Troggs frontman Reg Presley will be remembered as the singer on some of the most enduring hits of the 1960s and for one of rock's most famous outtakes.
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Album: Counting Crows, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings (Geffen)
Sunday 23 March 2008
In many ways, Counting Crows suffer from a Stateside version of the Supergrass syndrome.
Album: Counting Crows, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (Geffen)
Friday 21 March 2008
It probably sounded good on paper, but Counting Crows' vinyl-vintage idea of splitting this album into separate sides – reflecting, respectively, the hurly-burly of a night of drunken self-obliteration, and the next day's hungover ruminations – has rather rebounded on them here.
REM and the Verve teed up for Scotland's big festival
Saturday 16 February 2008
REM and the Verve will headline this year's T In The Park music festival.
Head Trip, By Jeff Warren
Sunday 13 January 2008
Why imitating a kitten could beat attention deficit disorder, and other miracles of the brain
Leading article: Culture shock
Wednesday 31 May 2006
Edinburgh can take pride in the fact that its pioneering idea, dreamt up in the depths of post-war austerity, of holding a city-wide festival of arts and culture has been replicated all around the globe. But as the Edinburgh Festival prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday this summer, there are rumblings of doubt, too.
REM, Hammersmith Apollo, London
Monday 21 February 2005
Tripping the light fantastic: a band at the peak of its powers
Pop Live: Who needs stage-presence when the music's this good?
Friday 19 November 1999
WHEAT ULU, LONDON
Not so shiny or happy now: REM
Sunday 27 June 1999
REM Earls Court, London Hole Brixton Academy, London
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