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David Bowie released 26 studio albums over the course of his lifetime, with his final album “Blackstar” released on his 69th birthday in 2016. Two days later, he passed away from cancer. Although it’s ...
Queen released their debut single, "Keep Yourself Alive," in the U.K. on July 6, 1973, but the song was not a success.
Punk is not dead. And neither is post-punk. Nor any of their many variants. They live on at Forever Now. The festival offers ...
Perhaps the last great rock‘n’roll band of the pre-internet era, Oasis lived the lifestyle to the hilt and dared to enjoy it.
As Morrissey plays two sold out shows in Glasgow, you may be callously judged by your fellow peers for wanting to see the quiffed troubadour in ...
The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others From the album The Queen Is Dead, release date 16th June 1986 Living in the shadow of the monumental There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, The Smiths ...
And Salford Lads Club, the home of a youth group, has become a pilgrimage site for fans of The Smiths, who were pictured outside on the front of their 1986 album The Queen Is Dead.
Morrissey's admiration for playwright Shelagh Delaney means Salford is entwined in the band’s history. The iconic picture of The Smiths was used on the inner sleeve of The Queen Is Dead album.
The Smiths’ self-titled debut album, released in 1984, was a groundbreaking introduction to their unique sound and quickly established them as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.
The track originally was featured on The Queen Is Dead, but wasn’t released as a single until 1992, when it appeared on the Best II compilation. It then reached No. 25 on the U.K. chart.
This is a year of milestones for fans of Manchester-based miserablism. For a start, it’s exactly 40 years since the release of The Smiths’ self-titled debut album, which heralded the arrival of the ...