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Albums that saw artists come back stronger than ever: Bloodsports, Achtung Baby, The Next Day, Californication, Back In Black and The Magic Whip.

The best "comeback" albums of all time

Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis and the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain

What Red Hot Chili Peppers song is about Kurt Cobain?

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Classic LIVE albums from Queen, U2, David Bowie, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, The Who, Arctic Monkeys and The Cure

The 20 best live albums

Classic musical TV specials: Kate (1979); 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee (1969); James Paul McCartney (1973); and Bowie's 1980 Floor Show (1973)

10 Classic Rock TV specials

Famous bassists: Flea, Mani, Kim Deal and Peter Hook

The best bassists in rock

Joy Division's Ian Curtis and Peter Hook in 1979

How Transmission became Joy Division's first classic song

Joy Division

The Lathums: Alex Moore and Scott Concepcion performing in the Radio X studio, November 2024

Watch The Lathums play a stunning acoustic version of new single Stellar Cast

Sam Fender

Sam Fender unveils new single People Watching

Sam Fender

Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker at Coachella 2023

Travis Barker: Everything you should know about the Blink 182 drummer

The Verve's Richard Ashcroft circa 1997 and the 2024 John Lewis Christmas advert

John Lewis Christmas ad 2024 features Richard Ashcroft's reworking of The Verve's Sonnet

Sam Fender

Sam Fender announces details of third album People Watching

Sam Fender

Weezer

Weezer announce only UK show of 2025

Music has been a form of protest for hundreds of years

The 50 greatest protest songs

Fantastic compilations from likes of The Beatles, Blur, Oasis, The Killers, Queen, The Smiths and more...

Best "Best Ofs": the greatest artist compilations of all time

Liam Gallagher in 2024

Liam Gallagher says Oasis will "still wipe the floor" with majority of bands on a bad day

Bobby Gillespie and some of Primal Scream's biggest hits: Loaded, Movin' On Up, Higher Than The Sun and Rocks

What are Primal Scream's biggest songs?

Primal Scream

Some classic album titles: but where do they come from?

20 songs that give the album its title

Led Zeppelin and their guitar riff nemesis Randy California of Spirit

How Led Zeppelin won the Stairway To Heaven "plagiarism" case

Led Zeppelin