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“One of the most unlikely bands ever to notch up a string of number-one albums”: Every System Of A Down album ranked from worst to best
A Louder/Metal Hammer feature ranks all five of System Of A Down’s studio albums from worst to best, framing the Armenian-American band as one of nu metal’s most unlikely success stories to score a run of number-one records. – 5. Steal This Album (2002) — Placed last, treated as a collection of curios and unfinished…
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Couple win eight-year planning battle to turn £550,000 bank into their retirement home – but it took so long that now they have to sell it
An elderly couple, Pat and Nigel Sharp, have won an eight-year planning dispute to convert a former Royal Bank of Scotland building in North Berwick, Scotland, into their retirement home — only to be forced to sell it now that permission has finally been granted. The case highlights how protracted planning processes can outlast the…
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“I thought, What is this? I don’t understand what I’m hearing, but wow!” Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor on the “life-changing” record which blew his teenage mind, and why soft rock legends Barry Manilow and Billy Joel may have influenced his songwriting
In a 2023 conversation with producer Rick Rubin on the Tetragrammaton podcast, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor reflected on the wide-ranging musical education he received as a teenager in 1980s America. He described discovering Frank Zappa’s profanity-laden 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti in a mall record store as a “life-changing” moment, recalling being baffled yet…
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Lewis Capaldi buys drinks for pub full of England fans to celebrate Mexico win
Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi reportedly bought a round of drinks for an entire pub of England supporters after the Three Lions beat Mexico 3-2 at the 2026 World Cup. The gesture, made at the Marlborough pub in Mayfair, London, was notable because Capaldi’s own nation, Scotland, had already crashed out of the tournament at the…
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‘The Third Eye’ – New book of early photos by The Beatles’ George Harrison announced
A new book of George Harrison’s early photographs, titled The Third Eye: Early Photographs, has been announced for release on 8 October via Ebury Spotlight. Compiled and curated by the late Beatle’s widow, Olivia Harrison, it collects more than 200 previously uncollected images taken by Harrison between 1963 and 1969, many published for the first…
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Junior Andre, 21, breaks down in tears as he reveals feeling neglected by Katie Price ruined his self-esteem while Princess, 19, recalls having to hug a blanket sprayed with their mum’s perfume to feel close to her
Junior Andre, 21, and his sister Princess, 19 — the children of Katie Price and Peter Andre — broke down in tears while reflecting on their difficult childhood during their mother’s new documentary, Katie Price: Nothing To Hide. The pair revisited the period in the late 2010s when Price experienced a public breakdown, and their…
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Gilla Band announce new album ‘Pugnello’ and share abrasive single ‘Placeholder’
Dublin experimental group Gilla Band, formerly known as Girl Band, have announced their fourth studio album, ‘Pugnello’, alongside a new single called ‘Placeholder’. It marks their first full-length release since 2022’s ‘Most Normal’, continuing a career that has established them as one of the more singular and idiosyncratic guitar acts of their generation, drawing on…
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A Grand Day Out/The Wrong Trousers review – rereleased Nick Park classics are a complete treat
Nick Park’s first two Wallace and Gromit films, A Grand Day Out (1989) and The Wrong Trousers (1993), have been rereleased in cinemas, and this Guardian review hails both as excellent family entertainment, awarding each a full five stars. The critic celebrates the stop-motion classics as “jewels” of animated comedy, each introduced by Julian Nott’s…
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Charli XCX shares ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ tracklist, including a collaboration with David Cronenberg
Charli XCX has revealed the tracklist for her forthcoming album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, due for release on 24 July, headlined by an unexpected collaboration with film director David Cronenberg. The reveal, posted to Instagram, matters because it confirms the direction of her first major body of work since her acclaimed 2024 album ‘Brat’, from which…