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Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree attend the premiere of Blur: To The End in July 2024

Dave Rowntree on Blur reunion: "It’s a question of when rather than if"

Blur

Classic Rock song titles with brackets (in them)

Classic Rock Songs with Brackets In the Title

FAC classics: Love Will Tear Us Apart, Hallelujah, True Faith, Getting Away With It, Shall We Take A Trip, Blue Monday and more

The 20 best singles released on Factory Records

Freddie Mercury takes a curtain call at Queen's show at Knebworth, 9 August 1986

What did Queen play at their last gig with Freddie Mercury?

Classic artists - and the classic books that inspired them: Metallica and Johnny Got His Gun; The Beatles and Alice Through The Looking Glass

20 songs that were inspired by classic books

The Beatles - Abbey Road album cover: photo by Iain Macmillan, design by John Kosh

The story behind The Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover

Liam Gallagher performing in Sheffield in December 1994

How Live Forever became Liam Gallagher's favourite Oasis song

DMA'S Johnny Took, Tommy O'Dell and Matt Mason with Took and Mel C inset

DMA'S would be "into" a collab with "super cool" Melanie C after festival encounter

Courteeners' Liam Fray circa 2007

Why Courteeners' Cavorting was an f-you to the Manchester indie scene

Liam and Noel Gallagher on the Oasis Live '25 tour

Oasis tour promoter reportedly granted licence for gigs at Knebworth

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age launch complaints hotline: "No whiny too tiny"

Queens of the Stone Age

Blossoms in August 2016 at the time of the release of their self-titled debut album: Josh Dewhurst, Myles Kellock, Tom Ogden, Charlie Salt and Joe Donovan

Where did Blossoms get their name from?

Linkin Park

Linkin Park documentary Unshatter detailing their comeback is coming to cinemas next month

The Beatles' Revolver album was released on 5th August 1966.

10 things you didn’t know about The Beatles’ Revolver album

Shirley Manson of Garbage in 2018 and The White Stripes and The Strokes circa 2000s

Shirley Manson thought Garbage were "f***ed" after hearing The White Stripes and The Strokes

The Killers' Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers considers quitting music: "I’m really going through it right now"

The Killers

Slash performs in 2025

Slash hopes Guns N'Roses can get back in the studio to record new material

Guns N' Roses