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Marc Bolan 30th Anniversary Gig Planned

Marc Bolan 30th Anniversary Gig Planned

Marc Almond, Visconti and more to pay tribute to T-Rex frontman

Grinderman To Support The White Stripes In NYC

Grinderman To Support The White Stripes In NYC

Nick Cave's sideproject also announce one off London show

Happy Mondays To Tour Again In September

Happy Mondays To Tour Again In September

Shaun Ryder and co have got a taste for the straight life (!)

Creation Records founder Alan McGee Brings Death Disco To TV

Creation Records founder Alan McGee Brings Death Disco To TV

First episode to feature Carl Barat’s indie supergroup of Chavs

Manic Street Preachers Announce Second Tour

Manic Street Preachers Announce Second Tour

The Winter tour follows the release of their Autumnsong single

Iron Maiden Broadcast Live From Download

Iron Maiden Broadcast Live From Download

Only days to go till the greatest Rock festival in the UK

Devendra Banhart Confirmed For Green Man Festival

Devendra Banhart Confirmed For Green Man Festival

The folk hippy joins Joanna Newsom and Robert Plant in the Brecon Beacons

Exclusive White Stripes Track Available Free Today

Exclusive White Stripes Track Available Free Today

The first 7" from new LP Icky Thump available now

Isle Of Wight Full Line Up Revealed

Isle Of Wight Full Line Up Revealed

The Rolling Stones ready for first festival appearance since '79

UB40 Sue Paris Hilton Over Copyright

UB40 Sue Paris Hilton Over Copyright

The heiress turned popstar ends up in court once more

Listen To Kanye West Sing The Poop Song

Listen To Kanye West Sing The Poop Song

Hip hop superstar's version of LA comedian Sarah Silverman's song

Idlewild and Badly Drawn Boy To Play New Cambridge Festival

Idlewild and Badly Drawn Boy To Play New Cambridge Festival

Uncut favourites Alberta Cross also lined up to play down on the farm

Smashing Pumpkins UK Comeback Is A Sell Out

Smashing Pumpkins UK Comeback Is A Sell Out

Billy Corgan and co's Zeitgeist tickets are gone within minutes

Glastonbury Line Up Finally Revealed

Glastonbury Line Up Finally Revealed

Plus more tickets to be released this Sunday!

Fiddy To Play Exclusive London Gig

Fiddy To Play Exclusive London Gig

50 Cent returns to play from new album Curtis

Iggy Pop To Headline Kids Charity Show

Iggy Pop To Headline Kids Charity Show

Idlewild and The Horrors also to play gig at Harewood House

Charlotte Hatherley To Play Latitude

Charlotte Hatherley To Play Latitude

The former Ash gal joins in the fun in Southwold

Kings Of Leon Announce More Mammoth Live Action

Kings Of Leon Announce More Mammoth Live Action

The Followills return to the UK for a third UK tour this year

Daft Punk Team Up With Kanye West On New Album

Daft Punk Team Up With Kanye West On New Album

The DP robots emerge from the sea in the new video too

Peaches Collaborator To Play UK Shows

Peaches Collaborator To Play UK Shows

Feist returns to the UK this July

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Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...