Factory Records, founded by Tony Wilson back in late 70s, became one of the most important indie record labels in UK history. Tony brought us Joy Division/New Order, Happy Mondays, The Hacienda Club,
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Back in the early 80s, New Order thought it would be a good idea to construct a state-of-the-art dance club for all their friends in Manchester. While it did become an epicentre for
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Back in 2018, I led a week-long tour of rock’n’roll landmarks through London. We visited everything from Abbey Road to a former home of Jimi Hendrix to Paul McCartney’s actual house to the
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The trouble with trying to follow the goings-on of the Trump administration is that as soon as new salacious allegations come to light, they’re immediately eclipsed by the next day’s revelations. Kinda like
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Can you imagine if Jack White were paid royalties every time a soccer crowd chanted “Seven Nation Army?” (He gets them if the SONG is played, but not if fans just chant those
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Jet lag is real. I’m still so dizzy from the time change (12 time zones!) that I’m not even sure that this is, in fact, April 10, 2018. Here’s some music news–and damn,
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Most of us will (hopefully) never have to endure a gig where there’s a shooting, a bombing or some other kind of horrific violence. The sad truth, though, is that when we go
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Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” has become an anthem for the city of Manchester in the months following the bombing at an Ariana Grande show back in May. Saturday night (October 28),
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I can’t seem to get the theme song of Curb Your Enthusiasm out of my head. And now you can’t either. Sorry. Distract yourself with the music news of September 11, 2017. I
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Dammit, Microsoft! You updated Skype and now I have to update a bunch of other stuff to make it work again. This. Is. Annoying. And now, the music news for August 17. Spotify
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Notice how more people are referring to Donald Trump as “45” instead of “President Trump?” No? Watch for it. And now, the music news for August 16. Speaking of whom, that was some
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