Oasis says thank you to Manchester with this video
After five insanely successful shows at Heaton Park in Manchester, Oasis released this thank you video entitled “You’ve Done Yourself F**ing Proud!” (Via Sean)
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Tuesday timesuck: A BBC documentary on Factory Records
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,
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Here’s a doc on the infamous Hacienda club in Manchester. Watch it. Now.
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
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Who wants to join me for a rock tour of Manchester and Liverpool this spring? Here are all the details.
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
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The ridiculousness between the Gallagher brothers just got kicked up a notch
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
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Random music news for Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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
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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
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Survivors of concert violence never hear music the same again
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
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Metallica Salutes Manchester with Their Version of Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger
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
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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
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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
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