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Betting suspended after punter tries to place £15,000 bet

Shadows In The Night is now on sale....

Hall And Oates bassist was 58

This morning's sad news of John Martyn's death reminded me of a particularly colourful encounter I had with him, back in what they call the day, which I wrote about in my regular Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before column in Uncut in July 2004 and re-print below. Adios, John.

Low-key, high impact pop; Reissued over two discs with live versions

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO March 19-25 The Eagles' 1976 compilation, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, reaches sales of 24 million, equalling those of the previous all-time best seller, Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Love, The Doors, Tim Buckley, The Stooges – and Farquahr! Jac Holzman’s legendary label celebrated on five CDs

Fifth album from soft-rock maestro: a bittersweet farewell to his hometown

Second album from Bristol-based rock-dance crew