Beth Simpson
Beth Simpson is a freelance music expert whose work has appeared in Classic Rock, Classic Pop, Guitarist and Total Guitar magazine. She is the author of 'Freedom Through Football: Inside Britain's Most Intrepid Sports Club' and her second book 'An American Cricket Odyssey' was published in 2025.
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Name was Brian May’s idea, says Freddie Mercury’s ex, Mary Austin

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Crips leader confessed to the killing in a 2019 memoir

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“The song's not bad. It's literally not bad. The music isn't bad. I just don't like it"

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JAŸ-Z In 8 to start streaming in September

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Event with all-female bill is on this Sunday

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It'll be released on 10 December

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Harry Styles and Kesha also pay tribute during live shows

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Singer has posted clip of himself miming Mayer’s guitar part

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Fluffed lyrics and laughter are included, though

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Singer-songwriter and cultural icon died yesterday, aged 80

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Reinhold Mack, a former engineer at Munich’s Musicland studios, is selling up

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Documentary hits cinemas on 9 September

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Band sold their catalogue and publishing to Swedish firm Pophouse in 2024

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Album went 15 times platinum in the UK alone

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Graceland, the album it came from, was released 40 years ago today

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Research could be used to suggest possible authors of unattributed works, say its authors

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Michael Monahan is behind the kit on their current US tour

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Jimmy Iovine, meanwhile, believes that it's just that the AI companies have “terrible communication skills”

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He suffered small stroke seven years ago, but says that it's "got worse"

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It rebooted Glen Campbell’s career and became his signature song

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It’s costing him an estimated £27,000

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Argument broke out over ‘Satanic’ support act

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Same method has been used in Liverpool, Wrexham and Barrow in Furness
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