Dramatisation of Tommy Steele’s rise to fame as a rock ‘n’ roll teen idol in the 1950s. Read full article at source...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter PA Media Speedo Mick walked through the Scottish Highlands in January 2023 Michael Cullen went from sleeping rough in Liverpool to raising £1m by doing charity walks in all weathers in just his swimming trunks. His story is now being celebrated in a stage musical. Just as Clark Kent turns into...
In a startling coincidence, murder rates have plummeted in Denver and Aurora, Colorado, in the first quarter of 2025. I’m sure that correlation doesn’t equal causation here, but some bigots who clearly hate brown people have made the insane suggestion that deporting gang members who terrorized residents in these cities might have had something to...
Explosions have been heard in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan as a paramilitary force targeted the de-facto capital of the country’s military-led government for the third consecutive day. Thick black smoke could be seen at dawn on the skyline of the previously safe city where thousands of people fleeing the two-year civil war have...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Outkast’s hits include Hey Ya, B.O.B., So Fresh So Clean and SpottieOttieDopaliscious Innovative rap group Outkast, pop star Cyndi Lauper and 1960s pioneer Chubby Checker have all won places in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees were revealed live on American Idol, with the UK...
Harry Parkhill & Karl Bird BBC News BBC/Karl Bird Colin Ward was a drummer for Sounds Force Five, who played at Barbeque 67 The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in the US is often cited as having been the first rock festival. But weeks earlier, thousands of fans crowded round a shed in Lincolnshire to watch...
Dystopia: The Rock Opera The Rock Bottom Falkirk 21 March 2025  Beldon Haigh bring their politically fuelled rock opera Dystopia to The Rock Bottom in Falkirk,  and it’s a blast from start to finish! Nigel Carr reports for Louder Than War. There have been a few rock operas over the years, Mike Bennett and...
The Pistols’ played their first and last gig in Yorkshire – what influence did punk have? Read full article at source...