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26th October 1965: The Beatles show off their MBEs at the Saville Theatre, London

The true story of why John Lennon returned his MBE

Acts that have covered The Rolling Stones: David Bowie, Devo, Tina Turner and The Soup Dragons.

The 20 Best Rolling Stones cover versions

The Rolling Stones

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher announces support acts for 2024 outdoor shows

David Bowie in 1975 and Luther Vandross in 1987

How David Bowie's Young Americans album was influenced by Luther Vandross

Blur in May 1991: Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn

What are Blur's biggest songs?

Blur

The "expensive" cover of New Order's Blue Monday

Did New Order really lose money on the Blue Monday sleeve?

New Order

The Stone Roses in 1989: Ian Brown, Reni, John Squire and Mani.

The moment The Stone Roses blew a fuse on live TV

The Stone Roses

Guns N' Roses rocker Slash at Glastonbury 2023

Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash teases bluesy solo album

Guns N' Roses

The Libertines

The Libertines unveil raucous Oh S*** single

The Libertines

Best videos of the 2000s

The best music videos of the 2000s

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante with an image of him from 1991 inset

How John Frusciante found his sound with the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Dave Grohl rocks out to U2 at The Sphere gig

Watch Dave Grohl rock out at U2's final night at The Sphere, Las Vegas

Foo Fighters

John Lennon's comments on Christianity led to Beatle records being publicly burnt in some states of the US "Bible Belt"

The most outrageous claims in rock

Placebo press 2024

Placebo to play Live at The Piece Hall 2024

Placebo

Classic moments from The Brit Awards:

The BRIT Awards' most surprising duos

Nirvana, on the morning of the Smells Like Teen Spirit shoot, August 1991: Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl.

Why Kurt Cobain didn't want to release Nirvana's Come As You Are as a single

Nirvana

Alex Turner and his fellow Monkeys at the BRIT Awards, 19th February 2014

It's now 10 years since Alex Turner's incredible BRIT Awards speech

Arctic Monkeys

Pink Floyd circa 1972: Rick Wright, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason

10 things you didn't know about Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon album

Pink Floyd