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"There was absolutely nothing you could do to that record to stop it. It was an unstoppable force. Even I couldn’t mess that record up”: Edwyn Collins ponders his career, Orange Juice's break-ups and today's popstars being too nice

As the source of one the UK’s best-known but misnomered ‘one-hit wonders’ an Edwyn Collins return is always welcome

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Cast confirmed as support act on Oasis 2025 reunion tour

John Power’s band will join Richard Ashcroft as opening acts on the UK and Ireland leg of the tour

The Guardian - UK

“One of the holy grails of historic Beatles guitars”: George Harrison’s Futurama – which starred in over 300 early Beatles shows, including the Fab Four’s historic Hamburg tour – is heading to auction

The oddball electric – which originally went up for auction back in 2019 – was also used on the Fab Four's first official Polydor recordings, having featured heavily during their early Cavern Club gigs

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Every Eminem album ranked from worst to best

We rank Eminem's catalogue, from overlooked debut Infinite to most recent opus, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)

Louder

“We were playing to people who didn't care if we fell over and died.” The Cure might be recognised now as one of the world's most iconic and influential bands, but that wasn't always the case

The path to rock superstardom can be long and winding

Louder

"People chucked pesetas at us, bottles, you name it": How Gun survived Spanish crowds, an X-rated video and that "strange cookie" from INXS, then hit the bullseye again

Gun's debut album Taking On The World was a killer, and with new album Hombres their aim is once again true

Louder

Raye’s record-breaking Brits defied the limited imaginations of the British music industry

Raye’s six Brit awards marked a huge vindication for the newly independent artist and rightly shamed the major label that apparently couldn’t see her potential

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Brit awards 2024: women dominate as Raye scores record-smashing six wins

Artists have previously only managed four wins in one ceremony, capping an astonishing year for the British singer who was once left in major label limbo

The Guardian - UK

‘She has worn her heart on her sleeve’: how Raye went from major-label frustration to seven Brit nominations

Whether she wins or not, the singer-songwriter has already made history and could do so again if she sweeps the board tomorrow

The Guardian - UK

Raye review – the sweet sound of revenge

Ahead of this week’s Brits, where she’s up for a record seven gongs, the singer-songwriter draws on her famously hardwon debut album in a show poised between raw truths and joyous bangers

The Guardian - UK

"There is a compelling argument that with Goodnight L.A. Magnum temporarily lost their identity and became something they were not": Goodnight L.A. by Magnum

Goodnight L.A. was meant to be Magnum’s big chance to break America, but eventually wasn't released there at all

Louder

OPINION - The industry backlash over Taylor's versions is a red herring: it's got much bigger problems

Labels seeking to stop artists re-recording their music is only part of a much wider issue regarding contracts

Evening Standard

‘We had to reclaim what was rightfully ours’: the triumphant return of the Sugababes

The OG lineup of Mutya, Keisha and Siobhán returned a decade ago as MKS, but were thwarted by industry shenanigans. Now they’re back, with the Sugababes name under their control, and won’t let anything – or anyone – stand in their way

The Guardian - UK

Mercury prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys tie Radiohead’s record for most nominations

There are first-time nods for the likes of Fred Again, Lankum, Jockstrap and Raye, and repeat recognition for acts including J Hus and Jessie Ware

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Bassist Bruce Foxton on the story of The Jam's That's Entertainment: “It was a bit of a departure for us, because it was acoustic”

The birth and recording of a British classic

Louder

Every Lana Del Rey album ranked from worst to best

The collected works of Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, one of the great singer-songwriters of the modern age

The Guardian - UK

Linda Lewis obituary

Singer, songwriter and superb backing vocalist who worked with David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Joan Armatrading

MusicRadar

"Sales don't mean anything. Seventeen Seconds sold less than 50,000. We had success later – it doesn’t mean those records are better than Seventeen Seconds”: The Cure’s Robert Smith on how to make it on your own terms

From the Archives: Robert Smith looks back on The Cure’s beginnings, their inevitable ending, and what he's learned along the way

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Evening Standard

‘Bad Thing!’ Jesy Nelson’s new single fails to make UK top 100

The former Little Mix star is facing her second solo single disappointment

Daily Mirror

Jesy Nelson suffers major career setback after comeback single fails to enter UK top 100

Singer Jesy Nelson has suffered a career setback after her comeback solo single, Bad Thing, failed to chart in the UK top 100, following its much anticipated release

Daily Mirror

Jesy Nelson fans 'scream' as singer drops huge music announcement after album flop

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson's new track comes eight months after it was announced that she had parted ways with record label Polydor before her album was due to be released

The Guardian - UK

‘He has this brilliant ability to inspire’: cult rock eccentric John Otway’s never-ending tour hits Gibraltar

Fans of ‘Rock and Roll’s Biggest Failure’ have taken him from Top of the Pops to Cannes, and keep him touring constantly in his 70s. We head to a fan convention to find out why

Daily Mirror

Jesy Nelson's sad reasons for leaving Little Mix - black-fishing row and solo setbacks

Jesy Nelson has hung up the microphone and put on an apron as she is taking part in the celebrity edition of The Great British Bake Off to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer

Daily Mirror

Alesha Dixon discovered MC Harvey and Javine Hylton affair via unexpected phone call

Alesha Dixon had been married to MC Harvey for just under a year when it emerged he had been cheating with fellow popstar Javine Hylton

The Guardian - UK

Raye: My 21st Century Blues review – swaggering floor-fillers and a long overdue debut

Nine years on from her breakthrough EP, the British artist is finally back on track with a new label and an artistic rebirth

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