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“I owe so much to him”: Brian May names the master of the mood change

(Credits: Far Out / Paul Williams) Sun 13 April 2025 11:00, UK Brian May is often considered to have been an innovator when it came to guitar playing, and the touches that he so deftly applied to the compositions of Freddie Mercury were rightly celebrated for how intricate and creative they were. Of course, there […]

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Why are big movies called blockbusters?

(Credits: Far Out / De’Andre Bush) Sat 12 April 2025 12:30, UK These days, it feels as though the film industry favours the blockbuster, a kind of movie that prioritizes big budgets and well-known casts, and is almost guaranteed to make a large profit. You can’t go to your local cinema without finding huge action […]

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The Deep Purple song Rithcie Blackmore called “banal”

(Credit: Alamy) Sat 12 April 2025 12:00, UK A lot of the time, we overcomplicate musicians, which is fair enough. When you listen to some of the complicated music that bands like Deep Purple and artists such as Ritchie Blackmore were responsible for, it can be so out of this world that when it comes […]

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Which song held the number-one spot the longest in the 1970s?

(Credits: Far Out / NASA / Uwe Conrad) Sat 12 April 2025 11:30, UK For the first time since rock ‘n’ roll’s explosion and the birth of popular music, as we know it today, the single began to lose significance by the time the 1970s arrived. Only a few years earlier, the rapacious demand for […]

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Slash and Axl Rose’s secret plan to stop Izzy Stradlin playing guitar

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Fri 11 April 2025 12:30, UK When Guns N’ Roses burst onto the scene, they were praised by many for injecting some much-needed venom back into rock music. The genre had grown somewhat stale at this point. While there were a few bands still making decent rock music, it was […]

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Skunk Anansie’s Mark Richardson shares cancer diagnosis

(Credits: Русский: Дмитрий Рузов) Fri 11 April 2025 12:20, UK Skunk Anansie drummer Mark Richardson has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and urged his followers to get themselves tested. Richardson has been a member of the group since 1995 and has contributed to every Skunk Anansie record apart from their debut offering, […]

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‘Remote Control’: The Clash’s most underrated protest song

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Fri 11 April 2025 12:00, UK Protest music has a rich and diverse history dating back centuries; for as long as there has been music, there have been musicians using it as a means of defying authority. This was never more true than during the punk boom of the 1970s, […]

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Cannes 2025: Full line-up revealed for film festival

(Credits: Festival De Cannes) Thu 10 April 2025 12:35, UK With the Cannes Film Festival beginning next month, the whole line-up has officially been announced, including movies from Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt and Wes Anderson. The 78th Festival will be taking place from May 13th to May 24th. The announcement comes after it was confirmed […]