Anyone could have performed the glissando's heard in T. Rex's ‘Bang a Gong (Get It On)’, but there was an ulterior reason Marc Bolan hired pianist Rick Wakeman.

Curating a list of favourite songs for Apple’s Celebrity Playlist Podcast, Ringo Starr selects a classic by his old friend, ...

Live at Arley will return this spring – and extra acts for the special music event have been  revealed. This year's event takes place from 15-17 May in the grounds of historic Arley Hall, offering ...

Plus, record stores will give a portion of their proceeds to Women In Vinyl on Sunday. T. Rex’s “Electric warrior” re-release is Vinyl of the Week ...

There are the David Bowies of the world, but there are also the Marc Bolans. Here is the story of the rivalry that strained their friendship.

Alexsucks headlines a three-band night of hard indie rock at DC's Atlantis on Monday, giving the crowd their money's worth.

Thanatophobia is essentially the fear of dying. Derived from Thanatos (Greek for death) and phobos (fear), it involves a ...

Breakfast at Tiffany’s actor Audrey Hepburn and glam rock icon Marc Bolan are among the famous names that will receive a blue plaque in 2025. Other names that will be celebrated in the London scheme ...

From Ringo's Ringo to Paul's McCartney, some of the Fab Four's greatest records arrived after they were no longer ...

I didn’t take them seriously. When the 1975 sauntered onto my computer screen with their 2013 debut album, they struck me as another prefab pop-rock boy band along the lines of One Direction or 5 ...

By the time the Beatles split in 1970, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were already collaborating on assorted solo projects.

Demo’d in ’74, when their compositional skills wrote checks their chops couldn’t cash, Squeeze shelved Trixies for 52 years. Now, Tilbrook says he’s proud to pull this lost album from the time machine ...