26 h. ago BRIAN READE: 'Hypocrisy over Glastonbury IDF death chant is ludicrous'

Yes, the BBC did cock up with its live stream of Bob Vylan, says Brian Reade. But the right-wing moaners should be directing their rage elsewhere

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65 h. ago BRIAN READE: ‘I watched Jota lift trophy – his death reminds us life is precious’

The sudden death of footie ace Diogo Jota who played for Brian Reade's beloved Liverpool has left the Mirror columnist reeling from the shock and grieving for his family and fans

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5 d. ago Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set

Fellow Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May say Geldoff told Mercury: ‘Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes’Freddie Mercury’s performance with Queen at Live Aid in 1985 is often seen as the crowning glory of one of the greatest showmen the world has ever seen.But he still needed some very clear instructions from Bob Geldof, the festival’s organiser, before going out on stage. “Don’t get clever,” the Boomtown Rats frontman told him, according to fellow Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May. “Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BRIAN READE: 'With the Club World Cup, there's no stopping America destroying English football'

The newly invented competition is not about passion, but about greed, argues Brian Reade, and for the US, the game has only just begun

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3 w. ago BRIAN READE: 'Cruel disaster of Grenfell is warning over powerful dodging responsibility'

Grenfell is not just a burning scar on Britain’s conscience it’s another example of a country that lets the marginalised rot while the powerful shrug, says Brian Reade

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3 w. ago Hundreds of London blocks still with serious fire safety defects eight years after Grenfell, LFB warns

The London Fire Brigade has revealed that more than 1,400 buildings still require simultaneous evacuation plans

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3 w. ago ‘I yearned to be a California Girl – but I lived in Burnley’: readers on their love for Brian Wilson

From memories of photoshoots and telephone calls with the late Beach Boy, to appraisals of his complex but pure music, Guardian readers pay tribute to a greatWhether wistful or euphoric, Brian Wilson made pop’s most overwhelmingly beautiful musicRay Davies, Graham Nash and others on Brian Wilson’s songwriting geniusEndless summer: how Brian Wilson soundtracked CaliforniaI remember the Christmas after my mother’s death in 1989 when I was 15, I purchased the best-of collection from Asda, interested to see what I would hear. It had the hits, of course, but also a few of the deeper cuts from Pet Sounds and onwards. To say this changed my life is an understatement – Brian’s music, harmonies and subject matters struck an incredible chord in me. It did exactly what he existed for, bringing comfort to a heart and soul that needs it. I’ve been a fan ever since – I saw him at the Royal Festival Hall on his first Pet Sounds tour, watched him perform Smile in utter disbelief and wonder in Liver...

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4 w. ago BRIAN READE: 'If only Macca, Jagger and Elton John took on the Establishment like Bruce Springsteen'

A Springsteen concert felt more like a political rally than a pop concert, Brian Reade says, with his fierce attacks on Donald Trump. And our own pop royalty could learn a thing or two from him

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