HISTORICAL FACTS: Top ofpops | History Defined

Fan to reunite with star who avoided Top Of The Pops thanks to lift in mum’s car

Miles Hunt, singer with The Wonder Stuff, did not want to appear on the show.

Evening Standard · Oct 1

“Here’s their one hit single. I take it home, and I’m going: ‘What the hell is this?’ I took an instant dislike to it”: The song that gave Thin Lizzy their first hit – and nearly became an albatross around their necks

Traditional folk cover Whiskey In The Jar was Thin Lizzy’s big break – but Phil Lynott couldn’t wait to ditch it

Louder · Jul 26

Miquita Oliver apologises to Fearne Cotton over ‘awful’ past remarks

The presenter, 42, was sacked from her Radio 1 job over comments she made about Cotton in a 2005 interview.

Evening Standard · Jul 22

"He was given 24 hours to live. It all came crumbling down in one day": The astonishing story of Slade: glamour, tragedy and beyond

Noddy Holder looks back at Slade's noizy, hit-infested career

Louder · Dec 26, 2025

Ultravox will release a Deluxe Edition of The Collection in December, featuring new Steven Wilson remixes

Ultravox also share video for new reconstruction version of Love's Great Adventure

Louder · Oct 9, 2025

Massively expanded edition of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold As Love announced

The multi-disc Bold As Love set includes 28 previously unreleased tracks - listen to a demo of Stone Free/Up From The Skies now

Louder · Sep 9, 2025

Zoe Ball recalls ‘uncomfortable’ experience posing for lads’ mags at the start of her career

‘You’re conditioned to think that’s just how it is,’ presenter said

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025

“We were the antithesis of Britpop – we really hated all that kind of thing." Every Idlewild album in the band's own words

Scottish rockers Idlewild are poised to celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of their self-titled 10th album. Frontman Roddy Woomble talks us through the history of the band, album-by-album

Louder · Sep 4, 2025

Alice Cooper: ‘We had censors breathing down our necks every inch of the way’

INTERVIEW: With ‘School’s Out’ and their gruesome stage show, they caused a moral panic in the Seventies; then they broke up. Now band and singer are reunited with producer Bob Ezrin on a new album. They talk to Michael Hann

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025

"I'm always looking for the rainbow I can't find": At the Classic Rock Awards in 2008, Ozzy Osbourne gave one of his most revealing interviews

After picking up the Living Legend Award at the 2008 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Ozzy sat down to talk about being Ozzy Osbourne

Metal Hammer · Aug 1, 2025