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Fontaines D.C. and Kneecap

Fontaines D.C. announce huge Belfast gig with Kneecap as special guests

Dave Grohl at Coachella Festival 2025

Watch Dave Grohl's surprise appearance at Coachella with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Foo Fighters

Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher in 2024 and 2000

Liam Gallagher says he spent "BIBLICAL Easter Sunday" with Noel and his sons Donovan & Sonny

Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys in 2007

Where was 505 in the Arctic Monkeys song?

Arctic Monkeys

Pink Floyd circa 1973: Rick Wright, Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters

Why Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here is their saddest song

Pink Floyd

David Bowie, photographed by Masayoshi Sukita for the cover of "Heroes"

Was David Bowie's "Heroes" really based on a true story?

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over video

How Florence Welch was inspired to write Dog Days Are Over

Richard Ashcroft in the Bitter Sweet Symphony video: the final, released version and the "alternate" cut

There's an "unseen" Bitter Sweet Symphony video where Richard Ashcroft gets beaten up

The Verve

New Order's Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner in 1986

Where did New Order get the title Blue Monday from?

New Order

Morrissey and Johnny Marr performing with The Smiths in 1984

This is how Johnny Marr came up with the How Soon Is Now riff

Paul McCartney at The Beatles' famous "rooftop" gig in Central London, January 1969

The heartbreaking true story behind The Beatles' song Let It Be

Actor Phil Daniels in the Parklife video (1994)

How Phil Daniels became the voice of Blur’s Parklife single

Blur

Ian Brown performing with The Stone Roses in 1989

The story behind The Stone Roses' Sally Cinnamon

The Stone Roses

Led Zeppelin and their guitar riff nemesis Randy California of Spirit

How Led Zeppelin won the Stairway To Heaven "plagiarism" case

Led Zeppelin

Noel Gallagher and Richard Ashcroft in the 1990s

Why Noel Gallagher dedicated Cast No Shadow to Richard Ashcroft

Oasis

David Bowie, Brian May and Axl Rose at the Freddie Mercury

Who played the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992?

Some of the greatest THIRD albums from Suede, Green Day, The Prodigy, Massive Attack, The White Stripes, Blur, Primal Scream, The Doors, Smashing Pumpkins and The Clash.

15 times an artist's THIRD album has been their best

Are these disappointing follow-up albums?

The 10 most disappointing follow-up albums