Musician and singer Shane MacGowan, best known as the frontman of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death on Instagram, …
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Shane MacGowan, the hellraising frontman of the Pogues who was best known for the Christmas favourite Fairytale of New York, has died aged 65. The singer had suffered a long …
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Sheltering from the summer rain, a family poses for a photo outside Ulaanbaatar’s National Sports Stadium. Like almost everyone in the capital attending the celebrations for Naadam, Mongolia’s national festival …
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Heath, the bassist of rock band X Japan, has died aged 55. The news was announced in a statement issued by his band earlier this week, which stated that he …
Heath, bassist of X Japan, dies aged 55 Read More
A guitar played by British music star Eric Clapton while in rock band Cream has topped a rock ‘n’ roll auction. The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for 1,270,000 …
Eric Clapton’s psychedelic ‘Fool’ guitar sells for more than £1m at auction Read More
Researchers have discovered the earliest bird footprints ever found in Australia, showing that these early birds once lived in southern polar regions on the supercontinent Gondwana. Palaeontologists unearthed the bird …
120 million-year-old birds tracks near South Pole are the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere Read More
It’s the cult music quiz the BBC failed to copyright. Now Ken Bruce’s PopMaster TV is returning to Channel 4 for a “supersized” second series after its first run sent …
Ken Bruce’s PopMaster TV returns for new 16-episode Channel 4 series Read More
As long as kings and princes have made war there has been a need for military music, to “rouse the spirits and summon up the blood.” In medieval times military …
Military music is meant to inspire the troops – here are 10 of the most rousing tunes Read More
Green Day fans were left massively disappointed after the group cancelled their planned gig in London minutes before doors were due to open. The US trio were due to play …
Green Day cancels London gig minutes before doors due to open as fans queue outside Read More
The king’s speech (Report, 7 November) might have had more substance if it had included a bill to ban Christmas adverts and piped music before, say, 10 December. On 7 …
Please stop this early Christmas madness – we need a law against it Read More