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The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun

'The House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals: The making of the haunting folk blues masterpiece

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Brian May, Michael Eavis, Glastonbury and the badgers

The surprising reason Queen will never play Glastonbury Festival

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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert teaser trailer

Watch the stunning trailer for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert from Elvis filmmaker

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Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland of The Police in concert

Sting pays Police bandmates over £600,000 in royalties as dispute continues

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James Bond themes, ranked from worst to the very best

All 24 James Bond themes, ranked from worst to best

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Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury's ten most inspirational and amazing quotes

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Mick Jagger and David Bowie in the mid-1970s

The classic Rolling Stones single that features David Bowie on backing vocals

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John Lennon shared his wisdom on how wealth and fame would impact an aspiring artist's songwriting.

The life-changing letter John Lennon wrote to an aspiring folk singer that wasn't received until decades later

John Lennon

The Beatles at the movies

The Beatles biopics: Cast, director, release date and songs for the four upcoming movies

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David Bowie - Albums

All of David Bowie's albums, ranked from worst to best

David Bowie

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Sting and The Beatles

The reason Sting felt The Beatles gave him a "licence" to write songs

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Neil Diamond and Hugh Jackman as Neil Diamond tribute act in Song Sung Blue

Neil Diamond has seen Hugh Jackman's 'tribute act movie' and here's what he thought of it

Neil Diamond

Stranger things and David Bowie

Here's how a David Bowie classic ended up soundtracking the end of Stranger Things

David Bowie

Chris Rea

Music legend Chris Rea dies, aged 74

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George Harrison 'Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)' and Finn Wolfhard

George Harrison's 'Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)' gets first music video from Stranger Things star

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Van Morrison in concert in 2023

Van Morrison announces major UK live shows for 2026

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Slade in the 1970s in 1980s

Slade's Dave Hill opens up about his "good relationship" with Noddy Holder

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Paul Simon in concert

Paul Simon is coming back to the UK for first shows in eight years: Venues, dates and how to buy tickets

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John Cleese on Fawlty Towers

John Cleese opens up about how 'second choice' Prunella Scales was exactly right for Fawlty Towers

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Giles Martin and The Beatles

Giles Martin ranks the three most important Beatles songs: "It really touches me"

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David Essex

David Essex interview: Music legend hints that his upcoming tour might be his last

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Barry Manilow in concert

Barry Manilow explains why those "final ever UK shows" weren't actually his last

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All the ways you can listen to Gold Radio

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David Bowie - "Heroes"

"Heroes" by David Bowie: The making of the soaring Berlin masterpiece

David Bowie

David Bowie - Starman

'Starman' by David Bowie: The making of the song that changed everything

David Bowie

David Bowie - Space Oddity

'Space Oddity' by David Bowie: The making of the spaceage pop breakthrough

David Bowie

David Bowie and Queen - Under Pressure

'Under Pressure' by Queen & David Bowie: The making of the ultimate rock duet

Queen

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David Bowie - Glastonbury 2000

David Bowie's 20 best songs ever, ranked

David Bowie

Lulu in concert

Lulu's 10 best songs ever, ranked

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Christmas songs

The 20 top Christmas songs, ranked

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American glam rock singer and bassist Suzi Quatro in 1975. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Suzi Quatro's 10 top songs, ranked

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David Bowie - Life on Mars?

'Life on Mars?' by David Bowie: The making of the surreal glam masterpiece

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David Bowie? John Lennon? Paul McCartney? In a supergroup together. According to Bowie, it very nearly happened.

The night John Lennon, Paul McCartney and David Bowie nearly formed a supergroup

David Bowie

Tom Jones and Sandie Shaw

The female singer who was offered 'It's Not Unusual' before Tom Jones – and why she turned it down

Tom Jones

David Bowie was originally set to play villain Max Zorin in the 1985 Bond movie A View To A Kill, but turned it down.

