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Boggo Road Gaol and Brisbane's dark side to feature heavily in Netflix production of Boy Swallows Universe

A Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book takes viewers inside a Brisbane landmark once home to rats, lice, and…

ABC News

Bid to get Glastonbury's John Peel stage renamed

A campaigner is calling for the Wirral-born DJ's name to be dropped by the famous festival

Liverpool Echo

Noel Gallagher blasted after 'blagging' his way onto disabled platform at Glastonbury

Noel, 55, has been blasted as “vile” by disability charity Scope after he used the platform at the John Peel…

Daily Mirror

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Kendrick, Diana and a fire-breathing spider: Sunday at Glastonbury – in pictures

The 2022 Glastonbury festival closed out in explosive style, with furious moshpits, stunning special guests and giant clouds of confetti

The Guardian - UK

Diana Ross reels off the hits during legends slot at Glastonbury

A huge audience gathered to watch the 78-year-old star on the Pyramid Stage.

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Fans show little sign of fatigue on final day of Glastonbury

Diana Ross, Lorde and Kendrick Lamar were the big names closing the Worthy Farm event for 2022.

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Kendrick Lamar thrills fans on Glastonbury’s final night

Kendrick Lamar helped Glastonbury end with a bang on the music festival’s fifth and final day.

Irish Independent

Glastonbury 2022: fury, fireworks and spectacle as women call the shots

Phoebe Bridgers, Skin of Skunk Anansie, St Vincent and Self Esteem among those packing venues on day four

The Guardian - UK

Macca, Greta and two sexy kangaroos: Saturday at Glastonbury – in pictures

From the ultra-vivacious Yves Tumor, Megan Thee Stallion and Yungblud, to punters dressed as disco balls, feast your eyes on…

The Guardian - UK

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John Peel: the Merseyside legend whose memory lives on at Glastonbury

John was born in Heswall, and never forgot his Merseyside roots

Liverpool Echo

Billie Eilish, Sam Fender and chest hair bras: Friday at Glastonbury – in pictures

From stars such as TLC and Sleaford Mods to eccentric festival punters in their underpants, we give a glimpse into…

The Guardian - UK

‘I chatted about the weather with Janet Jackson’: the Glastonbury festival I’ll never forget

Broadcaster Lauren Laverne, singer Mahalia, Michael Cragg and Laura Snapes recall the magic, the weirdness and the sheer horror of…

The Guardian - UK

Music collection of DJ who helped launch Nirvana and Queen goes to auction

John Peel died when he was 65 but his incredible collection will live on

Liverpool Echo

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Pulp fiction: Being Jarvis Cocker

He’s the... well, you know who Jarvis Cocker is. Or you think you do. Ahead of the Pulp hero’s new…

Evening Standard

John Peel: personal records and memorabilia set for Bonhams auction

Items including a handwritten letter from David Bowie and Peel’s horn gramophone will be up for sale next month

The Guardian - UK

Records and memorabilia of late DJ John Peel will be auctioned off next month

The auction will take place on June 14.

The Independent UK

‘Most music comes from really abject origins’: Jarvis Cocker interviewed by Olivia Laing

The pop pioneer talks to the author about his creative education via nightclubs and the dole, his teenage masterplan and…

The Guardian - UK

And then a fan’s ashes were scattered on stage! My night out with Half Man Half Biscuit’s fanatical followers

They were kitchen-sink surrealists who sang about bats, bereavement and Subbuteo. Four decades on, the Wirral band have pop’s most…

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities you might not know have links to Wirral

You may be surprised that some of these celebs hail from the peninsula

Liverpool Echo

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BBC Top of the Pops: Where are the former presenters of the TV music show?

Some big names have presented the music show

Wales Online

Rock star Guy Garvey reveals he was inspired to write smash hit in the BATH

The Elbow frontman played the audio file of One Day Like This at his first lecture as a visiting professor…

Manchester Evening News

Peter Solowka: ‘Ukrainian folk is a bit like Irish traditional music culture’

It was an unlikely turn for one of the darlings of the British indie scene. Invited to record a John…

Irish Independent

Radio 2's Whispering Bob Harris is still championing music aged 75 with new show

Radio 2 star Bob Harris is still championing music with his radio show Bob Harris Country, at the age of…

Daily Mirror

The Welsh singer signed by Elton John who worked with superstars but missed out on the big time himself

Mal Pope said he had something to do and feel like I haven’t done it

Wales Online

How we made: Billy Bragg’s A New England

‘We heard John Peel on the radio asking for a mushroom biryani, so dropped one off at the BBC. Later…

The Guardian - UK