Christian charlie

A dollar from each ticket will go towards helping give access to safe reproductive health services

Turiya’s divine songs and infinite chants pared back, repackaged and empowered

Happy birthday, Ringo!

Thom Yorke and his group discuss Amnesiac, OK Computer and two-month-long studio meltdowns

Invaluable comp of the late, great kind of comedy

As chosen by famous fans, Dylan's associates and Uncut writers

U2’s shock-released new album, Songs Of Innocence, is largely themed around the band’s childhoods and adolescence in Dublin, according to Bono. Well, here’s what came next… This is the full story, as told by those who were there, of U2’s rise from indie hopefuls to becoming the Biggest Rock Band On The Planet. Written by Stephen Dalton, and originally published in Uncut’s December 1999 issue (Take 31).

Ig coaxes James Williamson out for a victory lap...

Hollywood has never quite known what to do with Park Chan-wook. On the face of it, a director of extremely violent genre films like Sympathy For Mr Vengeance and Oldboy, dig a little deeper however and Park’s output isn’t that easy to qualify. His films are violent, yes, and often in the most grisly sense possible, but they are also astonishing to watch – beautifully styled and composed – and undercut with a rich sense of the absurd.

The deluxe reissue of Saint Julian is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, dated March 2013, and out now, so it seemed time to revisit October 2007's issue (Take 125), when the always-enlightening Julian Cope answered questions from readers and famous fans… Words: John Lewis / Photo: Sam Jones ____________________