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Gordon Smart's Isolation Diaries

Gordon Smart, about to introduce Lionel Blair to Oasis

Gordon Smart on celebrity bad behaviour in pubs

Gordon Smart

Gordon Smart discovers the healing power of the rhino horn

Gordon Smart on the utterly bizarre magic of Glastonbury

Gordon Smart

Latest Features

Best Manchester Albums

25 classic albums from Manchester

The Beatles at a press conference for their return to Shea Stadium in August 1966, just a couple of weeks afrer the release of Revolver

The most influential albums of all time

The Courteeners

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

Courteeners

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers onstage in 2002

Which artists made a classic Album Number 8?

X-Plained - Stories Behind The Songs

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Oasis in 1994

Live Forever is Liam Gallagher’s favourite Oasis song - here's why

Oasis

Freddie Mercury performing with Queen at Live Aid, July 1985

How I Want To Break Free became Queen’s most controversial song

Queen

Johnny Cash performing on stage, 1994

Why did Johnny Cash cover Hurt?

Morrissey onstage in 1985; the Chernobyl disaster in 1985

How Chernobyl prompted one of The Smiths' greatest tunes

The Smiths

Latest X-Lists

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Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys in 2006; Sting of The Police in 1979

Which great songs mention other great songs?

Edwin Birdsong and Daft Punk

5 classic songs that sampled other songs

Happy Mondays in 1991

The most expensive albums ever made

Best indie compilations

What's the best indie compilation album of all time?

Radio X Sessions

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Blossoms in session, April 2018

See Blossoms play a live session at Radio X

Blossoms

The Vaccines live at Radio X

Watch The Vaccines play an amazing Radio X session

The Vaccines

Liam Gallagher live at Radio X

WATCH: Liam Gallagher Performs Wall Of Glass Live

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher live at Radio X

Watch Liam Gallagher perform Live Forever live and acoustic at Radio X

Liam Gallagher

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Axl Rose performs in Guns N' Roses in 1980

Rock stars and their real names

Pulp in 1998: Mark Webber, Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle

The best bands from Yorkshire

Festival-goers Sophie Boisselet and Chris Welch attend the Isle of Wight Festival, Afton Down, UK, 26th-30th August 1970.

In Pictures: How they used to do festivals back in the day

Festivals

Fleetwood Mac in 1975

10 rock music biopics that need to be made

Latest On Radio X

Alan McGee DJs for This Feeling at Water Rats

Alan McGee: 'The music industry doesn’t want young punky indie rock ‘n’ roll bands'

Music News

Foo Fighters at the 2018 BRIT Awards

QUIZ: You're a Foo Fighters super fan if you get 15/15 on this trivia quiz

Quizzes

David Bowie in 1980

Do you know ALL the words to David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes?

Quizzes

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher wants to do a covers album

Noel Gallagher

Courteeners in 2016: Daniel Moores, Liam Fray and Michael Campbell

Can you name 100% of these Courteeners lyrics?

Quizzes

Kate Tempest announces name change to Kae and confirms they're gender neutral

Kate Tempest announces change of pronouns and name to Kae

Music News

Latest Videos

Harry Shearer on The Chris Moyles Show

WATCH: Harry Shearer speaks to The Chris Moyles Show

Chris Moyles reacts to Ross Kemp's wasp sting video

WATCH: Chris Moyles reacts to Ross Kemp's crazy wasp sting video
Pippa just keeps giving away The Chris Moyles Show's face masks

The Chris Moyles Show got face masks made, but Pippa just can't say no!
Paul Mescal stars in The Rolling Stones' Scarlet video

Normal People’s Paul Mescal stars in The Rolling Stones’ Scarlet video

The Rolling Stones