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John Lydon: Band Aid is “full of corruption”

John Lydon has hit out at a number of targets including Band Aid and Simon Cowell. Speaking to an audience of around 300 at Oxford University's Sheldonian Theatre on Monday evening to promote his new autobiography Anger Is An Energy, Lydon spoke out about Cowell's treatment of X Factor contestants.

Joe Strummer “was a bit bonkers… but even early on he had this charisma”

Joe Strummer's bandmates in pre-Clash pub rockers The 101'ers remember the singer and guitarist in the new issue of Uncut, dated November 2014 and out now.

U2 – the early years: “There was a presence, a magnetism…”

U2’s shock-released new album, Songs Of Innocence, is largely themed around the band’s childhoods and adolescence in Dublin, according to Bono. Well, here’s what came next… This is the full story, as told by those who were there, of U2’s rise from indie hopefuls to becoming the Biggest Rock Band On The Planet. Written by Stephen Dalton, and originally published in Uncut’s December 1999 issue (Take 31).

Lykke Li reveals Bono told her she ‘blew everyone out of the water’ when recording with U2

Lykke Li has claimed that Bono told her she "blew everyone out of the water" when she recorded vocals for U2's new album. The Swedish singer appears on the band's free album 'Songs of Innocence', contributing vocals on final track 'The Troubles'. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Lykke Li revealed details of the recording process and also the fact that Bono told her that 'Never Gonna Love Again' is his favourite song from her latest album 'I Never Learn'.
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