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Thin Lizzy. The Acoustic Sessions. Phil Lynott famously demoed everything he wrote for Thin Lizzy with just him singing over acoustic guitar. Now Eric Bell, the band’s first guitarist, has reversed the process with great style, reimagining the finished songs as stripped-back acoustic recordings. Yes, the boys are back toned …

Hot For You Baby – which was orignally intended to be on her 1984 Private Dancer album – is being released. The single is being put out as part of an anniversary edition of that solo breakthrough album, which was nominated for album of the year at the 1985 Grammys …

Graceland opened to the public 43 years, just five years after Elvis Presley’s untimely death. Yet it wasn’t until the pandemic happened that virtual tours were offered during lockdown. For the first time, fans could witness unseen spaces from Aunt Delta’s room behind the kitchen to The King’s other private …

It’s been three years since The Rolling Stones rocked BST Hyde Park with two shows to mark their 60th anniversary. Then, in 2023, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood released their latest studio album, Hackney Diamonds and embarked on a North American tour. And now, it looks like the …

Order your copy here! From Taylor Swift shattering records with her Eras Tour to Sabrina Carpenter unleashing a stream of number one hits and Charli XCX sparking the ‘Brat’ phenomenon, it’s fair to say female musicians are calling all the shots right now. In this special collector’s edition, we reveal …

Graceland opened its doors to fans for tours 43 years ago, yet many rooms remain closed to the public. The most famous unseen space is the upstairs of the mansion where Elvis Presley died, but some secret spaces have only been witnessed by fans on virtual tours. Express.co.uk took part …

Bruce Springsteen, the genre-busting and world-renown rocker, is finally making his way back to the UK. The Boss has confirmed a small number of dates across the UK this summer – but his time here is limited. Over five dates Bruce Springsteen will be playing Manchester’s Co-op Live and Liverpool’s …

Bob Geldof has admitted sneaking drugs into the UK when he returns from trips to Australia as the “gig can’t go on” otherwise.  The Boomtown Rats singer, famed for co-writing the Band Aid track Do They Know It’s Christmas?, recently revealed that he enjoys a very specific morning routine.  In …

The Verve. This Is Music: The Singles. The BritPop pioneers split up twice in their bittersweet career before conking out for good in 2009, but what gems The Verve left behind. The Drugs Don’t Work, Lucky Man, Bitter Sweet Symphony… all of their greatest hits are on this compilation, released …

“I never could see the attraction of throwing a television set out of a hotel window,” says Paul Jones matter-of-factly. “It never appealed to me.” The singer is talking about rock star antics of the 60s and 70s – and the “certain amount of madness” he witnessed when touring Australia …