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11/01/2016

There’s A Starman Waiting In The Sky: David Bowie (1947-2016)

There’s a sense of sad deja-vu here. Not even half a month ago, days after celebrating his 70th birthday we learned of the passing of Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister from cancer. Now, days after his 69th birthday, the world of music has lost one of its biggest inspirations – David Bowie – following an 18 month battle with cancer. Bowie, being the quiet character he was, never disclosed the news in public – thus waking up to find out the news was a major shock to everyone. Suddenly, you woke up... Read More

23/11/2015
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Is This The Real Life? Behind the third best selling single in UK history…

On this day 40 years ago, 5 minutes and 55 seconds of one of the most popular songs of all time became the UK number one single. Today, it is the third biggest selling single of all-time in this country. That is, of course, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Written by Freddie Mercury on his own (take that, modern day pop artists), the song consists of multiple sections: The opening, ballad, guitar solo, opera, hard rock and the closing. It was unlike anything before – and quite frankly – any attempts to replicate anything... Read More