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“I gave it to Michael, he said ‘fantastic’ and he wrote that lyric in one stream of consciousness. I would say that song was written in about ten minutes”: How spontaneity was the key for INXS to create a funky No.1 hit

Need You Tonight marked a distinct sonic shift for the band

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“I heard the Money solo and thought, ‘This is amazing!’ So I sent David a telegram saying, ‘Remember me? I'm in a band now called Roxy Music’”: Phil Manzanera on his friendship with David Gilmour, and the key to the Pink Floyd man's unmistakable tone

The two guitarists have worked on several records together, giving Manzanera the inside baseball of the tricks behind Gilmour's iconic guitar tone

Guitar World

“Mick Jagger came with Matt Voss... his favourite song was Biting Bullets”: INXS classic album Listen Like Thieves gets the Giles Martin treatment for 40th Anniversary remix

New releases feature an entirely new album mix, outtakes and demos and the first airing of a lost live recording

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Los Angeles wildfires death toll rises as crews fight heavy winds to save homes and landmarks

The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area has risen to 16 as crews battle to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city’s most famous landmarks

The Independent UK

Are cars 'structures'? Here's a look at how damage is tallied in devastating Los Angeles wildfires

The damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it’s tallied

The Independent UK

“Steve Lillywhite deserves credit for forcing our hand on that one”: Bono on the huge U2 hit that they saved from the scrapheap

U2’s frontman says their producer forced the band to record it live, and he's glad he did

Louder

Employers should be fined for unhealthy workplaces, says thinktank

Institute for Public Policy Research says firms that fail to offer options such as subsidised nutritious food should face censure

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Doctors gave Nigel five years to live. Fifty years later he's competing in Canberra

Nigel Goldsworthy is one of 500 athletes in the Transplant Games.

The Canberra Times

"There was no food allowed backstage, only drugs and booze": Clem Burke's stories of Debbie Harry, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop and more

He was a Ramone, been treated like royalty when touring withNancy Sinatra, got hot dogs from Jerry Nolan and played with Pete Townshend: He's Blondie drummer and more Clem Burke

Louder

"Girls talk to me when I play": Chris Spedding took up the guitar nearly seventy years ago and he's still in demand

Legendary sideman and session guitarist Chris Spedding on a "naughty" 70s, discovering the Sex Pistols and being an honorary Beatle

Louder

"On this album he proved he was so much more than a rock musician": The Pete Townshend album that measures up to The Who's best work

A late-70s blitz of punk, personal problems and tragedy forcedThe Who’s Pete Townshend to reassess his life and career.One of the results was his solo masterpiece Empty Glass

Louder

If Earth gets sick, so do you

A hotter world is likely to be a sicker world.

The Conversation

Record long-term sickness bodes ill for UK economic growth

Years of austerity, followed by Covid, have left Britain with unhealthy workers and businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long

The Guardian - UK

“People think that Spunk is a lot better than Never Mind The Bollocks, which is very gratifying”: Producer Dave Goodman reveals how he recorded the 'lost' Sex Pistols album, and how it kick-started the punk revolution

Classic interview reveals how his recordings became what some believe is the true Sex Pistols debut album

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Falcons Twitter clowns Arthur Smith after latest QB change

Falcons fans on Twitter clowned head coach Arthur Smith following his latest change at quarterback

Guitar World

“For me, Wish You Were Here is the most satisfying album. I really love it. I'd rather listen to that than Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour opens up on the creative tension that built Pink Floyd's classic records

In this classic GW interview, the Stratocaster icon discusses the “egocentric megalomaniacal tension” that shaped Dark Side of the Moon, how he constructed the Comfortably Numb solo, and the time he used a mic stand leg as a slide

Birmingham Post

The latest equity deals and investment news in Wales

Equity raising firms include Riva UK, Hugh James and Halo Therapeutics

Daily Mirror

Brit bar owner in Lanzarote pushed to death off 13ft balcony 'will be missed by many'

Chris Thomas, 50, the well-loved and popular owner of The Clock Bar in Lanzarote's Costa Teguise, tragically died after plunging 13ft to his death from a balcony during a brawl with a drunken German expat

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'We built a human-skin printer from Lego'

They could've used other materialsbut settled on Lego partly because Lego is extremely cheap and versatile

Birmingham Post

Wrexham textiles firm Riva UK completes seven-figure MBO deal

Riva UK employs over 50 staff and supplies customer textile solutions to blue chip companies

ABC News

Former Paralympic gold medallist Lynette Lepore competes in World Transplant Games

Athletes such as Lynette Lepore are given a second chance at life as they compete in the World Transplant Games, the largest sporting event raising awareness about organ and tissue donation.

ABC News

Thousands of organ donation recipients, donor families head to Perth for the World Transplant Games

In his 20s, when most of his friends were out partying, Luke Rose was heading to hospital three times a week for dialysis.

Tribune News Service

FBI knew fugitive Roy McGrath had bought used Cadillac and had gun, multiple cellphones, attorney says

BALTIMORE — The FBI knew Roy McGrath had purchased a used Cadillac, had a gun and was using multiple cellphones prior to the confrontation that led to his death Monday in suburban Tennessee, according to McGrath’s attorney, Joseph Murtha.

Tribune News Service

Knaus Berry Farm owner in critical condition, son charged with attempted murder

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A son brutally beat his mother and father with a blunt object Friday night, then fled, Miami-Dade police said.

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Born with kidney disease in a Bangladeshi refugee camp, it's been a long journey to the Transplant Games for Rezwan Mohammed

After coming to Australia from a Bangladeshi refugee camp, Rezwan Mohammed suffered from kidney disease throughout his childhood. Not allowed to play contact sports, he turned to badminton to get his sporting fix.

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