Punk idols The Clash are to be given an honorary award to recognise their contribution to the music industry at the Silver Clef Awards next week.
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The Playlist: The Doors/ Beyoncé/ The Wytches/ The Boxer Rebellion/ The Clash/ She and Him
Friday 24 May 2013
The songs that are hot on our playlist this week
Rare early recordings by The Clash to be released
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Unreleased songs from the first ever recording session by punk pioneers The Clash are to finally see the light of day.
The £20,000 drinks were on Hirst – not that he remembered having forgotten where he left his Turner Prize winnings
Monday 13 May 2013
Damien Hirst thought he had lost his £20,000 winnings from the Turner Prize when he couldn’t find the cheque on him the following morning – but it turned out he had put the whole lot behind the bar at a London members’ club, he revealed on Sunday.
Never mind Prince Harry – punk’s arrived in New York
Monday 06 May 2013
Big Apple braces for a museum invasion
Interiors insider: Sebastian Conran
Monday 22 April 2013
The eldest son of Sir Terence Conran, Sebastian Conran runs his own design studio in Barons Court, London. He has recently launched Universal Expert collection of homewares, available from www.johnlewis.com. He talks to Annie Deakin about his mentors, common design mistakes and his dream project.
Music review: Ian Hunter, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Monday 01 April 2013
"You know how it is, you get into a conversation about prostates and it never ends," the sprightly 73-year-old quips after his wee departure before the giddy encore. "You are a god," a devotee yells upon Ian Hunter's return at this intimate venue.
NME to award The Smiths Johnny Marr its annual Godlike Genius award
Monday 11 February 2013
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is to receive a top honorary prize at this year's NME Awards - the annual Godlike Genius title.
Adele's producer gets early Brit Award
Friday 08 February 2013
Adele's collaborator Paul Epworth has been handed an early Brit Award after landing the best producer prize.
Music 'Walk of Fame' for London
Sunday 03 February 2013
Amy Winehouse will be one of the first names to be immortalised in a monument inspired by Hollywood
Paul McCartney goes for Christmas chart-topper with Hillsborough tragedy charity single
Thursday 22 November 2012
Sir Paul McCartney is to take on the X Factor for the Christmas number one after joining the line-up of a Hillsborough charity single.
Rebecca Tyrrel: 'There is no record of what Mick Jones thinks of his MP cousin's squatter plans'
Saturday 01 September 2012
Who knew that Grant Shapps, the Tory Minister of State for Housing tipped for promotion in the imminent Cabinet reshuffle, was such an enemy of traditional Conservative family values?
One minute with: John J Niven, novelist
Saturday 04 August 2012
Where are you now and what can you see? In the office of the house I'm renting in Los Angeles. I can see palm trees and all sort of lush foliage. Also, the sparkly water of the hot tub.
Clare Fischer: Composer, arranger and conductor
Thursday 01 March 2012
Clare Fischer, a prolific composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist active in jazz, R&B and pop music for more than 60 years, died on 26 January in Burbank, California at the age of 83.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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