Channel Four to make documentary about John Peel’s favourite singles
A Channel Four documentary will focus on a metal box of 142 favourite 7-inch singles belonging to the late John Peel, broadcast on 14 November.…
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Beatles track hailed as best British song of all time
A Q magazine survey of music experts ranked The Beatles' 'A Day In The Life' as the best British song of all time, ahead of The Kinks and Oasis.…
Strawberry Fields home closes
The Liverpool children's home that inspired The Beatles' 'Strawberry Fields Forever' has closed after 68 years, as it can no longer afford to stay open.…
Oasis top best song poll
Virgin Radio listeners voted Oasis' Wonderwall the best British song ever, ahead of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.…
Stone Roses top OMM album survey
The Stone Roses' eponymous 1989 debut tops the Observer Music Monthly survey of the greatest British albums, ahead of Revolver and London Calling.…
McCartney talks drugs and the Beatles
Paul McCartney tells Uncut he once took heroin by mistake and played with cocaine for about a year, and says drugs influenced the Beatles' songwriting less than people assume.…
Springsteen tops best album survey
A Zagat survey of 10,500 US music fans puts Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run at number one, ahead of two Beatles albums.…
U2 lead the income charts
According to Rolling Stone's summer issue, U2 are the highest earning rock group in history, ahead of Dr Dre, The Beatles and Madonna.…