How losing two fingers shaped Django Reinhardt’s influential career
It would ruin other musicians.
From The Vault Archives: 12/2023
The US Festival: the bizarre rock music event that changed history
The changing of the guard of rock music.
Daniel Johnston recordings from 1980s and 1990s made available digitally
A closer look at the artist at work.
The psychedelic masterpiece David Bowie called an “extraordinary piece of music”
In 1979, David Bowie played some of his favourite records on British radio.
The song U2 retired after it was used as murder evidence
A curious case of criminal activity and celebrity obsession.
Shane McGowan’s widow recalls chaotic memories: “Some kind of actual destruction”
“He would do crazy things.”
The fistfight between Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey: “He could have killed me”
Coming to blows over creative decisions.