The Beatles

An extract from a new book looks at how Jerry, Terry, Suggs and the rest breathed life into a country looking for new heroes....

"It's gonna take time, a whole lotta precious time..."

Acid is a dangerous drug, kids.

Remember 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus? None of that shit here...

A great music show can change the world. Check out the venues where history was played.

With a sound rooted in the grandest of traditions, this Merseybeat band are filling stages from the Cavern Club to Oslo...

With a certain world-beating Montreal band playing London this week as The Reflektors, it got me thinking about the other bands who operated under different names...

Popping in the pub for a pint on your lunch hour? In a hurry? You can still get through 9 songs on the jukebox in 12 minutes.

From Shack to The La's with a whole load of brilliance in between...

It must be tough being a dad, thankfully there's always that one day a year where we can raid the Tesco reduced aisle in appreciation...

From Jacques Brel to Cilla Black, via Iggy, the British icon proves herself a woman of impeccable taste...

With the duo about to head out on tour, one half of them lets fly with the most anecdote-heavy interview you're ever read...

At the turn of last century I had the pleasure of going to Paul McCartney's show at The Cavern in Liverpool. A few half shandies later and I found myself face to face with one of the most iconic people in music.

It's 31 years to the day that John Lennon was gunned down by Mark Chapman in New York, what is it with America and assassination?

“I can make it longer if you like the style I can change it round and I wanna be a paperback writer”