3 d. ago Brian May nearly choked on his goats cheese: my adventures with the cosmic dads of rock’n’roll

Kevin Ayers wanted romance, Johnny Rotten worried about his dangly bits Ageing rockers are Kate Mossman’s speciality. Here’s what she’s learned from meeting themYoung musicians have so little to say. Give me a rocker in his later years any day. Ask him about his childhood, his relationship with his mum, his painful lifelong love affair with his lead guitarist. Many belong to a specific anthropological group: born after the war, they got their first guitars on hire purchase and went on to date the aristocracy. They became my specialist subject as a journalist: it was impossible to resist the combination of vulnerability, extreme oddness and sharp business nous I found in so many, while others were living in strangely compromised circumstances despite years of deathless hits. I was particularly drawn to those who had continued a career under the radar, or who had slipped under it but hadn’t quite noticed.It was a strange subject to pursue, but always a labour of love – because on some...

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3 d. ago ‘I’m burping? At least I didn’t fart!’ Ten things I’ve learned about ageing rockers

From Gene Simmons discussing lowgrade meatballs to Shaun Ryder comparing himself to Uncle Fester, Kate Mossman has spent her life interviewing rock stars of a certain age. What has she learned?Young musicians have so little to say. Give me a rocker in his later years any day. Ask him about his childhood, his relationship with his mum, his painful lifelong love affair with his lead guitarist. Many belong to a specific anthropological group: born after the war, they got their first guitars on hire purchase and went on to date the aristocracy. They became my specialist subject as a journalist: it was impossible to resist the combination of vulnerability, extreme oddness and sharp business nous I found in so many, while others were living in strangely compromised circumstances despite years of deathless hits. I was particularly drawn to those who had continued a career under the radar, or who had slipped under it but hadn’t quite noticed.It was a strange subject to pursue, but always a ...

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5 d. ago Lewis Capaldi performs Edinburgh gig two years on in surprise appearance

Scottish hitmaker Lewis Capaldi delighted fans at Tom Walker's gig at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh in honour of a leading mental health charity.

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5 d. ago Lewis Capaldi surprises fans as he performs for first time in two years

Lewis Capaldi was a surprise guest at a Campaign Against Living Miserably charity concert - appearing on stage alongside headliner Tom Walker to belt out a string of hits

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5 d. ago Lewis Capaldi performs for first time since 2023 in surprise appearance at gig in Scottish city

The singer stepped back from performing in 2023

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7 d. ago Rio Ferdinand makes surprising Lamine Yamal claim after sensational performance

Seventeen-year-old Lamine Yamal produced arguably the best performance of his young career as Barcelona drew 3-3 with Inter Milan in their Champions League semi-final first leg

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8 d. ago Brian May 'never been happier' since making move out of London as wife Anita Dobson shares admission

Brian May 'never been happier' since making move out of London as wife Anita Dobson shares admission  GB News

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1 week ago Capital Summertime Ball 2025 lineup: Huge 90s pop icon to play her first UK show in SIX YEARS as she leads the star performers confirmed

The event will return to Wembley Stadium on June 16, with 80,000 music lovers set to attend, and some of the lineup has been announced ahead of the London festival.

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1 week ago Mariah Carey among performers announced for Capital’s Summertime Ball

US singer Benson Boone, rapper and social media star KSI and Messy singer Lola Young will also perform at the Wembley Stadium event in June.

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1 week ago Bruno Fernandes makes surprising admission about Manchester United performance vs Bournemouth

Man Utd snatched a late point against Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday thanks to Rasmus Hojlund.

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1 week ago Danny Dyer hailed for 'best performance' in surprise action movie

The English actor will appear in an episode of ITV's The Assembly on Thursday night - but that's not the only place you can catch the star

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1 week ago Danny Dyer in tears in emotional moment from The Assembly as group give surprise performance

The Assembly saw Danny Dyer sit down with a group of inquisitive interviewers who are autistic, neurodivergent and/or learning disabled as they asked him about his life

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2 w. ago Danny Dyer breaks down in tears as he's moved by surprise performance

Danny Dyer was left in tears as he was moved by a surprise performance during an interview with The Assembly, a group of inquisitive interviewers who are autistic, neurodivergent and/or learning disabled

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2 w. ago Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers

A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun RyderWhen the journalist Kate Mossman was a child, she developed an obsession with the rock band Queen. Mossman came of age in the 1990s, but the irony and snark of that decade left her cold. Instead, she lived for the “middle-aged musicians from the 80s in jacket and jeans, and for the open-hearted, non-cynical pop times that had come before”. Watching Queen’s posthumous single These Are the Days of Our Lives on Top of the Pops in 1991, she “felt something within myself ignite”. Though she was captivated by the strange longing of a monochrome Freddie Mercury, who had died weeks earlier, it was drummer Roger Taylor who became the focus of her obsession. On the mantelpiece of her childhood home sat a holy relic: a beer glass he had drunk from during a solo gig. Twenty years later, while on her way to interview Taylor and Queen guitarist Brian May for a magazine profile, Mossman confesses...

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2 w. ago Benson Boone suggests 'super valid' reasons to hate him as he hits back at critics

The singer and songwriter, who has been nominated for best new artist at the 2025 Grammy Awards, said he was told people do not know why they 'hate' him but it 'feels right'

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2 w. ago Benson Boone hits out at critics for hating him for no ‘good reason’

The award-winning singer has been acclaimed by Sir Brian May and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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2 w. ago Amy Macdonald to perform surprise free pop up set in Glasgow to mark new album tour dates

The chart-topping Scots singer’s new single Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? premiered on BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills show this morning.

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2 w. ago Pete Hegseth grins awkwardly as former Fox News colleague drops epic blunder during live interview

Pete Hegseth may be wondering what former Fox News colleague Brian Kilmeade knows after the Fox & Friends host made an error before their interview on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Britain's Got Talent sparks 'fix' row as singer gets Golden Buzzer in 'rule break' after jumping out of audience for surprise audition

Britain's Got Talent has sparked a 'fix' row after a surprise audition saw an audience member leap up, beg to perform, and then go on to receive the coveted Golden Buzzer.

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3 w. ago Serena Williams responds to claims she shaded Drake during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance

The Grand Slam champion made a surprise on-stage apperance at the show when Lamar performed ‘Not Like Us’

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