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From Vanessa Thorpe at the Guardian Turner prize winner honours Brian Epstein for 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper album Turner prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller is to stage a haunting tribute to the Beatles’ manager, Brian […]
From Music Week Earlier this week (May 3), a message appeared on Robert Plant’s website, prompting rumours that Led Zeppelin may reform later this year. The words ‘Any time now…’ sparked fans to speculate that […]
……’Moonage Daydream’ was released as a single by Arnold Corns, a band, formed by David Bowie the name of which was inspired by the Pink Floyd song ‘Arnold Layne’. This was one of Bowie’s side projects […]
From the Guardian In an attempt to make punk, rock and metal gigs less intimidating for female fans, many bands are banning moshpits and introducing ‘safe spaces’ instead My teenage years were spent getting bashed […]
From Andrew Trendell at the NME Adele’s fortune has grown by a massive £40million in a year The Sunday Times Rich List has revealed the wealthiest names in music in 2017 – featuring the likes […]
From NME Virginia Hanlon Grohl, who spawned the Nirvana and Foo Fighters star, tells Mark Beaumont about life as a rock mum Behind every rock god there’s a devoted mother trying to get strange stains […]
From BBC Radiohead are to release their fabled “lost single” Lift on a 20th anniversary edition of OK Computer. The yearning rock anthem was played extensively during their 1996 tour, and a studio version is […]
From the Guardian Rock stars claim visitors to the hotel in the Baja resort town of Todos Santos are falsely led to believe it inspired the band’s biggest hit The rock band Eagles have filed […]
….and you can listen to it!! From Time Out Artist Keith Haynes uses vinyl records as material for his works of art. But they’re not just any records. Each of the records used in his Map […]
From the Guardian Former Haçienda DJs who reinvent club classics with a full orchestra are charged with waking up festival goers in prestigious opening slot Hacienda Classical with Manchester Camerata will open this year’s Pyramid […]
From Uncut Peter Gabriel is reissuing his film soundtracks, Birdy, Passion and Long Walk Home. “I’ve always loved film music,” Gabriel tells Uncut. “And I’ve been lucky enough create music for three very different kinds […]
….American guitarist Norma-Jean Wofford died. Known as ‘The Duchess’, she worked with Bo Diddley as a Bo-ette from 1962 to 1966. Diddley was one of the first artists to have female musicians in his group. Read […]
From the Guardian Covering everything from mental health to military interventions, Damon Albarn and his celebrity friends deliver an inspired party album for a world gone mad It is easy to forget that, on arrival […]
Iggy Pop‘s The Idiot and Lust for Life are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year and along with 1978’s TV Eye Live (recorded during his 1977 US tour) they will be reissued on vinyl – “remastered for […]
From the Independent ‘Only I can tell my story. Anyone else who tries is a charlatan and a fool’ Madonna has responded to reports that a biopic called Blond Ambition is being produced. The Hollywood Reporter reports a script […]
At least one member of our team will be beside himself with excitement to learn that Tori Amos will release a new album, ‘Native Invader’, on 8 Sep, followed by some UK and Ireland tour […]
From the Chart Company Record Store Day 2017 was another huge success that saw avid vinyl fans queuing in the wind and rain in the early hours of the morning on Saturday (April 22) to […]
Children of the 1980s, rejoice – the original Bananarama line-up is back together at last. Which got us thinking – lots of 80s bands have reformed over recent years but which ones are we still […]
From Ash Percival at the Huffington Post 80s pop trio Bananarama have announced plans of comeback. The group – made up of Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey – are […]
From BBC Whether you consume music digitally or collect vinyl records, Brexit has the potential to affect you. The UK music industry, like its counterparts in other countries, has had a tough time adapting to […]
From NME The iconic German outfit have performed a number of their albums at lavish live shows – recordings of which feature on the new collection Kraftwerk have announced a new live album and 3D […]
….The Rolling Stones released their classic album Sticky Fingers in the UK. The band’s first release on their own label via Atlantic Records, the cover was designed by Andy Warhol, who was paid $15,000 for his […]
Save our Sounds is the British Library’s programme to preserve the nation’s sound heritage The nation’s sound collections are under threat, both from physical degradation and as the means of playing them disappear from production. […]
From Music Week Independent record stores have dismissed concerns over supermarkets muscling in on the vinyl scene, as they prepare for their annual Record Store Day sales boost. Supermarkets’ share of the vinyl market is now […]
Now in its tenth year, RSD 2017 promises to be something special with over 500 limited edition release, here’s a link so you can see them all. Here at eil.com we will endeavour to source […]
Out on Friday 21 April, Deliverance delivers intense gospel-blues tunes recorded while the star was without a record label and at odds with digital music trends An EP of previously unheard Prince material will be […]
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie to release an new album together Fleetwood Mac legends Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie are to release their first ever album as a duo, in June. Called simply Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie, recordings […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Militant renaissance man Jack White filed his 2016 tax return on vinyl in a move that’s thrilling high-fidelity taxpayers, according to sources within the IRS. Officials confirmed White’s 2016 return was prepared […]
From Gwilym Mumford at the Guardian Don’t Breathe’s Fede Alvarez to write and direct the long-rumoured follow-up to the cult musical, but the film will not feature Bowie’s Goblin King character. A follow-up to Labyrinth, […]
Universal may seek a $30 million refund from Prince estate over recordings deal Universal Music was feeling well smug earlier this year after securing all three of the big deals that had been put on […]
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