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Françoise Hardy, French singing legend and pop icon, dies at 80

Françoise Hardy, a French singing legend and pop icon since the 1960s, has died

The Independent UK

Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist

Hardy shot to fame singing airy, carefree pop before she took control of her career, hung out with 60s rock aristocracy and became a sophisticated singer-songwriter of rare sensuality and melancholy

The Guardian - UK

Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like a fantasy Persona where no one was allowed to say no to the art team

Atlus finally asks itself the most powerful question in gaming: What if we made it British?

PC Gamer

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"He didn't want to do Glastonbury and Michael Eavis didn’t want him — he was worried he was going to do a Tin Machine set or a little drum and bass set": When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident

"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"

MusicRadar

"I was halfway through Atom Heart Mother thinking, 'What the f*** are we doing? This is a bit ambitious!'": The stories behind Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets' new Set The Controls setlist

Warning: Contains spoilers

Louder

Shuggie Otis's third album was hailed as classic, but his record company dropped him: It took 40 years to make a fourth

The son of an R&B legend, guitar virtuoso Shuggie Otis did it his way, turning down the Rolling Stones and David Bowie in the process

Louder

“Decent material, often trampled by shoehorning in flamenco motifs, fancy footwork and an over-the-top macho swagger”: Carmen’s The Albums collection

Three-disc retrospective illustrates the promise of a mid-70s band supported by David Bowie and Tony Visconti

Louder

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Five great reads: the other half of Blondie, serial killer truckers, and the period that would not stop

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

OPINION - Alan Edwards: I worked with David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Who and this is what I learnt

As a child I was a keen reader of adventure books, but I could never have imagined then that I’d write one, let alone be the central character.

Evening Standard

‘I’m a fan of chaos’: Blondie’s Chris Stein on Bowie, Debbie Harry and 50 years in rock’n’roll

In his candid new memoir, the guitarist talks about the glory period of Parallel Lines and how addiction and loss altered his life

The Guardian - UK

"When David Bowie walked into the room, it was like the messiah walked in." Drum legend Steve DiStanislao recalls the night that David Bowie performed a Syd Barrett classic with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright

Steve DiStanislao looks back on playing alongside David Bowie, David Gilmour and Richard Wright for one very special evening

Louder

"He was so drunk, slurring and forgetting lyrics and everything": The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave

It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever, with a little help from Van Halen

Metal Hammer

The untold story of Black Sabbath's unlikely resurrection: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Jon Bon Jovi, Triumph, Bryan Adams, Praying Mantis, FM, New England, Al Jourgensen, Masters Of Reality, Chris Spedding, Cock Sparrer, Bad Nerves and more

Louder

"David was in great danger physically and could have gotten electrocuted or killed": The making of Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the tour that failed

Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours

Louder

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Steeleye Span announce Now We Are Six 50th anniversary reissue to be released in July

Steeleey Span's sixth studio album was produced by Ain Anderson and also featured David Bowie

The Guardian - UK

My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray review – tales from a rock’n’roll childhood

From dinner with Queen to watching Ozzy Osbourne run wild, a child-eye’s view of life at a 70s recording studio

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Public by Jon Savage review – how pop drove LGBTQ+ liberation

A dazzling account of the dreamers and divas who brought a queer sensibility to culture – and changed lives in the process

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve been called a witch, slut, murderer’: the ultra-creative women dismissed as rock star girlfriends

Despite their artistic skill, Anita Pallenberg, Suzi Ronson and Yoko Ono were cast as mere lovers or muses. They’re now being allowed to tell their own stories – even if it’s after death

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Tammy Faye Starlite Pays Tribute To Nico At Joe's Pub

Experience Tammy Faye Starlite's captivating tribute to Nico at Joe's Pub, celebrating the enigmatic singer's enduring influence on music and artistry.

Louder

“What am I supposed to do? Kiss your ass?”: did Bowie really completely drag one of his own fans on a messageboard?

Apparently 'Bowie' piped up when a fan moaned about an awkward encounter back in 1978

The Independent UK

David Bowie ‘survived on milk’ while working on Iggy Pop album

The singer refused food when living at a residential recording studio in rural Wales

The Guardian - UK

I’m with the band: who knew Antony Blinken could play rock classics?

The US secretary of state, who performed with a Kyiv band in a bar this week, is the latest musically inclined politician to hit the stage

The Guardian - UK

David Sanborn obituary

American alto saxophonist who played with many of the jazz greats and collaborated with David Bowie and Stevie Wonder

Guitar World

“David Bowie and Brian Eno used to laugh at me, saying: ‘You’re not supposed to be able to play that!’” Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and what’s coming up with Steve Vai

Still amazed that he managed to gather Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey into new band Beat, Belew reflects on his light-speed journey from 1977 to 1982, and how he plans to reactivate King Crimson’s ‘80s albums on stage

The Guardian - UK

David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist known for work with David Bowie and more, dies aged 78

Musician who played sax solo on Young Americans and released a series of Grammy-winning albums dies from prostate cancer

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