Iggy Pop has hit out against U2 for the way they 'gifted' new album Songs Of Innocence to all iTunes users – and praised Thom Yorke for distributing a solo album via BitTorrent.
Delivering the fourth annual John Peel Lecture at the Radio Festival in Salford last night (October 13), Pop said: "The people who don't want the free U2 download are trying to say, don't try to force me. And they've got a point."
Sometimes great songs fall by the wayside, for whatever reason, and over the past year or so it’s felt that Hiss Golden Messenger’s “Brother, Do You Know the Road?” might unfortunately be one of those.
Four years on from the death of his creator Chris Sievey, Frank Sidebottom has finally found the international platform that eluded him during Sievey's lifetime.
Marvin Gaye's 1964 passport has been valued at $20,000 (£12,300) after being brought onto Antiques Roadshow in America. Watch the clip below.
Viewers of the PBS show on Monday night (February 3), saw a long-time Motown fan, who previously worked at the label's museum, bring in the rare item having discovered it in a record bought at a garage sale for 50 cents. As Spin reports, the item of memorabilia was valued at a minimum of $20,000 by appraiser Laura Wooley.
In September of this year a host of music stars came together in New York for Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music of Inside Llewyn Davis, a fundraising concert for the American non-profit, the National Recording Preservation Foundation.
To Hammersmith, and the launch of The Who’s super deluxe edition of Tommy at Riverside Studios. Tonight, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are attending a special screening of Sensation – The Story Of The Who’s Tommy, a new documentary about the album due for broadcast this Friday [October 25].
It’s a busy week here at Uncut. Last night, John and I went to see Roy Harper play a predictably excellent show at Rough Trade East – you can read all about it on his blog here. Tomorrow, I’m off to see Pixies at the Roundhouse and on Friday, it's Fleetwood Mac at the O2. Oh, and at some point there’s the final episode of Breaking Bad to watch...