Why David Bowie turned down A View To A Kill villain role opposite Roger Moore's James Bond

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Brian Duffy's Lightning Bolt for David Bowie's Aladdin Sane

David Bowie's lightning bolt logo: Who designed the pop legend's iconic symbol?

David Bowie

George Harrison in A Hard Day's Night

How The Beatles' George Harrison coined the word "grotty" and deconstructed influencer culture in 1964

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The Beatles - Carnival of Light

'Carnival of Light': The mysterious Beatles recording that still hasn't been released

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Billy J Kramer then and now

What happened to Billy J Kramer? The story of the chart-topping Merseybeat star

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Tina Turner and Cher on The Cher Show in 1975

When Tina Turner and Cher absolutely smashed their duet of 'Shame Shame Shame'

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Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

'Hey Joe': The remarkable, twisted story of one of the most famous songs in rock ‘n’ roll

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Mick Jagger with the 50th anniversary tongue and lips logo

The Rolling Stones logo: Who designed the iconic tongue and lips image?

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Elvis Presley – '68 Comeback Special

Elvis's '68 Comeback Special: The story of the greatest comeback gig of all time

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The Beatles last concert at Candlestick Park

The Beatles' last ever proper concert: The full setlist, attendance and ticket prices revealed

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Steve McQueen in The Great Escape

The Great Escape: How Steve McQueen pulled off the motorbike stunt

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Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood in West Side Story

West Side Story cast: What happened to the main stars?

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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain: How Gene Kelly battled illness to film iconic dance

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Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

'Fairytale of New York' by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl: The making of the timeless Christmas masterpiece

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Dad's Army's most famous moment

Don't Tell Him Pike: The story behind Dad's Army's most iconic scene

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Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe, promote their 1979 Christmas show

When Morecambe & Wise dominated Christmas

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So here it is, Merry Quizmas...

QUIZ: Can you get 100% on our Christmas lyrics quiz?

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Wham!'s Last Christmas

'Last Christmas' by Wham!: The making of the timeless festive classic

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David Bowie and The Snowman

How David Bowie ended up introducing Christmas classic The Snowman

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Shakin' Stevens – Merry Xmas Everyone

'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakin' Stevens: The making of the delayed Xmas No.1

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Andy Williams' TV specials were a joy

Why Andy Williams is the underrated King of Christmas music

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The Dave Clark Five

The Dave Clark Five facts: Members, songs and break-up of the British Invasion legends

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David Bowie

David Bowie facts: Songs, marriages, children, eye colour and tragic death of the rock 'n' roll icon

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Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood facts: Rolling Stones star's age, wife, children, songs and career explained

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Lulu in 1966

Lulu facts: Age, marriages, songs and real name of the Scottish superstar

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Noddy Holder

'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade: The making of the Christmas classic

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The Beatles - Christmas Records and Messages

The Beatles' Christmas records: The story of the Fab Four's seasonal singles

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Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' by Wizzard: The making of 1973's other Christmas cracker

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It's A Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life: What happened to the cast after the 1946 Christmas movie?

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over)

'Happy Xmas (War is Over)' by John Lennon and Yoko Ono: The making of the Christmas peace anthem

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Elvis Presley at Christmas

How Elvis Presley made the biggest-selling Christmas album of all time

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Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

'Stop The Cavalry' by Jona Lewie: The making of the protest song turned Christmas hit

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The Good Life Christmas special

The Good Life: ‘Silly But It’s Fun’ - A timeless TV Christmas classic

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Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

'Wonderful Christmastime' by Paul McCartney: The making of the divisive seasonal single

Paul McCartney

Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash

Relive Roy Orbison singing 'Pretty Paper' on The Johnny Cash Show at Christmas

Roy Orbison

Jaws

Jaws: What happened to the main cast of the first blockbuster?

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Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas

'I Believe in Father Christmas' by Greg Lake: The making of the melancholy festive classic

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