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It’s hard to believe that last year already marked the 35th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary songs of all time. Just hearing those opening bars still sends tingles up your spine. Barcelona was created for the 1992 Olympic Games in the Spanish city, but recorded five years earlier …

Queen continue to be the champions and will never stop, ahem, rocking us, so it’s no surprise to find some of their most bombastic anthems storming to the top of the new nationwide poll. However, there are also a plenty of ballads among them, including Freddie Mercury’s iconic song for …

Charlie Simpson has been all over the news this week due to the return of his legendary band, Busted – but that’s not all he’s been up to. This week, Simpson confirmed he has also recorded a new song with Gunship behind the scenes. Last year, Express.co.uk broke the news …

Elvis Presley starred in more than 30 movies during his Hollywood career – and in those films, he also worked with countless actresses with who he got very close. But one instance on the set of Paradise, Hawaiian Style involved him getting very up close and personal with one of …

It is one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, with certified sales of more than 50 million. Floyd’s iconic 1973 masterpiece touched nerves with its cheery themes of war, death, alienation, madness, greed, old age and more death, and is remastered and repackaged here to celebrate its 50th birthday. …

The Beatles came to a brutal end in 1970 just after they released their final album, Let It Be. Each of the band members began working on their own solo music shortly thereafter, with varied success. By 1973 – after two middling albums – Ringo Starr started work on his …

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Matt smiled: “It’s weird innit? I was 21 when the band broke up, and it’s been almost that again. It feels like a weird full circle. It’s really full circle for us because we’re back with our first-ever manager, the guy we first signed a management …

Elvis Presley was an incredible showman, but he also put on a fantastic party. He would frequently hold soirees at his home, Graceland, where he would host some of the world’s biggest and best stars. One evening, he welcomed a massive British rock band into his gates, and things got …

Skindred are back with a vengeance. They have a jam-packed summer full of shows, but come autumn, they will be headlining their own tour at some of the biggest venues in the UK. Kicking off their headline tour – The Smile Tour – in Northampton, Skindred will be embarking on …

The Midnight do not seem like a band; more like a workforce. As a still relatively up-and-coming indie group straddling a couple of different genres, the American synth-rockers have made it clear they do not have time to rest on their laurels. Just after finishing their summer 2022 tour they …