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Author: Val Barone

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Articles by Author: Val Barone

Tom Petty - Musician - 2012

The strange case of how ‘Room at the Top’ returned to Tom Petty’s set

The classic held too many dark memories…

Val Barone
Oct 7, 2025
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What song held the number one spot for the longest in 1963?

This Beatles song remains their most successful single in the UK.

Val Barone
Oct 6, 2025
Rob Halford - Judas Priest

The triumvirate Rob Halford credits with inventing heavy metal: “The loudest, rawest, rock song ever”

There would be no heavy metal without them…

Val Barone
Oct 4, 2025
John Lennon - 1971 - Musician - The Beatles

‘Some Other Guy’: the forgotten song John Lennon adored

John Lennon was a huge fan of this underrated track.

Val Barone
Oct 4, 2025
Simple Minds - 2024

Simple Minds discuss their five favourite songs to perform live

Essential to any Simple Minds show.

Val Barone
Sep 11, 2025
Vitalogy the Pearl Jam album that helped to launch the vinyl boom

Pearl Jam and ‘Bugs’: How one annoying moment can almost ruin a record

Just shy of perfect.

Val Barone
Sep 10, 2025
Noel Gallagher - Oasis - Heaton Park Manchester - 2025

The ‘Wonderwall’ cover Noel Gallagher prefers to the original: “The only person who ever got that song right”

This time the cover wins.

Val Barone
Sep 10, 2025
Elvis Costello - Madness - Split

‘Tomorrow’s Just Another Day’: Elvis Costello’s favourite song by Madness

A bittersweet track.

Val Barone
Sep 10, 2025
Grateful Dead - 1970

Grateful Dead: the band who keep getting bigger even in death

Almost miraculous.

Val Barone
Sep 9, 2025
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