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Freddie Mercury onstage with Queen, December 1979

How Queen's Don't Stop Me Now became one of their best-loved hits

Two Door Cinema Club, Shed Seven and Maximo Park have all been added to the Isle Of Wight 2026 bill.

Isle Of Wight festival adds more names to 2026 bill

Isle of Wight Festival 2026

Top Scottish acts: CHVRCHES, Travis, Biffy Clyro and Franz Ferdinand

The best Scottish indie songs for Burns Night

Classic eponymous albums from Led Zeppelin,Metallica, Blur, The Beatles, Weezer and more

Eponymous albums: 17 classic "self-titled" LPs

One of Alex Turner's greatest lines for Arctic Monkeys.

The best Arctic Monkeys lyrics: Alex Turner's greatest lines

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Robert Smith in 1985 and the original version of The Cure's Boys Don't Cry single

The Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry: why this classic song wasn’t a hit the first time around

The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner circa 2006

Luke Pritchard on The Kooks & Arctic Monkeys sharing debut album anniversary: "We didn't feel in competition"

The Kooks

The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard with the band's Inside In/Inside Out album inset

The Kooks' Luke Pritchard talks "nuts" 20th anniversary of their Inside In/Inside Out album

The Kooks

Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not album ranked

Arctic Monkeys debut album tracks RANKED: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not from worst to best

Arctic Monkeys

The Kooks cover shoot for their Inside In/Inside Out album

The Kooks Inside In/Inside Out at 20: Facts about the debut album

The Kooks

Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys performs at the Reading Festival, Reading on 26 August 2006

How Alex Turner’s driving instructor influenced Arctic Monkeys’ Mardy Bum…

Arctic Monkeys

Alex Turner performing in 2006 and the band's I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor artwork inset

Alex Turner thought I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor was "reet boring": "They're not our best lyrics"

Arctic Monkeys

The cover to Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, featuring Chris McClure... and Andy Nicholson's original snapshot.

How Chris McClure ended up appearing on the cover of Arctic Monkeys' debut album

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys released their debut album Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not in January 2006

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: The stories behind each song

Arctic Monkeys

Alex Turner performs in 2005 and scenes from Arctic Monkeys' When The Sun Goes Down video

The story of Arctic Monkeys' When The Sun Goes Down and why it's the band's bleakest song to date

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys in 2026 and the new HELP (2) album.

Arctic Monkeys' new song: Listen to Opening Night - the band's first track in four years & the first HELP (2) single

Arctic Monkeys

Robbie Williams in 2022 and The Beatles in 1964

Robbie Williams on course to top The Beatles record with 16th number one album BRITPOP

Sam Fender, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg and Pulp are all up for BRIT Awards in 2026

Sam Fender, Pulp and Wolf Alice among BRIT Awards 2026 nominees: See the full list here...