chris Evans

Ocean Colour Scene frontman Simon Fowler will always be grateful to TV and radio presenter Chris Evans for championing the band's work during the 1990s.

BANG Premier · Apr 6, 2025

Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler to lead cast of Deep Cuts

Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler have been cast in 'Deep Cuts', which is being directed by Sean Durkin.

BANG Premier · Feb 28, 2025

Rick Buckler obituary

Drummer whose insistent beat underpinned the Jam’s distinctive sound on six top-selling studio albums and 18 consecutive Top 40 UK singles

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025

Rick Buckler, drummer from The Jam, dead at 69

The death of Rick Buckler has been confirmed in a statement from his agent

Louder · Feb 18, 2025

The Jam drummer Rick Buckler dies aged 69

Rick Buckler was part of the band’s classic line-up alongside bass player Bruce Foxton and lead singer and guitarist Weller

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025

Paul Weller still loves writing hits

Paul Weller still relishes the experience of writing a hit song.

BANG Premier · Feb 15, 2025

“Deserves status as one of rock ’n’ roll’s most iconic electric guitars solely from its association with three of the four Beatles”: From the Beatles to the Stones, Johnny Marr and Radiohead, why everyone loves the Epiphone Casino

It was the sound of the British Invasion, of Lennon’s Revolution, and it brings us jangle and bite in equal measure. We pay tribute to the E230TD/TDV’s golden years

Guitar World · Jan 13, 2025

‘I’d turn that off if I was having sex!’: Joanna Page’s honest playlist

The Gavin and Stacey star associates Paul Weller with dolphins and doesn’t think Fleetwood Mac are sexy. But who does she swear along to to in the car?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2024

“He got a kidney infection, so he’s in hospital… That’s a bit of a drag, because he was going to be the lead guitarist”: The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different

Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened

Guitar World · Dec 24, 2024

Milton Jones: ‘I was heckled by Paul Weller and Robbie Williams at the same gig!’

The standup on the power of strange shirts, the importance of never Googling yourself and how he came to specialise in one-liners

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024