From Bucks Fizz to Sugababes to Fleetwood Mac, some huge band names aren't owned by the people you might think. Bob Stanley unearths some patented nonsenseIt may be the d...
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Journalist known for his softly ruthless interview techniqueTom Hibbert, a former Observer columnist and mainstay of both Smash Hits and Q magazines, has died aged 59, fr...
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Intellectual property office sides with Bobby G against three other original ex-bandmates in legal ruling over disputeThe UK intellectual property office has been making ...
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Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker never misses Eurovision, while rock writer Charles Shaar Murray thinks it's a showcase for European culture at its worst. Susanna Rustin lets th...
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I'll admit it – I can hum every Eurovision winner and I love rewatching the nail-biting 1993 contest. If only the UK took things as seriously as me, we might stand ...
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The decade that was the 80s is one that divides opinion on whether it was a good era for music. On the one hand, there were some really appalling things inflicted upon u...
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A clan with star-studded music connectionsIn their book Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (1996), Craig Fass, Brian Turtle and Mike Ginelli explain how they came up with the onc...
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A clan with star-studded music connectionsIn their book Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (1996), Craig Fass, Brian Turtle and Mike Ginelli explain how they came up with the onc...
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What do we have here - Liam Gallagher behaving himself for once.The Oasis wideboy was shmoozing at a wedding in Italy with his wife Nicole.The rock 'n' roller was chillin...
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Give the election the swerve with a few radio treatsWhy do we care so much about bands breaking up? Maybe because the intense love of a certain type of music or particula...
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