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23.7.25
OZZY OSBOURNE (1948-2025)
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Like Alice Cooper and, to a lesser extent, Elton John, there was something slightly preposterous about the Ozzy Osbourne that I encountered ...
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13.7.25
ALBERT LEE, Borough Hall, Godalming, July 13, 2025
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I have Ritchie Blackmore to thank for turning me into a fan of Albert Lee. Immodest, prickly and mischievous, Ritchie told me in 1971 that t...
8.7.25
JUST BACKDATED HITS THE 2,000,000 MARK
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Sometime in the last 24 hours my Just Backdated music blog notched up its two millionth hit. It reached one million in October, 2020, taking...
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7.7.25
BLACK SABBATH DIDN’T INVENT HEAVY METAL
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Emotionally charged reviews of Black Sabbath’s Farewell Concert – their third ‘final’ show, following those in 1999 and 2017 – at Birmingham...
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30.6.25
GLASTONBURY 2025
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For a contrast in styles look no further than the oldies on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury this past weekend. Rod, who turned 80 in Januar...
10.6.25
SLY STONE (1943-2025)
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Oh Sly, you great big mixed up ball of confusion! I loved your records and only The Who could have followed your set at Woodstock, the defin...
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9.6.25
THE WHO ALBUM BY ALBUM by Dante DiCarlo
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In the manner of Revolution In The Head , Ian McDonald’s acclaimed book analysing the music of The Beatles, Dante DiCarlo attempts something...
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3.6.25
RICK DERRINGER (1947-2025)
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Rick Derringer was everywhere in New York when I lived in the city in the 1970s, backstage at gigs, record launch parties thrown by labels, ...
25.5.25
MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE: My Encounters with Rock Royalty by Kate Mossman
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Kate Mossman specialises in profile journalism of the highest order, her preferred subject rock stars well past their prime, two or even thr...
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21.5.25
MICHAEL TRETOW
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There are too many fifth Beatles to count – Brian Epstein, George Martin, Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor and at le...
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