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Barclay James Harvest probably wouldn’t have made North if Woolly Wolstenholme hadn’t died
John Lees didn’t want to write or sing any more songs. But he rediscovered an enjoyable process with the 21st-century line-up of his band, ending a 14-year wait for new music in 2013
“At one point, he held up an inflatable doll with an erection, dressed like a bee." From orgasmic laugh yoga to shamanic drumming for Mother Earth, here’s what really happens at Glastonbury Festival beyond the music
I decided to try out every weird experience I could possibly find at Glasto, and I'll never look at the festival in the same way again
Here are five brilliant sets from Glastonbury this year that you probably haven't heard about
With Glastonbury Festival over for another year, we look back on our favourite weird and wonderful acts
The ‘popularity’ of an AI-generated rock band was inevitable – and it highlights a depressing fact about success in the music streaming age
A seemingly non-existent band have more than half a million Spotify ‘listeners’, but the numbers they’re piling up are just as shallow and meaningless as the computer-generated music they spit out
The 40 best Black Sabbath songs ever
From genre-defining early cuts to underrated gems, these are the Black Sabbath songs you need in your life
The meaning behind The Stranglers' controversial classic Peaches
Driven by a gritty bass riff, The Stranglers' Top 10 hit Peaches is nearly 50 years old, but it's still a must-play by today’s version of the band
The Beatles' albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock musicians - and these are their best albums
Tobias Forge on spirituality, isolation and the positive joys of fandom
Tobias Forge, aka Papa V Perpetua, talks dark matters and working towards a "newer, better, bigger" Ghost
