A year of extraordinary contrasts, it gave us everything from dancefloor anthems to punk statements, futuristic synth-pop and ...

It'll be all across your TV this Christmas, in Same Fender's cover version. But this Stones classic has some interesting ...

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Beekeeping, WW2 memorabilia.... owning a football club? Iconic rockers have found some colourful ways to relax down the years ...

Sofia Demetriades. Remember the name. The 18-year-old violinist from Leicestershire has been named as the winner of BBC Young ...

Surf’s Up (1971) was one of their best post- Pet Sounds albums, featuring Carl’s exquisite double-whammy of ‘Long Promised Road’ and ‘Feel Flows’, along with Brian’s melancholy gem ‘’Til I Die’ and ...

rockers who have somehow managed to combine legendary excess and hedonism with a frankly very respectable time upon this ...

The Who’s impish drummer was another who had regular run-ins with the law. But the events of 23 August 1967 take the biscuit ...

A moonlit ride, a nasty accident and an unexpected change of image. One of the Beatles’ most influential fashion statements ...

Lapses of judgement, signs of the times or just bad taste? These fine albums were let down by disappointing, or just plain bizarre artwork ...

What if rock's biggest turning points had unfolded differently? These 13 alternate histories could have changed the music you ...