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“I never thought it would be a hit. It was too long for radio. So we lied about it. And it worked!”: How an ’80s classic got to No 1 - with a little bit of cheating…
A perfect soft rock ballad from a band whose guitarist travelled with a whole case of hairspray!
The top music documentaries to watch this Christmas (and where to find them)
Give Christmas Top of the Pops and The Two Ronnies the swerve this year with our pick of essential festive music viewing
Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of fuel with a Danelectro Baritone
In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower
“This band’s been going for 50 years. When you really think about it, it’s insane!”: Steve Harris says there is plenty of life left in Iron Maiden
“Mick Jagger has set the bar fitness-wise,” Harris says
Keane’s Tim Rice-Oxley on keeping the "character" of his Yamaha CP-70 and the ups and downs of being in a band
“Putting it simply, we’d sort of split up. We no longer felt we were on the same page musically and it looked highly unlikely that we’d ever be celebrating any kind of 20th anniversary”
Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Dan Nigro on why solo artists have replaced bands
"People are just less inclined in general to get together to make music, cause you don’t have to," he argues
“I wondered if I was insane for wanting to do this”: How Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen learned to play again after losing his left arm
The full story of his heroic comeback
“It’s one of my favourite Maiden albums - despite the fact that I'm not on it!”: Bruce Dickinson on Iron Maiden’s cult classic
He calls it “an updated version of Deep Purple In Rock”
