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<p>Noel Gallagher: ‘I wrote “Supersonic” in about however long it takes six other guys to eat a Chinese meal’</p>

EXTRACT

Oasis and the unlikely story of Supersonic: The making of a smash-hit

Three decades ago, the Britpop band piled into a studio to record their debut single ‘Bring It on Down’ but instead they wrote ‘Supersonic’ in a last-minute U-turn that has gone down in music history. Hamish MacBain tells the story

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interviews

Metallica and Alice in Chains on Black Sabbath’s farewell show

<p>Oasis at Nomad Studios, Manchester, 1993</p>

the countdown

The best Oasis songs, ranked

<p>L-R: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright at Live 8 London in Hyde Park, 2 July 2005</p>

playbacks

How the Pink Floyd reunion topped a miraculous Live 8 line-up

Interviews

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Interview

Iwan Rheon: ‘Part of me was left behind when I left Wales’

<p>‘My dad can’t go to f***ing Waitrose, he can’t go and buy a paper or whatever. Do you actually want that?’ says Starkey of his father, Ringo Starr</p>

interview

Drummer Zak Starkey on The Who: ‘They have an addiction to friction’

<p>Queen of Latin pop: Gloria Estefan is one of the best-selling female singers of all time with over 100 million record sales</p>

interview

Gloria Estefan: ‘He told me he’d kill my mother if I told anyone’

<p>Thom Rylance: ‘I’ll be in a charity shop in Wigan and I’ll get a FaceTime from Chad Kroeger out of Nickelback, and think I’ve got a weird life’</p>

Interview

Lottery Winners: ‘Robbie Williams said my biggest talent is bravery’

Glastonbury 2025

<p>Bob Vylan’s performance on the West Holts Stage on Saturday drew significant criticism (Yui Mok/PA)</p>

LiveGlastonbury Festival

Glastonbury live: Bob Vylan ‘dropped’ by agency

Final day of festival brought major sets from Olivia Rodrigo and Rod Stewart following controversy over Bob Vylan’s Saturday show

LiveGlastonbury Festival

Glastonbury live: Bob Vylan ‘dropped’ by agency

Final day of festival brought major sets from Olivia Rodrigo and Rod Stewart following controversy over Bob Vylan’s Saturday show

<p>Bob Vylan’s performance on the West Holts Stage on Saturday drew significant criticism (Yui Mok/PA)</p>

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Glastonbury Festival

Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury was a show and therapy rolled into one

<p>Kneecap drew such a crowd that entrances were shuttered 45 minutes before their arrival</p>

In Focus

The Kneecap controversy is proof they’re the perfect Glastonbury band

<p>Worthy Farm was the perfect place to welcome back the charmingly genuine singer</p>

State of the Arts

Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury comeback tells us everything about him

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Glastonbury Festival

Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury set feels like he’s wringing out the dregs

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Glastonbury Festival

Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury set feels like he’s wringing out the dregs

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury 2025 reviews, Sunday: The Libertines, Wolf Alice and more

<p>The veteran singer-songwriter performs with heart and intensity</p>

Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury headliner Neil Young thunders through a mighty setlist

On Trend

Music Box

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Samantha Crain is mesmerising in Music Box performance of ‘Gumshoe’

Watch Sam Ryder’s brilliant pared-back performance of single ‘OH OK’

<p>Annie DiRusso performs during a Music Box session</p>

Watch rising star Annie DiRusso’s electrifying pared-back session

New Sensations

<p>Lydia Night: ‘Going solo has felt the most freeing thing in the world’</p>

New Sensations

Lydia Night: ‘Being messy is excused - but only if you write about it’

<p>Star power: ‘Justin Bieber called me the other day to tell me that he is so grateful to know me, like saying, ‘I’m so proud of you’</p>

New Sensations

Jensen McRae: ‘Justin Bieber is like a big brother to me’

<p>Bea Wheeler’s observational lyricism has earned her a Rising Star nomination at the prestigious songwriting ceremony, the Ivor Novello Awards (up against the already Brit-nominated Lola Young, Liang Lawrence, LULU., and Nia Smith)</p>

New Sensations

Bea and her Business: ‘I would go to label meetings alone aged 16’

Reviews

<p>Kae Tempest’s fifth studio album finds him delivering his signature style with a well-deserved confidence</p>

Kae Tempest delivers power and truth on new album Self Titled

Some tracks tend to border on prosaic, but others sparkle with Tempest’s cheeky wit

Live music

<p>Summertime happiness: Lana Del Rey proves the critics wrong at her Wembley Stadium show</p>

Lana Del Rey’s a demure performer – it doesn’t make her less of a star

<p>Radical change: Dua Lipa more than proved herself at Wembley Stadium</p>

Dua Lipa’s Wembley debut underscores how far she’s come as a performer

<p>Lola Young performing at Little Simz’s Southbank Centre takeover, Meltdown Festival</p>

Lola Young conquers her nerves and proves Adele comparisons are just

<p>Charli performing in Victoria Park</p>

Brat summer is forever at Charli XCX’s victory lap LIDO Festival show

Retrospectives

<p>Shelley fused punk’s velocity to timeless songwriting</p>

Playback

How Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley swapped punk for queer-pop electro

<p>Supergrass: ‘We didn’t want to walk around town wearing Nike track suits. We’d probably rather wear some strange, velour, slightly wizardy outfit because it was just fun to dress up weirdly’</p>

Interview

Supergrass on ‘I Should Coco’ at 30: ‘We got even more psychedelic’

<p>Keyboardist Richard Wright plays on stage in ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII’</p>

Playback

This was Pink Floyd at their experimental zenith

<p>George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley at the Great Wall of China ahead of Wham!’s concert at Beijing's Workers’ Gymnasium in 1985</p>

In Focus

‘The police were scared’: When Wham! took Western pop to China

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