Miscellaneous

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Pink Floyd - The Pink Floyd song Gilmour found impossible to sing

The story of the track through which Waters made Gilmour's life impossible, back when the creative partnership between the two was still thriving

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Franco Battiato - When Battiato defied war with music: the Baghdad concert – Video

The story and footage of the historic 1992 concert with which the Sicilian artist challenged the embargo on Iraq in the name of peace and solidarity

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Neil Young - The song Young stole from the Rolling Stones to reveal his darkest period

The story of the track the Canadian singer-songwriter "stole" from the Stones during the darkest period of his career - one that nonetheless produced one of his landmark albums

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Depeche Mode - When a miracle saved Dave Gahan and the story of Depeche Mode

Gahan and co. have become the veterans of the synth-pop scene. Yet their long history has come close to falling apart more than once - even tragically so, as happened in 1996

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Paul McCartney - The song McCartney considers "the worst" of his career: "I've always hated it"

Among the more than a thousand songs he's written in his career, there's one the former Beatle calls "the weakest of them all" - to the point of being almost ashamed of it

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Cure - The Cure song inspired by Robert Smith's favourite novel

The story of the favourite novel of the Cure frontman, which in 1981 inspired a song that became a classic of their repertoire

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Franz Ferdinand - When Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand was arrested in Russia for espionage

The surreal spy story that involved the Scottish band's frontman in Moscow, in the middle of a tour

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Genesis - The Genesis song that Phil Collins called "one of the most spontaneous and successful moments"

There's a moment in Genesis's history when the band's spontaneity and camaraderie reached their peak. The drummer tells the story

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Pink Floyd - When Pink Floyd turned Venice into the biggest stage in rock history – Full video

Thirty-seven years ago, Pink Floyd played their historic Venice concert: here's the story and the full video of that performance

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Lucio Battisti - The horseback trip that inspired a big Battisti and Mogol hit

While all of Italy was glued to the TV for the World Cup final, Battisti and Mogol made an alternative choice that yielded a memorable hit

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Rolling Stones - The interview – The Rolling Stones talk about their new album "Foreign Tongues" with Apple – Video

Jagger & co. talk about their new record "Foreign Tongues" in a video interview

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Pink Floyd - When Waters and co. had another band play in their place

The story of the "The Wall" tour and its most absurd (and prescient) provocation

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GTR - The supergroup between Genesis and Yes: “We could have been the new Queen”

The story of GTR, the supergroup formed by Steve Hackett and Steve Howe that wanted to change rock but burned out after just one album

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David Bowie - The secret kiss that inspired “Heroes”

The story of the real-life spark behind the lyrics of one of the Thin White Duke's most beloved songs

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Nick Cave - The Nick Cave song most loved by PJ Harvey

The story of the troubled bond between the two performers of "Henry Lee" and the King Ink track favoured by the Dorset singer-songwriter

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Neil Young - The album that crowned Young as the godfather of grunge

The Canadian rocker was embraced by the grunge generation as a guiding light, not just musically but morally too - a bond he sealed with an intense 1994 album

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R.E.M. - The real meaning of “Losing My Religion”, R.E.M.'s most beloved song

Often misunderstood and misread, Michael Stipe and co.'s most famous song actually has nothing to do with religious themes...

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Nirvana - When Kurt Cobain and Mark Lanegan joined forces for The Jury: grunge's most celebrated lost album

The story of a great friendship between two tormented talents of the grunge era, one that could have led to a stunning collaboration

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Olivia Rodrigo - The interview – Olivia Rodrigo talks about her new album with Apple – Video

The American popstar opens up in a chat with Zane Lowe

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U2 - Bono Vox and the 60 songs that saved his life – Playlists

The U2 frontman and the famous playlist where he gathered his 60 favourite songs, from Bowie to Kraftwerk, from Prince to Billie Eilish

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Vasco Rossi - Vado al massimo, Vasco's "diss track" from the Sanremo stage

The story of the singer-songwriter from Zocca's famous "musical revenge" against his most notorious detractor

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Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger picks his three favourite Rolling Stones albums

In an interview, the English band's frontman looks back on the 25 albums they've made, but he's not done chasing new horizons

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Siouxsie And The Banshees - Siouxsie and the records that changed her life

In an interview with Melody Maker, the queen of goth revealed the records that changed her life, complete with a "playlist"

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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin: when their only Italian concert turned into a nightmare

It was meant to be a historic night, but it became one for all the wrong reasons: the story of Plant and co.'s disastrous concert in Milan in 1971