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Green Day with their American Idiot album inset

Green Day's American Idiot tops biggest-selling rock albums of the 21st Century - See the Top 10

Green Day

Some of the best indie debut albums 1980-1989: Murmur, Speak & Spell, Bleach Psychocandy, London 0 Hull 4 and more...

The 25 best indie debut albums of the 1980s

Smiths cover stars: Sgt Michael Wynn in Vietnam; Jean Marais in Orphee; and Joe Dallesandro and Louis Waldon in Andy Warhol's Flesh: Smiths cover stars.

Who are The Smiths' album and single cover stars?

Pixies press image 2025

Pixies first headliners announced for Eden Sessions 2026

Pixies

Dave Grohl and some genuine "foo fighters": what are they, really?

The spooky story behind the band name Foo Fighters

The Beatles dressed up for Magical Mystery Tour and their favourite gloomy American author, Edgar Allan Poe

10 songs that mention historical figures

The star of Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor single cover

Who is the girl on the cover of I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor?

Arctic Monkeys

Sam Fender in 2022

Sam Fender shares Talk To You ft. Elton john and announces People Watching deluxe edition

Sam Fender

Courteeners have announced details of their seventh studio album.

Courteeners announce 2026 show at Manchester's Wythenshawe Park

Johnny Marr has announced a new outdoor show for 2026

Johnny Marr's 2026 homecoming show at Manchester's Castlefield Bowl: How to buy tickets

Johnny Marr

Ocean Colour Scene press

Ocean Colour Scene's Moseley Shoals 30th anniversary UK dates for 2026: How to buy tickets

Arctic Monkeys at the Ritz in Manchester, 16th October 2005

These Arctic Monkeys photos make us nostalgic for the mid-2000s

Arctic Monkeys

DMA'S will play their debut album in full at UK shows in 2026.

DMA'S add new dates to their Hills End 10th anniversary UK tour dates for 2026

Sam Fender wins the 2025 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year award at Newcastle Utilita Arena on 16th October 2025

Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury Prize Album of the Year

Sam Fender

Past Mercury winners: PJ Harvey, Pulp, Wolf Alice, Badly Drawn Boy and Ms Dynamite

Who has won the Mercury Prize in previous years?

Just some of the albums that missed out on winning the Mercury Prize over the years...

20 albums that surprisingly didn't win the Mercury Prize

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea "All The Angels" Benefit Concert For Haiti Relief

Flea at 63: The story behind the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist's name

Red Hot Chili Peppers

James Norton and former Beatles manager Brian Epstein

James Norton 'eyed up' for Brian Epstein role in Beatles biopics