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The Jam will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their final studio album ‘The Gift‘ later this year with an expansive reissue. Related news:…

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London… the cultural and economic bastion of the western world from which some of the globe’s most coveted artists have emerged and from which some of the most famous songs have been inspired. If the riveting sleeve notes of ‘London: Songs to Define the City’ are anything to go by,…

Paul Weller has finished work on the follow-up to his much-lauded 2010 album ‘Wake Up The Nation‘, and hopes to have the record released some time this year. Related news: Paul Weller unveils new album 66, Soul Wandering single…

You all know the story well enough by now. After 18 years of noise and confusion, Oasis came to a shambolic, messy, demise backstage at a gig in Paris in 2009. Following Noel Gallagher‘s departure it came as no surprise that brother Liam and the remaining members of the band…

The Jam are to release a new, deluxe version of their classic 1980 album ‘Sound Affects‘ to celebrate it’s 30th anniversary, and will include a newly unearthed cover of The Kinks‘ classic single ‘Waterloo Sunset‘ with the package. Related news:…

A wise old head among the many youthful acts which dominate this year’s shortlist, Paul Weller was initially seen as nothing more that an outsider for this year’s Mercury Music Prize. Things have been steadily changing over recent weeks however, and now bookies have dramatically cut the odds on Weller…

Happy Birthday to Paul Weller, who celebrates his 52nd birthday today. To mark the event we take a look through his extraordinary career, which is going as strong as ever over thirty years since he first burst onto the music scene. Related news: Noel Gallagher, Jamie T to headline Y …

The Jam Could it be: Paul Weller and The Jam, take two? Well the cards are on the table after Paul Weller recently rekindled his friendship with Bruce Foxton, The Jam’s bassist. If it happens it would truly be one of the unlikeliest reunions in the recent music world. Another…

Liam and Noel Gallagher at Madison Square Garden, New York City during Oasis’ final world tour (Photos: Paul Bachmann) “Rock stars should quit before they’re 40.” So said Noel Gallagher, not long after Oasis first burst onto the music scene in 1994.  Should Noel and men like him have followed…