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“New Year’s Day set the template for a more direct sonic vision for U2 - and marked the point at which they shifted their gaze towards political issues around the globe”: The making of an ’80s rock classic
It was a defining moment for Bono and the boys
Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
Best of 2024: She says she had “absolutely no idea” that it would become so successful
“I think that the whole band was kind of misunderstood by everybody, and it gave us a sort of an edge, you know": The story of Cream's Disraeli Gears
Best of 2024: How Baker, Bruce and Clapton transcended their (and their management's) very different ambitions for Cream to track a '60s masterpiece
“It became a wedding song. ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The hit with a sting in its tail
And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!
Stolen in ’72, returned in Feb, Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass finally returns to the stage
McCartney's triumphant finale to the Got Back 2024 Tour also featured fellow Beatle Ringo Starr on drums and a guest spot from Ronnie Wood
Festivals are down… but gigs are through the roof as new figures show how important live performance has become
With streams earning artists pennies, music’s cash increasingly comes from big tours with no shortage of fans willing to pay big money
Ringo Starr joins Paul McCartney for emotional Got Back tour finale in London
The surviving Beatles reunited at the O2 Arena to mark the end of Paul's mammoth world tour
![Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcRVrVWpPRxr5HrsXuDAxW-840-80.jpg.webp)
Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo
Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top
