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“It was only after Woolly killed himself that it seemed an opportune moment to make a last statement, if you like”: Barclay James Harvest probably wouldn’t have made North if co-founder Wolstenholme hadn’t died

John Lees didn’t want to write or sing any more songs. But he rediscovered an enjoyable process with the 21st-century line-up of his band, ending a 14-year wait for new music in 2013

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“At one point, he held up an inflatable doll with an erection, dressed like a bee." From orgasmic laugh yoga to shamanic drumming for Mother Earth, here’s what really happens at Glastonbury Festival beyond the music

I decided to try out every weird experience I could possibly find at Glasto, and I'll never look at the festival in the same way again

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Here are five brilliant sets from Glastonbury this year that you probably haven't heard about

With Glastonbury Festival over for another year, we look back on our favourite weird and wonderful acts

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Roger Waters shares new live clip of Is This The Life We Really Want?

Roger Waters concert film This Is Not A Drill - Live From Prague The Movie opens in cinemas worldwide in July. The soundtrack will be released in August

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"Peaches is voyeuristic, but it's not misogynistic": The meaning behind The Stranglers' controversial classic Peaches

Driven by a gritty bass riff, The Stranglers' Top 10 hit Peaches is nearly 50 years old, but it's still a must-play by today’s version of the band

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Foo Fighters release 80-second cover song recorded across three decades, statistically working at a rate of 2.67 seconds a year

Listen to the post-grunge icons’ take on I Don’t Wanna Hear It by hardcore legends Minor Threat

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Peter Hammill announces live dates for England and Scotland in September and October, his first UK solo shows for seven years

Van der Graaf Generator frontman Peter Hammill will play shows in Edinburgh, Manchester and London

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“A lost gem featuring the best of the best being put through their paces by the ever-controlling bandleader”: Frank Zappa’s unaired TV special Cheaper Than Cheep

A nearly forgotten 1974 afternoon show, with an audience of 100 and a short-lived Mothers line-up, rises from the avant-prog titan’s basement

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"The health and well-being of the band has to come first": Saxon cancel 10 summer shows as Biff Byford undergoes emergency surgery

Saxon aim to be back on the road in late August

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“The label didn’t want me to do it, but didn’t want to piss me off. We were both famous guitarists so I thought there’d be a lot of interest. I was right all along”: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp collaborated with remarkable ease

When the Police and King Crimson men got together, the result was two well-received albums and a stack of forgotten material – finally released – that they can’t believe wasn’t used in the 80s

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There's a band with more than half a million monthly listeners on Spotify and they probably don't exist

Meet The Velvet Sundown, the world's new favourite AI-generated rock stars

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"If you're one of those self-satisfied old bores who thinks that music doesn't mean as much to younger generations as it does to you, you're flat-out wrong, and here's the proof." Olivia Rodrigo dazzles in the summer sun at BST Hyde Park

Olivia Rodrigo thrills on the opening night of London's BST Hyde Park festival

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Red Arrows, mosh pits and goth kings: our 8 favourite moments from Glastonbury 2025

From punk, metal and hardcore bands bringing the heavy to surprise sets and emotional tributes, Glasto 2025 had it all

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"Karla Chubb looks every inch the star." Newly signed to Sub Pop, the label who brought the world Nirvana and Soundgarden, Irish post-punks Sprints tease their next chapter at Glastonbury

Dublin's Sprints bring new songs - and Kate Nash - to Glastonbury's Woodsies Stage

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Featuring the Rolling Stones, His Lordship, Ashley McBryde and five other good old-fashioned lover boys and girls

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"Their chaotic charm hasn’t dulled one bit." The Libertines roll back the years at Glastonbury with a classic scrappy, rough-around-the-edges set

The Pete and Carl Show returns to Worthy Farm

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“A double-down on the downerism… desolately lovely, miserably minor-key music, with production being their not-so-secret weapon”: Nosound’s To The Core

In these difficult times, it could be a masochistic experience for some – but it’s thoughtful, sensitive and worth it

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"It polarises fans' opinions for certain, but isn't that what great music is supposed to do?": Motörhead ring the changes on Another Perfect Day, initial dismay now a distant memory

Joined by Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, Motörhead's Another Perfect Day has increased in stature over the years – just don't mention the shorts

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“As a composer I’ve needed and wanted to evolve. As I grew, hopefully my writing was growing too”: Five great Al Di Meola albums

From fruitful fusion forays to gentle world acoustica, the revered guitarist has covered a lot of ground since joining Return To Forever at the age of 20

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Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp return to action with maniacal Ramones cover

The frolicsome pair's cover of I Wanna Be Sedated is exactly as lively as you'd expect

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"It’s refreshing to experience music so pure." Legendary 'Godfather of Grunge' Neil Young closes out Saturday night at Glastonbury, still burning, not fading away

"A fantastic celebration of a legendary artist"

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The guys are dressed as good ol’ boys and the girls have gone full Cowgirl. What is it about Zach Bryan that has convinced the youth of Britain to lose their cynical minds?

Zach Bryan at Hyde Park: 20-somethings sing along with his songs about death, trauma and loss, like they are party anthems

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“Wrapping this era-defining talent and power in a cloak of mystique only supercharges the legacy”: Jimmy Page or Tony Iommi? A heated debate over who is the best guitarist

Two Classic Rock writers go toe-to-toe over the Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath guitar legends

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“We became the pariahs of the Christian community. They hated me. I still get mail going: ‘Come back to Christ’ There’s no way I’m going back to that”: The incredible story of King’s X, the greatest band the world doesn’t know about

Jesus, grunge and near death experiences – the story of cult Texan rockers King’s x has it all

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“We never thought of ourselves as pioneers. But we grew up in a parallel universe to our peers”: Voivod weren’t trying to invent prog metal – they were just trying to be like Van der Graaf Generator

Drummer Away recalls the Canadian outfit’s rapid transition from thrash over the course of their first four albums

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