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"The hype was so great that we were never going to be able to fulfil it." The "nightmare" birth of the Stones Roses' wildly-expensive and long-delayed second album Second Coming, by those who were there, and those who quit

After The Stones Roses set the British music scene alight with their stunning debut album, the expectation was that they would take over the world with album two. Things didn't quite go to plan

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“I got a call saying, ‘Robert Plant is going to call you.’ What?!”: How Alison Krauss made sweet music with the Led Zeppelin legend

And there may be more to come

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“Bob Geldof said, No, Queen have peaked. I don’t think they should play.” Queen would never have performed their iconic set at Live Aid if Band Aid mastermind Bob Geldof had his way, and Freddie Mercury initially wasn't that keen either

"Freddie smelt blood. He went for the throat."

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“She opened her mouth, and out came that orgasmic sound we know and love”: How a feat of spontaneous creativity resulted in one of Pink Floyd’s most majestic moments

A gentle meditation on mortality was brought to passionate life thanks to one woman’s improvised vocal

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"I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says that he and Roger Taylor are "constantly writing"

"It’s whether that seed can grow," May says

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“I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens": Phil Collins has seemingly lost the desire to make new music

Genesis drummer explains he’s been “very sick”

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Phil Collins so ill he’s totally lost interest in making music

In a poignant health update after he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and complications from a spinal injury dating back to 2007, Phil Collins has declared he is so ill he’s totally lost interest in making music.

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Phil Collins admits he’s ‘very sick’ following retirement announcement

‘I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens but I'm not hungry for it anymore’

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Phil Collins is 'not hungry' enough to make new music

Phil Collins has lost his appetite to make music since retiring.

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David Bowie's time on Omikron, and his madcap scheme to buy up a load of old satellites and 'relaunch Ziggy Stardust from space'

"Something about it didn’t gel enough for people even to try it. I think David was a bit pissed off."

PC Gamer

“I wanted the design to feel familiar, especially to Fender players, but I also wanted to make a guitar that felt a little more feminine than a lot of guitars do”: Meet West Valley Guitars, the UK brand making offsets like you’ve never seen before

Josh Stopford wanted to make a more player-friendly offset, a more feminine guitar – and finished in Tahitian Coral, this might be the coolest boutique offset we've played in a while

Guitar World

"It's journalistic complacency and claptrap." Robert Plant never liked the idea of Led Zeppelin being labelled a heavy metal band

"That period had a lot of people cavorting around using their manhood as the main weapon to sell records"

Louder

Paddy Hill obituary

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

The Guardian - UK

Paddy Hill, one of wrongly convicted Birmingham Six, dies aged 80

Hill, imprisoned for 16 years for 1974 pub bombing, set up organisation helping other victims of miscarriages of justice

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The Independent UK

Fleetwood Mac finally share major announcement from mysterious Instagram account

‘This is going to be messy,’ one fan reacted

Louder

"I played him the song first, and Johnny just looked at me like I was insane." How Rick Rubin convinced Johnny Cash to record his iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, and why Trent Reznor originally considered Cash's interpretation 'invasive"

Johnny Cash took some persuading before agreeing to Rick Rubin's idea that he should cover a Nine Inch Nails classic

Guitar World

“World-class... It just feels like a vintage classic that never was”: Daniels Gravitas review

A fascinating reimagining of Gibson’s Firebird, the Gravitas sticks with vintage vibe and mojo. Oh, and that sound…

The Independent UK

Fleetwood Mac fans in frenzy after sudden flurry of band activity

New social media activity comes as Stevie Nicks performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the first time in 41 years

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Tom’s Guide

NYT Connections today hints and answers — Wednesday, October 9 (#486)

Need help with Connections #486? Here are some hints and the answers.

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“I would love to see a healing between them - and that doesn’t have to take the shape of a tour, necessarily”: Mick Fleetwood hopes Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham can still patch things up

Mick Fleetwood on how he hopes for a healing between Buckingham and Nicks

MusicRadar

Stevie Nicks reveals the two reasons why "there is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way"

"Even if I thought I could work with Lindsey again, he’s had some health problems"

Louder

"I wanted to go there and sit on her bed and sing to her": Stevie Nicks reflects on Christine McVie's final hours

Steve Nicks vows to keep the music of Fleetwood Mac alive for as long as she can

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"It's a group of musicians that Roger has chosen": Pete Townshend is candid about the live lineup of The Who in new interview

He also explains why he wouldn't want to follow the Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam in making an album with Andrew Watt

Louder

“I slid to the floor in shock. I didn’t speak, didn’t want to say a word to anyone.” The day that Joy Division learned their friend and frontman Ian Curtis had died

Remembering Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis

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“I played something that was soft and easy. I just tried to stay out of the way…and Richard says 'No, no, no, no… go, just burn'”: The Carpenters' Goodbye To Love and the magic of Tony Peluso's guitar solo

"Ninety-nine percent of that solo was done on the first take"

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